Random Thought #51 - A Rhetorical Question About Sandwiches

 Yes I have a rhetorical question about sandwiches.

And not just any sandwiches - store bought sandwiches.

Why do they have to put so much lettuce (or in some cases spinach) in the sandwiches they sell?

I don't know why I'm asking cos I know the answer - to make money.

If they didn't put so much of the green stuff in there then they would either have to put in more whatever else which would cost more to produce (usually meat... or cheese... or something else more expensive than lettuce or spinach).

Or they would have to make the sandwich (or wrap, let's not forget about wraps) smaller and then they'd either not sell or they'd have to lower the price.

Unless of course you go to Subway or somewhere similar... but then that's made while you are stood there and not in a factory somewhere.

Teaser Tuesday

Taking part in Teaser Tuesday is simple. All you've got to do is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add you link to the comments.
 
Here's mine:

Cason shakes his head. And that's when the bomb goes off.

Page 11, Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig 

This book counts towards my total for the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge hosted by Book Chick City. 

 

Random Quote #158

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all. 

Vincent Van Gogh

Random Quote #157

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer. 

Joseph Campbell

But It's Only A Kettle

We recently got one of those little computer things that tells you how much electricity you are using. Well I say recently, we've had it a while but only just got round to setting up.

Anyway when I go out to work in the morning this thing usually says we are churning out between 100 and 300 watts... per whatever... I don't pretend to really understand it. The closest I knowingly get to physics these days is watching The Big Bang Theory.

So anyway it's a pretty low reading in the morning. Then later on it averages at about 700 to 900 watts when we have the TV or lights on or whatever.

It goes up a fair bit when we switch the cooker on... but the cooker is a pretty big appliance.

But what I don't understand is how it can shoot up from around 750 to 3,500 when we switch the kettle on.

THE KETTLE.

It goes up by nearly 3,000 watts because we are boiling water.

Now like I said I don't really understand much about physics... it's a while since I last studied it (like 12 years)... but how can such a small appliance churn out more than a couple of TVs, a cable box and a DVD player combined (and it's not even a little bit more - it's a lot).

Answers on a postcard... or in the comments box.

Teaser Tuesday

Taking part in Teaser Tuesday is easy. All you have to do is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments.

Here's mine:

Is someone behind me? I freeze, still as death, and glance over my shoulder.

Page 15, Forevermore by Cindy Miles

This book counts towards my totals for 2 reading challenges this year:

Book Chick City

Literary Escapism

Random Quote #156

I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. 

George Plimpton

Random Quote #155

Books may well be the only true magic.

Alice Hoffman

Random Thought #50 - Comments

Yes today's random thought is about comments.

But I'm not talking about comments on a blog. No I'm ranting talking about the comment boxes on surveys.

You know you use a store card or buy something online and they want to know what you think - fair enough they want feedback.

And some feedback/surveys are simple - you put what you want to put and they say 'thanks for taking the time to leave feedback'.

In some surveys you get those comment boxes that ask you why you said what you said or ask if you have any comments.

And sometimes I don't know what to put... so I leave that bit blank and try to move on to the next bit.

But in some surveys you can't do that - you have to put something in that box or you can't move on.

And that irritates me... to the point that in one such survey I put in the comment box that I found such comment boxes annoying. Now I just put a full stop.

But it looks as though that won't be enough soon. 

I recently went to leave feedback for a product I had bought. And I just wanted to leave some standard feedback - something along the lines of 'as described, quick delivery'.

But I was informed that that wasn't enough - they wanted more. And I almost left them a scathing comment on how my original feedback wasn't good enough for them. But it wasn't the seller's fault it was the host website's fault.

 Comment boxes annoy me... end of rant.

  (please feel free to comment :) )