Randomness

::A customer inserts the credit card::

Is the amount OK?

Customer: “How do I press ok?”

“What button is OK?”

“Where’s the OK button?”

“Do I press the green or the red?”

“What is taking so long? Oh, am I supposed to press something?”

::customer puts card in and leaves it there. Doesn’t look at the screen”

Employee: “you have to press OK”

Do not remove card

Customer: ::removes card::

Employee: “your card declined, you took it out too soon. You have to do it again.”

Customer: “oh it said to remove card. ::puts it back in:: I’m not going to be charged twice, am I? Oh… do NOT remove card…”

Remove card

Credit card machine: ::BEEP BEEP BEEP::

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Customer: ::stares at the screen::

Employee: “you can take it out now!!!”

Customer: “oh ok!”

1962 Chevrolet Corvette

RWB Porsche

Pony Car

*remembers teenagers are on this site*

*checks op’s bio, they’re a minor*

1947 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon

Vintage Ford Bronco

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo’s position was LAT 0º 31’ N and LONG 179 30’ W. The date was 31 December 1899.

“Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in, “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line”. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.

He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.

The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:

The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.

The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.

The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.

In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.

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This ship was therefore not only in:

Two different days,

Two different months,

Two different years,

Two different seasons