The real piracy

[TRG]

I gave up on most of the fast food chains long ago. The only exception is when traveling and I need something convenient. I try to support Mom and Pop businesses whenever possible. You can usually get much better quality at around the same price.

 

[navychop]

Wasn't there a version of DVDs prepared and maybe sold that would start to degrade after you opened the package? Gave you maybe 2 weeks use?

 

[Jimbo]

Hey nice to see that I am not the only one who thinks Wendy's has gone WAY down hill.

When they first opened here, thier Fries were awesome ... they have gone downhill ever since ....

 

[comfortably_numb]

When they first opened here

Wendy's began in Columbus. I got to go to the original store numerous times, and I was trained as a manager at the corporate office in Dublin. Never did get to meet Dave Thomas before he passed, though. Wendy's was a huge part of my life for many years.

Store #1 (now closed and building owned by Catholic Diocese of Columbus)

 

[dishdude]

Insatiable Corporate Greed: The desire to have ALL of the money even if it destroys their long term source of income.

We're seeing that play out right now in the cable TV industry. A couple huge conglomerates forcing us to buy channels that are nothing but reruns are causing consumers to flee in droves.

 

[dishdude]

Wendy's began in Columbus. I got to go to the original store numerous times, and I was trained as a manager at the corporate office in Dublin. Never did get to meet Dave Thomas before he passed, though. Wendy's was a huge part of my life for many years.

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I loved those old Wendy's with the old newsprint wallpaper, the solarium and salad bar. As a kid I thought they were so strange compared to McDonald's but looking back they were perfection. Now they're all so sterile with absolutely no personality.

 

[cp2k]

KFC Popcorn chicken came back this week. My wife loves them and said they taste like they use to.

I can confirm. Waited 20 minutes on some yesterday, but it tasted just like the old days. I know it's awful health wise, but sometimes you've got to live a little

 

[comfortably_numb]

Now they're all so sterile with absolutely no personality.

Yep. Dave is rolling in his grave. They killed off the "community room" theme for bland plastic, well.. blandness.

There was once a Wendy's at the Columbus Zoo also. I took great pride in working for the company. We did charitable foundations for students, helped pay college tuition for employees, and pay was above average.

It was sold off to Arby's at one point then bought back, but I don't think the Thomas family has much to do with it anymore.

Last I heard, Wendy Thomas has a franchise in Dallas.

 

[Juan]

Wasn't there a version of DVDs prepared and maybe sold that would start to degrade after you opened the package? Gave you maybe 2 weeks use?

Codes that the bluray player needed would expire

 

[dishdude]

Wasn't there a version of DVDs prepared and maybe sold that would start to degrade after you opened the package? Gave you maybe 2 weeks use?

Yes, there was also a self erasing VHS tape. And of course Divx as mentioned earlier. All attempts to avoid the dreaded return of rentals!

 

[savarese04]

The industries (TV, Movie and Music) are basically putting themselves out of business. I don't see why they don't understand that.

I honestly don't think that's it. I think consumer choices have changed so much with the proliferation of on-demand content. Newspapers are dead not because of something they did themselves, but because the advent of Craigslist and online news sites made getting yesterday's news and responding to classifieds manual not worth it.

We're in the same cycle right now. Traditional media is dying for different formats, only this time I think most of us just don't prefer the new options (e.g., youtube streamers and influencers)

 

[HipKat]

Hey nice to see that I am not the only one who thinks Wendy's has gone WAY down hill.

Oh man, it has. I stopped at one about 6 months ago, the first time eating any fast food in several years, and it was horrible.

 

[HipKat]

KFC Popcorn chicken came back this week. My wife loves them and said they taste like they use to.

All the KFCs in my area closed

 

[dishstaller]

Sony should give people their money back. A purchase is just that. It is not a rental.

This is precisely why I use Playon Cloud. It allows me to record content I buy in mp4 format which I can then download.
If you can't stand in front of it and guard it with your rifle.....you don't really own it.

About a year ago Amazon deleted two Audible books I had bought. I had the email for both authors and contacted them, they both said they didn't pull the content. Both of them are conservatives. Tom Woods Jr and Thomas DiLorenzo