[00:21] <waltman> My UPS battery is dying, so I went to Microcenter tonight and asked them where they have their UPS batteries. "Do you have the old one?" the saleslady asked. "No," I replied, "but I have the model number."
[00:21] <waltman> "Oh. It's going to be hard finding you the right battery unless you have the old one." Me: WHA?
[00:22] <waltman> "I'm sorry, I figured you could look it up by model number. It never occured to me I'd have to lug in a 30 lb battery."
[00:22] <waltman> "Maybe I can still help. What model was it?" I told her. "That's a small one, isn't it? Let's check some of these..."
[00:23] <waltman> It seems that some of their batteries come in boxes with the supported UPS models on the back. But many others come unboxed, and they match them up BY SIZE.
[00:25] <waltman> I tried explaining that I could go online and find the exact battery I need for half the price of theirs. I also explained that if I needed wiper blades or an air filter, I could go into Pep Boys and consult a book that cross-referenced all the models.
[00:28] <waltman> I'm still amazed by this.
[06:42] <JonathanD> heh
[06:42] <JonathanD> waltman: nice :)
[09:42] <rmg51> Morning
[11:26] <waltman> JonathanD: I'm not crazy, right? That's a pretty wackadoodle way to sell batteries, isn't it?
[12:11] <teddy-dbear> Morning peoples, dogs, turkeys?, hamsters and everything else
[12:31] <JonathanD> waltman: absolutely.
[12:31] <JonathanD> waltman: especially as I can tell you what your battery is without thinking about it...
[12:32] <JonathanD> waltman: it's an RBC2.
[13:29] <jedijf> Today we release Ubuntu 14.04 - come and join the release party in #ubuntu-release-party on the freenode IRC network to meet other Ubuntu fans getting fired up for the release! #ubuntu
[13:34] <KyleYankan> I'll wait for the after-party. That's when the booze comes out
[13:54] <waltman> We need ubuntu release party mints.
[14:09] <ChinnoDog> Is there going to be a meatspace release party?
[14:24] <JonathanD> ChinnoDog: friday, KyleYankan's house :P
[14:37] <penth> So long as Kyle can keep the booze flowing
[14:47] <KyleYankan> no booze. dry town.
[14:47] <KyleYankan> O_O
[14:47] <KyleYankan> The little people have liver issues :-/
[21:46] <lazyPower> Whoa, where is this location? if its close I may want to go
[21:47] <lazyPower> always down for meeting the LOCO team. This is a good opportunity to support another branch of the PA LOCO in the burgh and start that topic moving.
[21:47] <lazyPower> cuz quite frankly, driving to philly every month isn't that appealing to attending meetings. Unless you guys are OK with having a floating talking head attend via hangouts
[21:57] <waltman> lazyPower: I think they were joking
[21:58] <lazyPower> oh :(
[21:58] <lazyPower> booo
[23:18] <JonathanD> We could maybe meet at coredial if you really want something in the burbs lazyPower
[23:18] <lazyPower> are you pgh local JonathanD?
[23:19] <JonathanD> oh, you're looking for pgh?
[23:19] <JonathanD> I can't help wiht that :)
[23:31] <JonathanD> I'm updating!
[23:31] <JonathanD> I hope it works.