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Favoriting January 4, 2024: and there you were, smiling back at me

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Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan  II   Favoriting new rain duets        0:00:00 (Pop-up)
umm kuthum  leih ya zaman   Favoriting Wedad (OST)        0:10:10 (Pop-up)
nubar bey & ibrahim bey  hicazkar pesrev   Favoriting To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings from Istanbul v/a  Honest Jons Records      0:17:07 (Pop-up)
lee hazelwood  no train to stockholm   Favoriting cowboy in sweden        0:20:50 (Pop-up)
umeko ando  saranpe   Favoriting upopo sanke  pingipung    *   0:23:45 (Pop-up)
Will Epstein  will the morning come   Favoriting wendy  fat possum      0:27:57 (Pop-up)
 
nina simone  i love you porgy   Favoriting         0:39:08 (Pop-up)
robert wyatt  maryan   Favoriting shleep        0:43:10 (Pop-up)
Belver yin  eschuchar el pasado   Favoriting Para Mi Madre  efficient space    *   0:49:03 (Pop-up)
greg foat & gigi masin  sabena   Favoriting dolphin  strut      0:53:57 (Pop-up)
 
dusty springfield  wasn't born to follow   Favoriting come for a dream: the UK sessions 1970-71        1:08:00 (Pop-up)
melanie charles  woman of the ghetto ( reimagined)   Favoriting Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women        1:11:15 (Pop-up)
count indigo  trinity   Favoriting tricatel XX v/a  tricatel      1:16:08 (Pop-up)
the congos  the wrong thing   Favoriting heart of the congos        1:20:00 (Pop-up)
della humphrey  dream land   Favoriting     7"    1:25:44 (Pop-up)
general lee  pleasure   Favoriting mr bongo record club 6 v/a        1:28:01 (Pop-up)
dj dolores  de dar do   Favoriting Aparelhagem        1:32:11 (Pop-up)
akiko yano  onnatachiyo otokotachiyo   Favoriting ai ga nakucha ne        1:36:08 (Pop-up)
Tito Puente's Orchestra  TP's Shing-a-ling   Favoriting Hit the Bongo! The Latin Soul of Tico Records  craft recordings      1:39:58 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra  queer notions   Favoriting "swirling"  strut      1:42:23 (Pop-up)
simone dina  now i lay me down to weep   Favoriting popcorn girls v/a        1:48:21 (Pop-up)
thelonious monk  Memories of You   Favoriting The Unique Thelonious Monk        1:51:42 (Pop-up)
 
the style council  the paris match   Favoriting introducing        2:02:25 (Pop-up)
delia meshir  your shadows   Favoriting bring back the light  ba da bing!    *    
lilliput  boat song   Favoriting Senza Decoro: Liebe + Anarchia / Switzerland 1980​-​1990  strut    *   2:10:32 (Pop-up)
ghost power  astral melancholy suite   Favoriting ghost power  duophonic super 45's    *   2:13:56 (Pop-up)
Les McCann  i've been thinking about my problems   Favoriting river high, river low        2:29:00 (Pop-up)
 
SPAZA  solomon Tsietsi Khotso   Favoriting Uprize!        2:37:46 (Pop-up)
suzanne ciani  eight wave   Favoriting Lixiviation 1969-1985        2:43:44 (Pop-up)
Trembling Blue Stars  saffron, beautiful and brown-eyed   Favoriting her handwriting        2:48:43 (Pop-up)
once  joanna   Favoriting skygirl v/a        2:51:34 (Pop-up)
anadol  yapilacak kadin   Favoriting Hatiralar  pingipung    *   2:54:47 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 8:56am
Webhamster Henry:

This is the 2024 World!
  9:00am
bradford:

Good morning Trouble & greetings to all.
  9:00am
Robm:

good morning trouble and fellow troublemakers
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:01am
Andrea C:

Hi Trouble, just want to wish you Happy New Year! Unfortunately there is only so much time in a day and I have to study! Bye :)
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Handy Haversack:

Gray Thursday greetings, Trouble and all the Troubled.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
listener james from westwood:

Morning, Trouble and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
steveo:

harp the herald angels?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
love2laf:

Happy New Year to you Trouble, hope you had a marvelous time. Hello Troubled friends, happy new year to you all. Happy studying Andrea C.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Edgar from Maine:

/tips hat
Avatar 9:03am
northguineahills:

↳ steveo @9:02
stealing that!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

good morning, trouble & all troubled modern lovers
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:04am
βrian:

From anxiety dreams to Trouble. What a relief!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
steveo:

↳ northguineahills @9:03
www.discogs.com...
  9:05am
Robm:

↳ northguineahills @9:03
howdy again NGH
howdy again L2L
Avatar 9:05am
northguineahills:

↳ steveo @9:04
beautiful!
Avatar 9:05am
northguineahills:

↳ Robm @9:05
howdies!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Handy Haversack @9:01
i'm soaking some beans for navajo tacos tonight. we were supposed to have record club at our place but had to cancel due to the 'rona. But I'm gonna let C have his hand at fry bread tonight and see how it goes as a trial run. it's been a while since i made some.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:06am
Charles in Chicago:

This is nice music. (But of course it's nice music, it's Thursday morning!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
common:

hello, trouble! everyone
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Trouble:

good morning 2024 thursday land!
  9:07am
ami ad:

Hello DJ. Hello all.
Avatar 9:09am
HyperDose:

↳ Song: "II" by "Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan"
So gentle. Like a feather
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @9:06
And now I'm hungry again.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Handy Haversack:

↳ ami ad @9:07
Hey, ami ad.
  9:09am
tom tom the pipers son:

good morning dj trouble and people...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:10am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @9:06
I associate Navajo tacos with driving across the Southwestern US, never had them east of Texas
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Charles in Chicago @9:10
yes, they were a staple in northern AZ when i was a kid. every boy scout fundraising dinner etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Chris Hiatt:

Mornin', y'all. Happy to be listening in.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "leih ya zaman" by "umm kuthum"
what a voice
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Edgar from Maine:

I've been to Arizona a gazillion times and have yet to have a Navajo taco. Now I know what's on the menu for the next trip.
  9:14am
Eran:

One thing every Jordanian seemed to agree on: Um Kalthum was evening listening and Feyruz was for mornings.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Vanessa bikes:

Good morning Trouble, we have free tickets for out of bounds tomorrow! happy new year.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
love2laf:

↳ Robm @9:05
It's like you never left, just seamlessly glided from Wake to Modern in a smooth sidestep.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
BillyLundun:

↳ Song: "leih ya zaman" by "umm kuthum"
Loving this today!
  9:15am
tom tom the pipers son:

the william scott image, reminding me of an un-cosmopolitan alex katz
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Edgar from Maine @9:14
i've never eaten them in a restaurant so i wouldn't even know where to look, but i imagine you can find them at roadside places across the old Rte 66 or on the res.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Trouble and fliers. Happy 2024!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
steveo:

↳ northguineahills @9:05
sort a pain though, because i noticed that the title was transcribed wrong and submitted a correction on the discogs site, which took a few minutes; ah the tribulations of being a fussbudget
  9:17am
Robm:

↳ love2laf @9:14
was lurking during wake because i did not want to go over 20 posts and incur the wrath of ken
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Handy Haversack @9:09
these don't happen as often as they used to bc friends live primarily upstate now but we'll have to get you and k8 out to one of these sometime. www.recordclub.org
  9:17am
ami ad:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:09
Morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @9:06
Record club hosted by you sounds like something else!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @9:17
That would be lovely.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Spikey BXL @9:18
i'm a relative latecomer (2004). it's a great thing. i wish it still happened every month.
  9:19am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good morning, Trouble and Everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
melinda:

Morning friends
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Trouble, you're really making me homesick for the Gulf this morning.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "no train to stockholm" by "lee hazelwood"
Sounds like Lee has played Fury of Dracula. "What do you mean there's no rail connection between Hamburg and Amsterdam?! He's getting away!!"
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Sera from Rockaway:

↳ Song: "no train to stockholm" by "lee hazelwood"
Gosh I love Lee Hazelwood. Hi Trouble, HNY
  9:23am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "no train to stockholm" by "lee hazelwood"
comboy in sweden movie is a hoot...hazelwood on horseback riding down ramp off the back of a plane
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "no train to stockholm" by "lee hazelwood"
Back when folks used the timpani in country music.
  9:24am
Carmen:

Good morning Trouble and to all my fellow listeners from Oregon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
StringOFperils:

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:23
Back when independence didn't come with a Facebook group.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:26am
love2laf:

↳ Song: "saranpe" by "umeko ando"
Always remarkable the crossover clicky stars between Trouble and Olivia. Two very different DJ shows, and yet, so much music in common :)
Avatar 9:34am
northguineahills:

i can never get the hang of thursdays...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
steveo:

↳ Song: "leih ya zaman" by "umm kuthum"
it would seem that the original spelling is أم كلثوم
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:36am
Handy Haversack:

I'm Steve McQueen. I'm burning clean.
Avatar 9:36am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

haven't seen that film in ages but remember digging very much
Avatar 9:38am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

^ meaning the McQueen/Wood film
Avatar 9:39am
northguineahills:

so, happy i'm leaving this desatanfied state (apologies to allusions to satan).
Avatar 9:39am
northguineahills:

i've seen the later film!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Handy Haversack:

Waiting to see if Rev. Turnip Druid turns out to be a big Father Goose fan ...
  9:40am
P-90:

“…love and relationships” uh-oh…
Avatar 9:40am
northguineahills:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:36
ok, i'm taking you to the next open mic nite, this is your warning! 😁
  9:41am
mark denver:

just looked up my kanopy ..have father goose not the McQueen Natalie wood
great choice Nina simone!!
  9:42am
tom tom the pipers son:

seemed there were a few movies with hollywood veteran actors inheriting large groups of children... wonder why....?
  9:43am
mark:

have to get it from denver public library..that's where I just got davud suisman latest book capitalism and the senses!!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "maryan" by "robert wyatt"
perfect. second wyatt of the morning!
  9:45am
mark denver:

looking forward to poor things and the zone of interest
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "maryan" by "robert wyatt"
Very cool. That vocal line was almost prog adjacent, reminded me of Hatfield and the North.
  9:48am
mark:

good coffee laundry and trouble
..not bad way to start the day
  9:48am
tom tom the pipers son:

manzanera prolly on guitar
  9:49am
Robm:

↳ northguineahills @9:39
you mean the fundamentalist republic of florida
  9:53am
pp:

I feel it is very Felt-like
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "eschuchar el pasado" by "Belver yin"
lovely. almost Durutti Column territory.

Trouble, do you know the trumpet player Amir Elsaffar? I think he's right up your alley. www.amirelsaffar.com
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:55am
The Oscar:

↳ mark denver @9:45
Both are excellent! Poor Things is a lot of fun; Zone decidedly less so, but still pretty astounding. My review of Poor Things, if you're interested (I'll be covering Zone when it opens up here next week): bostonhassle.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @9:54
Amir is so talented. I ran in the old Bloomington music scene with his sister, Dena. They both perform in the Rivers of Sound Orchestra, excellent music.
  9:58am
tom tom the pipers son:

wyatt adjacent...if anyone not familiar with phil manzanera album diamond head, go there if only for the eno song "miss shapiro"
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Trouble:

@ listener bryan: sounds familiar but not sure. i will check him out. merci!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:58
I saw him a couple times in Abu Dhabi and once here, when he played with his old teacher (what a night!). He's so good.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Trouble @9:58
I checked the artist search after I asked and see that he's been on Irene, Destination: OUT, Transpacific SP, but not Modern World. I think you'll like him!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Crownless Gander:

↳ Song: "sabena" by "greg foat & gigi masin"
Late to the party. This is gorgeous! Happy new year, all. I think we're allowed to say that till like the 7th, right?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:58
First time I saw him in AD (2016?) was with the large version of Rivers of Sound Orchestra. So good.
  10:04am
Toothgrinder Tom:

I’ve seen ‘Father Goose’ (I may even own the dvd for some reason) but I don’t remember much about it.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Trouble @9:58
xoxo
  10:04am
mark:

the oscar
thanks
check out richard Brody review of maestro..destroyed it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:02
Nice. I got to see them at Pioneer Works a few years back, they blew the roof off the joint.
Avatar 10:07am
alan the painter:

Yes! what happened to 'Greeneys'!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Handy Haversack:

My handwriting, never good, has become so atrocious. And I write kind of a lot, at least for this day and age.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Edgar from Maine:

Cursive was a relic of the time when fountain pens worked best when not lifted from the paper. Today, it's a way adults can send secure handwritten messages that children can't read.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Crownless Gander:

Agreed! Writing one's thoughts creates a flow completely unlike typing. Even printing doesn't really do it.
  This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:09am
captain beef fart:

My handwriting is so bad having to whiteboard stuff at work gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
melinda:

I enjoy writing, it's drawing letters.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Crownless Gander:

(And my handwriting is also terrible, but at least I know how to do it, in theory.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
melinda:

↳ Song: "wasn't born to follow" by "dusty springfield"
I know this from my CD of The City, Carole King's group.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
common:

↳ melinda @10:09
agreed
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Trouble:

education theory says that writing down notes in class secures the info in your mind more than simply typing into a laptop. something about the use of multiple thought patterns to create the letters
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:08
Yeah, the mini struggles to read cursive, and she's normally an excellent reader.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "wasn't born to follow" by "dusty springfield"
I keep hearing Cohen's "Suzanne" beneath this.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Trouble:

yes! @ edgar!!
  This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
captain beef fart:

↳ Trouble @10:10
But now we have "virtual assistants" to do it for us! ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Juli:

One more day till party nights
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Edgar from Maine:

Handwriting is fun, unique and beautiful. Added bonus is margin doodles!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Juli:

I love my cursive
It’s gotten better
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
StringOFperils:

↳ Trouble @10:10
For that reason, I would relate the motor-skills of drawing to cursive handrotor. With the development and exercise of these skills, a person can conceive of things independently and bring them into reality in ways that are not passive. These are leadership skills.
  10:15am
mark:

trouble
please a little story how you kicked the nuns in the shins
  10:15am
Chris:

drove up from Philly for cd fair Saturday. Got to meet Matt and buy about 75 cd’s. Highly irresponsible! 🥺
  10:16am
Robm:

↳ Juli @10:12
yeah juli, don’t party too much:)
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Edgar from Maine:

↳ Chris Hiatt @10:11
I can 'read' cyrillic in the sense that I know how to sound out the letters but not the cursive version of cyrillic—no idea what's going on there. Empathy!
Avatar 10:17am
northguineahills:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:16
the ukraine war has made me able to phonetically read the cyrillic alphabet...
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Dan S:

My handwriting is so bad, even I can hardly read it. Also, I'm a hunt-and-peck typist. Why won't they put those letter keys in alphabetical order? LOL
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ northguineahills @10:17
Cyrillic cursive isn't super bad, but to really encode something in a Western language, and curse at cursive, try Kurrentschrift in German .
Avatar 10:19am
northguineahills:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:18
most germans can't use it today...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Trouble:

i took intensive russian in the 80's and there was no other way to do it besides write out the letters. and then they were different from what was printed in our books...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Edgar from Maine:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:18
Good heavens that looks horrid.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
love2laf:

My printing was always atrocious, and cursive was equally awful. Grade 3 teacher decreed that all my homework must be typed. At this point with hand disabilities I'd be lost without typing messages, lists, etc.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Zip7:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:13
One of the most surprising things I've found from working with incarcerated folks is how many of them have exquisite handwriting. A number have had relatively little exposure to keyboards.
Avatar 10:21am
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "the wrong thing" by "the congos"
one of my fave albums of all time...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:20
I translated a letter my great grandfather wrote in it that also had the disadvantage of spelling errors...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Edgar from Maine:

↳ Zip7 @10:20
This is a fascinating topic! Incarcerated people aren't as polluted by screens and gizmos as 'free' people are.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Jason from Houston:

↳ Song: "the wrong thing" by "the congos"
Muchly here for this.
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Spikey BXL:

I started using a fountain pen and notebook again a couple of years ago, to not let my handwriting go the way of the dodo
  10:22am
Robm:

↳ love2laf @10:20
you have arthritis Love?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
StringOFperils:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:22
Yet they ARE on screen always.
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northguineahills:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:22
crap, everything i right today has speling errors! 😉
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
jinjabredboy:

↳ northguineahills @10:21
I'll second that
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Edgar from Maine:

↳ StringOFperils @10:22
Gah! Is NO place sacred??
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Spikey BXL @10:22
Spikey! More good news to make me jealous! Slift is playing in Brussels in March! Face-meltingly great heavy-psych. Stand in front of the bass player (right side as you face the stage), and see if your face doesn't melt off! Just see!

MONDAY 18 MARCH 7:00 PM
Brussels, Belgium
Ancienne Belgique (AB)
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
love2laf:

↳ Robm @10:22
Not as of last check up, I'm an odd duck who has many cysts, makes it difficult to even hold a pen. Modern keyboards require only the lightest of touches.
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HyperDose:

↳ northguineahills @10:22
How are you getting to NY? Plane, train, automobile?
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Karl:

↳ Song: "the wrong thing" by "the congos"
Trouble have you heard the 2 Bears song “Heart of the Congos”? It’s their ode to this record. m.youtube.com...
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northguineahills:

↳ love2laf @10:20
as mentioned before, i was switched from being left-handed in kindergarten, and by penmanship was so atrocious, my teachers made me type all of my homework.. (yeah, i technically can still write, but, it's slow...)
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Trouble:

@ karl: will look that up! gracias
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Dan S:

↳ love2laf @10:20
I didn't do any typewritten school assignments until I got to high school, when some teachers started requiring it. I remember my first typewriter, a manual portable. A Royal, I think. It got me through my college years, too.
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northguineahills:

↳ HyperDose @10:24
plane.... and omg, wtah am i doing (i'm fine, the wfmu fam is keeping me calm...) 5 hours to go...
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:24
Cheers Handy. Saw them at Roadburn in 2022. It was impressive but not totally my thing, so I will give them a pass. Esp. with three shows in the week leading up to it.

Ancienne Belgique a superb venue though.
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Edgar from Maine:

↳ northguineahills @10:25
My younger bros 1st grade teacher forced him to write with his right hand and he wrote everything in mirror image!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Spikey BXL @10:26
OK, but maybe swing by the venue with a big sign that says "Handy says come back to Brooklyn!"?
  10:28am
Robm:

↳ love2laf @10:24
gotcha thanks
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Zip7:

↳ HyperDose @10:24
Someone referred to I-95 from DC to Boston as "The Corridor of Hatred" based on the driving styles -- the "Jersey Slide" of crossing three lanes to an exit in about 100 yards as a prime example
  10:28am
dday:

↳ northguineahills @10:26
Even though flying has become somewhat of a pain in the ass (TSA etc.) It beats driving especially in winter months. I used to fly all over in the mid 90's . You could get to the gate 15 mins before boarding & get on your flight no problem. No more
  10:28am
Robm:

↳ northguineahills @10:26
glad we are doing that for you
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bixa:

↳ Zip7 @10:28
has anyone else noticed maryland drivers like to go slow in the left lane?
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:27
Ha! I'll try. Last time a message was posted outside the AB for a long time, it read: "Welcome to hellhole". After how cheeto POTUS had referred to our beautiful capital.
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StringOFperils:

↳ northguineahills @10:26
Finish packing and get to that airport, ngh!
  10:30am
Robm:

↳ Zip7 @10:28
known in some places as the jersey slide
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HyperDose:

↳ Zip7 @10:28
The "Jersey slide" from the left lane is a very real thing!
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northguineahills:

↳ Edgar from Maine @10:27
i'm not that talented, but i know people that are...
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Phillippe:

good morning all!
  10:32am
Robm:

↳ Spikey BXL @10:30
unfortunately he might get elected again
  10:32am
dday:

↳ bixa @10:29
It's funny how every state says that about drivers from another state. PA drivers get slammed from Jersey people all the time with that & yet whenver I drive in NJ (and I'm from there originnaly & spent years & many many miles on the road working there) I find NJ drivers to be among the worst offenders. Boston area close second, Baltimore/DC corridor on par with the other two :)

People just need to have some patience
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Trouble:

OMG: i love that, 'the jersey slide'. perfect description of some serious stupid drivig
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HyperDose:

↳ northguineahills @10:26
A 2hr flight is nothing. You'll be there before you know it!
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Robm @10:32
the idea makes my stomach turn
  10:33am
sinners rejoice!:

↳ Song: "de dar do" by "dj dolores"
very nice! thank you
  10:34am
Robm:

↳ dday @10:32
dday and they all move to florida where driving can get interesting at times
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northguineahills:

↳ dday @10:28
it's the random surcharges these days. and i've spent many nights in airports on the floor due to 'acts of god'. i don't mind the actual flying, it's the process. once I'm there, and the person is there to pick me up. i'll relax....
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Karl:

↳ Trouble @10:33
I learned this term from the Titus Andronicus song “A More Perfect Union”
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "de dar do" by "dj dolores"
digging this, trouble!
  10:34am
Robm:

↳ Spikey BXL @10:33
mine too in so many ways with this assclown
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dday:

↳ Robm @10:34
Oh my yes. My brother lived in Sunrise for quite awhile & when I visited I got to see it first hand.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ dday @10:32
I learned a move in Jersey in the late 80s that was described as the "Jersey Juke": You pull into the right hand turn lane just before a light goes green and then blast through the light straight ahead, shortcutting the line of cars stopped for the light.
  10:36am
Robm:

↳ dday @10:34
and there is traffic 24 hours a day
  10:36am
sinner's rejoice!:

music from '00s bring sunshine!
  10:36am
dday:

↳ northguineahills @10:34
breathe deep, you'll be back in NYC in no time. :) I'd insert the Genesis song here (Back in NYC) but I'm not signed in so the link won't be active
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:35
Selection bias is a thing, but I tend to notice in Brooklyn that whenever my attention is caught by someone pulling an absolute bonehead, pedestrian-killer move on the roads, the license plate tends to be NJ (or PA ...).
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bixa:

↳ dday @10:32
ive heard there's a lot of exits on the left in dc which informs my maryland theory...

poor jersey, the way roads are designed do not encourage ppl to be in a good mood while driving
  10:37am
dday:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:35
Oh yeah seen that plenty
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Zip7:

↳ northguineahills @10:34
I remember being terrified when I first noticed the tiny hole in the airplane window. I thought it was placed there to suck my soul out the window when airborne,
  10:37am
sinner's rejoice!:

or should I say, early aights!
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Karl:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:36
Unrelated, I am circling your block right now, and have been for days
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HyperDose:

↳ bixa @10:36
The lack of infrastructure upkeep is a major issue too
  10:38am
Robm:

↳ Zip7 @10:37
now NGH is not gonna want to fly
  10:38am
dday:

↳ bixa @10:36
Yes there are. Rt 22 as you get closer to Newark in NJ is like that. Very dangerous. I've known several killed on it
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Karl @10:37
Roll down the window -- I'll throw pizza!
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Phillippe:

↳ Zip7 @10:28
I'm from Annapolis MD, witness to (and willing participant in) the insane driving around here. I was in the Charleston SC area and had a hard time adjusting to being around drivers doing the speed limit, using their turn signals, etc. The police presence down there had a lot to do with it, I think. MD cops have always been lax but since Covid, they pull over even less people. I can't recall the last time I saw a speed trap here.
  10:39am
Robm:

↳ dday @10:38
i don’t go on us 22 unless i have too
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dday:

↳ Robm @10:38
Just keep looking out on the wing for that little hairy guy Shatner saw :)
  10:39am
time is fleeting:

can find spare tires on the road, broken furniture.. be careful
  10:40am
Robm:

↳ dday @10:39
that was one screwed up movie dday
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bixa:

↳ Phillippe @10:39
ohhh yeah, i lived in souteastern TN for a while and there were speed traps everywehre, even in the middle of nowhere
  10:42am
time is fleeting:

rt 22 very dangerous, things fall off of trucks and stay on the road for a while
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Handy Haversack:

Of course, the most dangerous drivers in NYC are the cops.
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Edgar from Maine:

Maine drivers aren't too bad if you don't see the Allen's Coffee Brandy bottles being tossed out the window. We look out for the MA plates and proceed cautiously around them.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:43
Sorry, AND KARL.
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:43
This might be because a lot of 'em live in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The most dangerous drivers in the solar system are from those counties.
  10:47am
mark/trubble:

saw sun ra few times in NYC
back in the day. talked to him about the cosmos...funny guy
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Phillippe:

↳ time is fleeting @10:42
I have the "be the second fastest car" mentality when I'm on the road and let the fastest car serve as the radar detector. I drive 5-15 MPH over the limit all of the time, and haven't had a speeding ticket since I was 17. Not bragging, it's just an indication of how lax things are around here.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Chris Hiatt @10:46
We might be in a real chicken-or-egg-type deal here.
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StringOFperils:

Toronto's a bit like that at times too. Extremely high-speed pursuit right through crowded streets and urban neighbourhoods. I once saw an Interceptor that didn't make it, tucked neatly beneath the rear end of a city streetcar (approx 70 tonnes). It was about 24 inches long from front grill to rear-bumper. Totally accordioned and welded under that behemoth. That cop must've been flying.
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bixa:

↳ Phillippe @10:47
my friend's dad always says (as if he's the state trooper) "Over 5 you're five, over 10 you're mine"
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northguineahills:

↳ dday @10:36
( a certain wfmu dj played that last night, and lultzed!)
  10:50am
mark:

simone Dina pretty vocal
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The Oscar:

↳ Song: "now i lay me down to weep" by "simone dina"
I'm still not 100% sure how to define popcorn, but I love it every time I hear it.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ dday @10:37
I don't know if the name is widespread. The people who taught it to me (and who took pride in their ability to make that move) were not Jersey natives, I confess. But they had enthusiastically adapted to the driving.
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:35
Oh that's what they call it! Happens on Church Ave here in Kenzo on the reg.
  10:51am
mark:

finally!!
thanks trubyl
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Peter in SEA:

Bonjour Trouble and listeners! LOVE William Scott and that whole St. Ives crowd! Beautiful painting on the playlist page :-) And this Monk pretty rad too!
  10:53am
mark:

was talking bout seeing him in80 81 have to contact tmonk jr
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Trouble:

bonjour @ peter!
  10:54am
mark:

have to set up turntable
so forgetful/ lazy
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Crownless Gander:

↳ Song: "Memories of You" by "thelonious monk"
Never heard this Monk before! I love it when he plays standards.
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Phillippe:

↳ bixa @10:48
Ya, I think that's pretty accurate here on surface streets. all bets are off on the expressways. The State police on the DOT side will pull trucks over with vigor for the slightest thing, but passenger cars get a free reign. My oldest has a flat bed tow truck he uses to pick up cars for his repair shop and he gets pulled over every couple months or so to check his straps on the cars and things like that. He's had more warnings than he can count but never any fine.
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Phillippe:

Hopping off early for a call. Thanks so much trouble!
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "now i lay me down to weep" by "simone dina"
"popcorn girls" sounds like a Trouble premium, just saying.
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HyperDose:

↳ time is fleeting @10:42
I think 78 is worse than 22. Higher speed limit and it's hilly which causes blind spots in bad weather
  10:57am
pmcWhenever:

cowpaths and corruption over hundreds of years, somewhat paved and cobblestoned underneath young and immortal youthz, freshly licensed and underdeveloped and likely impaired aka students make the Boston|Cambridge area uniquely catastrophic semesterly…
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Spikey BXL:

"knowledgeable Bob" sounds like a good nickname
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ HyperDose @10:56
Bronx River Parkway is terrifying.
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northguineahills:

↳ HyperDose @10:37
i don't mind the act of flying, it's everything surrounding it. If i can be in and out in 15 minutes each way, i'll be fine (being charged $90 for bags in october i didn't expect.)
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Spikey BXL @10:30
I'd love to see the Hellhole one day. Preferably during concert season!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Chris Hiatt @10:58
QFT
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Handy Haversack:

Palisades Parkways is totally off the hook as well, at least in the NJ section. It does calm down somewhat once you're in NY.
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:58
Barely have an off season. Belgian audiences liked by most touring artists.

You have a friend here!
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melinda:

I hate self-checkout
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HyperDose:

↳ northguineahills @10:58
I heard some airlines are nickel and diming people for carry-on luggage now. Assume it's to recoup pandemic expenses when no one was flying
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Maulydaft:

Amazing! Overthrowing self checkout! Just be really slow and frustrated and complain loudly while doing it! :D :D
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Handy Haversack:

Never use a self-checkout unless you steal a lot. Then hopefully they realize that the self-checkouts lead to theft and go back to, you know, hiring people.

I think I have never actually successfully used one. I tried once, got overwhelmed, and just went and stood on the long line. Never looked back.
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bk845:

Self checkout is faster, and as someone who doesn't like to wait in line, I love it.
  11:01am
Chief Guy:

The digital revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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SheWolf:

You're not putting anyone out of work by doing self check out. I like it because it's faster, I can bag as I like and don't have to talk to anyone.
  11:02am
Mup Mahoy:

There are times when the checkout lines are very long, and the self-check is almost empty. It's a choice. I want it to stay.
  11:02am
Robm:

@Trouble i don’t use self checkout, trader joes does not have self checkout
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trubyl:

self checkouts are good .if not 30 minute waits..
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Edison Mausoleum:

I like using self checkout at Walmart because it makes it much easier to shoplift
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Noir Lover:

I don't drive or use self checkout! Also produce doesn't have barcodes.
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Crownless Gander:

Self checkout's great for sneaking a few extra items into the bag.
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bk845:

For what it's worth, I use ShopRite mobile scan, so I scan and bag everything as I shop, and then scan a barcode at the register to load the order and pay for it.
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listener james from westwood:

One local supermarket that had scan guns has had "OUT OF ORDER" signs on them for the past few days. I asked the customer service person whether this was a real malfunction or the store/chain taking a brute-force approach to "retail theft," and she admitted it easily could be corporate pettifoggery. This same chain recently expanded their number of self-check lanes, so they're setting folks up for wasting their own time and others' by scanning and bagging full carts of stuff.
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:59
Robert Moses is cackling at us from his perch in Hell. These parkways, yeesh. how is it that we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?
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Vivian:

Self checkout- yes. I'm the type that likes to get what I need and get out. Self checkout lines are usually shorter.
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Maria D:

I hate self checkout so much!! Or at least being forced to use it. Happens a lot at our big grocery chain and can take me 30 minutes to check myself out if buying a lot for my family.
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Dan S:

I'm not fond of self-checkout either. Given a choice of stores with and without, I'll go to one without. Check out the old-school way, I say. BTW, I do think self-checkout has fostered the shoplifting mentality. It's just a small stretch from self-checkout to no-checkout.
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bk845:

What I'm saying is, you can pry ShopRite Mobile Scan from my cold, dead fingers.
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xtrakrispy:

↳ Song: "the paris match" by "the style council"
One of my favorite songs of all time…
  11:04am
kevlicki:

I refuse the self checkout and when I’ve had to use it someone on staff has to walk me thru it.
No creative idea on how to advocate rn, other than going to cashiers

What do you think of the Amazon surveillance store? Where you don’t even go to a checkout
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love2laf:

Self checkout is such a multi-faceted horror story. Company doesn't pay employees enough to pay their bills like food and rent. Don't have enough employees, so put in self check-out. Some customer's anger is so high they steal and cheat at self check-out. Companies hire security. Always the customer loses out, and the prices continue to climb. My rant from my wooded world.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Spikey BXL @11:00
I will let you know!

We just planned our first actual trip -- that is, with an airplane and a hotel and tourist things -- since before the pandemic. Just a few days in New Orleans in Feb. Looking forward to it.
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Jason from Houston:

Got a sale today at the self-checkout: 2 for 1 mustard greens.
  11:04am
ongo bongo:

i like self checkout--i pay a lot more attention to how much i'm spending, and am more likely to use my own bags
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Noir Lover:

At Target in Brooklyn the self checkout lines are typically 2x longer than human lines.
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HyperDose:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:01
I love self-checkouts. They're definitely easier for the tech savvy. It's nice to shop and not have to take the headphones off to interact with people *shudders*
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sbw:

I prefer self-checkout. It helps with my social anxiety!
  11:05am
Toothgrinder Tom:

It’s interesting to me how older cursive handwriting - like the kind you might see in a note handwritten by an aunt - looks so pretty but mine certainly doesn’t. I tend to print everything.
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Maulydaft:

↳ love2laf @11:04
YYYYESSSS
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dreamyandseedy:

i contend that the worker who has to oversee 5-10 self-checkout stands works harder than any other cashier because they are constantly going back and forth between the self-checks helping everyone with their self-check problems
  11:05am
Selfie guy:

Self checkout is how you get Jeff Bezos to provide you with premium cuts of meat for free.
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Micheal:

Thanks for a great show today, Trouble!
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Listener John from NJ:

Don't use them?
Make a lot of errors, to slow down the lines. If enough people do this, the store will need more people to "supervise" the self-check-out lines.
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Crownless Gander:

French Style Council! This song was made for Trouble.
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Faith:

I'm conflicted with self-checkout. Morally, I feel wrong potentially taking a job away from someone. Efficiency wise, I love being able to pack my bags exactly the way I want for the best weight distribution and lowest crush factor. Also, not having to constantly tell the cashier what the type of produce I got is. While on the topic, I'll also throw in how insane it is that cashiers have to stand for their shifts! Every other country I travel to the cashiers always get to sit!
  11:06am
charles:

you're so right. it's slower. AND i love your point that you're not an employee! dunno what we do especially when places like CVS don't give a choice anymore. back to supporting mom & pop stores?
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:04
We too are hitting The Big Easy in Feb! Sometime during midwinter recess.
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xtrakrispy:

The problem with self checkouts is all the damn marketing they try to throw into it. Sign up for this, coupons for that, do you want to donate to this, it’s annoying and slows down the process. Also did you put the item in the bag, REPEATEDLY. SO ANNOYING.
  11:07am
Robm:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:05
and making sure people don’t do the 5 finger discount
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Trouble:

@ noir lover: exactly the problem! i usually buy only produce, no coded items, so i have to type everything in, and of course that slows down the line.

And yes every self checkout lane should be employing a person to check us out instead, so jobs are lost
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:04
NOLA also on my long list of destinations. Am sure you'll enjoy it!
  11:08am
Philip:

late good morn
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coelacanth∅:

7-8 x now i've gone into lowes, gathered anything from a tube of cement to 9-10 items (sometimes big items) gone up to the self-checkout line and asked the attendant if self-checkout is my only option and when told yes, left my stuff there at the front and walked out.
it's a commitment. it's time out of my day and possibly a few dollars more spent at the local hardware store.
...and maybe it will never help.
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Robm @11:07
i actually think it's easier to steal in the human-powered checkout line, at least if you bring your own bags.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Chris Hiatt @11:06
Hey, same! I think 19-23, get there Mon., get home Fri. We should chat!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Spikey BXL @11:08
There are a couple of WFMU listeners there who will provide a warm welcome!
  11:11am
Robm:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:09
i never use self checkout too much temptation dreamy and i don’t want to spend time in the greybar hilton
  11:11am
JaydiumCrass:

Hiyas, Trouble and attendant troublemakers!
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HyperDose:

↳ Faith @11:06
Weight distribution and crush factor are good points!
  11:12am
mark /trubyl:

self checkouts are here to stay..welcome to the modern world..soon high speed robots deliver everything to you-- home- in the park-- at the club-at wfmu-all day 247365 at the concerts..before and after sex..at the library..at the beach
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:09
Yes, definitely! Our exact dates aren't finalized yet, but will holla.
  11:13am
Robm:

one more thing before i go back to lurking, don’t go to walmart, they don’t have apple pay and the people at the front of the store are very slow in checking your receipts from shopping
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Zip7:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:09
Right on, Justified and Ancient Fish!!
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Listener John from NJ:

I have read in the newspapers that some large retailers are considering getting rid of self-checkout lines
But no supermarket chains were mentioned.
Another anti-self-checkout idea: Break things!
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Handy Haversack:

We always bag our own stuff. That's just part of carrying your own bags, it seems like. I'm not sure NYC grocery stores ever have the clerks bagging. At least not the ones I go to.
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Dan S:

At least with a cashier, if you have a question or a problem, you know there's someone right in front of you to ask. With self-checkout, there might be one store employee for every four machines, trying to deal with multiple problems at once. I have sometimes just stopped the process before paying and walked out, leaving the unpaid stuff there and the store to clean up the mess. I'm talking to you, CVS closest to me.
  11:14am
JaydiumCrass:

Human check-out lines. I like mixing my own drinks, but the wait for cust svc to approve the ID on selfers is often very cumbersome, not to mention the snafus encountered when the selfer all of a sudden doesn't wanna co-operate.
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Spankyflop:

↳ Trouble @11:07
Even in the pre-self-checkout era, I hated having to bag my own groceries. There used to pay people who did that too.
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coelacanth∅:

i rarely encounter a cashier that bags my items -as it should be. it has nothing to do with self-checkout.
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dreamyandseedy:

really interesting to me that people with anxiety and/or who don't feel like talking to someone enjoy the self-checkout, i didn't really think about that. where i live we have a LOT of people using curbside grocery pick-up where the employee is in the store shopping for you (which is a whole separate issue because those curbside carts take up a lot of space in the store and blocking the way for actual customers and those employees could be cashiers instead)
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Zip7 @11:13
hey Zipper!
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bixa:

what is the name of that lux southern grocery store where the people walk your cart to your car for you? anyone been to that?
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "boat song" by "lilliput"
great, i just got a notification my flight has been delayed by 40 mins. new flight duration, 25 hrs 40 mins... (that must be an error)
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HyperDose:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:13
And that 10 cent per bag charge adds up over time
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Trouble:

i love to bag my groceries: then i know my soft stuff will not be crushed at the bottom.
  11:15am
JaydiumCrass:

↳ northguineahills @11:15
Craaaaaaap
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Handy Haversack:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:14
Those self-checkout machines WAY trigger my anxiety!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ northguineahills @11:15
Change of planes in Nome?
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Edgar from Maine:

They have self checkout at the liquor store up here!
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northguineahills:

↳ Trouble @11:15
i always bag my groceries! (Uncle Micheal's hinky dinky bag makes it easy!(
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Zip7:

↳ Dan S @11:13
CVS is a horror show. Hellbent on reducing labor costs. And it's the only game in my one-stoplight town
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Trouble:

i also hate the voices of the self checkout, i feel like they are constantly yelling at me.
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Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b:

Hiya Trouble! Enjoying my Thursday morning work while listening to music with you. Thanks so much.
  11:16am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @11:15
that's something you don't need...
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northguineahills:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:16
it's supposed to be a direct flight.. nome is still better than archangelsk ....
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Trouble @11:15
exactly. i never let the store employees bag. they don't care at all, just want to get it done and move along. so oddly, that's an argument in favor of self-check
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Trouble:

great to hear @ listner jonny... welcome aboard!
  11:17am
pmcWhenever:

online grocery order with pickup outside the market is the best thing since 1970’s home delivery from the local market, this covid inspired innovation, around MA, avoids so many of the in-market probs but it is random and full of unfound and surprise inclusions… later i will be seeing what i get this time while listening to Cage or FMU or FM scan
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northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:16
i was about to throw away perfectly good decent beer, but now....
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HyperDose:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:14
Grocery delivery is a game changer. You can get a whole month's worth of grocery shopping done in one day. I imagine the curbside employees are the same ones picking and packing delivery orders too (unless the delivery comes from the main warehouse like Kroger does)
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Spikey BXL:

↳ northguineahills @11:17
that's a felony in Belgium
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:17
same reasoning why i would never ever let an employee choose my groceries for me. i don't want anyone touching my stuff! haha
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Crownless Gander:

↳ Song: "astral melancholy suite" by "ghost power"
Didn't know about this release. Super cool, onto the Bandcamp wishlist it goes!
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love2laf:

↳ Spikey BXL @11:19
Not just a felony, it's a crime of passion :(
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Ken From Hyde Park:

The Stop & Shop stores in my locale have hand scanners for you and you can scan & bag as you go and hand it to the checkout person and you pay quickly and you're out the door.
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Dan S:

Meanwhile, all the drugstores by me are putting more and more of their stuff behind glass, under lock, so you have to wait for a store employee to unlock it for you just to get the item in your hands! But then, you have to check yourself out without assistance! I call it the worst of both worlds.
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Listener John from NJ:

↳ bixa @11:15
Is it Publix? They ask if you wanna have them load your car.
  11:20am
JaydiumCrass:

I don't necessarily have an issue with how employees bag my stuff, as I believe at least for myself that a mashed hot dog bun, for example, isn't going to thoroughly destroy my day. Having the option of self-bag islands at the store I used to shop at, though, definitely helped for that to happen with a lot less frequency.
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Spikey BXL:

↳ love2laf @11:19
But the passion cannot be used as an extenuating circumstance
  11:21am
trubyl/mark:

you're right about the voices..side hustle voice over trubyl voice nationwide20 million$ contract
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Handy Haversack:

↳ HyperDose @11:18
We had to get groceries delivered once or twice when we had COVID, and I *hated* it. Never again, inshallah. Going to places in my neighborhood and interacting with people helps ground me. I do not think that every process in our lives needs to be optimized. And I certainly don't think that more trucks are helping anyone.

I mean, all these errands kind of suck now without the dog. But keeping that neighborhood connection is important.
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ HyperDose @11:18
i get that people are busy and going to the store is a "chore" but why should it be a chore? when did it become a chore? i feel like it used to be fun. was it ever fun? i try not to make my weekly visit a chore, i try to enjoy it lol. but i also don't live in a big city, my trip to the store is usually the one time i go out into "town" and like, see people and things.
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northguineahills:

ok, i just got an update, it will not be a 25 hour flight, it was just a bug. i'm going to now lie dow on the floor, w/ an imaginary paper bag, and just hyperventilate... (i'll be back once i'm conscious again...)
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Trouble @11:16
Yeah they REALLY want you to "please take your items."
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coelacanth∅:

the store i do most of my grocery shopping has no self-checkout. the cashier typically does not bag my items but there're 1-2 people on busy days dividing their attentions between the registers, bagging when needed or desired.
they also have lower prices than the giant shiny store across the street with 8 self-checkout registers.
i think one's a grocery store while the other is a pig factory.
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Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b:

↳ Song: "astral melancholy suite" by "ghost power"
noice
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northguineahills:

↳ Listener John from NJ @11:20
no more florida grocery talk here (publix dominates the floridascape, and they're not bad).
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HyperDose:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:21
Definitely more options in the city. As someone who doesn't drive and doesn't always have an affordable grocery store within walking distance, the delivery option is great. Keeps me cooking which is cheaper and healthier than eating out.
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love2laf:

↳ northguineahills @11:22
Breathe NGH, breathe. You know you've got this, your dream coming true because of your hard work, and your persistence. In the home stretch now and rounding for home :)
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Dan S:

One last thing: I often prefer to pay with cash, but only two of the four self-checkout machines at my nearest CVS will take cash. The other two are cards only. They know we are less likely to restrain our spending when using a card! OK, enough ranting for one morning.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "astral melancholy suite" by "ghost power"
do tim gane and laetitia sadiar do anything wrong (duophonic is their label)
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Zip7:

One of the big issues we fought back in community organizing days was supermarket chains moving near-expiration date goods to stores on "the other side of the tracks."
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SheWolf:

↳ Noir Lover @11:04
Same at the large Target by me and there is now a sign indicating that self check out is for 10 items and under and presumably they have added more cashiers.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:22
I'm with you, dreamyandseedy.

I think I'll go to be local bookstore and spend too much money this afternoon.
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coelacanth∅:

people who get anxiety talking to other people (or just don't want to - which means they get anxiety over it)
need to talk to other people.
self-checkout is enabling them to sink deeper into their self-centered isolation.
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melinda:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:26
Agree
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northguineahills:

↳ love2laf @11:24
thank you. i've got this. my friend is picking me up, and i'm going to be sleep deprived and possibly intoxicated...... scratch that... not drinking until i get there.....(goes to yerba mate)
  11:28am
JaydiumCrass:

↳ northguineahills @11:27
Good deal! Take er easy and hopin everything is up from here!
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SheWolf:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:26
I can talk to people or not. When I don't feel like it I just don't feel like it. Nothing to do with anxiety. Methinks you're over thinking, which is often related to anxiety.
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melinda:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:22
I feel the same way. I'm an introvert but I want to interact with people when I buy my groceries, it might be the only time I talk to someone that day.
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northguineahills:

↳ JaydiumCrass @11:28
i appreciate it. it means a lot!
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Edgar from Maine:

I'll stand in line for a human checker even if the self-checkout is available. I like the interaction even if they're surly.
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steveo:

*especially if they're surly
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Handy Haversack:

↳ northguineahills @11:27
You got this.

Ain't nothin' gonna to break your stride
Nobody gonna slow you down, oh no.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "astral melancholy suite" by "ghost power"
Wow this was good.
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dreamyandseedy:

i have one last thing also: being a cashier is one of the worst jobs ever. at least in my experience. you are paid minimum wage or barely more and you are, more often than not, treated like garbage by the customers. it is truly a soul-sucking job (it was for me). and i think there's an issue here of the grocery store employees doing their job to the bare minimum of their ability bc that's all they are getting paid to do and they are not treated with respect by the company or the customers. so i will absolutely hate on them for not doing their job but i see the other side of it as well... the whole thing is a mess! i dunno what to do except be nice to them and do what i can to make my little trip there painless
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steveo:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @11:30
so good
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coelacanth∅:

↳ SheWolf @11:29
haha, well i'm referring to people who *never* want to talk to other people; and of course it's a broad generalization.
...and i DO have anxiety -plenty and for good reason...but not about talking with other people!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Edgar from Maine @11:30
agreed
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StringOFperils:

I like to be nice to check-out people also. Not a great place to be stuck, as much as it does provide employment for folks, who for one reason or another, can't access something better yet. Except for the replacement of said employment by machines, self-checkouts seem like a mercy
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love2laf:

↳ dreamyandseedy @11:31
"I'm not afraid of hell, I've worked retail."
The good customers make the day easier and better. You learn to roll with the nasty customers, and how to handle them, and often de-escalate their behaviour. Not all the time, but some of the time. Establishing a relationship with all of the customers, builds a better workplace. Worked retail for most of my life.
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melinda:

My hate for self-checkout is a soft hate
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PMD:

I head her say check out, and thought that with so much controversy that you all were talking about the right to end your own life. Then I come here and we are in the supermarket.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ PMD @11:36
Better? Or worse?
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love2laf:

↳ PMD @11:36
Damn it, that is a banger of a spit take!
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ love2laf @11:34
i never learned that lol i just don't have that mental ability, i have too thin a skin. the people who can thrive (or survive) in that environment have got something i would like to bottle!
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PMD:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:37
Different!
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PMD:

↳ love2laf @11:37
Learned a new phrase thanks!
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Trouble:

rosemary tonks: "the bloater", "the halt during the chase" are the two i have read so far: super!!
  11:39am
dday:

Not being 100% sure my covid is gone & wearing a mask, the self checkout for an item or two seems a bit safer from a medical standpoint for me right now.

No human interaction from me or anyone else.

As for the "touch spread" aspect of covid or any of the myriad of respiratory diseases currently going around, I have kept a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol & paper towels in my car since late 2019 & also surgical gloves.
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coelacanth∅:

my hate for self-checkout is a hard hate, not quite as seething as that for self-driving vehicles and drones but it's obviously a bad thing for humans in general.
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love2laf:

Must away from accu, so thanking you early Trouble for the amazing music, and provocative question of the day. Thanks for the chat and company accu friends, keep an eye on NGH, don't let him forget his paper bag for hyperventilating treatment.
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StringOFperils:

Defy self checkout terminals. Demand the impossible!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ PMD @11:36
i will now use "self-checkout" in it's new and better context!
sometimes it's the reasonable thing.
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bixa:

this song makes me feel like i'm in stardew valley
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HyperDose:

↳ bixa @11:46
I love that soundtrack
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Edgar from Maine:

Gratitude to Trouble for this scrumptious set today! Thank you and the team.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "eight wave" by "suzanne ciani"
I love how I can tell a Ciani piece...
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melinda:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:40
That's justified
  11:51am
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bixa:

↳ Listener John from NJ @11:20
YES publix
  11:53am
bradford:

Many thanks, Trouble.
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StringOFperils:

Thanks for hosting, Trouble. In lieu of actual chicken soup, this has been alright. This lingering Covid, however, sucks.
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Jason from Houston:

Many thanks, Trouble.
See y'all at the grocery store!!!
  11:53am
ami ad:

Thank you, DJ. Crew.
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northguineahills:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:30
danks, mang!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Trouble!

Stay Troubled, all. Just, you know, don't write it down unless you can read it later.
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Dan S:

Happy New Year, Trouble and other Modernists! Until next week!
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Handy Haversack:

Dang, didn't realize Dave Dichelle was away again.
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Chris Hiatt:

Thanks, DJ Trouble! So glad for the soundtrack while we figured everything out today.
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Trouble:

thanks for tuning in today and being part of my supermarket research team. see you next week!
  11:56am
Ochre Ogre:

Thanks Trouble!
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steveo:

thanks, Trouble! wonderful to have tuned in today!
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Handy Haversack:

Happy trails, ngh!
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listener james from westwood:

Thanks, Trouble!
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dreamyandseedy:

thanks Trouble!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thank you, Trouble. Have a nice weekend (avoiding snow if you can).
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Lovely show, Trouble! TY!
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Fishman:

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