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Best Buy - how classy you are....

From an article pulled from WorldNetDaily.com Best Buy shows how ridiculous they can be...

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency's legitimacy and called police.

According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service was called to weigh in on the case.

Bolesta told the Sun: "I am 6 feet 5 inches tall, and I felt like 8 inches high. To be handcuffed, to have all those people looking on, to be cuffed to a pole – and to know you haven't done anything wrong. And me, with a brother, Joe, who spent 33 years on the city police force. It was humiliating."

After Best Buy personnel reportedly told Bolesta he would not be charged for the installation of a stereo in his son's car, he received a call from the store saying it was in fact charging him the fee. As a means of protest, Bolesta decided to pay the $114 bill using 57 crisp, new $2 bills.

As the owner of Capital City Student Tours, the Baltimore resident has a hearty supply of the uncommon currency. He often gives the bills to students who take his tours for meal money.

"The kids don't see that many $2 bills, so they think this is the greatest thing in the world," Bolesta says. "They don't want to spend 'em. They want to save 'em. I've been doing this since I started the company. So I'm thinking, 'I'll stage my little comic protest. I'll pay the $114 with $2 bills.'"

Bolesta explained what happened when he presented the bills to the cashier at Best Buy Feb. 20.

"She looked at the $2 bills and told me, 'I don't have to take these if I don't want to.' I said, 'If you don't, I'm leaving. I've tried to pay my bill twice. You don't want these bills, you can sue me.' So she took the money – like she's doing me a favor."

Bolesta says the cashier marked each bill with a pen. Other store employees began to gather, a few of them asking, "Are these real?"

"Of course they are," Bolesta said. "They're legal tender."

According to the Sun report, the police arrest report noted one employee noticed some smearing of ink on the bills. That's when the cops were called. One officer reportedly noticed the bills ran in sequential order.

Said Bolesta: "I told them, 'I'm a tour operator. I've got thousands of these bills. I get them from my bank. You got a problem, call the bank.' I'm sitting there in a chair. The store's full of people watching this. All of a sudden, he's standing me up and handcuffing me behind my back, telling me, 'We have to do this until we get it straightened out.'

"Meanwhile, everybody's looking at me. I've lived here 18 years. I'm hoping my kids don't walk in and see this. And I'm saying, 'I can't believe you're doing this. I'm paying with legal American money.'"

Bolesta was taken to the lockup, where he sat handcuffed to a pole and in leg irons while the Secret Service was called.

"At this point," he says, "I'm a mass murderer."

Secret Service agent Leigh Turner eventually arrived and declared the bills legitimate, adding, according to the police report, "Sometimes ink on money can smear."

--Cheski

"Stay Classy San Diego" - Ron Burgundy

Clean your car to avoid crashing

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--Cheski

WTF is with people?!

This issue and the Cardinal's player Hancock... his parents are suing the bar... the tow truck driver.. the guy the tow truck was there for...yet their son was the one driving drunk and on his cell phone... when he hit the back of the tow truck.. Which did have its lights on.

Where do these people get off? Where is their accountability? When the kid decided to slide... even without knowing how... his choice. When Hancock turned the key in the ignition... his choice. Hell the bar even offered him a cab, which he refused... his choice.

Ever feel like you surrounded by idiots? Don't even start to tell me it is about the principal of the matter... it is about money and that's it.

Greedy stupid bastards.

--Cheski

I found this at Cnet News

A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco's downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains, terrifying the customers, and gnawing on iMacs.

Zombie gnaws on iMac but prefers human brains

(Credit: Declan McCullagh)

I've placed some photos here. I'm pleased to report that the zombies ultimately decided human brains were tastier than plastic iMacs, although it wasn't for lack of effort in trying to vary what must be a monotonous diet.

It was difficult to judge the exact number of zombies that shuffled through the city's shopping district, losing limbs, blood, and unmentionable body parts along the way, but probably at least 150 converged on Union Square. Then they decided to visit nearby businesses, including the Apple store, Nordstrom, the Disney store, and the Westfield Mall.

The event was titled "SF Zombie Mob 2007," and it was organized by the gruesome-minded folks at eatbrains.com. It's akin to a flash mob, though because the participants trek around the city after gathering, the Zombie Mob was closer in concept to the Critical Mass bicycle ride, which coincidentally was happening at the same time along the same street. In truth, it was a pretty polite affair: only passers-by who volunteered to become zombie-fied were, and no arrests took place.

It may be worth noting that the Westfield Mall and Disney security tried to bar the zombies from entering, but Apple store security did not. In fact, salespeople were jostling one another for a position where they could take the best photo of the zombies (or themselves with the zombies, or their brains being eaten by the zombies).

ZOMBIES!



How cool is that!?

--Cheski

Super Kitty

Mia with her plastic bag cape. I think she spotted her nemesis.
--Cheski

For the uninitiated

This is what a first hand account looks like of an attack by Mia.
--Cheski

Retarder.... hmmm

I know a few people that may have been exposed to this. I think a recall
is in order.
--Cheski

Cleaned out my wife's car....

Look what I found.... 21 bottles of water. Yes the number is 21.
--Cheski

Braaaiiiinssss

Kimmy as she might look as a zombie. BRAAAIIIIINNSSSS!
--Cheski

My eye! See it? It is right here.

Juli having a goofy time back in March at my Mom's birthday night out.
--Cheski

Yarrr! I is a pirate.

Tyler is a silly d00d. This is what happens when boredom is combined
with caffeine and geeks.
--Cheski

Rainy days...

Midwestern storms... and I think from my travels that St. Louis has the WORST road paint for rain... the line are magic! The disappear and the rest of the road turns into a black mirror. Crapz!
--Cheski

Link!

Protecting Trevor! Keep it up Link.
--Cheski