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Water And Oil Mix – If It’s Snake Oil
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22176 – 746: From prior to the 1800s all the way to the 1950s and even today, there is a group of people who hold many titles, but are basically all the same; unscrupulous salesmen called, “Snake-Oil Salesmen.” (See…
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They’re All Over The Place
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22175 – 745: Ubiquitous is one of my favorite words, but alas, unlike that overused, misused, and abused adjective, “awesome,” ubiquitous is not found commonly used by a lot of people yet. This is a shame. It is a…
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New Old Site And 200+
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22174 – 744: As you can see I’ve decided to go with “The Haps With Herb – What’s on his mind now?”. A couple of strong votes for it, a couple of non-commital votes (which were meaningful to me)…
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Tag Me Tuesday – Jasmine Rose At Bookworm Asks:
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22173 – 743: Regular readers know by now how I feel about most of the “awards” that are given around the internet. Not a big fan at all but sometimes the questions are fun or interesting or thought-provoking and…
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Leaving The Big Blue Box The First Time
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22172 – 742: I had originally posted this at the end of May of 2015 when it originally happened but I thought it kind of fit in here after the several retail stories from the same place. It’s kind…
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I Regale With Another Retail Tale Of Behavior Beyond The Pale
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22171 – 741: As my title implies, I have found yet another story from the archives from the job at the first big blue box store. When I found this small cache of stories I figured I would share…
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The Code Of The West
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22170 – 740: One of the strangest and most annoying things to me is city people who move to the country and then whine about how much better they had it in the city. Several years ago I used…
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I Feel Sad For New Car Owners
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22169 – 739: You know, I feel sorry for some of the people who drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them…
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