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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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dang, talk about resourceful..
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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What are you doing with my grill!?! I want it back!
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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What the hell is hanging from the handle?

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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Miatamaniac92
What the hell is hanging from the handle?

Chris
hardcore ---- bead!
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by lordrigamus
hardcore ---- bead!
beat me to it
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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Sorry,didn't mean to steal your thunder!
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by lordrigamus
hardcore ---- bead!
how would YOU know?
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Miatamaniac92
What the hell is hanging from the handle?
That look's like a Bigg's cart to me. It helps to understand that Bigg's supermarkets, while very large, modern, and well-stocked, are notoriously cheap. They don't even have people to bag your groceries- you're expected to do that yourself.

The ---- bead is actuall a locking device used to encourage people to return their carts to the front rather than leaving them in the parking lot. This way, they don't have to employ people to gather up carts from the lot.

They have those installed on the carts such that, when the carts are all in the corral at the front of the store, each one is locked to the one behind it. When you want to use a cart, you put a quarter into the mechanism and then you can unlock it. When you're done shopping and have unloaded the cart, you bring it back to the front entrance, re-lock it to the next available cart, and you get your quarter back.
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Originally Posted by UrbanSoot
how would YOU know?
Saw one on the Discovery Channel!
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
That look's like a Bigg's cart to me. It helps to understand that Bigg's supermarkets, while very large, modern, and well-stocked, are notoriously cheap. They don't even have people to bag your groceries- you're expected to do that yourself.

The ---- bead is actuall a locking device used to encourage people to return their carts to the front rather than leaving them in the parking lot. This way, they don't have to employ people to gather up carts from the lot.

They have those installed on the carts such that, when the carts are all in the corral at the front of the store, each one is locked to the one behind it. When you want to use a cart, you put a quarter into the mechanism and then you can unlock it. When you're done shopping and have unloaded the cart, you bring it back to the front entrance, re-lock it to the next available cart, and you get your quarter back.
That's pretty smart, unless the desire to use it as an ---- bead overpowers the desire for your quarter.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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I suppose that depends if it's a shiny quarter or a dirty ---- bead.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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I like your style
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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Hey,your not too shabby yourself!
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 02:37 AM
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get a room you two
and take the ---- bead with you
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
That look's like a Bigg's cart to me. It helps to understand that Bigg's supermarkets, while very large, modern, and well-stocked, are notoriously cheap. They don't even have people to bag your groceries- you're expected to do that yourself.

The ---- bead is actuall a locking device used to encourage people to return their carts to the front rather than leaving them in the parking lot. This way, they don't have to employ people to gather up carts from the lot.

They have those installed on the carts such that, when the carts are all in the corral at the front of the store, each one is locked to the one behind it. When you want to use a cart, you put a quarter into the mechanism and then you can unlock it. When you're done shopping and have unloaded the cart, you bring it back to the front entrance, re-lock it to the next available cart, and you get your quarter back.
Must be a "wrong" coast of FL thing.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by naarleven
Must be a "wrong" coast of FL thing.

they have those kinda carts in IL at AlDI
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by turbobluemiata
they have those kinda carts in IL at AlDI
exactly i75 brought all you midwesterners down to the West Coast of FL.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 08:32 AM
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They were like that in Finland 10 years ago.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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it's like the carts in berkeley that have electronic wheel locks. if you leave the "perimeter" the wheel seizes up and then you're stuck there with your trashbags full of loot.



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