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General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 09, 2004, 02:04:24 PM

Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 09, 2004, 02:04:24 PM
My mom and I were at Wal-mart doing some grocery shopping.  Normally, Wal-mart is a crazy circus, but everything seemed crazier today.

The debit machine dingers weren't working, and I guess it's like that all over the state.   :lol:  Like, ATM's are down, some computers are and stuff, I don't know.

But if it's terrorists, why Iowa?  What do we have that you want?  Corn?
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 09, 2004, 02:46:06 PM
Oh god, knurph's finally snapped and has started his reign of terror.  Get out NOW, Chelsey!!  :o  
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 09, 2004, 04:18:46 PM
Oh my God!

Okay, it's 4:15 now, I can pack and be in Illionois before... 4:30.
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 09, 2004, 08:47:38 PM
Did she make it?
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: tomduo on Aug 09, 2004, 09:03:28 PM
I dunno... we'd miss her lovely feathered hair, though. I for one can't live without it.
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Fiero on Aug 10, 2004, 05:41:11 AM
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I dunno... we'd miss her lovely feathered hair, though. I for one can't live without it.
Agreed.  Stand behind that line and face the wall, don't do anything untill you hear a loud 'bang.'
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: tomduo on Aug 10, 2004, 09:16:19 AM
That's kinky. I knew you were into that!
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 10, 2004, 09:42:33 AM
XD

I think everything's okay now.  Luckily, I don't have a credit card or an ATM card.

Iowa didn't explode, but I haven't turned on the news yet.
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Firebird1 on Aug 12, 2004, 01:06:59 AM
Nothing reported on it in Kansas.  This is the first I've heard of it.  Maybe Walmart had a computer problem....
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Bitch on Aug 12, 2004, 03:51:41 AM
I think some of the grocery stores in Wichita had that sort of problem about a month ago. People got pissed off because they had to pay in cash because of some sort of Internet problem that made it impossible to do card transactions. Not even the ATM machines were working.  
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: B E C K on Aug 12, 2004, 10:28:19 AM
Who doesn't want cr0n!


Just the other day, my card got rejected at Wal-Mart.  Merla used hers (from a different bank, but still a bank card with a Mastercard logo) and it took it.  So I had buy her food when we went to the grocery store to pay her back.
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: The D on Aug 12, 2004, 12:19:15 PM
At work all our credit transactions are handled at a central location, so if that central location goes down, all the Rite Aids in the region are unable to process credit.

It might have been satelite problems too. Maybe terrorists or aliens are hijacking our satelites to use against us.
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: B E C K on Aug 12, 2004, 01:44:22 PM
E.T. doesn't want me to buy replacement tampons!
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 12, 2004, 01:47:12 PM
No, E.T. wants you to just come hang out in my company's restrooms where lack of tampons is apparently no problem.  :P  
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 12, 2004, 05:23:26 PM
fuck credit cards! my dad cancelled the first one i had and then he cancelled the one he gave me after that :'( so i pay in cash now:-D
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: ekerou etaou on Aug 14, 2004, 01:05:59 PM
why'd he do that? how much did you spend?
Title: Crisis in Iowa
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 14, 2004, 03:10:45 PM
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why'd he do that? how much did you spend?
THAT was the problem :(