Comments on: A very trivial and very boring little post about the price of a chair http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fred Z http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283977 Fred Z Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:38:12 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283977 I am landlord, builder and developer. I have used my cell phone to take pictures of:
-electrical breaker panels to analyze circuit layouts.
-contracts in a lawyers office, rather than taking notes.
-licence plates and VIN numbers.
-ad hoc engineering and construction detail sketches rather than asking the engineer to scan and email them.
-piping as built.
-poor construction work, good construction work, construction detail generally.
-clean apartments, dirty and damaged apartments.
-a persistent trespasser with a crapping dog. The judge was amused.

And so on.

It has become my most important tool.

]]> By: Julie near Chicago http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283345 Julie near Chicago Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:01:20 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283345 Natalie, just goes to show you can always find something to be thankful for. :>)

]]> By: Michael Jennings http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283336 Michael Jennings Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283336 Brian, you appear to have posted the picture with the click and enlarge thing working just fine.

]]> By: PersonFromPorlock http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283235 PersonFromPorlock Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:07:42 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283235 I should add that the rear view of a naked fat man sitting in one of those chairs would be, um, unedifying.

]]> By: PersonFromPorlock http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283205 PersonFromPorlock Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283205 Hell, I like avocado! And beige! It’s black electronic gadgets with tiny ‘silver’ (read: ‘dim gray’) labels on the controls that are the true Abomination!

]]> By: Natalie Solent http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283189 Natalie Solent Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:21:59 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283189 Steven,

“It’s bad enough that they are avocado green (the official co-color, along with mustard brown, of the 1970s”

Pah! You obviously know nothing of recent trends in interior decor. The 70′s generally and avocado specifically is right bang on trend at the moment, riding a wave of nostalgia from kids of the sixties.

This is fortunate for those of us who were never in a position to replace a perfectly functional bathroom suite just because the colour was out of fashion…

]]> By: RAB http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283168 RAB Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:40:19 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283168 Ted, Norwegian Wood… and I claim my ten pounds.

Song about an arsonist, if you think about it ;-)

]]> By: Ted Schuerzinger http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283138 Ted Schuerzinger Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283138 Brian asked me to stay and he told me to sit anywhere;
I looked all around and I noticed there wasn’t a chair.

]]> By: RAB http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283134 RAB Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:26:49 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283134 Erm… how about cushions and sitting on the floor Brian? I’m sixty but can still manage crossed legs.

As to the camera, it is bloody marvelous folks, thoroughly enjoying ours.

]]> By: William O. B'Livion http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-283123 William O. B'Livion Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-283123 In 2009 I was wandering around museums in Italy and noticed that in modern museums with their primary focus being preservation of the original, I was often able to get a brighter and clearer view of the artwork through the LCD on my Lumix DMC-LX3 than with my Mark One Eyeballs.

]]> By: Alisa http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-282873 Alisa Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:31:42 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-282873 OK, now I want to see what did you end up buying.

]]> By: Julie near Chicago http://www.samizdata.net/2013/01/a-very-trivial-and-very-boring-little-post-about-the-price-of-a-chair/#comment-282736 Julie near Chicago Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:39:08 +0000 http://www.samizdata.net/?p=16532#comment-282736 Those are among the most ghastly chairs I’ve ever seen. Thank you, Brian, for giving us something truly perverse to occupy our minds as we attempt to go to sleep. ;)

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