FrozenVent posted:

Slack3r posted:

Nothing wrong with this. You can cook steak directly on lump charcoal then wrap in tinfoil for a few minutes. Its AMAZING.

Vegetable posted:

On a scale of 0 to 10 how much cancer does that give you

Garrand posted:

3.6

Alhazred posted:

Turns out that catering exclusively to thirsty men who doesn't know how to find online porn isn't the best strategy anymore: https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/2018-victorias-secret-fashion-show-had-lowest-ratings-ever.html

je1 healthcare posted:

Guys may like underwear models, but Victoria's marketing is directed entirely at women, because that's their customer base.

Subjunctive posted:

AIUI, Victoria’s Secret was founded with a target market of men buying lingerie for women. I wonder when that shifted.

Krispy Wafer posted:

My daughters are on the cutting edge of fashion and they both like Pink by Victoria Secrets, so VS is doing something right.

Krispy Wafer posted:

My daughters are on the cutting edge of fashion and they both like Pink by Victoria Secrets, so VS is doing something right.

The main brand is probably not doing so great since their primary consumers over the last 20 years are moving into granny panties.

Basticle posted:

Hasnt their CEO also been linked to Epstein?

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In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria’s Secret. He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand’s catalog. When she arrived, Ms. Arden said, the man grabbed her, tried to undress her and said he wanted to “manhandle” her. Ms. Arden, then 27, fled in tears.

It was the type of crisis that should not have come as a complete surprise to leaders at L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret.

In the mid-1990s, two senior executives had discovered that the same man, a close adviser to the company’s chief executive, Leslie H. Wexner, was trying to pitch himself as a recruiter for Victoria’s Secret models. Mr. Wexner was alerted, according to the two executives.

It is unclear what if any action Mr. Wexner took in response. But the man — Jeffrey E. Epstein, a New York financier — had developed an unusually strong hold on Mr. Wexner, one of the country’s most influential corporate titans.

Within years of meeting Mr. Epstein, Mr. Wexner handed him sweeping powers over his finances, philanthropy and private life, according to interviews with people who knew the men as well as court documents and financial records.

Mr. Wexner authorized him to borrow money on his behalf, to sign his tax returns, to hire people and to make acquisitions. Over the years, Mr. Epstein obtained a New York mansion, a private plane and a luxury estate in Ohio — today valued at roughly $100 million all together — previously owned by Mr. Wexner or his companies. At the same time, he drove a wedge between Mr. Wexner and longtime associates and friends.

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Shelves look like liquidation is well underway. It's too bad, as others had said, There is no other place to purchase the odd parts you need to repair a PC or other electronics.

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Went to store in San Marcos CA on Sat. Shelves and floor space empty. Asked a guy working there if they are going out and he said "I don't know I just sell computers." Went a cross the street to Best Buy and they said that the LG salesmen told them that they will no longer do business with Fry's as they did not pay their bills.

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Was at the store in Webster, TX. The shelves are half empty and the stock area is completely empty.

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I was at the Tempe, Arizona location two weeks ago and I asked the sales rep in the store if Fry’s was closing down and he said yes. They said current plans are for Fry’s to close after Black Friday. He said Fry’s is in the process of self liquidation, hence the lack of merchandise.

So sad, I really loved Fry’s... I don’t want yo only rely on Amazon for everything...

BloodBag posted:

What do?

SO DEMANDING posted:

Move to somewhere with a Microcenter

Eclipse12 posted:

So apparently, a 50th anniversary Woostock concert was gonna be a thing, but now it ain't gonna be a thing.

Cradle to the Grape posted:

I'm kinda surprised they'd even consider it after the trash fire that was Woodstock '99.

SO DEMANDING posted:

Move to somewhere with a Microcenter

Cradle to the Grape posted:

I'm kinda surprised they'd even consider it after the trash fire that was Woodstock '99.

Iron Crowned posted:

I fell down a wikipedia rabbithole one day and apparently they held some kind of Woodstock anniversary concert like every "milestone" year up to '99.

BigDave posted:

Ahh, Woodstock '99. Where the question 'What could go wrong?' was answered with 'Yes.'

Subjunctive posted:

I think the least significant aspect of the original Woodstock was that it was in upstate NY. It could have been teleported to the steppes of Uzbekistan wholesale and had the same legacy, because it didn’t really interact with its surroundings.

BigDave posted:

Ahh, Woodstock '99. Where the question 'What could go wrong?' was answered with 'Yes.'

BigDave posted:

Ahh, Woodstock '99. Where the question 'What could go wrong?' was answered with 'Yes.'

Sir Lemming posted:

And then of course when it all went to hell, they blamed the kids and their rock music. Cool music festival guys