There's no good reason to think this. "Major home improvement retailer" should be a HD/Lowe's coin flip absent other information, given that the industry is essentially a two-horse race. Home Depot has a little under 30% market share, while Lowe's has about 20%.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:27 pm But I still knee-jerked "Home Depot" anyway because "blah blah blah home improvement store" is going to be "Home Depot" at least 99.999% of the time.
Monday, February 12, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Monday, February 12, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
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The Edsel is in rather a different category of failure from the Pinto; it was a commercial or marketing failure rather than a piece of junk one was likely to die in.
There was also the Chevy Corvair, which Ralph Nader wrote about, but which may have got a bad rap. I don't know much about the Corvette. It seems to have done ok for a while.
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Now I'm wondering how Alex pronounced the $2000 TV ODDS 7 ENDS clue in this game. I know I saw that episode...opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:58 pmNice pull on Dixon Hill! I couldn't have come up with that. I gave the correct holodeck response even though I was momentarily distracted by Trebek's failure to pronounce the final d in "Picard". I don't know French at all, so I'm not sure if that pronunciation makes sense. I just know it's NOT the TNG pronunciation.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:54 pm I had a similar "let's make it too complicated" moment with one of the fedora clues. All they wanted was "holodeck" but I went past that and spent my time trying to dredge up "Dixon Hill," the character Picard liked to role-play with the fedora on the holodeck. Wasn't able to recall the name until after I discovered it would have been incorrect anyway.
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Chevette != CorvetteLefty wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:20 pmThe Edsel is in rather a different category of failure from the Pinto; it was a commercial or marketing failure rather than a piece of junk one was likely to die in.
There was also the Chevy Corvair, which Ralph Nader wrote about, but which may have got a bad rap. I don't know much about the Corvette. It seems to have done ok for a while.
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Re: Monday, February 12, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
LAHM-BEHR (more or less). Is that the one you were wondering about? Is that the correct pronunciation?dinghammer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:35 pmNow I'm wondering how Alex pronounced the $2000 TV ODDS 7 ENDS clue in this game. I know I saw that episode...opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:58 pm
Nice pull on Dixon Hill! I couldn't have come up with that. I gave the correct holodeck response even though I was momentarily distracted by Trebek's failure to pronounce the final d in "Picard". I don't know French at all, so I'm not sure if that pronunciation makes sense. I just know it's NOT the TNG pronunciation.
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Yes, I mistyped (and wondered later if I had). Chevette is what I meant.Volante wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:49 pmChevette != CorvetteLefty wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:20 pmThe Edsel is in rather a different category of failure from the Pinto; it was a commercial or marketing failure rather than a piece of junk one was likely to die in.
There was also the Chevy Corvair, which Ralph Nader wrote about, but which may have got a bad rap. I don't know much about the Corvette. It seems to have done ok for a while.
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Yes, and yes. I wondered whether "everything is French" or "everything is wrong" would win out.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:59 pmLAHM-BEHR (more or less). Is that the one you were wondering about? Is that the correct pronunciation?dinghammer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:35 pmNow I'm wondering how Alex pronounced the $2000 TV ODDS 7 ENDS clue in this game. I know I saw that episode...opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:58 pm
Nice pull on Dixon Hill! I couldn't have come up with that. I gave the correct holodeck response even though I was momentarily distracted by Trebek's failure to pronounce the final d in "Picard". I don't know French at all, so I'm not sure if that pronunciation makes sense. I just know it's NOT the TNG pronunciation.