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They have a problem
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)
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The important thing is that the plane was assembled by a diverse crew.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:01 PM (u73oe)
3
Being near that seat sucked.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:01 PM (ynpvh)
4
I NOODed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:02 PM (ynpvh)
5
rerouted me through The Mistake On The Lake.
Posted by: CBD
Work took me there for a day, it felt like it lasted a week.
Posted by: CBD
Work took me there for a day, it felt like it lasted a week.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:02 PM (N0zbi)
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If you don't fly you don't have this problem
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)
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6 If you don't fly you don't have this problem
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)
Unless you're on the ground and get hit by an errant plane plug.
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)
Unless you're on the ground and get hit by an errant plane plug.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
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8 Jeepers. It's not like anyone died or anything.
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
Diversity!
In Failure!
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
Diversity!
In Failure!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (ynpvh)
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You can't expect much from Billy Boeing when the last real job he had was replacing his car muffler with a fart can. I bet some of the Boeing recent hires can shoot a Glock sideways though.
We live about 10 miles from the Boeing main assembly plant, the character and intelligence of most of their employees is questionable.
We live about 10 miles from the Boeing main assembly plant, the character and intelligence of most of their employees is questionable.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:05 PM (eYF7X)
11
Did Cleveland fans burn down Cleveland cuz the Browns sucked?
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:05 PM (/UtnQ)
12
The company that built the access door for Boeing is called "Spirit Aero."
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
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Jeepers. It's not like anyone died or anything.
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched
LoL, you fly more than most of us, so you're the one at risk!
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched
LoL, you fly more than most of us, so you're the one at risk!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (N0zbi)
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You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
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What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
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What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:07 PM (u73oe)
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A safety seal. On a refill container of hand soap. A safety seal, for heaven's sake. One with a flip-up pull tab that can't be gripped by wet fingers.
A safety seal. On a refill container of hand soap. A safety seal, for heaven's sake. One with a flip-up pull tab that can't be gripped by wet fingers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:08 PM (MoZTd)
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What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
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Jeepers. It's not like anyone died or anything.
Totally. Some people would actually pay for the privilege of being violently sucked out of a planes fuselage at 12,000 feet and free-falling to earth without a parachute only to land in 2:27 seconds. A total of 2:26 seconds of such an incredible experience is not to be disregarded.
Jeepers. It's not like anyone died or anything.
Totally. Some people would actually pay for the privilege of being violently sucked out of a planes fuselage at 12,000 feet and free-falling to earth without a parachute only to land in 2:27 seconds. A total of 2:26 seconds of such an incredible experience is not to be disregarded.
Posted by: New IP New Nic at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (nIvob)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (UfgXE)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (eYF7X)
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Maybe Seattle should focus on logging?
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (/UtnQ)
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12 The company that built the access door for Boeing is called "Spirit Aero."
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke... a meme... something from Babylon...
Talk about closing the barn door after the airline passenger gets sucked out...
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke... a meme... something from Babylon...
Talk about closing the barn door after the airline passenger gets sucked out...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (xaFKb)
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What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
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Enough to pulverize a sea otter, I’ll bet.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
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Enough to pulverize a sea otter, I’ll bet.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (u73oe)
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What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
It attains a terminal velocity, especially if you're under it.
What if the plug fell on a family of sea otters? There they were, holding hands, and then WHAM!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
It attains a terminal velocity, especially if you're under it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (ynpvh)
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It's OK the pilots were instructed to not fly over water.
I wish I was being sarcastic. Alas, no.
I wish I was being sarcastic. Alas, no.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (MeG8a)
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What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
___________
A phone falling from a plane and landing in a pig pen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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A phone falling from a plane and landing in a pig pen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (N0zbi)
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Goldfinger!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (63Dwl)
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What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
I'm sure somebody at Apple has the data. Not like anything done with the device isn't being tracked all the time.
Least they could have done was turn on the camera so we'd get neato video.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
I'm sure somebody at Apple has the data. Not like anything done with the device isn't being tracked all the time.
Least they could have done was turn on the camera so we'd get neato video.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (UfgXE)
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24 It's OK the pilots were instructed to not fly over water.
I wish I was being sarcastic. Alas, no.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (MeG8a)
Because hitting land from 20K feet is somehow better than hitting water from 20K feet?
/mind... blown...
I wish I was being sarcastic. Alas, no.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 02:10 PM (MeG8a)
Because hitting land from 20K feet is somehow better than hitting water from 20K feet?
/mind... blown...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (xaFKb)
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>>What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Terminal velocity
V=sqrt(2W/Cd r a)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Terminal velocity
V=sqrt(2W/Cd r a)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (eYF7X)
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Isn’t terminal velocity 135 MPH?
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (/UtnQ)
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That's where the lovely Carol Merrill WAS standing!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2024 02:13 PM (dgZCh)
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Jeepers. It's not like anyone died or anything.
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
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Gotta say I'm with nurse on this plane thing. Think of the great story you would have!
You're overreacting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:04 PM (aiBxL)
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Gotta say I'm with nurse on this plane thing. Think of the great story you would have!
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2024 02:13 PM (VQbrG)
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Boeing sure has gone to shit in a handbasket.
Posted by: Zombie Tex Johnston at January 14, 2024 02:14 PM (R/m4+)
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12 The company that built the access door for Boeing is called "Spirit Aero."
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
I know i left my surprised face around here somewhere... /s
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
I know i left my surprised face around here somewhere... /s
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:14 PM (Rbu5d)
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Because hitting land from 20K feet is somehow better than hitting water from 20K feet?
___________
No, dummy. It's so the rescue guys carrying the outstretched blanket can keep up.
Because hitting land from 20K feet is somehow better than hitting water from 20K feet?
___________
No, dummy. It's so the rescue guys carrying the outstretched blanket can keep up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM (MoZTd)
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A phone falling from a plane and landing in a pig pen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (MoZTd)
Oh thank goodness the pig wasn't hurt.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (MoZTd)
Oh thank goodness the pig wasn't hurt.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM (UfgXE)
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Gotta say I'm with nurse on this plane thing. Think of the great story you would have!
Posted by: Weasel
A bit hard to write about the fall and then publish...
Posted by: Weasel
A bit hard to write about the fall and then publish...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM (N0zbi)
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Excuse me? Ma'am??
My tray table appears to be malfunctioning!
My tray table appears to be malfunctioning!
Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM (VQbrG)
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Hey, I remember the Hawaiian Air convertible jet. Remember to leave your seatbelt clasped. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM (/UtnQ)
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>>34 Boeing sure has gone to shit in a handbasket.
Posted by: Zombie Tex Johnston
Healey wife deals with them daily because of her job. They are all dysfunctional nincompoops.
Posted by: Zombie Tex Johnston
Healey wife deals with them daily because of her job. They are all dysfunctional nincompoops.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:16 PM (eYF7X)
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"By reducing QC headcount and offshoring component supply to China, we can improve share price by $0.02 next quarter!" - MBA strategists
"By reducing QC headcount and offshoring component supply to China, we can improve share price by $0.02 next quarter!" - MBA strategists
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (MoZTd)
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The company that built the access door for Boeing is called "Spirit Aero."
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
They look like Disney/Marvel/Star Wars writers.
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
They look like Disney/Marvel/Star Wars writers.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (UfgXE)
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Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (NvyWM)
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Diversity pilots on a Boeing plane. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (63Dwl)
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25...A phone falling from a plane and landing in a pig pen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (MoZTd)
One of the funniest and alarming things I've seen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:11 PM (MoZTd)
One of the funniest and alarming things I've seen.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (Rbu5d)
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Yes, nobody died…yet. Whether it’s the manufacturer, the pilots, or air traffic control, it’s only a matter of time.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (u73oe)
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Faulty aircraft are 3rd world problems that have become 1st world problems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (S6gqv)
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>>42
"By reducing QC headcount and offshoring component supply to China, we can improve share price by $0.02 next quarter!" - MBA strategists
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Nikki! Shouldn't you be out campaigning?
"By reducing QC headcount and offshoring component supply to China, we can improve share price by $0.02 next quarter!" - MBA strategists
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Nikki! Shouldn't you be out campaigning?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (eYF7X)
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Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
__________
No, they got rid of all those competent types. They were all older and cost too much.
Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
__________
No, they got rid of all those competent types. They were all older and cost too much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (MoZTd)
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48 Faulty aircraft are 3rd world problems that have become 1st world problems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (S6gqv)
Just like polio, tuberculosis and measles.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (S6gqv)
Just like polio, tuberculosis and measles.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:20 PM (ynpvh)
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>>Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
Palmetto State Armory?
Posted by: Northernlurker
Palmetto State Armory?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:20 PM (eYF7X)
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:20 PM (/TehT)
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Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (NvyWM)
Abortion pill manufacturers.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (NvyWM)
Abortion pill manufacturers.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:21 PM (UfgXE)
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Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Space X, I think and the DOJ is suing them for it.
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Space X, I think and the DOJ is suing them for it.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:21 PM (u73oe)
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I'm old enough to remember when people wore suits on airplanes.
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Now we're lucky if they wear clothes.
I'm old enough to remember when people wore suits on airplanes.
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Now we're lucky if they wear clothes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:21 PM (MoZTd)
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50 Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
__________
No, they got rid of all those competent types. They were all older and cost too much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (MoZTd)
Joke Punchline: "$100 for hitting the machine, $9900 for knowing where to hit the machine."
Posted by: Northernlurker
__________
No, they got rid of all those competent types. They were all older and cost too much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:19 PM (MoZTd)
Joke Punchline: "$100 for hitting the machine, $9900 for knowing where to hit the machine."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (eYF7X)
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This all goes back to what is referred to as the
Crisis of Competence. Sadly, it is becoming apparent in almost every human endeavor. Medicine, journalism, engineering, education, legal systems, food supply, you name it.
Early on Elon Musk said he was working on self driving cars because humans aren't good drivers.
At the time I was offended.
Now I admit that he is correct.
Crisis of Competence. Sadly, it is becoming apparent in almost every human endeavor. Medicine, journalism, engineering, education, legal systems, food supply, you name it.
Early on Elon Musk said he was working on self driving cars because humans aren't good drivers.
At the time I was offended.
Now I admit that he is correct.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (MeG8a)
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55 Are there any companies that brag about hiring only highly qualified people to make safe, reliable products?
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Space X, I think and the DOJ is suing them for it.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:21 PM (u73oe)
I thought part of that lawsuit was for not hiring non-citizens, yet they are required to only hire citizens for certain jobs.
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Space X, I think and the DOJ is suing them for it.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 14, 2024 02:21 PM (u73oe)
I thought part of that lawsuit was for not hiring non-citizens, yet they are required to only hire citizens for certain jobs.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: m at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (dvbwR)
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Hey, I remember the Hawaiian Air convertible jet. Remember to leave your seatbelt clasped. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM
I flew in that plane. Big Island back to Oahu years before. The only fatality was a stewardess. Never found.
Hey, I remember the Hawaiian Air convertible jet. Remember to leave your seatbelt clasped. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM
I flew in that plane. Big Island back to Oahu years before. The only fatality was a stewardess. Never found.
Posted by: New IP New Nic at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (nIvob)
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Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (qpLSv)
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63 Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (qpLSv)
A certain pedestrian bridge in Florida comes to mind.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (qpLSv)
A certain pedestrian bridge in Florida comes to mind.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:24 PM (ynpvh)
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>>63 Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones
Plausible.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones
Plausible.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:25 PM (eYF7X)
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There was a time when you'd have an audit chain after installation, for torque, safety wiring, correct fasters, shimming, all done through paint dots. The auditor would come in, check and dot by the bolt. Then the next party, doing anti corrosion sealing or something wouldn't start until he saw the dots. For every aircraft.
The FAA has the ability to correct this. For any other manufacturer the hand of FAA is frightening. They can shut you completely down for a while, which you may survive, or permanently. It's been my decades long experience that unlike everyone else, Boeing has no fear of FAA.
The FAA has the ability to correct this. For any other manufacturer the hand of FAA is frightening. They can shut you completely down for a while, which you may survive, or permanently. It's been my decades long experience that unlike everyone else, Boeing has no fear of FAA.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2024 02:25 PM (Y6IkP)
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I've commented on the "woke" nature of companies that are responsible for building things with potential life or death situations; airplanes and their parts, bridges, elevators, most of the tech used today and so on. Not only do the people not know what they're doing or why, but they've no clue how to fix the very shit they are responsible for.
None.
A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society.
You're seeing it happen right before your eyes.
None.
A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society.
You're seeing it happen right before your eyes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:26 PM (Q4IgG)
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Look whom is the Secratary of Transportation. This guy has limited knowledge on how to make a paper airplane .
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:26 PM (VYql4)
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Faulty aircraft are 3rd world problems that have become 1st world problems.
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The family watched a few train shows on the TV yesterday. They were pretty good, and I enjoyed seeing all of the things that go into making trains work that people don't think about. Stuff as simple as maintaining the drainage under the track.
One show was the Rocky Mountaineer, and it was glorious, with majestic views and the rail crews doing their thing and brake pads being checked and changed at each stop and etc. etc., and there are PhD candidates figuring out multimillion dollar ways to give grizzly bears five more seconds to become aware that a train is coming so that they can clear the tracks. There was also an eight mile "spiral" designed to reduce a steep grade from 4.4 to 2.2.
(cont)
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The family watched a few train shows on the TV yesterday. They were pretty good, and I enjoyed seeing all of the things that go into making trains work that people don't think about. Stuff as simple as maintaining the drainage under the track.
One show was the Rocky Mountaineer, and it was glorious, with majestic views and the rail crews doing their thing and brake pads being checked and changed at each stop and etc. etc., and there are PhD candidates figuring out multimillion dollar ways to give grizzly bears five more seconds to become aware that a train is coming so that they can clear the tracks. There was also an eight mile "spiral" designed to reduce a steep grade from 4.4 to 2.2.
(cont)
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:27 PM (/TehT)
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FWP? I'll tell you FWP. I visited with the family yesterday, was planning a full day kickin' back and watching NFL FOOTBALL dag nab it, and I dial in the ole TV at 1PM EST and ...........
Nothin. Absolutely nothin. Friggin' Orchard Park NY better be buried under friggin' feet of snow dagnabit.
Nothin. Absolutely nothin. Friggin' Orchard Park NY better be buried under friggin' feet of snow dagnabit.
Posted by: From about that Time at January 14, 2024 02:27 PM (4780s)
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I know they've found hand tools, metal scrap, and crack pipes in the wings of planes coming off the assembly line.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:27 PM (eYF7X)
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Bring back Zeppelins !!!
Posted by: Count Hindenburg at January 14, 2024 02:27 PM (4Winp)
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The next show was a train in Peru that travels through the Andes, with a little pilot engine that travels 15 minutes ahead of it to clear sheep from the tracks, let people know a train is coming soon, and no-joke try to borrow chainsaws from locals to clear trees from the tracks when they come across one. And the engineer was one of two people who has worked long enough to be trusted to not crash the train on the 4.5 degree grades.
It was neat to see the difference between the two worlds and know where we're headed.
The next show was a train in Peru that travels through the Andes, with a little pilot engine that travels 15 minutes ahead of it to clear sheep from the tracks, let people know a train is coming soon, and no-joke try to borrow chainsaws from locals to clear trees from the tracks when they come across one. And the engineer was one of two people who has worked long enough to be trusted to not crash the train on the 4.5 degree grades.
It was neat to see the difference between the two worlds and know where we're headed.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:28 PM (/TehT)
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:28 PM (geLO8)
75
Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (qpLSv)
A certain pedestrian bridge in Florida comes to mind.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:24 PM (ynpvh)
Remember when it was common, in third world shithole countries, for buildings and bridges and whatnot, to fall down because of shoddy workmanship, due to bribes and other graft?
Oh, how we laughed.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (qpLSv)
A certain pedestrian bridge in Florida comes to mind.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:24 PM (ynpvh)
Remember when it was common, in third world shithole countries, for buildings and bridges and whatnot, to fall down because of shoddy workmanship, due to bribes and other graft?
Oh, how we laughed.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:29 PM (UfgXE)
76
62
Hey, I remember the Hawaiian Air convertible jet. Remember to leave your seatbelt clasped. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM
I flew in that plane. Big Island back to Oahu years before. The only fatality was a stewardess. Never found.
Posted by: New IP New Nic at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (nIvob)
That was on a episode of "Air Disasters".
Here's a vid: https://youtu.be/JJoBRYxjHmc
Hey, I remember the Hawaiian Air convertible jet. Remember to leave your seatbelt clasped. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at January 14, 2024 02:15 PM
I flew in that plane. Big Island back to Oahu years before. The only fatality was a stewardess. Never found.
Posted by: New IP New Nic at January 14, 2024 02:23 PM (nIvob)
That was on a episode of "Air Disasters".
Here's a vid: https://youtu.be/JJoBRYxjHmc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:29 PM (ynpvh)
77
Was it maybe on Bad Blue a spoof that Boeing hires its first blind pilot?
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:29 PM (fwDg9)
78
iPhone survived (!)...AND ! battery was still at decent charge!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2024 02:30 PM (V13WU)
79
This is why I try to rely as little as possible on technology to do things so that I do not become a numb nuts that only knows how to play games on my iPhone.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:30 PM (VYql4)
80
25...A phone falling from a plane and landing in a pig pen.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Omg! That's hilarious! Thank you.
https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Omg! That's hilarious! Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:30 PM (k0MVD)
81
Hi, I am Joe Biden and I will be your pilot today...........
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (VYql4)
82
with all your FWPs, at least you're not Joe Flacco
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (geLO8)
83
Not getting on a plane for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (R4t5M)
84
Oh, the other fascinating thing was how 30 people died over the course of five years making the rail lines in Canada and it was a horrible thing, and 7000 died in Peru and it was just said like it was expected.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (/TehT)
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81 Hi, I am Joe Biden and I will be your pilot today...........
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (VYql4)
Will Kumala inflate Otto, the Autopilot?
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (VYql4)
Will Kumala inflate Otto, the Autopilot?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:31 PM (ynpvh)
86
You know.
You're still far more likely to die in an automobile accident than an airplane mishap.
When it's your time.... it's your time.
You're still far more likely to die in an automobile accident than an airplane mishap.
When it's your time.... it's your time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (k0MVD)
87
58 >>I'm old enough to remember when people wore suits on airplanes.
and could smoke a cigar.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (eYF7X)
And could just go to the airport observation deck to watch the planes take off.
and could smoke a cigar.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (eYF7X)
And could just go to the airport observation deck to watch the planes take off.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (Rbu5d)
88
We are all finished repairing the Boeing A/C but we have some left over parts that we do not know to do with ?????
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (VYql4)
89
Flacco and the Browns thoroughly soiled the bed yesterday. Damn.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 02:33 PM (R4t5M)
90
It used to be that large corporations had extensive research departments run by scientists and engineers. Think Bell Labs, Du Pont Central Research, or Merck.
Then the corporate raiders got into it in the 80s and those corporations became the fiefdoms of the Al Dunlop types. You know, the arms-akimbo, suspender-wearing assholes in every business magazine.
Bye-bye, R&D. If you don't turn a knob in a plant or manipulate money, you're a deadweight loss and are out on your ass. Shareholder value is king.
It used to be that large corporations had extensive research departments run by scientists and engineers. Think Bell Labs, Du Pont Central Research, or Merck.
Then the corporate raiders got into it in the 80s and those corporations became the fiefdoms of the Al Dunlop types. You know, the arms-akimbo, suspender-wearing assholes in every business magazine.
Bye-bye, R&D. If you don't turn a knob in a plant or manipulate money, you're a deadweight loss and are out on your ass. Shareholder value is king.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:33 PM (MoZTd)
91
My FWP: listening to people gripe that Salvation Army and other thrift stores raised the prices, stuff is crappy, and all the good stuff is being bought up by antique dealers and other "flippers".
I'm 29 enough to remember buying a boy's topcoat circa 1950 because a friend-of-a-friend skipped out and wouldn't pay me back a $150 deposit. I had no money for a winter coat. It was NOT stylish.
I'm 29 enough to remember buying a boy's topcoat circa 1950 because a friend-of-a-friend skipped out and wouldn't pay me back a $150 deposit. I had no money for a winter coat. It was NOT stylish.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 14, 2024 02:33 PM (zIvMl)
92
A lot of companies with terrible management and safety/quality culture are kept ticking along by crotchety old geezers who know what they are doing and care. They inspire others by their stubborn hardheadedness into being future old geezers. HR has been actively kicking these types to the road and companies think they can replace any of them with a warm body and training.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2024 02:34 PM (Y6IkP)
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87 58 >>I'm old enough to remember when people wore suits on airplanes.
and could smoke a cigar.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (eYF7X)
And could just go to the airport observation deck to watch the planes take off.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (Rbu5d)
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
and could smoke a cigar.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:22 PM (eYF7X)
And could just go to the airport observation deck to watch the planes take off.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (Rbu5d)
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:34 PM (ynpvh)
94
I do all I can to not fly anymore. My issue isn't the inherent dangers of flying, well, wasn't, but rather the airport/aircraft/parking/security/etc. experience. I'm so old I remember when it was exciting and fun.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (mp9e7)
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67 I've commented on the "woke" nature of companies that are responsible for building things with potential life or death situations; airplanes and their parts, bridges, elevators, most of the tech used today and so on. Not only do the people not know what they're doing or why, but they've no clue how to fix the very shit they are responsible for.
None.
A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society.
You're seeing it happen right before your eyes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:26 PM (Q4IgG)
Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
None.
A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society.
You're seeing it happen right before your eyes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:26 PM (Q4IgG)
Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (Rbu5d)
96
the garlic my grocer offers is not the best
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:28 PM (geLO
You vill tell me the name of this grocer, now.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:28 PM (geLO
You vill tell me the name of this grocer, now.
Posted by: Vlad Tepesch at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (UfgXE)
97
70 FWP? I'll tell you FWP. I visited with the family yesterday, was planning a full day kickin' back and watching NFL FOOTBALL dag nab it, and I dial in the ole TV at 1PM EST and ...........
Nothin. Absolutely nothin. Friggin' Orchard Park NY better be buried under friggin' feet of snow dagnabit.
Posted by: From about that Time
I have a dear friend who lives in Buffalo. I asked her when they became such pussies about snowfall. And she reminded me of a game not too long ago that the Eagles postponed because of snow. In the winter. In Philadelphia.
We are so soft even football had become a pussy sport.
I may need to start following rugby.
Nothin. Absolutely nothin. Friggin' Orchard Park NY better be buried under friggin' feet of snow dagnabit.
Posted by: From about that Time
I have a dear friend who lives in Buffalo. I asked her when they became such pussies about snowfall. And she reminded me of a game not too long ago that the Eagles postponed because of snow. In the winter. In Philadelphia.
We are so soft even football had become a pussy sport.
I may need to start following rugby.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM (k0MVD)
98
94 I do all I can to not fly anymore. My issue isn't the inherent dangers of flying, well, wasn't, but rather the airport/aircraft/parking/security/etc. experience. I'm so old I remember when it was exciting and fun.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (mp9e7)
Waiting 2hrs ahead and having some big gay guy feel me up because they didn't like (or maybe they did?) what they saw in the nudie-scanner.
Yeah, fun. I'd like my shoes and belt back now, please.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (mp9e7)
Waiting 2hrs ahead and having some big gay guy feel me up because they didn't like (or maybe they did?) what they saw in the nudie-scanner.
Yeah, fun. I'd like my shoes and belt back now, please.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM (ynpvh)
99
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
___________
Did he like gladiator movies?
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
___________
Did he like gladiator movies?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM (MoZTd)
100
95
...
Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (Rbu5d)
Depends what they focus on. I took a few power transmission classes (including a graduate level one) thinking I'd go back home and work for the local power company...didn't happen. Lots of matrix math as I recall.
...
Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 14, 2024 02:35 PM (Rbu5d)
Depends what they focus on. I took a few power transmission classes (including a graduate level one) thinking I'd go back home and work for the local power company...didn't happen. Lots of matrix math as I recall.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:37 PM (ynpvh)
101
100
Posted by: m at January 14, 2024 02:37 PM (dvbwR)
102
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
___________
Did he like gladiator movies?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Turkish prisons?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
___________
Did he like gladiator movies?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Turkish prisons?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 02:38 PM (R4t5M)
103
Older brother was taken to the cockpit to meet the pilots, where he was given a little metal airplane and wings.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:34 PM (ynpvh)
Does he like gladiator movies?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:34 PM (ynpvh)
Does he like gladiator movies?
Posted by: Captain Oveur at January 14, 2024 02:38 PM (UfgXE)
104
Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works.
And when the gird goes out, sewage backs up into your house after X amount of hours of no pumps // pressure.
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works.
And when the gird goes out, sewage backs up into your house after X amount of hours of no pumps // pressure.
Posted by: Adriane the Smelly House Critic . . . at January 14, 2024 02:38 PM (4Winp)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:39 PM (ynpvh)
106
You know who I wish got sucked out a hole in the plane?
Posted by: The Spaniards at January 14, 2024 02:39 PM (RIvkX)
107
Dammit!
Posted by: Captain Oveur at January 14, 2024 02:39 PM (UfgXE)
108
Hell, I remember when the passengers had to help start the plane, by going outside and giving the propeller a spin
short straw had to do it
short straw had to do it
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:40 PM (geLO8)
109
We were discussing airbags (that are federally mandated to protect unbelted passengers) recently and it got me looking at the statistics.
You have to really try to die in a car wreck.
Little kids and old people have a tendency to die when their bodies stop abruptly because humans aren't designed to do that, but 18-50 year olds that are buckled up have something like a 70% chance to survive a wreck. Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
You have to really try to die in a car wreck.
Little kids and old people have a tendency to die when their bodies stop abruptly because humans aren't designed to do that, but 18-50 year olds that are buckled up have something like a 70% chance to survive a wreck. Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (/TehT)
110
And she reminded me of a game not too long ago that the Eagles postponed because of snow. In the winter. In Philadelphia.
We are so soft even football had become a pussy sport.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM
You'ze ever try to toss a snow covered D cell battery at Jerry Jones from the 700 level at the Vet? Accuracy goes to shit. While that was years ago nobody here questioned the decision.
And she reminded me of a game not too long ago that the Eagles postponed because of snow. In the winter. In Philadelphia.
We are so soft even football had become a pussy sport.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM
You'ze ever try to toss a snow covered D cell battery at Jerry Jones from the 700 level at the Vet? Accuracy goes to shit. While that was years ago nobody here questioned the decision.
Posted by: Mild Mannered Philadelphia Eagles Fan With a Fistfull of D batteries at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (nIvob)
111
Hell, I remember when the passengers had to help start the plane, by going outside and giving the propeller a spin
short straw had to do it
Posted by: Don Black
vic was Orville and Wilbur's crew chief.
short straw had to do it
Posted by: Don Black
vic was Orville and Wilbur's crew chief.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (R4t5M)
112
I'm for postponing a game if the weather is so bad it could affect the outcome, or player/fan safety
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (geLO8)
113
19 Trump live in Iowa
http://tinyurl.com/yc43cj39
Small crowd.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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It's -9 degrees in Indianola, IA.
Where's Joe?
http://tinyurl.com/yc43cj39
Small crowd.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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It's -9 degrees in Indianola, IA.
Where's Joe?
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 02:42 PM (FQLP3)
114
Butt plug >>>> Boeing door plug
Posted by: Jukin at January 14, 2024 02:42 PM (17s+e)
115
Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault
__________
Apparently, Princess Di was not aware of this gem of wisdom. Stupid bint.
Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault
__________
Apparently, Princess Di was not aware of this gem of wisdom. Stupid bint.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (MoZTd)
116
If I may comment on the "Is America Dead?" post, CBD wrote: "And they have created an entire subculture that is completely independent of traditional America..."
The reason they are illegal migrating to NYC is that is has a huge number of foreigners; as many as a third speak a foreign language. You heard of enclaves in Dearborn, Michigan, and in the Banlieus of Paris, in the once Swedish city of Malmo? You ain't seen nothing 'til you've seen a large part of one of the largest cities in the world become a huge "no-go" zone. Maybe like Israel living next to Gaza.
The reason they are illegal migrating to NYC is that is has a huge number of foreigners; as many as a third speak a foreign language. You heard of enclaves in Dearborn, Michigan, and in the Banlieus of Paris, in the once Swedish city of Malmo? You ain't seen nothing 'til you've seen a large part of one of the largest cities in the world become a huge "no-go" zone. Maybe like Israel living next to Gaza.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (qRH5R)
117
You know who I wish got sucked out a hole in the plane?
Posted by: The Spaniards
For the Love of God, Don’t give that Thing any ideas …
Posted by: The Spaniards
For the Love of God, Don’t give that Thing any ideas …
Posted by: William Shatner at 20 000 Feet at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (4Winp)
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109 We were discussing airbags (that are federally mandated to protect unbelted passengers) recently and it got me looking at the statistics.
You have to really try to die in a car wreck.
Little kids and old people have a tendency to die when their bodies stop abruptly because humans aren't designed to do that, but 18-50 year olds that are buckled up have something like a 70% chance to survive a wreck. Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (/TehT)
The front-side air bag was originally designed to stop a fairly heavy unbelted man hitting a wall at 30MPH or something like that. I don't know what standard they use today.
You have to really try to die in a car wreck.
Little kids and old people have a tendency to die when their bodies stop abruptly because humans aren't designed to do that, but 18-50 year olds that are buckled up have something like a 70% chance to survive a wreck. Add speed or sideways/reckless whatever and it changes those odds, but just cruising down the road and having a wreck is shockingly survivable if folks just buckle up.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:41 PM (/TehT)
The front-side air bag was originally designed to stop a fairly heavy unbelted man hitting a wall at 30MPH or something like that. I don't know what standard they use today.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (ynpvh)
119
American Thinker the other day was a article in California they are working to ban tackle football in HS sports
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (fwDg9)
120
112 I'm for postponing a game if the weather is so bad it could affect the outcome, or player/fan safety
Posted by: Don Black
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A day that ends in y
Posted by: Don Black
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A day that ends in y
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 02:43 PM (FQLP3)
121
Cleveland airport? I was just there myself, after visiting my parents.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2024 02:44 PM (YB/WK)
122
114 Butt plug >>>> Boeing door plug
Posted by: Jukin at January 14, 2024 02:42 PM (17s+e)
Is that the Sec of Transportation's expert opinion of what should be used?
Posted by: Jukin at January 14, 2024 02:42 PM (17s+e)
Is that the Sec of Transportation's expert opinion of what should be used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:44 PM (ynpvh)
123
It’s more than just a “big hole in the airplane!” When the oxygen masks came down, one of them cast a shadow on the fuselage that looked like a noose!
Posted by: FBI at January 14, 2024 02:44 PM (5h/8D)
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123 It’s more than just a “big hole in the airplane!” When the oxygen masks came down, one of them cast a shadow on the fuselage that looked like a noose!
Posted by: FBI at January 14, 2024 02:44 PM (5h/8D)
The plane was mostly painted white, too. Racist Airlines!
Posted by: FBI at January 14, 2024 02:44 PM (5h/8D)
The plane was mostly painted white, too. Racist Airlines!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 02:45 PM (ynpvh)
125
Ha. More people than I've ever seen willingly come out for Joe, and it's -9 degrees.
Also you can see a glimpse of Trump's secret in that video. He's got a tacky white baseball cap that says TRUMP CAUCUS CAPTAIN. It's ugly and gaudy and hilarious, and on a billionaire that was the best president in living memory.
Nikki or Pence or anyone else wouldn't dare do that, and
it's because for them it would be an act. He doesn't give a crap. He wears that because it establishes some kind of memory or memorable brand.
Also you can see a glimpse of Trump's secret in that video. He's got a tacky white baseball cap that says TRUMP CAUCUS CAPTAIN. It's ugly and gaudy and hilarious, and on a billionaire that was the best president in living memory.
Nikki or Pence or anyone else wouldn't dare do that, and
it's because for them it would be an act. He doesn't give a crap. He wears that because it establishes some kind of memory or memorable brand.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:46 PM (/TehT)
126
I have a dear friend who lives in Buffalo. I asked her when they became such pussies about snowfall. And she reminded me of a game not too long ago that the Eagles postponed because of snow. In the winter. In Philadelphia.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM (k0MVD)
Sure, but playoffs?? PLAYOFFS???
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:36 PM (k0MVD)
Sure, but playoffs?? PLAYOFFS???
Posted by: Jim Mora at January 14, 2024 02:46 PM (ZgnWt)
127
Another FWP: I can't watch pro sports anymore because I don't have a subscription. All that is left to me is minor league hockey on You Tube.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 14, 2024 02:46 PM (zIvMl)
128
Trump is pretty funny, asking Dan Gable if any woman could out-wrestle him.
To which Gable, no dummy, said "my wife".
To which Gable, no dummy, said "my wife".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2024 02:46 PM (YB/WK)
129
Apparently, Princess Di was not aware of this gem of wisdom. Stupid bint.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--
That one still blows my mind. The back seat of arguably THE safest car in the world, and she still manages to dead herself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--
That one still blows my mind. The back seat of arguably THE safest car in the world, and she still manages to dead herself.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (/TehT)
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I am flying to Texas in April for the eclipse. Booked a non stop flight on United from Newark to San Antonio. That was about 3 or 4 months ago.
So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (f0/sc)
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Another FWP: I can't watch pro sports anymore because I don't have a subscription.
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It worked so well for boxing!
Another FWP: I can't watch pro sports anymore because I don't have a subscription.
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It worked so well for boxing!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:48 PM (MoZTd)
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/quita sock
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2024 02:48 PM (RIvkX)
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Speaking of useless nonsense, how come nobody talks about big name players claiming Super Bowls were rigged?
Is that too far? We can talk about UFOs, CIA assassinating presidential candidates, but claiming the NFL is fake... that's too much?
Is that too far? We can talk about UFOs, CIA assassinating presidential candidates, but claiming the NFL is fake... that's too much?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:48 PM (ZgnWt)
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The front-side air bag was originally designed to stop a fairly heavy unbelted man hitting a wall at 30MPH or something like that. I don't know what standard they use today.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Consumer Reports suggested in 2010 that they weren't designing them for the passengers, but just to pass the regulatory tests so they could sell the cars.
It would be interesting to compare numbers over the years and see trends.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Consumer Reports suggested in 2010 that they weren't designing them for the passengers, but just to pass the regulatory tests so they could sell the cars.
It would be interesting to compare numbers over the years and see trends.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:48 PM (/TehT)
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>So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
'ya can't get there from here'
Why?
'ya can't get there from here'
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 02:48 PM (geLO8)
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A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society."
I saw a report recently saying that the Minuteman III missile had to be replaced because no one anymore knew how to understand the old wiring diagrams or the 70.year old tech.
A society that relies on technology like ours does is going to collapse not because some asshole is in the White House. It's going to collapse because nobody has any idea how to fix any piece of tech or machinery that's required to support that civilized society."
I saw a report recently saying that the Minuteman III missile had to be replaced because no one anymore knew how to understand the old wiring diagrams or the 70.year old tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)
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Now let's think about the electricity grid...
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
My old partner was an analog EE. He had more work than he could do because nobody knew how analog worked anymore and that was in the mid 2000s. I hate to think what it is like more.
According to an Electrical Engineer I know, the EE's being put out by the Schools are nincompoops and know nothing about how power works. They are more interested in the "sexy" computer crap.
My old partner was an analog EE. He had more work than he could do because nobody knew how analog worked anymore and that was in the mid 2000s. I hate to think what it is like more.
Posted by: Jukin at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (17s+e)
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So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
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Because what are YOU going to do about it?
Why?
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Because what are YOU going to do about it?
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (/TehT)
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Apparently, Princess Di was not aware of this gem of wisdom. Stupid bint.
>>>
That one still blows my mind. The back seat of arguably THE safest car in the world, and she still manages to dead herself.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM
I don't think a seat belt was going to save her when the last thing going through her mind was an internal combustion engine.
Apparently, Princess Di was not aware of this gem of wisdom. Stupid bint.
>>>
That one still blows my mind. The back seat of arguably THE safest car in the world, and she still manages to dead herself.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM
I don't think a seat belt was going to save her when the last thing going through her mind was an internal combustion engine.
Posted by: Mild Mannered Philadelphia Eagles Fan With a Fistfull of D batteries at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (nIvob)
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So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (f0/sc)
Got a load of illegals they want to send back?
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (f0/sc)
Got a load of illegals they want to send back?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM (ZgnWt)
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>>>>>So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude
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It's the only way they can get anyone to visit Chicago.
Keep your guard up.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude
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It's the only way they can get anyone to visit Chicago.
Keep your guard up.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM (FQLP3)
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I don't think a seat belt was going to save her when the last thing going through her mind was an internal combustion engine.
__________
The only person in the car who survived was in the front seat and belted in.
I don't think a seat belt was going to save her when the last thing going through her mind was an internal combustion engine.
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The only person in the car who survived was in the front seat and belted in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM (MoZTd)
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Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones
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They've already died. Google the saga of MLK Hospital in Los Angeles sometime. Various agencies tried to shut the place down for, I don't know, decades, but it was built to serve -- and provide jobs for -- the DEI population. Maxine Waters kept it open as long as she could, but the malpractice and maladministration deaths finally became too much even for woke government regulators.
Probably a DEI hire that worked on the plane. Has no clue what they are doing but was hired because of the color of their skin. People are going to die because of this policy and it will not be pretty.
Posted by: Stienhofer Jones
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They've already died. Google the saga of MLK Hospital in Los Angeles sometime. Various agencies tried to shut the place down for, I don't know, decades, but it was built to serve -- and provide jobs for -- the DEI population. Maxine Waters kept it open as long as she could, but the malpractice and maladministration deaths finally became too much even for woke government regulators.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2024 02:53 PM (lCaJd)
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The WEF is having their big shindig in Davos right now. Killing off billions is still on their agenda I presume.
Wonder if they're discussing our nation's power grid. I dismiss such as crisis pr0n, but a lot of shit that's gone down over the last 5 - 10 years that everyone thought was some sort of conspiracy turned out to be true.
Wonder if they're discussing our nation's power grid. I dismiss such as crisis pr0n, but a lot of shit that's gone down over the last 5 - 10 years that everyone thought was some sort of conspiracy turned out to be true.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:53 PM (Q4IgG)
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Her Majesty flies fairly often to judging assignments and AKC meetings. She says all the flights smell like pot and ass. Like she was still in India.
Her Majesty flies fairly often to judging assignments and AKC meetings. She says all the flights smell like pot and ass. Like she was still in India.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:54 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2024 02:56 PM (0lr2Q)
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I'm watching Triggernometry (Konstantin Kisin) interview Pearl Davis.
Its fascinating in that she's fairly conservative and they are somewhat wishy washy and...they spent a large chunk of the interview criticizing her because she had guests on they didn't like. This GOPey crap just will not die.
Its fascinating in that she's fairly conservative and they are somewhat wishy washy and...they spent a large chunk of the interview criticizing her because she had guests on they didn't like. This GOPey crap just will not die.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 02:56 PM (ibTVg)
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I saw a report recently saying that the Minuteman III missile had to be replaced because no one anymore knew how to understand the old wiring diagrams or the 70.year old tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)
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I saw a YT video recently about how there's a part of our thermonuclear weapons called "FOGBANK" which is likely some sort of aerogel that directs radiation from the primary to the fusion secondary and, you know, makes the damn thing go kaboom.
I say "likely" because we have forgotten how to make it. The documentation of this highly classified material was lost to the ether and everyone who was in the know when we were making it is dead.
We're now guessing about what it was and how it was made because it degrades over time and needs to be replaced....but we can't recreate it because we don't have the recipe.
You have to laugh
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)
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I saw a YT video recently about how there's a part of our thermonuclear weapons called "FOGBANK" which is likely some sort of aerogel that directs radiation from the primary to the fusion secondary and, you know, makes the damn thing go kaboom.
I say "likely" because we have forgotten how to make it. The documentation of this highly classified material was lost to the ether and everyone who was in the know when we were making it is dead.
We're now guessing about what it was and how it was made because it degrades over time and needs to be replaced....but we can't recreate it because we don't have the recipe.
You have to laugh
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2024 02:57 PM (oqH4h)
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I don't think a seat belt was going to save her when the last thing going through her mind was an internal combustion engine.
The only person in the car who survived was in the front seat and belted in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM (MoZTd)
I've been in two accidents, with substantial front end damage. One a Mazda, the other a Honda. Both times, the vehicle itself was clearly designed to keep the human compartment from getting any of the impact. Everything sorta collapsed and accordioned around the driver and passenger areas.
Seat belt absolutely kept me in the safe zone.
I don't know about "luxury" cars, if they do that or not.
The only person in the car who survived was in the front seat and belted in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM (MoZTd)
I've been in two accidents, with substantial front end damage. One a Mazda, the other a Honda. Both times, the vehicle itself was clearly designed to keep the human compartment from getting any of the impact. Everything sorta collapsed and accordioned around the driver and passenger areas.
Seat belt absolutely kept me in the safe zone.
I don't know about "luxury" cars, if they do that or not.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:57 PM (ZgnWt)
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140 Got a load of illegals they want to send back?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM
Would not put it past the Sponge Brain Shit Pants administration.
Just checked on the United website, there are NO non stop flights from Newark to San Antonio around that time.
Administration figures everyone will be staring up at the sun and not notice anything else.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:51 PM
Would not put it past the Sponge Brain Shit Pants administration.
Just checked on the United website, there are NO non stop flights from Newark to San Antonio around that time.
Administration figures everyone will be staring up at the sun and not notice anything else.
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:57 PM (f0/sc)
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Are there jobs that lazy, entitled DEI hires won't do because they are too hard, too dangerous or too uncomfortable?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 02:57 PM (yyfQG)
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Her Majesty flies fairly often to judging assignments and AKC meetings. She says all the flights smell like pot and ass. Like she was still in India.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:54 PM (MoZTd)
I occasionally have to go thru Hartsfield. It's like visiting a 3rd world country and never leaving the States.
I half expect Zombie Idi Amin to pop up and welcome everyone To Uganda.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 02:54 PM (MoZTd)
I occasionally have to go thru Hartsfield. It's like visiting a 3rd world country and never leaving the States.
I half expect Zombie Idi Amin to pop up and welcome everyone To Uganda.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (R/m4+)
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I just burned some Palo Santo and my place smells lovely.
Got that good energy flowing.
Omg! It's 29 outside! Time to put on the shirts!
Got that good energy flowing.
Omg! It's 29 outside! Time to put on the shirts!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
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*shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
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>>>>>So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude
It's just to drop off half the plane with a load of invaders from Venezuela. They are coming to enjoy the beautiful Chicago weather and culture.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude
It's just to drop off half the plane with a load of invaders from Venezuela. They are coming to enjoy the beautiful Chicago weather and culture.
Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (z+ik4)
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Gov. Burgum just endorsed Trump.
Burgumentum is finally real!
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2024 02:56 PM (0lr2Q)
Don't just endorse him, carve him into the mountain, next to the other guys, man!
Burgumentum is finally real!
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2024 02:56 PM (0lr2Q)
Don't just endorse him, carve him into the mountain, next to the other guys, man!
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:59 PM (ZgnWt)
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So what happens? United emails me saying my flight has been changed. It is no longer a direct flight, they now have me doing a stop in Chicago.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (f0/sc)
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Likely United needed to drop either an airplane or a crew off in Chicago as it's their major hub airport.
Why?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 02:47 PM (f0/sc)
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Likely United needed to drop either an airplane or a crew off in Chicago as it's their major hub airport.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2024 02:59 PM (oqH4h)
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I need some advice. I know. I know. But this is actually something you all might help with.
My Bosch gas cooktop is heating unevenly. The flame is only strong out of one side of the burner. I have to keep turning the pan to make sure the food cooks evenly. When it turn to very low setting, it clicks even though I can still see flame.
Is there a way to clean the jets or do I need a new cooktop?
My Bosch gas cooktop is heating unevenly. The flame is only strong out of one side of the burner. I have to keep turning the pan to make sure the food cooks evenly. When it turn to very low setting, it clicks even though I can still see flame.
Is there a way to clean the jets or do I need a new cooktop?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:00 PM (t/2Uw)
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Bangladesh Bus Station > Hartsfield Airport
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 03:00 PM (R4t5M)
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Wonder if they're discussing our nation's power grid. I dismiss such as crisis pr0n, but a lot of shit that's gone down over the last 5 - 10 years that everyone thought was some sort of conspiracy turned out to be true.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:53 PM
I've recently tried to remember losing power when I was young. It never happened. The last ten years at least once a year, as many as six times a year. Three times this month so far.
Since math would be involved in plotting the trend I'll leave it at that.
Wonder if they're discussing our nation's power grid. I dismiss such as crisis pr0n, but a lot of shit that's gone down over the last 5 - 10 years that everyone thought was some sort of conspiracy turned out to be true.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:53 PM
I've recently tried to remember losing power when I was young. It never happened. The last ten years at least once a year, as many as six times a year. Three times this month so far.
Since math would be involved in plotting the trend I'll leave it at that.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 14, 2024 03:01 PM (nIvob)
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Years ago my parents took a train trip through Copper Canyon in Mexico, a popular tourist destination. There are a lot of switchbacks and steep grades on the line - at one point, they could look out and see overturned and rusted railcars in the small river at the bottom of the steep valley. When they asked about them, the reply was "oh that's the train that didn't make the switchbacks."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 03:01 PM (S6gqv)
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It's been years since I got into one of them flying machines. And I hope it's years until I get into one again. Like being in prison with the option of crashing.
It's been years since I got into one of them flying machines. And I hope it's years until I get into one again. Like being in prison with the option of crashing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 03:01 PM (MoZTd)
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The disc that sits on top of the gas isn't sitting properly, turn it gently until it "clicks" into it's proper seat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2024 03:02 PM (RIvkX)
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>>> You know.
You're still far more likely to die in an automobile accident than an airplane mishap.
When it's your time.... it's your time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (k0MVD)
The statistics all rely on the fact that people fly much less than drive. And aircraft travel more miles. So that effects the statistics for an individual and the per mile which the industry likes to use. And that probably is a good basis for comparison for most people.
But if you use per hour travel it starts getting close to even and on a per trip basis it starts getting worse for aircraft. Apples to oranges though.
You're still far more likely to die in an automobile accident than an airplane mishap.
When it's your time.... it's your time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:32 PM (k0MVD)
The statistics all rely on the fact that people fly much less than drive. And aircraft travel more miles. So that effects the statistics for an individual and the per mile which the industry likes to use. And that probably is a good basis for comparison for most people.
But if you use per hour travel it starts getting close to even and on a per trip basis it starts getting worse for aircraft. Apples to oranges though.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2024 03:02 PM (Y6IkP)
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The distance I'm willing to drive has gotten longer over the years.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (ibTVg)
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the great moment of the video post-blow out was the steward/aircrew that came back and asked the other people in the nearby seats, "was there anyone sitting there?" and then giving a thumbs up when he found out no one went out the hole.
Yay team!
Yay team!
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (D7oie)
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Everything smells like weed and ass.
You cannot seem to go anywhere without smelling weed. I have just always hated that smell.
You cannot seem to go anywhere without smelling weed. I have just always hated that smell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (GmPfo)
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Je t'aime moi non plus
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2024 03:05 PM (RovqD)
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Watching 2 guys [make Confederate Civil War biscuits on YouTube
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 03:05 PM (fwDg9)
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Kindltot @ 166-
Getting lackadaisical about keeping up with their passengers.
Getting lackadaisical about keeping up with their passengers.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2024 03:06 PM (qpZtI)
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Is there a way to clean the jets or do I need a new cooktop?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:00 PM (t/2Uw)
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Yes, the venturis, jets, and igniters can be cleaned/serviced without needing to buy a new cooktop.
Bosch Factory Service isn't cheap but those guys know their stuff and are still cheaper than a new unit.
Source: Just had Bosch/Thermador Factory Service at the house to correct a couple issues with our Thermador cooktop.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:00 PM (t/2Uw)
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Yes, the venturis, jets, and igniters can be cleaned/serviced without needing to buy a new cooktop.
Bosch Factory Service isn't cheap but those guys know their stuff and are still cheaper than a new unit.
Source: Just had Bosch/Thermador Factory Service at the house to correct a couple issues with our Thermador cooktop.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2024 03:07 PM (oqH4h)
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>>>Omg! It's 29 outside! Time to put on the shirts!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
154 *shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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you should still wear a shirt
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
154 *shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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you should still wear a shirt
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 03:07 PM (geLO8)
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Omg! It's 29 outside! Time to put on the shirts!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
I'm guessing Seattle has probably legalized women going topless...am I right? I know its a minor feminist talking point and Seattle seems one of those places they'd get it passed...
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
I'm guessing Seattle has probably legalized women going topless...am I right? I know its a minor feminist talking point and Seattle seems one of those places they'd get it passed...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (ibTVg)
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Rate per passenger mile is the most correct hazard comparison, as long as you keep the comparison within the same mode of transportation.
Otherwise we may find that rocket ship is really the safest way to go.
Back to cars - we don't use raw per capita rates. It may be OK for infectious disease but is meaningless when looking at tech devices and ignores how common or frequently those devices are used... in this way it is pointless to use per capita for gun 'safety', but if perfectly fair to show how dangerous the people are....
Otherwise we may find that rocket ship is really the safest way to go.
Back to cars - we don't use raw per capita rates. It may be OK for infectious disease but is meaningless when looking at tech devices and ignores how common or frequently those devices are used... in this way it is pointless to use per capita for gun 'safety', but if perfectly fair to show how dangerous the people are....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (cOq4q)
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Yesterday we had high winds during the midday hours. The power blinked off and on here several times.
I no longer presume the power company is intelligent enough to stage bucket trucks and crews around the service area in those spots "that always seem to lose power."
You can track them on a map of outages. Go visit them and you'll note the trees that haven't been trimmed in years.
Like the stand of White Pines just up the road that whipsaw around in 20MPH breezes and damn near touch the ground in 40MPH winds. Those trees just happen to have main service lines running through them. And those main service lines service me.
I no longer presume the power company is intelligent enough to stage bucket trucks and crews around the service area in those spots "that always seem to lose power."
You can track them on a map of outages. Go visit them and you'll note the trees that haven't been trimmed in years.
Like the stand of White Pines just up the road that whipsaw around in 20MPH breezes and damn near touch the ground in 40MPH winds. Those trees just happen to have main service lines running through them. And those main service lines service me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (Q4IgG)
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No shirt no shorts no service! And no sit 4 hours!
Posted by: You local chinese buffet at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (ibTVg)
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Where is the penalty for Boeing to produce such a poor product? Is there no penalty for misbehavior for those in the club?
My view is that Boeing should be fined severely for the 737Max fiasco, plus this latest nonsense. If there is no penalty for the misbehavior, it will continue.
My view is that Boeing should be fined severely for the 737Max fiasco, plus this latest nonsense. If there is no penalty for the misbehavior, it will continue.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (u0OdI)
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I am debating whether to drive to this years TXMoMe or fly. If I fly it is quicker and more comfortable. If I drive I can bring a LOT more gear with me but it also means wear and tear on my car and on me.
Might put together a spread sheet to look at the cost and the pros and cons.
Might put together a spread sheet to look at the cost and the pros and cons.
Posted by: Scuba Dude at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (f0/sc)
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It's cold out so that's why I am in basement painting and watching YouTube
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (fwDg9)
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The distance I'm willing to drive has gotten longer over the years.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (ibTVg)
Same here, but traveling on I-40, just days before Christmas certainly has dimmed my view of driving.
I don't think trucking companies are hiring our best and brightest to drive their rigs.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (ibTVg)
Same here, but traveling on I-40, just days before Christmas certainly has dimmed my view of driving.
I don't think trucking companies are hiring our best and brightest to drive their rigs.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (MbpEj)
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It's been a few years since I flew but when the time comes to FL I will. Shrugs.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (yyfQG)
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LOL. I've heard Cleveland called many things but never "The Mistake on the Lake".
Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (oaGWv)
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It is interesting that people used to dress up to fly and you are lucky now if your airplane neighbors put on their clean sweatpants...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (ibTVg)
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>>> I saw a report recently saying that the Minuteman III missile had to be replaced because no one anymore knew how to understand the old wiring diagrams or the 70.year old tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)
I know a company, I won't name, that was going to start up an old aircraft production line. They even brought out of retirement a bunch of the old guys that ran the line. They brought them onto the new floor space and the old guys walked up to all the jigs for everything and said, "hey, where's all the paint chips, scratches, marks?". The execs replied, "We stripped them down and repainted them to look nice!".
The old guys all turned and started leaving. The marks were the only guide left for proper section mating. Might as well start from a new build process at that point.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)
I know a company, I won't name, that was going to start up an old aircraft production line. They even brought out of retirement a bunch of the old guys that ran the line. They brought them onto the new floor space and the old guys walked up to all the jigs for everything and said, "hey, where's all the paint chips, scratches, marks?". The execs replied, "We stripped them down and repainted them to look nice!".
The old guys all turned and started leaving. The marks were the only guide left for proper section mating. Might as well start from a new build process at that point.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (Y6IkP)
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Greetings, Horde ... For hubby's next birthday, I'd like to surprise him by getting our outdoor gas grill tuned up ... God blessed him with cerebral talents, including how to be always prepared to financially compensate those He blessed with mechanical talents.
So, today, I'm wondering about what type of business might offer either tuneups or repair services for propane grills ... My plan is to ask at stores which sell grills -- like Lowes or Home Depot -- then move onto smaller businesses which sell chain saws and other outdoor gadgets (if the bigger stores don't before such tasks) ... Any advice or suggestions will be appreciated, so thank you in advance.
So, today, I'm wondering about what type of business might offer either tuneups or repair services for propane grills ... My plan is to ask at stores which sell grills -- like Lowes or Home Depot -- then move onto smaller businesses which sell chain saws and other outdoor gadgets (if the bigger stores don't before such tasks) ... Any advice or suggestions will be appreciated, so thank you in advance.
Posted by: Kathy at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (LPNLk)
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12 The company that built the access door for Boeing is called "Spirit Aero."
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
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You posted this earlier and I found it very amusing. However wasn't the problem loose or missing bolts? If correct wouldn't that be a Boeing assembly problem and a United maintenance problem?
The team involved with this: http://tinyurl.com/ya5v65em
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
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You posted this earlier and I found it very amusing. However wasn't the problem loose or missing bolts? If correct wouldn't that be a Boeing assembly problem and a United maintenance problem?
Posted by: Ciampino - Left Handed maintenance crew? at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (qfLjt)
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My Bosch gas cooktop is heating unevenly. The flame is only strong out of one side of the burner. I have to keep turning the pan to make sure the food cooks evenly. When it turn to very low setting, it clicks even though I can still see flame.
Is there a way to clean the jets or do I need a new cooktop?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
1. Check to make sure the cover of the burner element is seated properly. They can be misaligned which can prevent some flame holes from getting the correct fuel/air mixture.
2. Yes, you can use a needle to ensure that something has not spilled and covered some fame holes if step 1 was not the problem.
Is there a way to clean the jets or do I need a new cooktop?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
1. Check to make sure the cover of the burner element is seated properly. They can be misaligned which can prevent some flame holes from getting the correct fuel/air mixture.
2. Yes, you can use a needle to ensure that something has not spilled and covered some fame holes if step 1 was not the problem.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (aOHZU)
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>Omg! It's 29 outside! Time to put on the shirts!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
154 *shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 03:07 PM (geLO
Killjoy
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 02:58 PM (5rsL9)
154 *shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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you should still wear a shirt
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2024 03:07 PM (geLO
Killjoy
Posted by: JT at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (T4tVD)
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Is there no penalty for misbehavior for those in the club?
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Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (u0OdI)
That's what I always thought! Come on, man.
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Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 14, 2024 03:09 PM (u0OdI)
That's what I always thought! Come on, man.
Posted by: Hunter B. at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (MbpEj)
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I've noted here before that outsourcing shit to India/Indians is destroying a lot of the first world infrastructure we take for granted. That's not the deal here with the door, as far as I know, but Boeing is definitely on my shitlist for farming out software to H1B's and overseas offices.
They killed hundreds of people doing that; I refuse to trust a company that willingly does this.
Over in my career, years ago corporate started farming work out to offices in India. The stupid twats managed to fuck up a bunch of stuff and got several people - clients of our customers - killed. Which of course means corporate axed all the American offices and went 100% dot-not-feather Indian. The entire product crashed and burned about 3 years later. I quit long before that but I'm still bitter about it. Nobody was held accountable.
They killed hundreds of people doing that; I refuse to trust a company that willingly does this.
Over in my career, years ago corporate started farming work out to offices in India. The stupid twats managed to fuck up a bunch of stuff and got several people - clients of our customers - killed. Which of course means corporate axed all the American offices and went 100% dot-not-feather Indian. The entire product crashed and burned about 3 years later. I quit long before that but I'm still bitter about it. Nobody was held accountable.
Posted by: somedood at January 14, 2024 03:13 PM (N9SfE)
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LOL. I've heard Cleveland called many things but never "The Mistake on the Lake".
Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (oaGWv)
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Old, crude description. It's now a garden spot.
Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (oaGWv)
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Old, crude description. It's now a garden spot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2024 03:13 PM (x0Rg/)
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is interesting that people used to dress up to fly and you are lucky now if your airplane neighbors put on their clean sweatpants...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (ibTVg)
Im happy if they have changed out of pajamas and dont reek of pot
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (ibTVg)
Im happy if they have changed out of pajamas and dont reek of pot
Posted by: LASue at January 14, 2024 03:14 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:14 PM (ibTVg)
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It's cold out so that's why I am in basement painting and watching YouTube
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (fwDg9)
Is it windy ?
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (fwDg9)
Is it windy ?
Posted by: JT at January 14, 2024 03:14 PM (T4tVD)
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LOL. I've heard Cleveland called many things but never "The Mistake on the Lake".
Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (oaGWv)
Municipal Stadium.
Which was glorious, when I watched an Indians game in the 80s. Cold, fog, mostly empty... and the Indians blew a lead late, went into extra innings. I enjoyed it, even though I didn't dress warm enough for the chill that rolled in.
Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2024 03:11 PM (oaGWv)
Municipal Stadium.
Which was glorious, when I watched an Indians game in the 80s. Cold, fog, mostly empty... and the Indians blew a lead late, went into extra innings. I enjoyed it, even though I didn't dress warm enough for the chill that rolled in.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:15 PM (MbpEj)
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Bathing with soap and not shitting your pants is too much to ask passengers now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 14, 2024 03:16 PM (R4t5M)
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165 The distance I'm willing to drive has gotten longer over the years.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
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I have noticed that the passengers on commercial aircraft smell worse than they did 30 years ago. People used to dress nice to go on a trip, now sweat pants and whatever.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
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I have noticed that the passengers on commercial aircraft smell worse than they did 30 years ago. People used to dress nice to go on a trip, now sweat pants and whatever.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 03:16 PM (aLrRO)
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"I saw a report recently saying that the Minuteman III missile had to be replaced because no one anymore knew how to understand the old wiring diagrams or the 70.year old tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)"
This is a bigger problem than normies realize. We've lost much of the tooling and documentation for building things fielded as recently as the F22. God help you for something as relatively ancient as the Minuteman III.
Hell, look at fundamental aircraft production stuff - we have VERY few large machines capable of making some of the structural elements needed for fighter aircraft. And unless something has changed, the people and tooling and knowledge that made *those* machines is gone entirely. Take out ~5 pieces of equipment in North America and we lose the capability to make modern fighters entirely.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2024 02:49 PM (S6gqv)"
This is a bigger problem than normies realize. We've lost much of the tooling and documentation for building things fielded as recently as the F22. God help you for something as relatively ancient as the Minuteman III.
Hell, look at fundamental aircraft production stuff - we have VERY few large machines capable of making some of the structural elements needed for fighter aircraft. And unless something has changed, the people and tooling and knowledge that made *those* machines is gone entirely. Take out ~5 pieces of equipment in North America and we lose the capability to make modern fighters entirely.
Posted by: somedood at January 14, 2024 03:17 PM (N9SfE)
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Cleveland: The Factory Of Sadness™.
Posted by: Ask any Browns fan you happen to see at January 14, 2024 03:17 PM (xmwrK)
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Any advice or suggestions will be appreciated, so thank you in advance.
Posted by: Kathy at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (LPNLk)
There is a company near me that sells a grill-cleaning service. But it isn't repair.
I am lucky...I bought my current grill from a small store that does a huge business, so they have a dedicated mechanic who does repairs.
Posted by: Kathy at January 14, 2024 03:12 PM (LPNLk)
There is a company near me that sells a grill-cleaning service. But it isn't repair.
I am lucky...I bought my current grill from a small store that does a huge business, so they have a dedicated mechanic who does repairs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...liberal esthete at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (qvqLl)
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For my first plane ride in 1977, i sewed a travel outift- pants, a matching vest and blazer and a print blouse
We also used to go up to SeaTac just to ride on the new people mover and watch planes take off.
We also used to go up to SeaTac just to ride on the new people mover and watch planes take off.
Posted by: LASue at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (Ed8Zd)
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disc that sits on top of the gas isn't sitting properly, turn it gently until it "clicks" into it's proper seat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
OMG! That worked. I had to move it a couple of times because there was no discernible click but when I hit the right spot it was perfect!
Thank you!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
OMG! That worked. I had to move it a couple of times because there was no discernible click but when I hit the right spot it was perfect!
Thank you!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (t/2Uw)
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Oh a hail storm. Sure, why not?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ZLI7S)
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Google the saga of MLK Hospital in Los Angeles sometime. Various agencies tried to shut the place down for, I don't know, decades, but it was built to serve -- and provide jobs for -- the DEI population. Maxine Waters kept it open as long as she could, but the malpractice and maladministration deaths finally became too much even for woke government regulators.
After all, only poor black people were dying at MLK Hospital, and they don't have any political clout.
It's the roadmap for the future - minorities are accepted into med school using DEI standards, and minority patients are supposed to be seen only by minority doctors.
We'll end up with two medical systems, the DEI system for minorities, and the everyone-else system.
After all, only poor black people were dying at MLK Hospital, and they don't have any political clout.
It's the roadmap for the future - minorities are accepted into med school using DEI standards, and minority patients are supposed to be seen only by minority doctors.
We'll end up with two medical systems, the DEI system for minorities, and the everyone-else system.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (YAtuc)
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Bathing with soap and not shitting your pants is too much to ask passengers now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner
Peasant in 1324: Bathing is bad for you.
Millennial in 2024: Bathing is bad for you.
Bathing with soap and not shitting your pants is too much to ask passengers now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner
Peasant in 1324: Bathing is bad for you.
Millennial in 2024: Bathing is bad for you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (MoZTd)
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It is interesting to consider that the "successes" of modern China and India were both based on stealing know-how from the US. China the factory work and India the IT work.
I worked for one company that tried, twice, to open a factory in China. In both cases the Chinese we were partnering with stole our IP and then directly competed with us. And no, no one was held accountable.
I worked for one company that tried, twice, to open a factory in China. In both cases the Chinese we were partnering with stole our IP and then directly competed with us. And no, no one was held accountable.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ibTVg)
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Old gas stoves never broke or needed service. It wasn't technical until the government involved itself.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 03:19 PM (FQLP3)
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"193 Nobody was held accountable.
This is basically the motto for soviet America...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:14 PM (ibTVg)"
It's been over a decade. If I could do it again I wouldn't think twice about abusing my access to anonymously drop some info the the victims' families.
This is basically the motto for soviet America...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:14 PM (ibTVg)"
It's been over a decade. If I could do it again I wouldn't think twice about abusing my access to anonymously drop some info the the victims' families.
Posted by: somedood at January 14, 2024 03:19 PM (N9SfE)
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Hadrian: Get yourself a cheap pair of needle nose jewelry pliers. Works like a charm. Grab that rotten little tab, lift it a little, then roll your wrist.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 14, 2024 03:19 PM (6TzTY)
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They look like Disney/Marvel/Star Wars writers.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (UfgXE)
They look like the "family placement caseworker team" from CPS
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (UfgXE)
They look like the "family placement caseworker team" from CPS
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (D7oie)
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if there are loose bolts on at the same location in several planes AND they were assembled by Boeing then it should be easy to identify the dork at the work station that performs the work
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (8uzBS)
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This is my first gas stove so had no idea that moving those discs when cleaning would cause an issue.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
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I don't fly much, but when I do I'm not dressing up for anybody.
If I fly this summer, which I probably will, I'm wearing shorts.
Sorry. Not sorry.
If I fly this summer, which I probably will, I'm wearing shorts.
Sorry. Not sorry.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (MbpEj)
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Get yourself a cheap pair of needle nose jewelry pliers.
That would work and thank you, but I'm damned if I'm going to the tool box to get into a bottle of hand soap.
Get yourself a cheap pair of needle nose jewelry pliers.
That would work and thank you, but I'm damned if I'm going to the tool box to get into a bottle of hand soap.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (MoZTd)
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I have noticed that the passengers on commercial aircraft smell worse than they did 30 years ago. People used to dress nice to go on a trip, now sweat pants and whatever.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 03:16 PM (aLrRO)
Concur. Most people nowadays travel for some bullshit getaway to see Tay Tay or other nonsense. They dress like clowns going to a clown show. People who still travel for work mostly dress, act and smell better.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 03:16 PM (aLrRO)
Concur. Most people nowadays travel for some bullshit getaway to see Tay Tay or other nonsense. They dress like clowns going to a clown show. People who still travel for work mostly dress, act and smell better.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (R/m4+)
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What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
An iPhone 15 or iPhone 14?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2024 02:09 PM (N0zbi)
An iPhone 15 or iPhone 14?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (PiwSw)
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They look like Disney/Marvel/Star Wars writers.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (UfgXE)
They look like the "family placement caseworker team" from CPS
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (D7oie)
Same thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 02:18 PM (UfgXE)
They look like the "family placement caseworker team" from CPS
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (D7oie)
Same thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (MbpEj)
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anybody heard what the ratings were like for the game on Peacock last night?
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (8uzBS)
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An iPhone 15 or iPhone 14?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (PiwSw)
What are you, a king?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (PiwSw)
What are you, a king?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:22 PM (MbpEj)
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anybody heard what the ratings were like for the game on Peacock last night?
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (8uzBS)
I hope zero point zero.
anybody heard what the ratings were like for the game on Peacock last night?
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (8uzBS)
I hope zero point zero.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 03:22 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2024 03:22 PM (MoZTd)
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No breeze in my basement
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (fwDg9)
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"206 It is interesting to consider that the "successes" of modern China and India were both based on stealing know-how from the US. China the factory work and India the IT work.
I worked for one company that tried, twice, to open a factory in China. In both cases the Chinese we were partnering with stole our IP and then directly competed with us. And no, no one was held accountable.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ibTVg)"
India doesn't have success in the sense that we would normally mean. They have the appearance of success but shit basically just doesn't work. Regular people don't understand how many of their daily frustrations stem from some dickhead sitting in a sweatshop office in Hyderabad. As more work goes there, and more workers come from there, the problems will get worse.
China at least has the potential capability, even if they're drowning in cultural dysfunction and don't often use it. They have a very bad case of "might makes right" and "if you get conned, it's because you deserved it and allowed it to happen".
I worked for one company that tried, twice, to open a factory in China. In both cases the Chinese we were partnering with stole our IP and then directly competed with us. And no, no one was held accountable.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ibTVg)"
India doesn't have success in the sense that we would normally mean. They have the appearance of success but shit basically just doesn't work. Regular people don't understand how many of their daily frustrations stem from some dickhead sitting in a sweatshop office in Hyderabad. As more work goes there, and more workers come from there, the problems will get worse.
China at least has the potential capability, even if they're drowning in cultural dysfunction and don't often use it. They have a very bad case of "might makes right" and "if you get conned, it's because you deserved it and allowed it to happen".
Posted by: somedood at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (N9SfE)
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I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
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I sure ain't paying for extra NBC
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (8uzBS)
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"...it should be easy to identify the dork at the work station that performs the work"
Just try firing them. Or even demoting them.
Just try firing them. Or even demoting them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (MeG8a)
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anybody heard what the ratings were like for the game on Peacock last night?
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (8uzBS)
What game? What's Peacock?
I watched the Fincher film, The Killer. Well done, more of a character study than an action thriller. Still, the fight in the middle of the film was amazing.
I assume that wasn't Fassbender doing most of the scene. Whoever it was, they sure as heck earned their pay.
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:21 PM (8uzBS)
What game? What's Peacock?
I watched the Fincher film, The Killer. Well done, more of a character study than an action thriller. Still, the fight in the middle of the film was amazing.
I assume that wasn't Fassbender doing most of the scene. Whoever it was, they sure as heck earned their pay.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (MbpEj)
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I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
And they'll spend ALL their time making sure Boeing applies with whatever the latest DIE crap is
And they'll spend ALL their time making sure Boeing applies with whatever the latest DIE crap is
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (ibTVg)
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>>Just try firing them. Or even demoting them.
firing squad, it seems intentional if it happened more than once
firing squad, it seems intentional if it happened more than once
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (8uzBS)
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What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
An iPhone 15 or iPhone 14?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
Charged or discharged?
What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
An iPhone 15 or iPhone 14?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
Charged or discharged?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (63Dwl)
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Drones: cheap ( as low as $3500), "invisible " (too tiny for radar, made of cardboard, etc), and deadly ("kamikaze" drones).
Coming to an ambush near you.
Coming to an ambush near you.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (qvYpE)
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224 I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
Normally I'd say it's a really bad idea to have that sort of direct gubmint involvement, but Boeing exists mostly because the US government wants them to so they kind of have it coming. If DC staunchly refuses to allow anything bad to happen to its pet airplane company, then it should probably make that relationship clear to everyone.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
Normally I'd say it's a really bad idea to have that sort of direct gubmint involvement, but Boeing exists mostly because the US government wants them to so they kind of have it coming. If DC staunchly refuses to allow anything bad to happen to its pet airplane company, then it should probably make that relationship clear to everyone.
Posted by: CppThis at January 14, 2024 03:26 PM (PZvjL)
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>>I'm kind of surprised the airline didn't charge for the oxygen masks.
They do. It's in the ticket price. They are still way ahead on the deal.
They do. It's in the ticket price. They are still way ahead on the deal.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:26 PM (ZLI7S)
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Thank you!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (t/2Uw)
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*casually dusts lapels*
Well, you know what can I say?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (t/2Uw)
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*casually dusts lapels*
Well, you know what can I say?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2024 03:26 PM (RIvkX)
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>> If you don't fly you don't have this problem
"Exactly!!"
-- WEF and every climate change cultists wanting to kill air travel to "save the planet"
"Exactly!!"
-- WEF and every climate change cultists wanting to kill air travel to "save the planet"
Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2024 03:26 PM (NKqpy)
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OMG! That worked. I had to move it a couple of times because there was no discernible click but when I hit the right spot it was perfect!
Thank you!
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The unintended sexual innuendo is strong with this one.
Thank you!
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The unintended sexual innuendo is strong with this one.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 03:27 PM (aLrRO)
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2024 03:27 PM (QB+5g)
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Nobody was held accountable.
This is basically the motto for soviet America...
Posted by: 18-1
Who was held accountable when the USSR collapsed?
This is basically the motto for soviet America...
Posted by: 18-1
Who was held accountable when the USSR collapsed?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:27 PM (cOq4q)
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The unintended sexual innuendo is strong with this one.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Well, it was pretty spectacular.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Well, it was pretty spectacular.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:28 PM (t/2Uw)
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224 I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
Posted by: Ben Had
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And a supervisory committee to maintain a check over the quality control board.
Posted by: Ben Had
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And a supervisory committee to maintain a check over the quality control board.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 03:28 PM (FQLP3)
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I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
We apologize for the quality control board that was hired to quality control the previous quality control.
They have all been quality controlled.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
We apologize for the quality control board that was hired to quality control the previous quality control.
They have all been quality controlled.
Posted by: Quality Control at January 14, 2024 03:28 PM (MbpEj)
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30 >>What's the velocity of an iPhone falling from 16,000 ft and what is the force of the impact?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Terminal velocity
V=sqrt(2W/Cd r a)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (eYF7X)
African or European?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Terminal velocity
V=sqrt(2W/Cd r a)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2024 02:12 PM (eYF7X)
African or European?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 14, 2024 03:28 PM (pEigG)
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Not in shorts. Never in shorts. Don’t fly much, anyway. Don’t want to die with a bunch of strangers.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2024 03:29 PM (qpZtI)
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Thousands of Feds are going on strike next week because they love Hamas and Biden doesn't.
Or so I've read.
Or so I've read.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 14, 2024 03:29 PM (MeG8a)
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Vivek appears to be a snakeoil salesman.
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
http://tinyurl.com/7djv4vwz
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
http://tinyurl.com/7djv4vwz
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2024 03:30 PM (i24o9)
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Drones: cheap ( as low as $3500), "invisible " (too tiny for radar, made of cardboard, etc), and deadly ("kamikaze" drones).
Coming to an ambush near you.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (qvYpE)
I saw a headline, from a St. Louis news site. Apparently they were testing drones in one city neighborhood, and I guess the residents got wind of it, and expressed concern.
So the city announced they're discontinuing those tests, and will continue testing elsewhere in the city. They're not saying where.
Coming to an ambush near you.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 14, 2024 03:25 PM (qvYpE)
I saw a headline, from a St. Louis news site. Apparently they were testing drones in one city neighborhood, and I guess the residents got wind of it, and expressed concern.
So the city announced they're discontinuing those tests, and will continue testing elsewhere in the city. They're not saying where.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:31 PM (MbpEj)
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had no idea that moving those discs when cleaning would cause an issue.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 14, 2024 03:31 PM (hEv4o)
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The Mistake on the Lake or The Mistake by the Lake is a pejorative term referring to:
Cleveland, a city in the U.S. state of Ohio located on the southern shore of Lake Erie
Cleveland Stadium, a former professional sports venue in Cleveland
Erie, Pennsylvania, a city also located on the southern shore of Lake Erie
Exhibition Stadium, a former sports venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario
New Soldier Field, a professional sports venue in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The Lakeside Center portion of McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The Mistake on the Lake or The Mistake by the Lake is a pejorative term referring to:
Cleveland, a city in the U.S. state of Ohio located on the southern shore of Lake Erie
Cleveland Stadium, a former professional sports venue in Cleveland
Erie, Pennsylvania, a city also located on the southern shore of Lake Erie
Exhibition Stadium, a former sports venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario
New Soldier Field, a professional sports venue in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The Lakeside Center portion of McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2024 03:32 PM (63Dwl)
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>replaces the White men who took us to the moon with diversity-hire women, foreign invaders and DMV shaniquas
>baffled when bridges start collapsing and planes are falling out of the sky
Welcome to the Crisis of Competency as the people who built modern civilization are replaced. We will lose the ability to maintain complex systems and regress into a supersized decaying third-world favela. The Ruling Class, of course, will have their own private jets, armed guards and enclaves of refuge, while the rest of us are thrown to the fucking wolves.
>baffled when bridges start collapsing and planes are falling out of the sky
Welcome to the Crisis of Competency as the people who built modern civilization are replaced. We will lose the ability to maintain complex systems and regress into a supersized decaying third-world favela. The Ruling Class, of course, will have their own private jets, armed guards and enclaves of refuge, while the rest of us are thrown to the fucking wolves.
Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at January 14, 2024 03:33 PM (0Uf+z)
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I hate long car rides because I can't read in a moving car. I really like flying and I am going to wear the most comfortable clothes I can. It is always too hot or too cold, uncomfortable seats so planning ahead for those conditions makes a difference. Also figuring out where the bathrooms are before they turn out the lights.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:33 PM (t/2Uw)
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Back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the planet, I wore a suit on every business-related flight. No biggie, because I needed to be in a suit for the meeting at my destination. Seems so long ago and far away.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (V8he0)
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This is so cool. The Great Lakes are sucking the cold out of the Arctic vortex:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=38.5;-101.5;3&l=feel
/ My low for the next few days should be 20 degrees F. Flip flop weather. Thank you Michigan, Lake Michigan that is.
This is so cool. The Great Lakes are sucking the cold out of the Arctic vortex:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=38.5;-101.5;3&l=feel
/ My low for the next few days should be 20 degrees F. Flip flop weather. Thank you Michigan, Lake Michigan that is.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (nIvob)
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>>>Old gas stoves never broke or needed service. It wasn't technical until the government involved itself.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Posted by: Braenyard
You can still get plain gas ranges. Like $400.
But I think you upgrade to a $3000 commercial grade to get continious grates.
The one feature I want from a gas range... and maybe convection.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Posted by: Braenyard
You can still get plain gas ranges. Like $400.
But I think you upgrade to a $3000 commercial grade to get continious grates.
The one feature I want from a gas range... and maybe convection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (cOq4q)
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237 "The Mistake on the Lake"
I think that was a Coselism.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2024 03:27 PM (QB+5g)
http://tinyurl.com/58938xvn
I think that was a Coselism.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2024 03:27 PM (QB+5g)
http://tinyurl.com/58938xvn
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (MbpEj)
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Thousands of Feds are going on strike next week because they love Hamas and Biden doesn't.
Fire them ... immediately.
Thousands of Feds are going on strike next week because they love Hamas and Biden doesn't.
Fire them ... immediately.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 14, 2024 03:35 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2024 03:38 PM (RIvkX)
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Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at
So far that has worked with my firearms but don't think I'm going to get away with it much longer.
Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at
So far that has worked with my firearms but don't think I'm going to get away with it much longer.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:38 PM (t/2Uw)
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There is a class action against Spirit Aerospace in 2019 by several former employees alleging the company was pushing product, entire fuselages, out on schedule no matter what. Which resulted in the Boeing plants having to correct defects they missed.
Who is Spirit Aerospace? Boeing spun off their Wichita, KS plant, that in WWII produced B-29s, as a new company called Spirit Aerospace.
Boeing's sole source of fuselages as an independent company. Not very smart in hindsight because where else can Boeing turn to if Spirit Aerospace messes up? No one.
Who is Spirit Aerospace? Boeing spun off their Wichita, KS plant, that in WWII produced B-29s, as a new company called Spirit Aerospace.
Boeing's sole source of fuselages as an independent company. Not very smart in hindsight because where else can Boeing turn to if Spirit Aerospace messes up? No one.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2024 03:39 PM (fSNP4)
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253 >>>Old gas stoves never broke or needed service. It wasn't technical until the government involved itself.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Posted by: Braenyard
You can still get plain gas ranges. Like $400.
But I think you upgrade to a $3000 commercial grade to get continious grates.
The one feature I want from a gas range... and maybe convection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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My grates are coated with some kind of shiny plastic crap.
Can't help but wonder what's in the vapors from a flame
on that stuff. Cast iron is what they should be. With no coating.
Same with that stupid disc that sharon was dealing with.
Burners are simple, an array of outlets in a circle, a flow regulator, and an ignition source (spark lighter, match etc.) It was a most rudimentary system used by the finest chefs in the world.
Posted by: Braenyard
You can still get plain gas ranges. Like $400.
But I think you upgrade to a $3000 commercial grade to get continious grates.
The one feature I want from a gas range... and maybe convection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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My grates are coated with some kind of shiny plastic crap.
Can't help but wonder what's in the vapors from a flame
on that stuff. Cast iron is what they should be. With no coating.
Same with that stupid disc that sharon was dealing with.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 03:40 PM (FQLP3)
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Not exactly a dominant win but I'll take it. The losing streak is over.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:40 PM (ZLI7S)
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The disc that sits on top of the gas isn't sitting properly, turn it gently until it "clicks" into it's proper seat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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wait til it cools.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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wait til it cools.
Posted by: From about that Time at January 14, 2024 03:41 PM (4780s)
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wait til it cools.
Or just play "Baby its too hot" while moving it right after you finish cooking.
Or just play "Baby its too hot" while moving it right after you finish cooking.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:42 PM (ibTVg)
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I take great pride in knowing old school electronics and schematics.
Hard learned the hard way, thrown to the wolves to figure it out. Then self educated because I got really interested.
What people ask if I speak any other languages I say yes. Electronics. American, European and several dialects of Japanese with a rudimantary understanding of Mandarin. Same with hydraulics.
My experience has been that there is a huge gap in knowlege where we transitioned from P/C boards and transistors to digital diagnosis.
Basically the late 80's. Old guys said fuck the computers and newer guys never learned the old ways because there was always an old guy... until there wasn't.
Hard learned the hard way, thrown to the wolves to figure it out. Then self educated because I got really interested.
What people ask if I speak any other languages I say yes. Electronics. American, European and several dialects of Japanese with a rudimantary understanding of Mandarin. Same with hydraulics.
My experience has been that there is a huge gap in knowlege where we transitioned from P/C boards and transistors to digital diagnosis.
Basically the late 80's. Old guys said fuck the computers and newer guys never learned the old ways because there was always an old guy... until there wasn't.
Posted by: Reforger at January 14, 2024 03:42 PM (z6N4U)
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Thousands of Feds are going on strike next week because they love Hamas and Biden doesn't.
Fire them ... immediately.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 14, 2024 03:35
The right thing to do but is Biden capable of doing right things?
Fire them ... immediately.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 14, 2024 03:35
The right thing to do but is Biden capable of doing right things?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 14, 2024 03:43 PM (yyfQG)
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256 http://tinyurl.com/7djv4vwz
Completely exposed last August??
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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What am I looking for?
Completely exposed last August??
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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What am I looking for?
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 03:43 PM (FQLP3)
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Vivek appears to be a snakeoil salesman.
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
http://tinyurl.com/7djv4vwz
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2024 03:30 PM (i24o9)
Actually, I am glad Vivek ripped all those greed heads off.
That's how business is done today. Sling the BS, have a half ass product nobody really needs or wants, get a lot of suckers on the hook for investing and make off with the loot. The even stupider folks are the ones who buy it retail. Look at EV's.
Has Barack Obama taught you nothing?
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
http://tinyurl.com/7djv4vwz
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2024 03:30 PM (i24o9)
Actually, I am glad Vivek ripped all those greed heads off.
That's how business is done today. Sling the BS, have a half ass product nobody really needs or wants, get a lot of suckers on the hook for investing and make off with the loot. The even stupider folks are the ones who buy it retail. Look at EV's.
Has Barack Obama taught you nothing?
Posted by: Zombie Bernie Madoff, Shot Caller at January 14, 2024 03:43 PM (R/m4+)
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Like the stand of White Pines just up the road that whipsaw around in 20MPH breezes and damn near touch the ground in 40MPH winds. Those trees just happen to have main service lines running through them. And those main service lines service me.
Sounds like a box of copper nails is in order.
Sounds like a box of copper nails is in order.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2024 03:44 PM (dZVON)
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244 Thousands of Feds are going on strike next week because they love Hamas and Biden doesn't.
Or so I've read.
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When I am president, their strike will be followed by a lockout and final paycheck.
Or so I've read.
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When I am president, their strike will be followed by a lockout and final paycheck.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 03:45 PM (aLrRO)
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>>The right thing to do but is Biden capable of doing right things?
Biden is bleeding support from all parts of his base. No way in hell will he crack down on Muslims when he needs them to have a prayer in Michigan.
Biden is bleeding support from all parts of his base. No way in hell will he crack down on Muslims when he needs them to have a prayer in Michigan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:46 PM (ZLI7S)
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The right thing to do but is Biden capable of doing right things?
Posted by: Northernlurker
He'll just bribe them with more money and power given to the assorted treasonous NGOs and lawfare groups. This whole Fallastein thing wasn't spontaneous. It was planned and coordinated.
Posted by: Northernlurker
He'll just bribe them with more money and power given to the assorted treasonous NGOs and lawfare groups. This whole Fallastein thing wasn't spontaneous. It was planned and coordinated.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2024 03:47 PM (IG4Id)
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I no longer see any benefit to dressing "up" when traveling by airplane ... The seats these days are SO close together that -- if your adjacent passenger sneezes -- your clothes are apt to be decorated with snot ... Plus, if either your adjacent passenger (or yourself) attempts to consume foods or beverages with (essentially) shackled arms, there's more than a good chance there will be spills somewhere ... Consequently, I'll wear clothing on airplanes which can be placed in a washing machine as soon as I reach my destination.
Posted by: Kathy at January 14, 2024 03:47 PM (LPNLk)
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Barak played both ends against the middle and now he's boxed in between hamas and a hard place.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 03:48 PM (FQLP3)
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Vivek appears to be a snakeoil salesman.
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2024 03:30 PM (i24o9)
No idea who Eric Spracklen is. Not interested enough to find out.
Make up your own mind.
Eric Spracklen Twitter video.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2024 03:30 PM (i24o9)
No idea who Eric Spracklen is. Not interested enough to find out.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:48 PM (MbpEj)
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"My experience has been that there is a huge gap in knowlege where we transitioned from P/C boards and transistors to digital diagnosis.
Basically the late 80's. Old guys said fuck the computers and newer guys never learned the old ways because there was always an old guy... until there wasn't.
Posted by: Reforger at January 14, 2024 03:42 PM (z6N4U)"
It was the massive shift overseas for outsourcing which really did this, not just the generational handoff. We largely stopped making the hardware.
Basically the late 80's. Old guys said fuck the computers and newer guys never learned the old ways because there was always an old guy... until there wasn't.
Posted by: Reforger at January 14, 2024 03:42 PM (z6N4U)"
It was the massive shift overseas for outsourcing which really did this, not just the generational handoff. We largely stopped making the hardware.
Posted by: somedood at January 14, 2024 03:48 PM (N9SfE)
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Took the grates off and eseated all four burners properly. They do actually click into place.. The difference is amazing. They burn cleanly. The person who owned this unit before me had no idea. Because I never even used the back burners.
Can't wait to use my cast iron pan tonight.
Can't wait to use my cast iron pan tonight.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 14, 2024 03:49 PM (t/2Uw)
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I suspect the time will come that you'll wish for the comptence of Indian tech support.
Out here, they went around and trimmed trees. Unlike the old place, they came in the yard and trimmed trees over the lines. It amazes me that this little town seems to be better planned than the city I was in.
Out here, they went around and trimmed trees. Unlike the old place, they came in the yard and trimmed trees over the lines. It amazes me that this little town seems to be better planned than the city I was in.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 14, 2024 03:50 PM (L8hCM)
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I did notice Trump posted a fairly mild rebuke of Vivek, I guess that's going to spur his loyal followers to go after him.
I don't much care. I know Trump's going to be the nominee, if the election is even remotely fair. Truth be told though, at this point I'd rather have Vivek in the White House than Trump.
Which might be why Trump is going after him.
I don't much care. I know Trump's going to be the nominee, if the election is even remotely fair. Truth be told though, at this point I'd rather have Vivek in the White House than Trump.
Which might be why Trump is going after him.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:51 PM (MbpEj)
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Remember when we thought Boeing was a star corporation, one of the best in America?
HAHA!
Every one of those corporate icons from 50 years ago has turned out to be absolute shit.
HAHA!
Every one of those corporate icons from 50 years ago has turned out to be absolute shit.
Posted by: Not a Commie, Just Very Disappointed at January 14, 2024 03:51 PM (JZWH/)
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Remember, we are the fascists.
@NBCNews
A network of public interest groups and lawmakers, nervous about former President Trump’s potential return to power, is quietly devising plans to foil any effort on his part to pressure the U.S. military to carry out his political agenda.
@NBCNews
A network of public interest groups and lawmakers, nervous about former President Trump’s potential return to power, is quietly devising plans to foil any effort on his part to pressure the U.S. military to carry out his political agenda.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:51 PM (ZLI7S)
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Looks like Eric Spracklen was/is Project Veritas' Chief of Staff.
No idea if he was an O'Keefe supporter or controlled opposition but...I wouldn't trust any PV alum that didn't take a strong stand for O'Keefe
No idea if he was an O'Keefe supporter or controlled opposition but...I wouldn't trust any PV alum that didn't take a strong stand for O'Keefe
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:52 PM (ibTVg)
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My FWP today is this; I'm sitting in my detached, uninsulated and unheated garage, having a cigar and a beer. It's 21F in here.
I've got a kerosene heater next to me. The heat's all going up into the rafters where it does me zero good down here.
BTW, it's warmer inside the fucking fridge with the beer than it is in the damn garage.
I've got a kerosene heater next to me. The heat's all going up into the rafters where it does me zero good down here.
BTW, it's warmer inside the fucking fridge with the beer than it is in the damn garage.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 03:53 PM (Q4IgG)
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Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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I regard dust as a protective covering.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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I regard dust as a protective covering.
Posted by: Mike Hamme, etc., etc. at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (XeU6L)
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*shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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In 1974/5 I was living in Cambridge (on Freshpond Parkway) and the lab was off Kendal Square, so it was a bus ride then tube. I don't remember the month but it had been a very cold and snowy period when, on this particular morning, the weather guy said Boston 55°F. I had adjusted to the cold well (remember Africa) and thought 'heatwave'. Shorts it is. So I put on a shirt, shorts - shorts were not Bermuda-style then, they were short. Show off those thunder-thighs eh!
Customary in Africa, shorts are worn with light or heavy 'stockings' made of cotton or wool and reaching below the knee when the cuff is folded over. They keep insects from biting calves supposedly but mainly hide ugly leg hair. A local yahoo will stick a comb in the top of one, so he can pretty his hair when he comes across the ladies. (see pics of Brit. Army Desert Group WW2).
..... cont.....
*shorts.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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In 1974/5 I was living in Cambridge (on Freshpond Parkway) and the lab was off Kendal Square, so it was a bus ride then tube. I don't remember the month but it had been a very cold and snowy period when, on this particular morning, the weather guy said Boston 55°F. I had adjusted to the cold well (remember Africa) and thought 'heatwave'. Shorts it is. So I put on a shirt, shorts - shorts were not Bermuda-style then, they were short. Show off those thunder-thighs eh!
Customary in Africa, shorts are worn with light or heavy 'stockings' made of cotton or wool and reaching below the knee when the cuff is folded over. They keep insects from biting calves supposedly but mainly hide ugly leg hair. A local yahoo will stick a comb in the top of one, so he can pretty his hair when he comes across the ladies. (see pics of Brit. Army Desert Group WW2).
..... cont.....
Posted by: Ciampino - What? at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (qfLjt)
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The bus ride was fine, not many people, but when I got on the train everyone was looking at me strangely. Not sure if they were thinking "Crazy guy in this cold!!" since there were still piles of snow everywhere and all these people were wrapped up in heavy coats, fur hats and gloves. Or maybe it was my getup, short shorts and knee socks, no coat, hat or gloves?
Yeah it was 55° that day, the weatherman was correct.
The bus ride was fine, not many people, but when I got on the train everyone was looking at me strangely. Not sure if they were thinking "Crazy guy in this cold!!" since there were still piles of snow everywhere and all these people were wrapped up in heavy coats, fur hats and gloves. Or maybe it was my getup, short shorts and knee socks, no coat, hat or gloves?
Yeah it was 55° that day, the weatherman was correct.
Posted by: Ciampino - What? at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (qfLjt)
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>>> A network of public interest groups and lawmakers, nervous about former President Trump’s potential return to power, is quietly devising plans to foil any effort on his part to pressure the U.S. military to carry out his political agenda.
Posted by: JackStraw
So, same as before.
Hopefully this time Trump will have SEAL Team 6 carry out some hits.
Posted by: JackStraw
So, same as before.
Hopefully this time Trump will have SEAL Team 6 carry out some hits.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (cOq4q)
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Took the grates off and eseated all four burners properly. They do actually click into place.. The difference is amazing. They burn cleanly. The person who owned this unit before me had no idea. Because I never even used the back burners.
Can't wait to use my cast iron pan tonight.
Good work! Hey, next time you're in town could you take a look at my stove? Just kidding, it's a glass top electric.
Can't wait to use my cast iron pan tonight.
Good work! Hey, next time you're in town could you take a look at my stove? Just kidding, it's a glass top electric.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2024 03:55 PM (dZVON)
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I understand that the government is going to establish a quality control board to oversee Boeing's quality control
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
Oh, hay! An FDA for the airlines?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2024 03:23 PM (POc8X)
Oh, hay! An FDA for the airlines?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:55 PM (D7oie)
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'I no longer see any benefit to dressing "up" when traveling by airplane'
I will avoid flying as much as possible. I think the DEI rot is going to make it unsafe.
'I no longer see any benefit to dressing "up" when traveling by airplane'
I will avoid flying as much as possible. I think the DEI rot is going to make it unsafe.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2024 03:56 PM (roH4R)
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180 The distance I'm willing to drive has gotten longer over the years.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (ibTVg)
Same here, but traveling on I-40, just days before Christmas certainly has dimmed my view of driving.
I don't think trucking companies are hiring our best and brightest to drive their rigs.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (MbpEj)
I and my family drove to and back from my Dad's funeral in Missouri. The frigging trucks were driving on windy mountain roads with posted 55 MPH signs at 70 MPH+. Just whipping around us. Almost got hit a few times by some of those crazy bastards.
Flying has gotten worse in most ways. Driving is more of a mixed bag.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2024 03:04 PM (ibTVg)
Same here, but traveling on I-40, just days before Christmas certainly has dimmed my view of driving.
I don't think trucking companies are hiring our best and brightest to drive their rigs.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 03:10 PM (MbpEj)
I and my family drove to and back from my Dad's funeral in Missouri. The frigging trucks were driving on windy mountain roads with posted 55 MPH signs at 70 MPH+. Just whipping around us. Almost got hit a few times by some of those crazy bastards.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 03:57 PM (ynpvh)
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I am unimpressed with Mr. spracklin's presentation.
Let's string together numerous assertions and then slay kweeeen!
Let's string together numerous assertions and then slay kweeeen!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2024 03:58 PM (RIvkX)
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Spirit Aero is the former Wichita factory of Boeing. It is the largest aeronautical subcontractor in the world, and do major structures for Airbus also. Founded as Stearman, they built the B-29, the B-47, and the B-52. Women have worked there for quite a while.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 14, 2024 03:58 PM (zdLoL)
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FLOUNDER!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2024 03:58 PM (8TJgL)
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Back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the planet, I wore a suit on every business-related flight. No biggie, because I needed to be in a suit for the meeting at my destination. Seems so long ago and far away.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (V8he0)
Cotton, wool and leather don't stick you you like napalm when they catch fire or start to singe in heat.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 14, 2024 03:34 PM (V8he0)
Cotton, wool and leather don't stick you you like napalm when they catch fire or start to singe in heat.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 03:58 PM (D7oie)
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Don't forget
SpaceX Launch
Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-37 -
SLC-40 - CCSFS
Launch time: January 14: 7:27 p.m. EST,
(00:27 UTC, and 01:27 CET, January 15)
http://tinyurl.com/4z9aux4k
anyone stayed up till early a.m. to watch the launch? It went well.
SpaceX Launch
Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-37 -
SLC-40 - CCSFS
Launch time: January 14: 7:27 p.m. EST,
(00:27 UTC, and 01:27 CET, January 15)
http://tinyurl.com/4z9aux4k
anyone stayed up till early a.m. to watch the launch? It went well.
Posted by: Ciampino - What? You forgot? at January 14, 2024 03:59 PM (qfLjt)
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>>>Remember when we thought Boeing was a star corporation, one of the best in America?
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They were and would still be had they not merged with McDonnell Douglas. Glenn Beck did a whole thing on how the McDD people are the ones who brought DEI to Boeing and the rest is history.
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They were and would still be had they not merged with McDonnell Douglas. Glenn Beck did a whole thing on how the McDD people are the ones who brought DEI to Boeing and the rest is history.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2024 03:59 PM (KS/3z)
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Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE
FOODIE NOODIE
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2024 04:00 PM (fwDg9)
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There was also a similar gap between the analog meter and the multimeter generations as well as the test light vs. analog meter generations.
I'm started at the begining of digital meters but learned the old ways from crotchety old WW2 vets that were a good supply of a cold beer when you needed one. Better stick welders than most these days too.
My current company fired it's whole brain trust at one point few years ago and is paying the price now.
"What's this for?" when they should have asked 10 years ago.
"All I know is we used to go through barrels of it. Now we don't because nobody know how or why."
I'm started at the begining of digital meters but learned the old ways from crotchety old WW2 vets that were a good supply of a cold beer when you needed one. Better stick welders than most these days too.
My current company fired it's whole brain trust at one point few years ago and is paying the price now.
"What's this for?" when they should have asked 10 years ago.
"All I know is we used to go through barrels of it. Now we don't because nobody know how or why."
Posted by: Reforger at January 14, 2024 04:01 PM (IwxZz)
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I and my family drove to and back from my Dad's funeral in Missouri. The frigging trucks were driving on windy mountain roads with posted 55 MPH signs at 70 MPH+. Just whipping around us. Almost got hit a few times by some of those crazy bastards.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 03:57 PM (ynpvh)
Of course, on the interstate, unless you're in a city, the speed limit is either 70, 75, or in blessed areas, 80.
I don't go below the speed limit. However, trucks doing 70 in a 75, will try to pass other trucks doing 68. And they play leapfrog with each other, all up and down the highway.
As I've said before, it's a good thing for them I don't have a 50 cal mounted on my hood.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 03:57 PM (ynpvh)
Of course, on the interstate, unless you're in a city, the speed limit is either 70, 75, or in blessed areas, 80.
I don't go below the speed limit. However, trucks doing 70 in a 75, will try to pass other trucks doing 68. And they play leapfrog with each other, all up and down the highway.
As I've said before, it's a good thing for them I don't have a 50 cal mounted on my hood.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 04:01 PM (MbpEj)
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203 Oh a hail storm. Sure, why not?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ZLI7S)
Sure it ain't graupel?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2024 03:18 PM (ZLI7S)
Sure it ain't graupel?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 14, 2024 04:02 PM (ynpvh)
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BTW, it's warmer inside the fucking fridge with the beer than it is in the damn garage.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 03:53 PM (Q4IgG)
Try putting a cast iron pan, or dutch oven on top of it, if one will fit and it won't bend anything. It will absorb the heat and re-radiate it.
even a pan of water would help re-radiate the heat.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2024 03:53 PM (Q4IgG)
Try putting a cast iron pan, or dutch oven on top of it, if one will fit and it won't bend anything. It will absorb the heat and re-radiate it.
even a pan of water would help re-radiate the heat.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2024 04:06 PM (D7oie)
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Airplane doors/plugs are supposed to open INWARDS, aren't they? More or less self sealing, plus unlikely to blow off.
I quit flying if at all possible years ago. Coincides with the TSA thing, and the smell of ass and grass.
I quit flying if at all possible years ago. Coincides with the TSA thing, and the smell of ass and grass.
Posted by: boynsea at January 14, 2024 04:08 PM (z/uSE)
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P.S. Glad all that kid lost was his shirt.
Posted by: boynsea at January 14, 2024 04:09 PM (z/uSE)
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That's why I keep the stove lids from a wood cookstove. Used to put one on the propane stove in the trailer for heat.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 14, 2024 04:13 PM (L8hCM)
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282 Cleaning more often than not causes problems in all things. I recommend avoiding it if possible.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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I regard dust as a protective covering.
Posted by: Mike Hamme, etc., etc. at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (XeU6L)
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Rust has entered the chat.
South African Motor Folklore: even if your jalopy is just rust held together by rust, as long as the hubcaps are polished to a mirror finish then everything is fine.
(hubcaps old, solid style)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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I regard dust as a protective covering.
Posted by: Mike Hamme, etc., etc. at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (XeU6L)
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Rust has entered the chat.
South African Motor Folklore: even if your jalopy is just rust held together by rust, as long as the hubcaps are polished to a mirror finish then everything is fine.
(hubcaps old, solid style)
Posted by: Ciampino - What? wax on wax off? at January 14, 2024 04:13 PM (qfLjt)
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"Flying to texas to see the eclipse.."
Uhmmm...no matter which Texas airport you fly to you'll still have to rent a car and drive, likely for as many hours as your flight. The same eclipse passes right over Indianapolis, and somewhere near Sandusky Ohio(halfway between Toledo/Cleveland, as well as directly over Buffalo.
The question becomes "Where are the clouds going to be for that 5 minutes."
Uhmmm...no matter which Texas airport you fly to you'll still have to rent a car and drive, likely for as many hours as your flight. The same eclipse passes right over Indianapolis, and somewhere near Sandusky Ohio(halfway between Toledo/Cleveland, as well as directly over Buffalo.
The question becomes "Where are the clouds going to be for that 5 minutes."
Posted by: birdog at January 14, 2024 04:15 PM (sYlnp)
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Out here, they went around and trimmed trees. Unlike the old place, they came in the yard and trimmed trees over the lines. It amazes me that this little town seems to be better planned than the city I was in.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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You're not in Oz anymore.
Out here, they went around and trimmed trees. Unlike the old place, they came in the yard and trimmed trees over the lines. It amazes me that this little town seems to be better planned than the city I was in.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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You're not in Oz anymore.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 14, 2024 04:20 PM (FQLP3)
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My young grandsons were taken up to the cockpit of an A320 after landing, when the captain noticed them as they were deplaning. The fact that they were with their mom (my daughter, and a real looker if I don't say so myself) probably didn't hurt!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 14, 2024 04:21 PM (8Ta2Y)
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298
I don't go below the speed limit. However, trucks doing 70 in a 75, will try to pass other trucks doing 68. And they play leapfrog with each other, all up and down the highway.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 04:01 PM (MbpEj)
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See my truck can get up to 70.00 (not 70.01) mph so I can pass those slow coaches doing 68. However this one trucker obviously freewheels very well because on downgrades he's faster than me. Then I have to wait for the next hill to pass him again.
HS Algebra problem: Using those two truck speeds above,
1. how many miles will it take for the 70mph truck to pass the 69mph truck?
2. how much time will elapse?
(assume trucks have zero length, 'point-trucks' for this exercise)
I don't go below the speed limit. However, trucks doing 70 in a 75, will try to pass other trucks doing 68. And they play leapfrog with each other, all up and down the highway.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2024 04:01 PM (MbpEj)
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See my truck can get up to 70.00 (not 70.01) mph so I can pass those slow coaches doing 68. However this one trucker obviously freewheels very well because on downgrades he's faster than me. Then I have to wait for the next hill to pass him again.
HS Algebra problem: Using those two truck speeds above,
1. how many miles will it take for the 70mph truck to pass the 69mph truck?
2. how much time will elapse?
(assume trucks have zero length, 'point-trucks' for this exercise)
Posted by: Ciampino - keep on trucking at January 14, 2024 04:24 PM (qfLjt)
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278 Remember when we thought Boeing was a star corporation, one of the best in America?
HAHA!
Every one of those corporate icons from 50 years ago has turned out to be absolute shit.
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It is easier to chase government handouts than to actually earn something these days.
HAHA!
Every one of those corporate icons from 50 years ago has turned out to be absolute shit.
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It is easier to chase government handouts than to actually earn something these days.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2024 04:26 PM (aLrRO)
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285
So, same as before.
Hopefully this time Trump will have SEAL Team 6 carry out some hits.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (cOq4q)
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He needs to form groups of loyal patriots that will make sure that any body dragging feet or downright sabotaging rightful orders, etc. will be arrested, tried and convicted. Anyone willing to call the enemy and forewarn them? Shoot them.
I would like a witchhunt - they are doing it to us -- see J6
So, same as before.
Hopefully this time Trump will have SEAL Team 6 carry out some hits.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2024 03:54 PM (cOq4q)
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He needs to form groups of loyal patriots that will make sure that any body dragging feet or downright sabotaging rightful orders, etc. will be arrested, tried and convicted. Anyone willing to call the enemy and forewarn them? Shoot them.
I would like a witchhunt - they are doing it to us -- see J6
Posted by: Ciampino - loyalty to the US Constitution above all else at January 14, 2024 04:32 PM (qfLjt)
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I am baffled by the seating on that plane, unless you are one of the weird "Isle seat" folks...why would anyone NOT sit on the window/wall side? Where you have something to lean against, fluff a pillow against,stretch out your legs across the empty middle.
I always sit at the very back, usually get an empty row to myself, board at the very last moment...leave my hanging bag in the Pilots locker just inside the door, then stroll through the packed plane, with only a small soft case...wearing a cowboy hat, getting "Knowing nods" from numerous passengers, that all assume I am the "Air Marshal". Even had some later in flight try to send a drink via the Stewardess, had to send her back with a "Thanks but no" response.(simply because I don't drink alcohol) I did take advantage of that misconception once on a Late flight from Las Vegas to Chicago, walked up to a loud group mid plane/mid fight and told them to. "Pipe down, party is over, you ain't IN Vegas anymore.. no disturbing other passengers in ANY way, not if you ever want to fly again". Stewardess brought me a hot towel, fresh made coffee, in "Thanks". Sit and wait, get off last..none of that silly standing in the isle.
I always sit at the very back, usually get an empty row to myself, board at the very last moment...leave my hanging bag in the Pilots locker just inside the door, then stroll through the packed plane, with only a small soft case...wearing a cowboy hat, getting "Knowing nods" from numerous passengers, that all assume I am the "Air Marshal". Even had some later in flight try to send a drink via the Stewardess, had to send her back with a "Thanks but no" response.(simply because I don't drink alcohol) I did take advantage of that misconception once on a Late flight from Las Vegas to Chicago, walked up to a loud group mid plane/mid fight and told them to. "Pipe down, party is over, you ain't IN Vegas anymore.. no disturbing other passengers in ANY way, not if you ever want to fly again". Stewardess brought me a hot towel, fresh made coffee, in "Thanks". Sit and wait, get off last..none of that silly standing in the isle.
Posted by: birdog at January 14, 2024 04:41 PM (sYlnp)
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Once back in the day, I was traveling in uniform at standby rate, when the Stewardess sez "There's a gentleman in 1st class that would like to swap seats with you." So I did, and thanked him greatly.
He sez "I don't drink so the free booze is wasted on me, but I just hope you'll enjoy it in moderation." I did.
He sez "I don't drink so the free booze is wasted on me, but I just hope you'll enjoy it in moderation." I did.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 14, 2024 05:07 PM (8Ta2Y)
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kid just had 2 direct flights, on 737s, cancelled and changed to 2 legs ea. with 4 hour layovers. fuck those boing dickheads for not tightening bolts, and fuck united for the shitty alternate flights. travel is like punishment now...
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