@luvche21 Yep, definitely something I'd like to do in the near future, possibly after I get back from my next show next Wednesday. That one is more of an Electronics-oriented vendor speed dating outing in Colorado. Essentially 90+ 20-minute-long meet-and-greets, over 3 days, mostly with smaller/younger/lesser-known entities. Our community definitely reaps the benefits from us having these types of personal relationships with our vendors, and I absolutely thrive in telling our story to them, as well as learning everything I can about them. It's really a fun story to tell, especially to someone that's never heard of us: "Hi, I'm Jdub and I'm with A Mediocre Corporation" Hahaha!
On a side note, and if you were a fan of woot (and I suspect you are), you know that we used to get a few of our creative guys out to shows when some of us were at woot, and had some fun posting videos and talking about interesting companies and products we'd come across. And of course, some of the worst companies and/or products we'd see. Hope to get some of that fun shit going for you guys again!
@sligett I'm undecided about purple pancakes. About Shrove Tuesday-- it is the tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. This year Lent started Feb. 10, so Shrove Tuesday was Feb. 9. Edit: I see @ceagee has already explained this.
Took all the peeps in the house who do not have gluten issues to our local IHOP. Enjoyed the free chow. Made donation to good cause. Here's hoping that next year it falls during our spring break again so we can go!
Shrove Tuesday ( AKA Pancake Day. in our family we always called it Donut Day. Other places know it as Fat Tuesday, as it is the day to use up all the fat in your house before Lent--which you can do by making pancakes or donuts ;-) ) was on February 9th. You're only a month behind. But have a lovely day all the same. PS It's always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Free pancakes at ihop today....
Just back from a 3-day over-the-weekend ass-whipping International Housewares Show in Chicago. Fun to see this again...
@Jdub Did you buy us anything fun? Unitasker appliances? Knives? Dessert makers?
@Jdub I want to know more about this show too! I never thought you guys went to things like that!
@sammydog01 You'll see!!!
@luvche21 Yep, they let us out every so often so we can find some new stuff for you guys. Stay tuned!
@Jdub I would enjoy a post about a show like that from your perspective!
@luvche21 Yep, definitely something I'd like to do in the near future, possibly after I get back from my next show next Wednesday. That one is more of an Electronics-oriented vendor speed dating outing in Colorado. Essentially 90+ 20-minute-long meet-and-greets, over 3 days, mostly with smaller/younger/lesser-known entities. Our community definitely reaps the benefits from us having these types of personal relationships with our vendors, and I absolutely thrive in telling our story to them, as well as learning everything I can about them. It's really a fun story to tell, especially to someone that's never heard of us: "Hi, I'm Jdub and I'm with A Mediocre Corporation" Hahaha!
On a side note, and if you were a fan of woot (and I suspect you are), you know that we used to get a few of our creative guys out to shows when some of us were at woot, and had some fun posting videos and talking about interesting companies and products we'd come across. And of course, some of the worst companies and/or products we'd see. Hope to get some of that fun shit going for you guys again!
@Jdub Great! Looking forward to hearing/seeing more!
I'll just leave this here.
@ACraigL Congrats!
@sammydog01 Thanks! :)
Sorry, @narfcake, don't believe it's Shrove Tuesday today. Nope, nope.
Edit: I love pancakes.
@Barney But, Google.
Do you love purple pancakes?
@sligett I'm undecided about purple pancakes. About Shrove Tuesday-- it is the tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. This year Lent started Feb. 10, so Shrove Tuesday was Feb. 9. Edit: I see @ceagee has already explained this.
In Kansas, there is a yearly pancake race, on Shrove Tuesday, between Liberal, Kansas and Olney, England.
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/liberal-pancake-race/18238
Yep, we do get pretty wild here in the land of Oz.
@Barney OMG, blush, I forgot what month it was. Damn time goes by fast.
@Barney If you had pancakes w strawberries and blueberries in them would they be purple?
@sligett I lose hours, days and sometimes one of my socks, but I never lose a month. :)
@sligett I like plain ol' pancakes, no butter, and lots of maple syrup.
@Barney I'm better with microseconds than with months or years. If I see a purple sock on the loose, I'll let you know.
Wait... what did @snapster
do for pancake day? A Glen pancake? An octocake?
Took all the peeps in the house who do not have gluten issues to our local IHOP. Enjoyed the free chow. Made donation to good cause. Here's hoping that next year it falls during our spring break again so we can go!
(Not a TT shirt, though.)
Shrove Tuesday ( AKA Pancake Day. in our family we always called it Donut Day. Other places know it as Fat Tuesday, as it is the day to use up all the fat in your house before Lent--which you can do by making pancakes or donuts ;-) ) was on February 9th. You're only a month behind. But have a lovely day all the same.
PS It's always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
@ceagee Welp. I blame Bing for my screwup. I think. Maybe it was Google. But not the goat. She's innocent. This time.
@narfcake But that's what goats are for, right @stardate820926 ?
@ceagee: Neutral is already an "improvement", since I've unblamed some goats way more than blamed.
No pancakes, bizzy. Overcompensated by eating oreos while thinking about pancakes.
pancakes - YES!
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