http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com Noticing weird things in society. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:43:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the thing.. Many of us go to local casinos... We walk in with spendable cash. $200 is a nice number. We're hoping to turn that cash into a few thousand. WRONG Of all the people that walk into a casino, say 300 people, most will walk away with nothing or very little. Few ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/21/casinos-and-what-are-you-trying-to-win/ I was watching an infomercial last night. I watch them because some of them are quite amusing, almost like a comedy show. I figured I'd write about some of them every now and then.. Last night was John Beck's program on how to buy houses worth 180,000 for as little as ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/17/stupid-infomercials-that-are-too-good-to-be-true/ Ok, about a week ago, I heard my first song of "Jingle Bells" in the mall. Remembrance Day wasn't even here yet, nor was the U.S. Thanksgiving Day. Now we all know how commercialized Christmas has become, but isn't there any reasonable etiquette on how early is TOO early to start ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/14/christmas-music-in-the-malls-already/ Nagravision 3 (Nagra3) has recently hit BEV and Dishnet. This is causing a stir in the satellite FTA arena. Apparently currently FTA receivers cannot decode this latest encryption algorithm. Now, I myself, pay for my BEV subscription every month, so I am not affected. However, those satellite FTA people who have been ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/11/nagravision-3-and-fta-free-to-air-fix-available/ I read a statistic which said that out of 100% of tickets sold, 96% of them win less than $3,000. Now most of us do not buy a scratch and win ticket to only win $5 or $10. We want a chance at a big prize. Furthermore, how many times do ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/07/scratch-and-win-tickets-or-scratch-and-lose/ If any of you are avid keno players, you may stare at the result screen and see patterns emerging. The number 56 may come up 3 draws in a row. Sounds like a good bet to play 56 over the next 5 draws, because the chance of the number coming ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/06/keno-numbers-how-to-find-the-pattern/ Ok, once in awhile, we all like to go out to eat. Sit in a semi-fancy restaurant, eat about $8 worth of wholesale food, and pay $17 for the opportunity to have someone else cook, someone else serve us, and someone else do the clean up. So.. For the extra bucks, ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/11/03/dining-out-bad-waiters-waitresses-food-service-complaint/ Video games on our cell phones. PS3, XBOX, and Wii in our homes. Video games on the PC, on your web browser. Anytime you want to play a game, it is only an arm length away. What about pinball? Any of you remember that? The big shiny stainless steel ball that ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/10/26/pinball-does-anyone-remember-what-that-is-anymore/ With the addition of the internet, people nowadays can book their flights and hotel packages online. This lets you get past having to pay a Travel Agent for their services (or artificially raising the price). Here's something I learned, and I'll share it with you. We were looking at booking a trip ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/10/25/travel-agencies-arent-utilized-enough/ It is no secret that we are paying a premium for our gasoline these days. We also know that a tiny bottle of soda pop at a gas station is going to cost 2x to 3x what you'd normally pay in a grocery store. 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In order to run one in North America it isn't easy. Therefore, many setup shop overseas. Once you do that, people worry about trusting the establishment, since they seem so unreachable. (Ie: Not easy to drive over to their ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/10/05/online-bingo-can-you-trust-it/ Here's the thing. You reading this.. have your family. You have your friends. You speak english, so do I. We've all sat in restaurants or cafe's and overheard a conversation one table over...  We hear their issues and can identify with them. We look at them as people, same as us. We almost ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/09/28/people-we-suck-dont-we-read-why/ We all enjoy going out to eat. But the guys in the kitchen work hard, and at some point they have the chance to realize whether or not they are going to serve a stale bun, or a hair (cuz they're not looking). What goes on in a restaurant kitchen, is ... http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com/index.php/2008/09/24/restaurant-business-is-it-about-hair-or-stale-buns/