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Cake day: May 15th, 2026

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  • Yeah that sounds right. I’m not totally sure about the UK but in Spain, Italy, and Ireland they have those mini splits instead of air conditioners in a lot of places. I know because it was something I specifically verified they had in all hotels I stayed in as a wimpy American that needs his cold air!

    I also owned a condo in Spain for a bit, (lost it in it in a divorce) and we had one installed along with a dryer since those are fairly uncommon in Spain. It’s like a skinny ass thing towards the top of usually high sealing with a small duct installed behind it and much less powerful than your run of the mill window AC in the US. It did the trick when it was around 85 degrees F outside but just barely.




  • Some American stores just put glass between the customers and basic, inexpensive products with a buzzer to call an attendant… Let me tell ya, that was a uh, choice…

    Employees hate them because they didn’t hire a dedicated unlocker because that’d cut into their record profits. Instead, they just rely on employees to stop what their doing and unlock the various locked up products around the store.

    The average customer also hates this because we have to wait on somebody to unlock a low priced item as stupid as laundry detergent or eye drops… We are talking products less than $10 and various things locked up in different places in the store so depending on what you’re wanting, you might be waiting a while. Average waist time during busy hours: 5-10 minutes per unlock.

    The result of course is many customers including myself just stop buying the locked up products at the stores that do this.

    Meanwhile, companies the implemented this stupid idea are “baffled” as to why the sales of these products have taken a significant hit…