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Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

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Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

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I'll tell you the tale of Fred Figgers, The baby was found by trash diggers, He just wasn't wanted, The kids often taunted, But his confidence only grew bigger. I have too much time on my hands.

A commenter named decremental

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His very best rhymes

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The downvoters thought he was mental

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

#12
post #7

I'll tell you the tale of Fred Figgers, The baby was found by trash diggers, He just wasn't wanted, The kids often taunted, But his confidence only grew bigger. I have too much time on my hands.

I must admit, the fact that you were able to spin this limerick without resorting to using that word is admirable.

I couldn't get "Voldemort" to rhyme.

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

#13
post #7

I'll tell you the tale of Fred Figgers, The baby was found by trash diggers, He just wasn't wanted, The kids often taunted, But his confidence only grew bigger. I have too much time on my hands.

I must admit, the fact that you were able to spin this limerick without resorting to using that word is admirable.

I thought that Limerick poems have to start with a reference to a place or town. The name Limerick the eponymous origin for the style.

Essential to traditional Limerick poetry is also a unfortunate or humerous last line.

I don't know why I have no idea what is the unrepeatable word omitted and then cause by omission for praise, but it would be in classic Limerick form to use it at the end where it remains unspoken for effect and publishing eligibility.

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

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I don't know a ton about Freddie or his communication business, so want to separate that out. That said, the Figgers branded devices seem to be pure scamming. Chinese reclones that are outright lying about specs, from everything I've read.

There’s this really weird press release that seems to be written by a third party, in weird English: https://figgers.com/news/figgers-f3-is-made-in-america-smart...

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

#16

I'll tell you the tale of Fred Figgers, The baby was found by trash diggers, He just wasn't wanted, The kids often taunted, But his confidence only grew bigger. I have too much time on my hands.

Take some of that time and think on how well it is you can laugh about such a thing and find it so light and airy a topic you don’t feel bad considering the circumstances that would lead to someone putting anyone’s child in a Dumpster.

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

#17
Description of fixing a broken Mac

> "As I was looking in it I saw capacitors that were broken. I had soldering guns there and I had radios and alarm clocks, so I took parts out of my father's radio alarm clock and I soldered them into the circuit board."

Were computers that repairable back then, that you could swap in bits of old alarm clocks to make them work?

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

#18

Description of fixing a broken Mac > "As I was looking in it I saw capacitors that were broken. I had soldering guns there and I had radios and alarm clocks, so I took parts out of my father's radio alarm clock and I soldered them into the circuit board." Were computers that repairable back then, that you could swap in bits of old alarm clocks to make them work?

You can do that today if the capacitors are the right type and value. Components are components, they're used on all sorts of products.

Re: Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

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post #16

I'll tell you the tale of Fred Figgers, The baby was found by trash diggers, He just wasn't wanted, The kids often taunted, But his confidence only grew bigger. I have too much time on my hands.

Take some of that time and think on how well it is you can laugh about such a thing and find it so light and airy a topic you don’t feel bad considering the circumstances that would lead to someone putting anyone’s child in a Dumpster.

Are you suggesting that I should feel bad for the person who threw a baby away in the trash? The circumstances surrounding an act that heinous is that the person was an absolute monster. There are so many other options than literally throwing away a baby. Jesus Christ.
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