Fogbow

As a 'patriotic' American, I say

We suck.

neonzx wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:51 am

Good morning.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

General Motors and the UAW are going to start “talks” in September/October. Why wait, start them now!

He clearly doesn't understand how UAW labor contracts are negotiated. Yet another thing he has no clue about.

It'll be interesting to see if/how Barra/GM tries to defuse the union slam..
Especially if Barra never said it.

At least 50% probability that his conversation with Mary Barra happened entirely inside his head.

Neighbors coming over for supper. Menu is Smoked Corned Beef, Colcannon, and Green Peas :blink: Corned beef (smoked over hickory and cherry) is off the smoker, resting in a cooler wrapped in foil and towels. Dinner is about an hour away, that should be about the perfect rest. Happy almost St. Paddy'...

Bill Weld: the energy of Ben Carson with the awareness of Wilbur Ross.

Contractors are no better. Contractor: Here's your new 20' iron hand rail for the staircase, just like you ordered. It took us 2 weeks to make it. Me: You realize there is a difference between 4" diameter and 4" circumference, right? Contractor: Your 6' x 10' foot granite island is installed and th...

Interesting to watch. Meadows figures he can derail this with 'we don't know what law we're talking about here' Cummings says "I think she has all that info" Meadows: "waa waa waa" AOC: this is what it is, and we have researched what notifications have been sent to Congress. Ross: "homina homina hom...

Indeed!
Also the pilots weren't from MIT!

Though the woman in the center of the image probably needs to put on a jacket

Briskets acquired.

Also picked up some extra-firm tofu to smoke, looking forward to that. One of my favorite quick+light suppers is a grilled chicken caesar salad, I wanna try smoked tofu instead of the chicken...

Smoker fires up at 6am Saturday.

Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47562727

I think the reality is that Trump announced the FAA's grounding of the MAX, though he might have failed to mention anyone other than himself being involved.

https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/ ... _Order.pdf

The wording has been changed from 'in response to column input" to "in response to nose-down elevator deflection"

Whip wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:54 pm

not sure why this is news. been going on forever under the guise of 'donations'

This is actually a bit different than the "donation" route.. this involves actual bribes, as well as SAT/ACT test fraud..

In the other (unrelated) crash-related news, many countries have now grounded the 737MAX.. not the US so far, however.

Still not clear the Ethiopia crash is related to the LionAir crash.. waiting on FDR data to get some clarity on that..

I happened to catch part of the announcement. This was a pretty brazen deal..

So I got an electric smoker. Might have mentioned that earlier. This past weekend I did smoked brisket, somewhat of a cheater because I started with corned beef. Rinsed the corned beef and then soaked it in water for 12 hours (with about 2 cups of orange juice) to get rid of the excess salt. Took it...

Mikedunford wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 6:20 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 6:07 pm

What time is the drop dead time? After we've all gone to bed?

Anything before midnight is probably acceptable. Anything before the start of business tomorrow probably wouldn't attract too much attention, but only true morons would file late at this point.

I sure hope there will be cameras when she gets to the pearly gates..

The FDR and CVR have been recovered.

Hopefully in a day or two the investigators will get a preliminary read and have some clue as to whether these aircraft need to be grounded until things get sorted out.

My problem with mucking with DST today is that millions (maybe billions) of computer based systems will end up screwed up, and they will never get updated.

I'm not talking about your laptop. I'm talking things like factory automation devices, embedded controllers, etc..

getting rid of DST will be a fustercluck that will make Y2K look like a turd in the kid's sandbox.

DST is stupid, but leave it the f'k alone.

IMHO, of course.

Yay! The clock in the "old jeep" will be correct again!

(The clock settings are part of the built-in GPS. The built-in GPS uses a DVD drive. Which has been broken for years.)