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Tomorrow Never Dies
- December 19th, 1997
- 119 mins
- 57%
Never believe what you read in the paper. Or, for that matter, what you see on CMGN, the new twenty four-hour news network media baron Elliot Carver is gearing up to launch. There's no news like bad news, and if Carver has his way, what's brewing in the east is the worst news possible. Nothing gets their attention like war.
A Touch of Fate
- February 28th, 2003
- 103 mins
One night in a small town in North Carolina, fate brings together three lives: an entertainment lawyer returning home to his dying mother after years in escape of his past, a woman trying to reclaim her supposed love, and a boy with a penchant for the sixth sense who struggles with the death of his father and overbearing love of his single mother. When the past and future suddenly bind these people together on a journey of need, forgiveness and discovery, they realize they've gained something when they least expected it - love. Written by Courtney Williams
Disney's Planes
- August 9th, 2013
- 92 mins
- 26%
The all-new story offers an exciting cast of characters and centers on Dusty's high-flying dream. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, so he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar.
- February 6th, 2009
- 100 mins
- 89%
Based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book, "Coraline" is the story of a young girl (voiced by Fanning) who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home, and enters into an adventure in a parallel reality. On the surface, this other world eerily mimics her own life - though much more fantastical. In it, Coraline encounters such off-kilter inhabitants as the morbidly funny Miss Forcible and Miss Spink (French and Ms. Saunders, respectively), and a counterfeit mother (Hatcher) - who attempts to keep her. Ultimately, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home.
McShane will voice the role of Mr. Bobinski, an irascible, beet-eating Russian giant who lives upstairs from Coraline's "home" in the parallel reality.
The popular music group They Might Be Giants ("TMBG") will provide songs for the film.
2 Days In The Valley
- September 27th, 1996
- 104 mins
- 60%
The plot is laid with a contract kill, the work of a ruthless professional and a has-been hitman who soon learns that his own death is an integral part of the plan. Barely escaping his partner's fiery death trap, the hitman crawls to safety in an opulent hillside home. Now the hitman becomes a reluctant kidnapper, holding hostage in the house an insufferable modem art dealer and his loyal secretary. Complicating matters, the art dealer's half-sister arrives with a down-and-out screenwriter in tow.
Unaware that his plans have gone awry, the contract killer is concerned with more pressing problems. His money is at the crime scene and the crime scene is crawling with cops, particularly an overzealous vice cop trying to make it into homicide without much help from his burnt out partner.
The plot comes full circle as this unique assortment of characters is inexorably drawn together. For some it is love, for others money, and for an unfortunate few it has to be murder. But after 2 days in the Valley life will never be the same.
Spy Kids
- March 30th, 2001
- 88 mins
- 93%
When their parents, super-spies Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez (Banderas and Gugino) are called back into service to save the world and are suddenly nabbed by the enemy, it is up to their kids, Carmen and Juni (Vega and Sabara) to save the day.
Using all the skills learned in elementary school and from video games, along with a host of cool gadgets, these small heroes set out to save their family... and the world.
Straight Talk
- April 3rd, 1992
- 91 mins
- 44%
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
The Big Picture
- September 15th, 1989
- 100 mins
- 93%
Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high enough profile that he can get Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making. Studio exec Allen Habel is interested. But Nick soon is seduced by Hollywood and makes one concession after another until his original movie is lost altogether. Worse, Nick is lost, too, turning on girlfriend Susan and old buddy Emmet. Will he come to his sense before everything is lost?
- May 13th, 2016
- 103 mins
Coming of age comedy about two young high school kids caught up in crazy adventures when they travel to Puerto Vallarta for the most memorable Spring Break of their lives!
- March 26th, 2003
- 88 mins
When a trio of men with telekinetic power led by Adrian Geiger robs an armored car, the skeptical FBI agents Jordan Ripps and her partner Frank McIntyre do not believe in the testimony of the witnesses about the powerful skills of the gang. Meanwhile, the former FBI agent Raymond Addison is chasing Geiger, who was a survival of his special force of powerful men, and blackmails the physics professor Zachary Shefford, using him to find the location where Geiger, his daughter Tristen Geiger and their community of telekinetic people are placed. The reunion of Geiger and Addison will lead them to a tragic consequence.
- Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Planes: Fire & Rescue
- July 18th, 2014
- 83 mins
- 44%
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
- April 6th, 1987
- 60 mins
First hosted by veteran actor Peter Graves, and later by Jack Perkins, this popular Arts and Entertainment Network series profiled the lives of notable figures in the history of entertainment, sports, arts, science, politics and warfare. The show is notable for its in-depth research, which often provides viewers with little-known information about well-known people. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]>
Heaven's Prisoners
- May 17th, 1996
- 132 mins
- 16%
Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife, Annie, in the outskirts of New Orleans. When they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane crash, their lives become forever changed. A visit from DEA agent Dautrieve brings out the detective instincts in Robicheaux and he begins to ask about the rest of the passengers. This brings trouble to Robicheaux and he turns to drug lord Bubba Rocque, a childhood friend. But the friendship becomes estranged when an assault on the Robicheaux home leaves one victim...Annie. In the face of personal tragedy, he seeks salvation in a bottle of booze while planning retribution against those who have shattered his life.
Saturday Night Live - 25th Anniversary
- September 25th, 1999
- 161 mins
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
- Written by
Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]>
Resurrecting the Champ
- August 24th, 2007
- 111 mins
- 58%
A reporter seeks out a former famed fighter only to find out that the man isn't who he claims to be.
- May 31st, 1991
- 97 mins
- 69%
An ambitious TV soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.
Tango & Cash
- December 22nd, 1989
- 104 mins
- 39%
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
- 2014
Stan Lee makes his animation film debut, giving voice to an animated version of himself in a starring role. In the story, Stan Lee is hired by Archie Comics to create a new group of superheroes. He finds himself stumped with writer's block and heads to the desert to clear his mind. When seven aliens suddenly crash land near him and start demonstrating their various superpowers, he decides, "Perfect! They will become my next superheroes!" But almost instantly, he realizes they are being chased by the military and aliens from their own planet, and he needs to act quickly. He makes the decision to have them move into his house in Malibu where he will teach them everything they need to know about being superheroes. Comedy and adventure ensue as the aliens try to adapt to life on earth, and their new roles as superheroes, all the while running for their lives.
All Tied Up
- May 11th, 1994
- 92 mins
Brian Hartley has finally found the girl of his dreams in Linda. Unfortunately, he can't convince her or himself that it's really true. When she catches him with another woman, she finally decides she's had enough and vows to never see him again. Frenzied from the loss, Brian breaks into her house to try to talk her into seeing him again, but Linda and her roommates Kim and Sharon instead bind him to the bed.
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
- November 17th, 1993
- 88 mins
Sam Crain, a professional model, is asked by her sister to smuggle a package from Europe to Portland Oregon, where she discovers that her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks (not ninjas!). Fleeing the monks, Sam unwittingly involves Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy, a nightclub bouncer. Written by Murray Chapman <[email protected]>
Since You've Been Gone
- June 6th, 1998
- 96 mins
- 20%
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate. Written by Alan Keith Carver <[email protected]>
Teri Hatcher TV Shows
Desperate Housewives
A primetime soap with a truly contemporary take on the "happily ever after," "Desperate Housewives" takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem.
Jane by Design
Jane is a 16-year-old high school outsider who lives a double life as a 20-something design assistant in the corporate world.
American Idol
This hit FOX musical reality series follows three judges, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson (II), and Paula Abdul, along with host Ryan Seacrest around the United States in search of the next American Idol, a pop star that truly shines above all the rest. With help from the viewers, they will decide from thousands of participants who will walk away with a record deal and the fame and fortune that is sure to come along with it.
The Exile
The Exile is an American television series that aired on CBS as part of its late night Crimetime After Primetime line up. The series premiered on April 2, 1991 and ran until October 1991.
People's Choice Awards
For more than 30 years fans have been honoring their favorites in the world film, television and music by voting in a variety of categories. When the polls close for the People's Choice Awards, the red carpet rolls out and the Hollywood venue fills with stars and power-players as awards are handed out to the top of each prestigious category, and only then can it be known that the people have spoken.
Hosted by Ted Allen, Chopped is a high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets "chopped" by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.
Inside the Actors Studio
James Lipton interviews famed actors and directors about their lives and careers.
The Odd Couple
The multi-camera comedy project follows two mismatched roommates: the messy Oscar Madison (Perry) and neat freak Felix Unger (Lennon).
Saturday Night Live
"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Saturday Night Live is a sketch comedy show that has run since the fall of 1975. Many now-famous actors and actresses such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short, Damon Wayans, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Conan O'Brien, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, David Spade, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald, Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey got their start from Saturday Night Live. SNL is still unique amongst other sketch shows because of the fact that it has always been live. Also known as: "NBC's Saturday Night" from October 11, 1975 to July 31, 1976. "Saturday Night" from September 18, 1976 to March 19, 1977. "Saturday Night Live" since March 26, 1977. "Good night and have a pleasant tommorow!"
Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown was created by Diane English. Murphy is the star reporter on a news magazine show called FYI. The show is based in Washington DC, which gives the FYI team more than enough material to work with. Murphy lives in a townhouse that she has been having repainted for the duration of the series, Eldin the painter may never finish the job, but Murphy doesn't seem to mind. Murphy owes her Betty Ford trip to Phil, he owns the local bar & restaurant where the staff and the rest of the political scene have lunch. Phil knows about everything going on in Washington. Jim Dial is the uptight senior anchor, a seasoned veteran, who accompanied Murphy on her trip to the Betty Ford Clinic. Frank is a single guy and constantly looking for a girlfriend, he is also Murphy's best friend. Corky is a former Miss America turned news person, she covers all the "hard" news.
The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday night lineup that included Fantasy Island until that show ended in 1984.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction show with some action and drama, that presents the watcher with a series of adventures from the crew of the USS Enterprise. The Enterprise is an explorer spaceship composed of a mix of different characters, from various races and cultures, whose crew is on a quest to discover the galaxy secrets and specially their inner secrets.
Two and a Half Men
Emmy Award nominated TWO AND A HALF MEN has been the Number One-rated sitcom on television for the past three seasons. It's a comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love. More specifically, it's about the lives of two brothers, one brother's son, and the many women who surround them. Charlie Harper is a well-to-do bachelor with a house at the beach, a Mercedes in the garage and an easy way with women. His casual Malibu lifestyle is interrupted when his tightly wound brother, Alan, and Alan's son, Jake, come to stay with him. Complicating matters further are Charlie and Alan's narcissistic, emotionally toxic mother, Evelyn; Alan's deeply neurotic ex-wife, Judith and Charlie's domineering, unapologetically blue-collar housekeeper, Berta. Despite the complexities of their lives and their own strained relationship, Charlie and Alan have one thing in common - they both love Jake and want what's best for him. As a result, they manage to create a little family unit that promises to make each of them a better man.
Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. The show debuted on August 30, 1993 and is produced and hosted by David Letterman. The show's music director and bandleader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer. The head writers are brothers Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel. The announcer is Alan Kalter, who replaced Bill Wendell as announcer in 1995. The show airs at night, but is recorded the afternoon of the broadcast. Each show is recapped in The Wahoo Gazette. Letterman was previously the host of Late Night with David Letterman (which many news articles still call Letterman's show even today) on NBC from 1982 to 1993. Shaffer, Wendell, and several members of the band were also with the NBC show.
MacGyver follows the adventures of the laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver. He prefers non-violent conflict resolution whenever possible and refuses to carry or use a gun. MacGyver works as a problem solver for the Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles. Utilizing his education as a scientist and his experience as an operative in the Department of External Services (DXS), he is able to solve a range of problems usually with the help of his ever-present Swiss Army knife.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was a phenomenal television success. A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis.
Karen's Song
Karen's Song is an American situation comedy television series starring Patty Duke. The series premiered July 18, 1987 on Fox.
The Grammy Awards
In similar fashion to their film equivalent (The Academy Awards), The Grammys is an awards show that honors the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry through a voting system. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who they think is most deserving of an award in 108 categories as specified by the academy. Each year the awards are presented during a live telecast that was begun in 1971 by ABC, but has since been televised by CBS after they bought it in 1973. They were initially known as the Gramophone Awards this is because the trophy itself is a golden gramophone but later they became the Grammys.
Night Court
Judge Harold T. Stone presides over "Night Court", a court which deals with petty crimes which can be dealt with in a dime-a-dozen manner. Invariably, the cases appearing before the court are bizarre, but that's ok because Judge Stone is not your regular judge. He's assisted by a motley crew of clerks and District Attorneys who often create as much chaos as the criminals they bring in for trial.
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. The title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the four other EC Comics of the time (Haunt of Fear, Vault of Horror, Crime SuspenStories, and Shock SuspenStories). The show was produced by HBO with uncredited association by The Geffen Film Company and Warner Bros. Television (all part of a production consortium officially called Tales from the Crypt Holdings). The series is not to be confused with the 1972 film by the same name or Tales from the Darkside, another similarly themed horror anthology series.
Because it was aired on HBO, a premium cable television channel, it was one of the few anthology series to be allowed to have full freedom from censorship by network standards and practices as a result, HBO allowed the series to contain graphic violence as well as other content that had not appeared in most television series up to that time, such as profanity, gore, nudity and sexual situations, which could give the series a TV-MA rating for today's standards. The show is subsequently edited for such content when broadcast in syndication or on basic cable.
While the series began production in the United States, in the final season filming moved to Britain, resulting in episodes which revolved around British characters.
Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks. Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a secret, cope with his friendship with a young Lex Luthor, and balance the two girls in his life, Chloe and Lana. The show also shows us how Lex Luthor develops from a friend of Clark's and kinda-okay guy to (presumably) the villain who will plague Superman in his later years.
L.A. Law
On this critically acclaimed drama about a top Los Angeles law firm, some of the best battles take place outside of the courtroom. In the bedroom, in the courtroom, or at McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak's staff meetings, the firm's ambitious, competitive attorneys confront conflict between their own desires, their obligations as attorneys, and their principles as human beings.
Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns to his hometown of Seattle, Washington, following the end of his marriage and his life in Boston (as seen in Cheers). His plans for a new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his father, a retired detective from the Seattle Police Department, Martin (Mahoney), who is unable to live by himself after being shot in the line of duty. Frasier and Martin are joined by Daphne Moon (Leeves), Martin's English, live-in physical therapist and caretaker, and Martin's dog Eddie (played by Moose and Enzo). Frasier's younger brother Niles (Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist, frequently visits their apartment. Niles' infatuation with, and eventual love for Daphne—feelings which he does not confess to her openly until the final episode of the seventh season—form a complex story arc that spans the entire series.
Sunday Dinner
Sunday Dinner is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from June 2, 1991 until July 7, 1991. The series was produced by Norman Lear, and marked his return to television producing after an absence of several years. Lear's current wife Lyn Davis Lear served as co-producer on the series, which was the first official Lear show to be made under his latest production marquee Act III Productions.
The Barbara Walters Special
Journalist Barbara Walters interviews a variety of entertainers, politicians, athletes and other public figures.
During its nine-year network run, Seinfeld, which premiered in 1990 on NBC, set the meandering course for four single friends living in New York. The group's core is Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), a stand up comedian whose professional path includes a shot of creating a network sitcom, a guest spot on the "Today" show, and a wealth of other quests gone-awry with a personal life rife with an endless parade of never-quite-right girlfriends. His childhood best friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), could be deemed the quintessential loser; he can never hold a job or keep a romance.. although he has more than enough schemes to make either happen. Jerry's ex, Elaine Benes (Julia Loius-Dreyfus) offers the quirky quartet her own barrage of bad dates and worrisome workplace sagas. The curiously-coiffed Kramer (Michael Richards) rounds up the group as Jerry's over-the-top imaginative and often-mysterious neighbor, who has no visible means of support and an uncanny knack for opening doors to opportunities he has no business being near.


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George H. Sutton, billiard and pocket-billiard expert despite a handicap imposed early in life when he lost both hands in a sawmill accident, died of a heart attack here today in 'his camp car. His age was 68. During the last year he toured the country, lecturing and appearing in exhibitions as an employee of a Chicago billiard company.
May 16, 1938
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|November 5th, 2007, 10:39 PM
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WTF is it with Parts Counter Customers?
Since i know there are people who are on this site who are parts counter workers. Lets get some dumbass customer stories.
Me-hello blah blah
c- I need a Coil for a 91 Chevy Van
m- okay what engine does it have in it?
c- a 3.0L,
m- what kind of van was it?
c- chevy
m- what model of chevy.
C- Van
m- so full size van?
c- i guess
Finally i figure out that she has a 4.3L full size van
C- Is this the right Trans Fluid for me Car?
M- what kind of car do you have
C- 02 Chrysler van
m- no you want ATF+4
C- but that is 4.99/ qt this is 2.99
M- your trans will thank you later
C- this says domestic on it, I know thats what it takes
Customer still buys Dexron......
|November 5th, 2007, 10:41 PM
Pew pew!
My thread wasn't meant to offend the good parts counter workers. Just the ones that feel the need to argue with the customer and otherwise abandon all guidelines on how to treat a customer.
|November 5th, 2007, 10:46 PM
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|November 5th, 2007, 10:48 PM
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yeah like a guy tried to tell me that my b2 doesnt have a high flow fuel filter and it says it right there on his computer and says sumone put a performance one in and yet i still tell him and he thinks im dumb so i juss walked out
|November 5th, 2007, 10:51 PM
Always right-sometimes
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M- hi blah, blah..
C- My b-friend has a FISO and I need seat covers for it
C- Yeah, a Ford FISO
M- Sorry ma'am never heard if a FISO
C(pissed)- Come out here and look at it!
M(trying not to LMAO)- Guess your right ma'am, it's a FISO (F150)
I wonder why people think girls don't know anything about cars
|November 5th, 2007, 10:56 PM
Pew pew!
I bet they also needed a 710 cap.
OIL upside down
|November 6th, 2007, 12:56 AM
In Da Faaaaaace!!!
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being i work at advance auto i have many issues with stupid costumers.
C: i'm looking for a air filter for my red truck.
M: what year is it?
C: ummmm i don't know... 95 or 96?
M: What make?
C: chevy
M: Model?
C: truck
C: Its that red one out there.....
M: engine size?
C: shit man i don't know... i'll have to go look.
WTF how do you not know what the fawk your driving!!!
I love when i see a caddy, burban, escalade, any "insert racial slur here" car that is brand new.... they come in and ask what oil it takes... than they buy ONE qt!!
or when people argue with somthing you say. Saying no that will not work but they think it will. I'm sure i'll have more later......
|November 6th, 2007, 12:59 AM
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what about the hillbilly that insists that his truck has 1 ton everything on it...and it turns out being a 1/2ton light duty.
or the last minute dick that comes in at 5 minutes to closing time and has a laundry list of parts he wants to price out, not buy.
or the guy with the stock 305 camaro that wants to put a .600'' lift cam in it to make it sound like a big block.
or the guy that calls in and wants a alternator for his 1992 pickup.
or the guy that expects you to have wheel cylinders for the front of a 67 landcruiser in stock, and gets pissed cause you cant get them until 1pm.
or the guy that says "autozone has them for 5 bucks.'' to everything.
or the guy that comes in with some miscellaneous electrical part, throws it on the counter asks how much it is.
the worst customers by far are the weekend customers. i would consider suicide every time i was on my way into work a weekend shift.
|November 6th, 2007, 01:14 AM
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people with toyota camreys are the best. Come in on a sunday lookin for a cat back exhaust stock.... they bitch that its over $300 and that it isn't in stock
|November 6th, 2007, 01:48 AM
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Holly crap and they say truck driver complain to much
still the best thing I have ever done to a customer when I was a wrench, was customers that came in asking for directions. I would give them a small math problem. Say it is one block west, I would say "Go that way(east) 5 blocks to the light do a u-turn and come back 6 blocks and its right there on teh left" 90% figured it out and laughed about it. 9% bitched me out for making them think and say why didn t you just tell me one block that way 1% (3 people) did it, 2 gave pissed of looks on the way back by, 1 still never figured it out
Or the chick that locks her keys in the car when she locks her doors to pay for gas but forget to have keys in her hand, bitches me out Because it takes me a 2 min to get in her door and do I know what i am doing...I siad if this dosen't work i have a brink on a 3 foot rope i ahve been dieing to use, then I pop open the door
|November 6th, 2007, 07:22 AM
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m: hi blah blah..
c: my little brother has a bike, and this little airsoft gun, and i want to mount it to the handlebars for him
m: (WTF????) OK....well i dont have any brackets set up for that specific purpose, but we have an assortment of steel and aluminum stock.....maybe some muffler clamps....or...um hose clamps...!?!?!?
c: Well if i clamp it on how can it swivel?
m: Well...ahh..uummm...errr
c: So you have a parts store and no swivel mount brackets here.
m: i guess not.
c: well i am heading over to XXXXX down the road.
m: good when you get there tell Nick (a good friend of mine) the manager I sent you over because i didn't have what you needed.
Nick called later that day and said I was an ass.
A good friend is a manager at Advance Auto, so every time he has a new hire who thinks he is top dog he has me come in looking for a t-stat housing for a Volkswagen, coil for a 7.3 Superduty, etc. They have spent 20 mins looking through their "supercomputer" looking for it.
|November 6th, 2007, 07:51 AM
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I just get pissy when the parts in the computer are wrong. For example, the starter listed in Autozone's computer for a 1987 Grand Wagoneer is wrong. It is $35. The correct starter is actually the 1988 starter, which is $89. The parts idiot had no idea why I was upset and said that the computer was always right. Retards.
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standing behind a guy at auto zone (scotties) the day before the cruise.
c. i need a belt like this and puts the belt on the counter.
worker. takes belt to the back and matches it up.
c. no it's not that one it just looks like that one. the one i need is a little longer and thicker.
w.then what kind of car is it for?
c. some kind of nova. i just baught it.
w. looks up some belts for a nova and bring a few to the front.
c. oh it has a chevy motor in it.
w. getting real pissed. what kind of chevy.
c. i dont know i just baught it.
w. i can't help you if you don't know what you need.
c. if you can't help me i'll take my money some where else!!! bitching the whole way out the door.
every one in line (witch is real long by now) starts laughing!
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In that case I would of sold it to you for $35. I made a LOT of customers happy when I worked at Pep Boys. Do I make any extra money if I sell you a part for $89 verse $35? Nope. So I didn't really care.
I had a girl get pissed of at me one time though because she had locked her keys in her car. Apparantly that was my fault. I told her I would love to help her get it open (she was a fucking fox), but Pep Boys would be responsible I fucked anything up.
She then started yelling at me because I couldn't call onstar to have them open it. I tried explaining to her that you actually have to have Onstar ON your damn car for them to do anything. She thought they could just send a signal to ANY car to open the door.
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i want to work at a parts store now :D
i work at a pizza shop, i'll share a story or two
me - me
c- customer
me - thanks for calling blah balah blah how can i help you?
c - yeah, lemmie think a minute
me - okay take as long as you'd like
c (2 minutes later) - what size pizza's do you have?
me (annoyed by stupid customers) - small, medium, large, and extra large
c- (pissed) i'll call you back in a minute
we had some lady come in the other day wanted to use her husbands debt card.
c (hands me card)
me: can i see your ID please
c: i don't have it
me: well then i can't take this card, besides it doesn't even have a girls name on it
c: its my husbands card, why can't you just take it!!?
customer then storms out making a huge scene, me and the store manager laugh about it.
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The California Nurses Association (CNA) held a press conference Thursday, August 19th accusing Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), which operates St. Luke's Hospital, of discriminating against Filipino nurses. The union filed a class action grievance on behalf of Filipino applicants denied jobs at the hospital and, along with Filipino community groups, filed a complaint asking the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to investigate the discrimination claims.
At the press conference, the union provided sworn declarations made by three former managers at CPMC. The declarations claimed that the hospital had instituted a policy against hiring Filipino and foreign-graduate nurses. One former manager reported that a CPMC executive repeatedly instructed him not to hire Filipinos, telling him, "The Filipinos are always related, or know each other and that's not good. You're not to hire them."
Union and community leaders suggested that the decline in the hiring of Filipino registered nurses is connected to their activism. The union presented data showing that Filipinos made up 66 percent of the nurses at St. Luke's when CPMC took over the hospital in 2007. But beginning in 2008, after nurses, including many Filipinos, successfully campaigned against CPMC's planned closure of St. Luke's, the number of Filipino new hires dropped to 10 percent.
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The face behind Bush vigil
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- C.W. Nevius
Before the war in Iraq, Cindy Sheehan was no rebel. The mother of four was a youth minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church, in quiet, conservative Vacaville.
But when Sheehan's son Casey, 24, was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, her world lurched out of orbit. In the sleepless days and nights that followed, Sheehan tapped into the anti-war movement on the Internet, looking for answers.
"Sometimes I get up in the mornings and I turn on my computer,'' she told me when I met her in February at a peace vigil in Benicia, "and my husband comes home at 5, and I'm still there in my pajamas.''
Back then, it would have been impossible to imagine that the quiet mother from Vacaville would be challenging President Bush in a quixotic vigil outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas. She wants the commander in chief to explain the "noble cause" for which her son died.
Although she had to leave Thursday to tend to her ailing mother in Los Angeles, Sheehan has gained such notoriety that she's been called the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement. Whether the president elects to meet with her or not, she has clearly reopened the debate and put a human face on it.
Which makes you wonder: How did Cindy Sheehan become a national celebrity?
Slowly and stubbornly.
"She started writing little essays and sending them out,'' says Pat Kniesler, a peace activist in Benicia and co-founder of the Web site Iraq Casualty Count. "You know how it is. A friend passes them on, and then another, and pretty soon, you get a regular e-mail list.''
When Kniesler realized that the anti-war essays from a mother whose son died in the war were coming from nearby Vacaville, she wrote Sheehan a personal note. A friendship formed, and Kniesler saw the depth of Sheehan's dedication.
"Sometimes I would send her an e-mail at, like, 1 in the morning,'' Kniesler says, "and I'd get one right back.''
But despite her efforts, Sheehan was becoming more and more frustrated.
"I always got the feeling that her anger gained momentum over time,'' Kniesler says. "She was doing all the right things and getting nowhere.''
And that, in an odd way, is how she ended up camped on the road outside Bush's ranch.
You can question Sheehan's stand, or her tactics. But there is no debating her commitment. Or her guts. You have to live in Vacaville, a tightly knit community in the shadow of Travis Air Force Base, to understand what it means to take such a public stand against the war.
"Vacaville,'' says Toni Chan, a resident who describes herself as patriotic but against the war, "is one of those towns where when people buy a house, they put in a flagpole and fly the flag.''
Sheehan often has not been a popular figure in her hometown, and the announcement that her husband, Pat, has filed for divorce is widely seen as proof that her single-minded opposition to the war has taken a toll on her family and friendships.
"I have lost almost every friend I had before Casey died,'' Sheehan said on an Internet site in August.
Why does she persist?
For her son.
Casey was the first born, the Eagle Scout, the counselor at the Pendola Church youth camp near Grass Valley (Nevada County). The camp director, Steve Tholcke, says they have almost finished "Casey's Grove,'' a small theater area for storytelling and mini-plays -- the kind of thing Casey loved to do. He was, many assumed, bound for a career as a youth minister.
"I don't know if he ever told me he was going to become a priest,'' Tholcke says, "but I know it was part of his thought process.''
Sheehan, surprised when Casey enlisted in 2000, says the Army recruiter promised Casey that he could be a chaplain's assistant. But when Casey got to boot camp, she says, he was told no, that position wasn't available. He ended up as a mechanic.
Those are the kinds of twists of fate she turns over in her mind, and the anger builds. If the president ever meets with her, he'd better be prepared to hear some salty language from the former youth minister.
"I got an e-mail the other day, and it said, 'Cindy, you use so much profanity, there's people on the fence that get offended,' '' she said in a speech before Veterans for Peace. "And you know what I said? 'You know what, goddamn it? How in the world is anybody still sitting on the fence?' ''
It was that passion that drove her to Texas. She'd written the essays, addressed the groups, taken her message to media. But it wasn't working. Few were listening.
"She decided,'' Kniesler says, "to go for broke. Which none of us would have had the nerve to do.''
Those who talk about Sheehan's "plan'' in going to Crawford don't know what they are talking about. There was no plan.
She just went.
When I talked to her by cell phone three days after she arrived on Aug. 6, she said the trip was so last minute, "we didn't even have a flashlight."
"The first night, we just sat in lawn chairs and watched the stars,'' she said.
As it happened, Sheehan managed to catch the news cycle exactly right. Everyone joined her in Crawford -- CNN, MSNBC, all the big papers. She told me her anti-war message had gotten attention "beyond my wildest dreams.''
But her friends know she would have been there even if no one was paying attention.
"When you look at her on TV, you can see that everything behind her is not as important as what she is doing right now,'' says a friend, Stephanie Fareday-Mannel. "I think about her every day. I pray for her. And I hope she can find something that will comfort her.''
C.W. Nevius' column appears Tuesday and Saturday in Bay Area and in East Bay Life on Fridays. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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My heart goes out with you, Cindy. "Atta Girl" Keep it up
This is unbelievable!
"San Francisco Chronicle
- C.W. Nevius
Before the war in Iraq, Cindy Sheehan was no rebel. The mother of four was a youth minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church, in quiet, conservative Vacaville."
Shame on St. Mary's Catholic Church for allowing her near our youth!
After listening to her use "f*****g" over and over, I can't imagine she was anything close to a minister, but I know that both St. Mary's Catholic Church and Cindy Sheehan are f*****h!
To Valerie Overstreet:
Yeah, and how about Cheney's f*** word and Bush's flipping middle finger? Theirs are acceptable to the Conservatives, but Cindy's is not. Get real!!!
No doubt your concern about youth being exposed to profanity by Cindy necessarily extends to youths being exposed to pedophile priests. Let's also make sure those recruiters in our high schools aren't allowed to show pictures of shredded human bodies or anything else profane or obscene to our children. Then we can continue to pretend that profanity is out of bounds when we discuss the real reasons for the deaths of our soldiers such as Casey Sheehan.
Anyone who still doesnt get it; CINDY HAS GIVEN PEOPLE THEIR VOICE
AGAINST THE TERRORISM THAT REIGNS. You are either with the War Mongers that profit from the blood sweat and tears of the masses
or you are just downright out and out ignorant. If you are of the ignorant there may still be hope for you if you will open your eyes
ears and heart and read the truth. Yes there is a conspiracy of the elite versus the masses that has corrupted all governments. Papa Bush actually referred to the masses as OFU (One Fodder Unit). These people are evil from the getgo, or just plain mad. Grandpapa Bush was in league with Hitler. History continues to repeat itself, and the masses at the mercy of the Ruling Propagandists who are the only ones to profit from war is nothing new. WE NEED TO THANK GOD FOR CINDY SHEEHAN WHOSE GOOD HEART AND GREAT COURAGE SPEAK A LANGUAGE THAT EVIL UNDERSTANDS AS A THREAT TO THEIR LIES AND CRIMINAL ACTS. KEEP THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE "REAL EVIL-DOERS". Go to www.Powerhour.com and order
"9/11 In-Plane Site"; a video documentary showing the TRUTH of 9/11
and the lengths these SLIMES will go to for excuse for war. IF YOU READ HISTORY, You will find Bin Laden was a friend of the US, went to school in California, worked with our CIA; the corruption is absolutely INSIDIOUS. Likely IT IS KNOWN EXACTLY WHERE BIN LADEN IS...
The SO CALLED HIJACKERS OF 9/11 are reported in the Plane Site documentary as alive and well...WATCH CNN at 8pm tonite for COLIN POWELLS discussion of the bogus intelligence for the war on Iraq.
Those of you ASLEEP...WAKE UP...and INFINITELY SINCERE THANK YOU AGAIN CINDY!!!!!!!!!!
The hope is that this may put to rest the lie that Mrs. Sheehan has been used by groups like MoveOn for their own ends, which is what George Will said today on This Week. As the article states, Mrs. Sheehan has been against the war at least since her son died, perhaps even when he joined the military in 2000. Mrs. Sheehan decided to come to Crawford, Tx. spontaneously, and the conservatives and far right wing pundits, such as O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Malkin, etc. are attempting to assign some nefarious motives for Mrs. Sheehan's presence outside Bush's residence, as if being against the war is something she should be ashamed of. But as Frank Rich says in today's N.Y. Times, this has become bigger than Cindy Sheehan and could lead to a groundswell of support culminating in a massive anti-war rally on Sept. 24, in Wash. D.C.


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Baarìa (15) ** Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore Starring: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Gaetano Aronica
WITH dazzling, subversive epics such as Il Divo and Gomorrah giving Italian cinema a much needed shot in the arm, one might have hoped for veteran Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore to respond in kind with a similarly energised new movie.
Alas, his latest is all sweep, no substance. Seeking to refract Italy's troubled 20th-century history through the prism of a Sicilian shepherd's son and the life he builds for himself with the girl he eventually marries, Baara – the Sicilian name for Tornatore's home town of Bagheria – is an overblown indulgence that never soars the way its magical realist flourishes suggest it should.
The opening scene of a little boy taking flight as he runs along the streets of Palermo quickly gives way to a dramatically inert story that follows main character Peppino (Francesco Scianna) from his impoverished boyhood in the 1930s and his wartime aversion to Mussolini and the Mafia, through to his marriage to Mannina (Margareth Mad) and his later efforts to balance life as a family man with his political aspirations in the Italian Communist Party.
Along the way, Tornatore fills the frame with lachrymose images of Italy that the country's new guard of filmmakers have gone out of their way to ditch.
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STIRLING - Caledonian Marts sold 167 live prime cattle including young bulls and OTM clean and 72 cast cows and bulls. Bullocks (62) averaged 156p per kg and sold to 186.5p per kg, 605kg Charolais, Easter Auchtermuthill farm, Muthill or to 1246 per head for 690kgs Paddockhall, Linlithgow. Heifers (64) averaged 167p per kg and sold to 187.5p per kg (twice) heavy Limousin crosses Clatto Farm, Kennoway and Easter Auchtermuthill farm. Butchers cattle (36) averaged 175p per kg and sold to 185.5p per kg Nether Longford farm, West Calder. Young bulls (24) sold to 160.5p per kg 640lg Limousin, Mains of Throsk, Stirling or to 1157 per head for 730kgs Easterton farm, Kirkintilloch. OTM clean (16) sold to 160.5p per kg or 1132 per head Mains of Throsk.


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Amerimold's Top 10 Reasons to Be a Moldmaker
An annual highlight of the Amerimold show and conference is the announcement of these top 10 reasons to be a moldmaker, chosen from entries submitted by industry members. Read this year's list (and learn why attending Amerimold is a good idea).
A longstanding tradition at Amerimold is the announcement of the Top 10 Reasons to Be a Moldmaker. This list, a tongue-in-cheek "rationale" for embracing this worthy career, is compiled for each show from entries submitted by readers of MoldMaking Technology, a sponsor of Amerimold. At Amerimold 2012 (June 13-14 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan) these 10 reasons will be presented on a custom-printed T-shirt, which will be available to show attendees who stop by the MoldMaking Technology (Booth 130) to complete a simple industry survey.
Of course, the reasons to attend Amerimold number a lot more than 10. The show features 117 exhibitors and numerous conference presentations, including keynote addresses delivered by Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush and the Reshoring Initiative. For more details about Amerimold, click here.
Now back to the top 10 reasons. Here they are:
10. You are equipped to follow your Mom's advice: "You gotta mold your own destiny, son!!"
9. Nobody asks you to help build anything because it takes you an hour to cut a 2 × 4 that's 10.000000" long.
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7. When you drive to work, there is no traffic.
6. You get to work with "Precious Metal's" daily.
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4. You save money on auto repair by turning your own brake rotors.
3. I'm improving your way of life. Trust me!
2. The microorganisms growing in the coolant help boost immunity.
And the #1 reason to be a moldmaker is:
It was moldmaking or jail!


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Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX/NYSE: CP) announced today it will be asking the Superior Court of Quebec to stay a July 14, 2014 decision by the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration (CROA), which ruled a locomotive engineer, who consumed cocaine at a time and of a quantity which could impact his duties, must be reinstated.
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Has anyone made their own soy or almond milk?
I didn't even realize this was an option until reading about it a few minutes ago! I'm intrigued and want to know if anyone has experience with this sort of thing. I LOVE the idea of not buying milk at the store!
No but I will be anxiously waiting to see what others say since I buy unsweetened almond milk.01-10-2012, 12:17 PM #3
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I would love to hear about this too, DD1 can only drink this ... granddaughter gets way sick if she does any regular dairy. This would be amazing for her.Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements01-10-2012, 12:17 PM #4
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Two link from my bookmarks. Very easy.
One with a tutorial and one with recipes.
Raw Homemade Almond Milk | Novel Eats
Milk Alternatives- Homemade & Store Bought01-10-2012, 01:35 PM #5
I haven't because I cringe at the price of nuts in the store when I want to do baking. I can get a jug of almond milk for $3.00 when its on sale. Maybe if I had a nut tree available, but don't know if shelling and processing would be worth my time-$. Not that it matters, I don't have a nut tree, ha!01-10-2012, 01:58 PM #6
Shredded coconut is $0.26/oz on Amazon (maybe one can find it cheaper, I'm not sure... I'm in Germany), and from a pound of coconut you get about 1.5 quarts of milk... for a bit over $4. The coconut meat can then be dried and used to bread chicken, fish, or shrimp... or you could use it in a cake or to make candies (mom makes some amazing Raffaello).01-10-2012, 02:45 PM #7
Thanks Sara!
I lucked out at the scratch and dent a while ago and got the shelf stable almond milk for .50 per container. However it will all be gone by April.
I have never tried making coconut milk. I do love it though. I will keep that in mind if I find unsweetened coconut at the scratch and dent! I have diluted the coconut cream out of the can for milk in recipes though.01-10-2012, 04:43 PM #8
I spoke before reading the recipe, my apologies! According to the first link it would be fairly cheap for me to make as nuts here were $3.99 a pound.If you pay $5.79/pound for almonds, and of that use one cup of almonds to make eight cups of almond milk, then your price will come to about $0.27/cup or $1.09 for 4 cups (32 ounces) or $2.17 for eight cups (64 ounces).
1 half US gallon = 64 US fluid ounces
So at $2.17 definitely cheaper than buying my own. Thank you so much for the recipe links and sorry I jumped the gun on my assumptions. Learning something new every day!01-10-2012, 06:33 PM #9
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Awesome to get opinions! I guess you can also make rice milk! That has to be pretty cost effective too.
Right now I buy Lactaid milk and regular milk and it is very expensive. I wanted to switch the whole family over to something healthier and easier on our budget.01-15-2012, 04:13 AM #10
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I have made both almond, hazelnut and coconut milk at home. The cheapest almondmilk I have found here in Norway is a litre for 6 dollars, and that I think is really expencive!! Almost like a steal.
The homemade milk is also really good if you add a little bit of vanilla, stevia, dates, cinnamon or strawberries. Not all at the same time of course01-15-2012, 10:58 AM #11
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Still not sure if this is cost effective. I haven't found a good source for raw almonds. I wonder if my family would like rice milk? Hmmm...
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In its landmark decision of KSR v. Teleflex, reversing the appeals court, the Supreme Court has broadened the interpretive scope of 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the obviousness clause. Patentable subject matter is thus constricted. In the large, in light of the ruling, a known combination of elements are only patentable if their combined functionality yields the unexpected. What was once impermissible hindsight is now permissible.
A unanimous opinion delivered by Justice Kennedy -
Section 103 forbids issuance of a patent when the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
In Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U. S. 1 (1966), the Court set out a framework for applying the statutory language of §103, language itself based on the logic of the earlier decision in Hotchkiss v. Greenwood, 11 How. 248 (1851), and its progeny. See 383 U. S., at 15-17. The analysis is objective:
"Under §103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined; differences between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained; and the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art resolved. Against this background the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others, etc., might be utilized to give light to the circumstances surrounding the origin of the subject matter sought to be patented." Id., at 17-18.
While the sequence of these questions might be reordered in any particular case, the factors continue to define the inquiry that controls. If a court, or patent examiner, conducts this analysis and concludes the claimed subject matter was obvious, the claim is invalid under §103.
6,237,565, controlled by Teleflex (exclusive licensee), went to a car gas pedal using a combination of features, where each individual feature was known in the prior art, but never combined as claimed in '565. In summary judgment, applying the Graham factor test, '565 was found obvious by the district court, thus letting KSR off the hook for infringement; a ruling overturned by the CAFC; now with the appeals court ruling reversed; in essence, the district court got it right.
The CAFC had developed, by its own precedent, a "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM) test as a basis for determining obviousness. The TSM test was a guard against what was considered "impermissible hindsight," a pernicious problem that an invention seems obvious when viewed after the fact.
Seeking to resolve the question of obviousness with more uniformity and consistency, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has employed an approach referred to by the parties as the "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" test (TSM test), under which a patent claim is only proved obvious if "some motivation or suggestion to combine the prior art teachings" can be found in the prior art, the nature of the problem, or the knowledge of a person having ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g., Al-Site Corp. v. VSI Int'l, Inc., 174 F. 3d 1308, 1323-1324 (CA Fed. 1999).
With principal reliance on the TSM test, the Court of Appeals reversed. It ruled the District Court had not been strict enough in applying the test, having failed to make "'finding[s] as to the specific understanding or principle within the knowledge of a skilled artisan that would have motivated one with no knowledge of [the] invention' . . . to attach an electronic control to the support bracket of the Asano assembly." 119 Fed. Appx., at 288 (brackets in original) (quoting In re Kotzab, 217 F. 3d 1365, 1371 (CA Fed. 2000)). The Court of Appeals held that the District Court was incorrect that the nature of the problem to be solved satisfied this requirement because unless the "prior art references address[ed] the precise problem that the patentee was trying to solve," the problem would not motivate an inventor to look at those references. 119 Fed. Appx., at 288.
That it might have been obvious to try the combination... was likewise irrelevant, in the court's view, because . . "'"[o]bvious to try" has long been held not to constitute obviousness.'" Id., at 289 (quoting In re Deuel, 51 F. 3d 1552, 1559 (CA Fed. 1995)).
The Supreme Court reviews everything de novo, with no respect to lower courts. The Supreme Court does not even review lower court case law as a basis for decision, only relying upon Supreme Court precedent.
The Supreme Court swats CAFC usage of TSM as inflexible, mouthing aphorisms without any content of guidance.
We begin by rejecting the rigid approach of the Court of Appeals. Throughout this Court's engagement with the question of obviousness, our cases have set forth an expansive and flexible approach inconsistent with the way the Court of Appeals applied its TSM test here. To be sure, Graham recognized the need for "uniformity and definiteness." 383 U. S., at 18. Yet the principles laid down in Graham reaffirmed the "functional approach" of Hotchkiss, 11 How. 248. See 383 U. S., at 12. To this end, Graham set forth a broad inquiry and invited courts, where appropriate, to look at any secondary considerations that would prove instructive. Id., at 17.
Design patents are obvious if their combination of design elements can be found, in toto, in the prior art. This is a huge step from the CAFC approach of prior art having to have addressed the same problem to be combinable. SCOTUS sets the bar of patentability for utility patents such that an unexpected must result, or a combination is old hat. Combining "prior art elements according to their established functions" is "predictable."
Neither the enactment of §103 nor the analysis in Graham disturbed this Court's earlier instructions concerning the need for caution in granting a patent based on the combination of elements found in the prior art. For over a half century, the Court has held that a "patent for a combination which only unites old elements with no change in their respective functions . . . obviously withdraws what is already known into the field of its monopoly and diminishes the resources available to skillful men." Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp., 340 U. S. 147, 152 (1950). This is a principal reason for declining to allow patents for what is obvious. The combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results. Three cases decided after Graham illustrate the application of this doctrine.
In United States v. Adams, 383 U. S. 39, 40 (1966), a companion case to Graham, the Court considered the obviousness of a "wet battery" that varied from prior designs in two ways: It contained water, rather than the acids conventionally employed in storage batteries; and its electrodes were magnesium and cuprous chloride, rather than zinc and silver chloride. The Court recognized that when a patent claims a structure already known in the prior art that is altered by the mere substitution of one element for another known in the field, the combination must do more than yield a predictable result. 383 U. S., at 50-51. It nevertheless rejected the Government's claim that Adams's battery was obvious. The Court relied upon the corollary principle that when the prior art teaches away from combining certain known elements, discovery of a successful means of combining them is more likely to be nonobvious. Id., at 51-52. When Adams designed his battery, the prior art warned that risks were involved in using the types of electrodes he employed. The fact that the elements worked together in an unexpected and fruitful manner supported the conclusion that Adams's design was not obvious to those skilled in the art.
In Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co., 396 U. S. 57 (1969), the Court elaborated on this approach. The subject matter of the patent before the Court was a device combining two pre-existing elements: a radiant-heat burner and a paving machine. The device, the Court concluded, did not create some new synergy: The radiant-heat burner functioned just as a burner was expected to function; and the paving machine did the same. The two in combination did no more than they would in separate, sequential operation. Id., at 60-62. In those circumstances, "while the combination of old elements performed a useful function, it added nothing to the nature and quality of the radiant-heat burner already patented," and the patent failed under §103. Id., at 62 (footnote omitted).
Finally, in Sakraida v. AG Pro, Inc., 425 U. S. 273 (1976), the Court derived from the precedents the conclusion that when a patent "simply arranges old elements with each performing the same function it had been known to perform" and yields no more than one would expect from such an arrangement, the combination is obvious. Id., at 282.
The principles underlying these cases are instructive when the question is whether a patent claiming the combination of elements of prior art is obvious. When a work is available in one field of endeavor, design incentives and other market forces can prompt variations of it, either in the same field or a different one. If a person of ordinary skill can implement a predictable variation, §103 likely bars its patentability. For the same reason, if a technique has been used to improve one device, and a person of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that it would improve similar devices in the same way, using the technique is obvious unless its actual application is beyond his or her skill. Sakraida and Anderson's-Black Rock are illustrative - a court must ask whether the improvement is more than the predictable use of prior art elements according to their established functions.
Having a notably selective memory, here's what SCOTUS didn't quote from Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea v. Supermarket Equipment -
Courts should scrutinize combination patent claims with a care proportioned to the difficulty and improbability of finding invention in an assembly of old elements.
The appeals court TSM test limited combining prior art references to those which went to the solving the same problem. The Supreme Court ruling trashes that concept - now, anything under the sun known to man is prior art, but the reasoning for combination should be explicit.
Often, it will be necessary for a court to look to interrelated teachings of multiple patents; the effects of demands known to the design community or present in the marketplace; and the background knowledge possessed by a person having ordinary skill in the art, all in order to determine whether there was an apparent reason to combine the known elements in the fashion claimed by the patent at issue. To facilitate review, this analysis should be made explicit. See In re Kahn, 441 F. 3d 977, 988 (CA Fed. 2006) ("[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness"). As our precedents make clear, however, the analysis need not seek out precise teachings directed to the specific subject matter of the challenged claim, for a court can take account of the inferences and creative steps that a person of ordinary skill in the art would employ.
The Supreme Court, in revisionist mode, traces the history of the TSM test to forge a hammer to gratuitously bash the appeals court, all the while claiming no inconsistency between the TSM and Graham four-factor tests. By doing so, the Court ignores more recent CAFC rulings demonstrating legally acrobatic flexibility to the precipice of caprice using TSM.
When it first established the requirement of demonstrating a teaching, suggestion, or motivation to combine known elements in order to show that the combination is obvious, the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals captured a helpful insight. See Application of Bergel, 292 F. 2d 955, 956-957 (1961). As is clear from cases such as Adams, a patent composed of several elements is not proved obvious merely by demonstrating that each of its elements was, independently, known in the prior art. Although common sense directs one to look with care at a patent application that claims as innovation the combination of two known devices according to their established functions, it can be important to identify a reason that would have prompted a person of ordinary skill in the relevant field to combine the elements in the way the claimed new invention does. This is so because inventions in most, if not all, instances rely upon building blocks long since uncovered, and claimed discoveries almost of necessity will be combinations of what, in some sense, is already known.
Helpful insights, however, need not become rigid and mandatory formulas; and when it is so applied, the TSM test is incompatible with our precedents. The obviousness analysis cannot be confined by a formalistic conception of the words teaching, suggestion, and motivation, or by overemphasis on the importance of published articles and the explicit content of issued patents. The diversity of inventive pursuits and of modern technology counsels against limiting the analysis in this way. In many fields it may be that there is little discussion of obvious techniques or combinations, and it often may be the case that market demand, rather than scientific literature, will drive design trends. Granting patent protection to advances that would occur in the ordinary course without real innovation retards progress and may, in the case of patents combining previously known elements, deprive prior inventions of their value or utility.
In the years since the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals set forth the essence of the TSM test, the Court of Appeals no doubt has applied the test in accord with these principles in many cases. There is no necessary inconsistency between the idea underlying the TSM test and the Graham analysis. But when a court transforms the general principle into a rigid rule that limits the obviousness inquiry, as the Court of Appeals did here, it errs.
Hitting a nadir of logic, Kennedy pens a paragraph of tautology: "what is obvious is obvious."
In determining whether the subject matter of a patent claim is obvious, neither the particular motivation nor the avowed purpose of the patentee controls. What matters is the objective reach of the claim. If the claim extends to what is obvious, it is invalid under §103. One of the ways in which a patent's subject matter can be proved obvious is by noting that there existed at the time of invention a known problem for which there was an obvious solution encompassed by the patent's claims.
SCOTUS now puts the scope for prior art to what is known to one of ordinary skill in the art, irrespective of the problem being solved, and not necessarily in the same technical area, but in the broader "field of endeavor."
The first error of the Court of Appeals in this case was to foreclose this reasoning by holding that courts and patent examiners should look only to the problem the patentee was trying to solve. 119 Fed. Appx., at 288. The Court of Appeals failed to recognize that the problem motivating the patentee may be only one of many addressed by the patent's subject matter. The question is not whether the combination was obvious to the patentee but whether the combination was obvious to a person with ordinary skill in the art. Under the correct analysis, any need or problem known in the field of endeavor at the time of invention and addressed by the patent can provide a reason for combining the elements in the manner claimed.
The second error of the Court of Appeals lay in its assumption that a person of ordinary skill attempting to solve a problem will be led only to those elements of prior art designed to solve the same problem. Ibid... Common sense teaches, however, that familiar items may have obvious uses beyond their primary purposes, and in many cases a person of ordinary skill will be able to fit the teachings of multiple patents together like pieces of a puzzle... A person of ordinary skill is also a person of ordinary creativity, not an automaton.
The Supreme Court turns on its head CAFC logic with regard to "obvious to try" - now, a patentee must demonstrate that a patented combination was not obvious to try. In other words, like European patenting, declare an "inventive step".
The same constricted analysis led the Court of Appeals to conclude, in error, that a patent claim cannot be proved obvious merely by showing that the combination of elements was "obvious to try." Id., at 289 (internal quotation marks omitted). When there is a design need or market pressure to solve a problem and there are a finite number of identified, predictable solutions, a person of ordinary skill has good reason to pursue the known options within his or her technical grasp. If this leads to the anticipated success, it is likely the product not of innovation but of ordinary skill and common sense. In that instance the fact that a combination was obvious to try might show that it was obvious under §103.
While warning of hindsight bias, no border is drawn as to its creeping in. SCOTUS eschews rules for case-by-case determination.
The Court of Appeals, finally, drew the wrong conclusion from the risk of courts and patent examiners falling prey to hindsight bias. A factfinder should be aware, of course, of the distortion caused by hindsight bias and must be cautious of arguments reliant upon ex post reasoning. See Graham, 383 U. S., at 36 (warning against a "temptation to read into the prior art the teachings of the invention in issue" and instructing courts to "'guard against slipping into the use of hindsight'" (quoting Monroe Auto Equipment Co. v. Heckethorn Mfg. & Supply Co., 332 F. 2d 406, 412 (CA6 1964))). Rigid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense, however, are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it.
In conclusion, the Supreme Court penned obviousness anthem, where "ordinary innovation" is not patentable -
We build and create by bringing to the tangible and palpable reality around us new works based on instinct, simple logic, ordinary inferences, extraordinary ideas, and sometimes even genius. These advances, once part of our shared knowledge, define a new threshold from which innovation starts once more. And as progress beginning from higher levels of achievement is expected in the normal course, the results of ordinary innovation are not the subject of exclusive rights under the patent laws. Were it otherwise patents might stifle, rather than promote, the progress of useful arts. See U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 8. These premises led to the bar on patents claiming obvious subject matter established in Hotchkiss and codified in §103. Application of the bar must not be confined within a test or formulation too constrained to serve its purpose.
In a coda, the Supreme Court boosts court power to grant summary judgment, declaring resolution of the facts to be within judicial purview. "The ultimate judgment of obviousness is a legal determination."
A separate ground the Court of Appeals gave for reversing the order for summary judgment was the existence of a dispute over an issue of material fact. We disagree with the Court of Appeals on this point as well. To the extent the court understood the Graham approach to exclude the possibility of summary judgment when an expert provides a conclusory affidavit addressing the question of obviousness, it misunderstood the role expert testimony plays in the analysis. In considering summary judgment on that question the district court can and should take into account expert testimony, which may resolve or keep open certain questions of fact. That is not the end of the issue, however. The ultimate judgment of obviousness is a legal determination. Graham, 383 U. S., at 17. Where, as here, the content of the prior art, the scope of the patent claim, and the level of ordinary skill in the art are not in material dispute, and the obviousness of the claim is apparent in light of these factors, summary judgment is appropriate.
The presumption of patent validity is stripped bare. Facing a charge of obviousness, a patentee must demonstrate that the prior art taught away, or create a combination far afield from what might be expected. In hindsight, the crowd must applaud, "damn clever idea."
In 2005, the Supreme Court thought nothing of taking away personal property, allowing local governments to abuse the right of eminent domain to condemn property and divert it to another use that might bring the city more tax revenue. With its ruling today, the Supreme Court has done the same with intellectual property.
Posted by Patent Hawk at April 30, 2007 2:16 PM | Prior Art
I'm in law school, and I just read KSR v. Teleflex for the first time in a textbook written by Loren & Miller of Lewis & Clark Law School.
The post-Depression, anti-monopoly doctrines seemed harsh, and why SCOTUS decided to swing back that direction in KSR is not clear to me. I supposed that the CAFC must have been letting way too many patent through. Setting the bar higher for 103-nonobviousness was supposedly a solution for a stiff CAFC, according to my IP-law professor. But after reading your contextualization of the TSM test application by the CAFC ("By doing so, the Court ignores more recent CAFC rulings demonstrating legally acrobatic flexibility to the precipice of caprice using TSM.") I have begun to wonder if KSR's reasoning is a pretext. Truly, what is there to prevent the "hindsight bias" except the next SCOTUS overcorrection?
Posted by: ceejay at October 6, 2010 3:02 PM
Thanks for tuning in, and your comment.
No doubt about it: Miss Hindsight put on her party dress and went to the prom on KSR's arm. Rumor and innuendo about how far she would go were rife three years ago.
Miss Hindsight certainly has been the pin-up girl at the patent office. The courts have been more tempered, but putting two and two together in hindsight is about as difficult as a criminal prosecutor getting a hungry grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
SCOTUS popped its KSR cork as political knee-jerk: corporations were howling about lousy patents granted by slack examiners a decade earlier. Good guidance isn't exactly government's forte, and the Supreme Court is the cream of the crop.
It was entirely predictable that, post-KSR, the PTO Director, formerly a political hack, would be replaced by a corporate hack, coming from the very technology area the mule kick of KSR has been the strongest: computers. (David Kappos, from IBM)
The USPTO is at least consistent: examination on the merits remains a chimera. Only, post-KSR, the "YES" (we need the dues) stamp got replaced with "NO" can do. KSR certainly made examiner hand-waving easier.
Miss Hindsight has aged a bit, but she's still dancing.
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