I bought an E-Reader and the CEO lost his job.. ooooppss...

[ShyWriter]

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Chief Leaves Book Chain After Losses On E-Readers
 
 

(Photo Credit - Peter DaSilva for The New York Times)

William Lynch, Barnes & Noble's chief executive, in 2012.

 

By JULIE BOSMAN
Published: July 8, 2013

 

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William Lynch Jr., the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, resigned on Monday, two weeks after a devastating earnings report that accentuated the bookseller’s losing battle against powerful rivals like Amazon. (More...)

 

Continue at: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/business/barnes-nobles-chief-executive-resigns.html?hp&_r=0

 

Steve

 

[daledoc1]

I guess selling all those deeply discounted Noogies didn't help the bottom line, eh?

(It was a nice idea!)

[ShyWriter]

As long as they still honor their warranty for this next 11 and 1/2 months it sure helped *MY* bottom line.. *wry smile*

[CWB]

"I guess selling all those deeply discounted Noogies didn't help the bottom line, eh?"

 

hmmm ... it seems like the ceo really got a noogie out of the deal .

or maybe he split before they gave him a noogie ?

[ShyWriter]

"I guess selling all those deeply discounted Noogies didn't help the bottom line, eh?"

 

hmmm ... it seems like the ceo really got a noogie out of the deal .

or maybe he split before they gave him a noogie ?

 

I think @DD is a bit too much of a lady to actually call them "NOOK"ies and was looking for a substitute word thinking our rusty, ol' minds wouldn't pick up on the difference between a noogie (rapid, painful knuckle rub of the top of ones head - [edited]) and  nookie.. (ummmm.. how to explain what nookie is and stay within the board's family guidelines... Decisions.. decisions.. dilemma.. )

 

Or as SNL's Gilda Radner's character Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say; "Nevermind..." :P

 

Steve

Edited July 10, 2013 by ShyWriter

[CWB]

hmmm ...

 

i have always heard the term "loogie" or "lugie" used to describe a wad of gel-like phlegm just below the consistency of chewing gum (color/shade notwithstanding) .

as in "i knew my cold was getting worse when i hocked up a loogie" .

another term used was "lunger" .

 

a "noogie" was always the use/result of a headlock and the firm back and forth rapid application of a set of knuckles to the victim's scalp .

 

as for the name "nookie" ... yer right , it is a subject that is best left to one's own research .

beyond that , i shall digress .

(although it would have made a great name for a line of nokia cell phones)

 

at another forum several of us explain certain phrases , sayings and idioms to those not accustomed to or familiar with the colorful side of the english language .

[ShyWriter]

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a "noogie" was always the use/result of a headlock and the firm back and forth rapid application of a set of knuckles to the victim's scalp .

 

Yep; you got me.. I gots my noogies and loogies all mixed up.. (ughhh - the HORROR!!)