When it worked, my Logitech Z-5500 speaker system provided me with great joy. BLISS! if you will. I had it piped into my computer and when I played music I would hear notes, octaves, trebles and crescendos that I never knew existed! When playing war games like "Medal of Honor", the mortar explosions and rifle shots were so life-like and powerful that I would have ARMY basic-training flashbacks. But now my audio beloved seems to be nearing the end of her two-year life cycle and now my world has become much colder. And much darker...
TWO YEARS?!? Give me a fucking break! Of course the sub-woofer has to blow after 26 months----2 months after the warranty expired. Dammit! The worst part is I don't know what exactly is wrong with the system. The Woofer? The Amp? The System Control Panel? And after researching this little problem it seems that I'm not alone. The sub-woofer seems to be the Achilles Heel of this otherwise work of art. Dammit! I got a GREAT deal on mine but normally this thing goes for around $300 new. Could I at least get 4 years out of it? I look on Craig's List and see Yamaha and Bose speakers for sale that are over 30 years old!
By the way, if you have ANY suggestions regarding this problem please feel free to chime in as any and all help would be appreciated. I'm on the Logitech forum as well:
Logitech Forum
Verdict? Logitech sucks!
DAMMIT!
This Is What They Give Me!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Panera revisited...
This is in reference to my "Panera's Frozen Goodness" post from 1-9-2008(see below).
The quote from Panera's home page simply states,"Enjoy bread baked from fresh dough every morning". When I first read this I took it as implying that you should be enjoying their bread which is baked from fresh dough every morning. Which of course, as I stated, is rather hard to do when the dough is made in a centralized location, shipped by truck to the store, kept in a cooler until it is then baked that night.
But now I see their loophole. The statement, "Enjoy bread baked from fresh dough every morning" can also be taken another way. That you should be enjoying their baked bread every morning. In other words, you should be purchasing and eating their bread every morning. Ahhhh, now I get it!
Nice doublespeak there, Mother Bread, you got me on that one.
You can check it out for yourself at this link: Panera and watch the animation which tells you to enjoy their bread.
Verdict? Panera sucks!
The quote from Panera's home page simply states,"Enjoy bread baked from fresh dough every morning". When I first read this I took it as implying that you should be enjoying their bread which is baked from fresh dough every morning. Which of course, as I stated, is rather hard to do when the dough is made in a centralized location, shipped by truck to the store, kept in a cooler until it is then baked that night.
But now I see their loophole. The statement, "Enjoy bread baked from fresh dough every morning" can also be taken another way. That you should be enjoying their baked bread every morning. In other words, you should be purchasing and eating their bread every morning. Ahhhh, now I get it!
Nice doublespeak there, Mother Bread, you got me on that one.
You can check it out for yourself at this link: Panera and watch the animation which tells you to enjoy their bread.
Verdict? Panera sucks!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Panera's Frozen Goodness!
Ever see those BIG Panera trucks that roll down the highway? Guess what's in them? Your bread, that's what. If you look on there web site they have a photo of their bread loaf with a caption reading, "Enjoy bread baked from fresh dough every morning". What they don't tell you is that the dough was made in a centralized location then shipped to local stores in semi-trucks where it is THEN baked. The dough arrives during the day then baked at night and then sold to you the next day.
But what about those yummy cookies and cinnamon rolls? The dough for their pastries is shipped frozen before it is topped with glazing, nuts or whatever and then baked.
Verdict? Panera sucks!
But what about those yummy cookies and cinnamon rolls? The dough for their pastries is shipped frozen before it is topped with glazing, nuts or whatever and then baked.
Verdict? Panera sucks!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
The Home Depot
This was only a mild irritation of a shopping experience but it's the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and got this whole blog thing going. I needed one door stopper for our front door and I'm at the Home Depot anyways so I figure I'll pick one up. I look at the wall of stoppers and see a white, plastic stopper that would match the drywall that the door knob is denting. So I look in the corresponding box on the shelf and find that it's empty. I ask an ever-present sales associate if they have anymore somewhere in back.
"No" says The Man,"we only have what's up front. But maybe some have gotten mixed up in the brass stoppers." So he digs in the box of brass stoppers and eureka! there's one at the bottom of the box. I said I'll take it.
"Sorry" says The Man, "but it's not in the package and there is two in a package. We wouldn't be able to ring it up without the code on the package." I then explain that I really only need one and the other would just be hanging around. He then jokingly asks if I only have one door. I tell him no, I have more then one door, but only have a problem with one of them and besides the brass stoppers are too tacky.
I then have a brainstorm. "Can't you just ring it up under 'miscellaneous sale'? "No", says the man, we can't do that" and takes the lone stopper and walks down the isle with it in his hand.
What gives? I am a consumer who wants to buy an item that a store stocks but said store can't sell it to me because it doesn't know how. So what do they do with it now? Throw it out? Why would I have to buy 2 anyways and why do you have to sell it in some environmentally-unfriendly plastic bag?
The next day I bought one door stopper at True Value although it didn't come in a fun plastic bag.
Verdict? The Home Depot Sucks!
"No" says The Man,"we only have what's up front. But maybe some have gotten mixed up in the brass stoppers." So he digs in the box of brass stoppers and eureka! there's one at the bottom of the box. I said I'll take it.
"Sorry" says The Man, "but it's not in the package and there is two in a package. We wouldn't be able to ring it up without the code on the package." I then explain that I really only need one and the other would just be hanging around. He then jokingly asks if I only have one door. I tell him no, I have more then one door, but only have a problem with one of them and besides the brass stoppers are too tacky.
I then have a brainstorm. "Can't you just ring it up under 'miscellaneous sale'? "No", says the man, we can't do that" and takes the lone stopper and walks down the isle with it in his hand.
What gives? I am a consumer who wants to buy an item that a store stocks but said store can't sell it to me because it doesn't know how. So what do they do with it now? Throw it out? Why would I have to buy 2 anyways and why do you have to sell it in some environmentally-unfriendly plastic bag?
The next day I bought one door stopper at True Value although it didn't come in a fun plastic bag.
Verdict? The Home Depot Sucks!
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