Stream of Consciousness/General Conversation Thread

[Famine]

That guy is a regular Sean - same outfit. He rides a bicycle - seen him as far south on 29 as W St. Walmart folks just let him be...seems harmless unless his friend "Harvey" can have him show a different side.

Gentlemen, today I was able to achieve my personal best in people of Walmart spotting. Unfortunately, I had left my cell phone in the car and was therefore unable to capture the scene for posterity.

Dude was wearing a jacket that he had overlaid with aluminum foil, and of course, the required tin foil hat. As we checked out I enjoyed the heated and animated conversaton he was participating in with ........no one whatsoever, as best I could tell.


Or WAS there someone else there? Perhaps someone of alien origin? A cloaking device?

 

[Seanpcola]

First time I've seen him and I'm in there fairly often. I know I shouldn't make fun of him. It was the aluminum foil that got to me.

 

[Famine]

I cant blame you - he is a very strange bird - I think the foil serves as he night reflector and all that tape holds his 'vest' together...

 

[jakec]

Gentlemen, today I was able to achieve my personal best in people of Walmart spotting. Unfortunately, I had left my cell phone in the car and was therefore unable to capture the scene for posterity.

Dude was wearing a jacket that he had overlaid with aluminum foil, and of course, the required tin foil hat. As we checked out I enjoyed the heated and animated conversaton he was participating in with ........no one whatsoever, as best I could tell.

Or WAS there someone else there? Perhaps someone of alien origin? A cloaking device?

I bet he had on a gcgf shirt under that jacket.

 

[MAXman]

I made a stencil and spray painted gcgf across all my skivvies.

 

[Seanpcola]

I cant blame you - he is a very strange bird - I think the foil serves as he night reflector and all that tape holds his 'vest' together...

I thought it was a CIA/DARPA/alien thing.

 

[DSPLCD1]

Damn. My cover is blown...

 

[MAXman]

I wish DARPA was real.
Inter-dimensional wormholes and hell dogs, el chupacabra. I wish they were real and would put out a phased plasma rifle. I don't care about what range it's in so long as it's mil spec

 

[Famine]

Smokin!

This is my kind of smoker!

 

[Stagman]

https://youtu.be/hGZNbhQ7k10

 

[TennJeep1618]

I hate getting a new debit card. Mine had a fraudulent charge early last week, so my bank cancelled it and sent me a new one. Now that I have the new one, I've got to learn the new number and change the info on several websites.

 

[bohica793]

A little advice from a guy who does information security for a living: NEVER use a debit card online and NEVER store your credit card information on any site. I can give you roughly 3-4 million reasons just from the last 6 weeks.

I hate getting a new debit card. Mine had a fraudulent charge early last week, so my bank cancelled it and sent me a new one. Now that I have the new one, I've got to learn the new number and change the info on several websites.

 

[TennJeep1618]

A little advice from a guy who does information security for a living: NEVER use a debit card online and NEVER store your credit card information on any site. I can give you roughly 3-4 million reasons just from the last 6 weeks.

I don't have a choice about the debit card because I don't have any credit cards. Been meaning to get one for a while, just never gotten around to it.

 

[Seanpcola]

A little advice from a guy who does information security for a living: NEVER use a debit card online and NEVER store your credit card information on any site. I can give you roughly 3-4 million reasons just from the last 6 weeks.

Good advice. When wife had her accounting business it seemed like she spent half her time on helping clients that had gotten hit.

I use prepaid gift cards but I found a couple of on line gun accessory stores wouldn't take them. I guess it's because the card isn't tied into a permanent address?

Same here Brant, paid off the last CC five years ago. Feels real good but sometimes inconvenient.

 

[bohica793]

Good advice. When wife had her accounting business it seemed like she spent half her time on helping clients that had gotten hit.

I use prepaid gift cards but I found a couple of on line gun accessory stores wouldn't take them. I guess it's because the card isn't tied into a permanent address?

You can get prepaid Visa cards that are reloadable and for which you have to provide name / address information. These are typically processed just like regular Visa cards.

(Disclaimer: The company I work for is one of the largest providers/processors of prepaid Visa and MasterCards).

 

[Seanpcola]

Ok thanks Bohica, I didn't know that.

 

[RidgeRunner]

what about sites like ebay, paypal, gunbroker etc. that require you to have a card on file so they can charge your account to get paid?

 

[JWlineman]

First time I've seen him and I'm in there fairly often. I know I shouldn't make fun of him. It was the aluminum foil that got to me.

Apparently everyone took notice, this is floating around Facebook.

 

[MAXman]

Bohica, I can't help but wonder if some of the compromised card fiascos, such as the target one last year, that are traced back to Moscow..... I can't help but wonder if those are state sponsored. Not saying you know or have an idea, just saying.

I see at least one person a day(and at least three on Fridays) that volunteer that they have compromised cards. I don't know if it is because they're are active fraud artists in the part of town I work at or if it has to do with the types of cards issued by certain banks. But it seems the numbers have gone up in the last two years.

 

[Seanpcola]

Apparently everyone took notice, this is floating around Facebook.

That's him. He had his whole outfit on when I saw him.