"We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor"

[bill_sheehan]

I went to the Apple store in Boston this morning, having finally received the appropriate approvals to be reimbursed for repairing my drowned MacBook Pro. (My wise and benevolent employer issued me a high-end MacBook Pro a few months ago. I abused their generosity by spilling a glass of diet soda into it. Such misfortunes are not covered by Apple,

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[liddle_oldman]

I wonder if the Dali Lama gets any satisfaction by the Chinese government considering him such a threat...

[natevw]

I wonder how things got *so* crazy that standing in line to buy then fence cell 'hones is an acceptable way of making a living .

I also wonder where the brains went of folks who actually give a shit if i6 phones are on back order ~ so what ? just wait and soon they'll be everywhere and cheaper too .

@ work I have box fulls of Black Berrys that folks were getting _shot_ over a few short years ago , now they're worthless .

I'm still using my Nokia 6030 , older than even the ' crackberry ' .

-Nate

[bill_sheehan]

When you're a (possibly undocumented with a debt to repay the snakeheads who got you into the country a shipping container) immigrant with no job, you do day labor. A few hours standing in line in the early morning nets a few dollars. Then you can get to the restaurant kitchen in time to prep for lunch.

[natevw]

Living in Los Angeles , I know rather more about the undocumented workers that I wish I did .

-Nate

[greenquotebook]

That cracks me up about the iPhone 6. I went to my local Verizon store 3 weeks ago, ordered the one I wanted, got it in the mail about a week later and have been sitting on it ever since because I haven't had the time to go back to the Verizon store to get them to transfer all my data and wipe the old phone so I can send it in to get the $200 rebate. People wait on line for it? Hah!