I got a new smart TV and, because it doesn't know my algorithm yet, it just suggests local news uploads on YouTube .
I've often used the phrase "once a user, always a user" and a news feature proved me right...
A place recently closed, it was a cafe with a religiously based name. The article was a person that I worked with 40 years ago. Maybe I should rephrase that, I argued with this guy.
He had recruited me to set up the back line and a band to support country and western gospel artists. The dude was a snake and a wolf in country and western clothing.
After the first in-person meeting, I had doubts. I brought a concert promoter with me to the second meeting just to make sure I wasn't being too rash in my judgment. I remember having my concerns confirmed as we were driving home from the meeting.
So, this place is selling off all of its signage in an auction. They used a local news station to promote this auction by saying that the proceeds would go towards buying a hotel for homeless people.
What is wrong with that picture? What a fucking scam. Sure, if it's the original In-N-Out Burger sign or the first McDonald's sign, maybe. Place they probably won't make enough money to buy the furnishings of a single hotel room. When they fall millions of dollars short of their goal, what do they have out of that? They got a crappy auction that was promoted for free on television so it might increase some of the bids.
Once a scammer, always a scammer.
