Norcal Drox. Straight as an arrow, possibly 💓 on someone. Luxury travel, cars, pinball and whiskey. 1/5 of SnowFox Cabin Crew. Media Relations for cons. Old enough to use the Oxford comma, young enough to not when warranted. He/Him
Getting a little anxious now. Setup by myself might be a bit tough and I don't know if this is white glove delivery or just some dudes bringing it into my house in the box. Baby's first brand new machine.
Oh no! Bummer! I bought just the steamer since I have the robot vacuums that run daily.
Actually, I amend the statement. Bring back the Sharp Zaurus.
Not me sending "Hi. Thoughts?" to one of the folks on my team during a meeting last week to get a barometer of their feelings on something that was happening.
Proud of you. You're kicking ass as a dad, a partner, a member of your community and above all as a person. Proud of you and to know you!
I had one yesterday. Not quite a pound, alas, where I was. But still damned good. Swiss, good. Sourkraut, good. Corned beef, good. Thousand Island, good. Together? Amazing.
In short, the current status of US aviation can be summed up succinctly with this 5 second vine. With that, I'm muting the thread to quiet my feed! Good evening all!
youtu.be/tBtnh9mmNvI?...
Video of a disturbing aggressive little girl assaulting her doll
youtu.beThey've always got 5 troughs going. If it's not commercial aviation it's military aircraft. If it's not planes, it's satellite systems and rocket components. They've always got a candle burning. There like Motel 6 for government contracts.
That is to say nothing of the state of air traffic controllers, airport crew, etc. This country is in need of a revolution in how we run aviation if we want it to be sustainable for the next 100 years. Not just manufacturers, but airlines, the FAA, etc. We've been complacent for a long time.
That said, design ≠ safety and marketing ≠ safety. 1000% with everyone. When a plane is designed by committee, built to numbers, slickly marketed, maintained to maximize uptime, and flown by crews that are tired and lack knowledge of changes, that's not a recipe for success, it's one for disaster.
That's the 787 FOR. SURE. That was a design by committee, corner cutting "marvel" of a plane that hasn't been that marvelous. Say nothing of the 737Max which took that to a ludicrous level. The 777 is the last one I'll say the engineers had a real voice in. The Boeing of today didn't build that one.
Nah, Cobalt's a good and providing context from a larger viewpoint. No problems there. We can all agree that Boeing can have a hit commercially that isn't necessarily a hit from a safety standpoint, right? Arguably, the 777 was the last plane designed by a Boeing run by engineers.
Fair enough! I know they run the GE's as well depending on order and line type. The Trents are kinda known for issues so I drew the reasonable inference.
I kinda want to do a campaign with a bunch of dad's (and Mom's!!) on one last run to fund their kids' adventuring school tuition.
To Boeing's credit (begrudgingly), that's a 777 so we get to blame Great Britain for this. They usually run Rolls Royce Trent engines. Cue "God Save the King".
Hello yes I'm booking a plane ticket. I don't know what you're making yet but if they're both out it's worth the cost of a walkup flight.
Just full of boing mlem there! Someone was happy to see you!
I had a cigar and bourbon and unpictured sushi. Zero complaints.
Counting. The. Days.
At some point I'd really like friends to come along on these trips too! Cons are fun and all but nothing holds a candle to a smaller group spending an extended time together!
"I bought my grandson a Zelda when he was young but he never played it. It's still in the sleeve or whatever you call it. He never even opened the plastic. Someone once said it must be worth something now, but it's been 40 years."
I mean, a can is 12 oz. A Super Big Gulp is 64 oz. 4 oz for ice, so...5.
"You need 48 hours to make 1500 phone calls?"
No, it takes them 12 hours to make 1500 phone calls. It takes 48 hours to get 1500 responses.
"Only 1 in 4 don't hang up!?"
If you're lucky.