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joe1234

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  1. joe1234

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    The way he jumped out of that fireball was like something out of an action movie. Glad he's ok.
  2. joe1234

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    Lewis just became the 7 time champ! Happy for him to cement his status as GOAT. He's a great driver and even more amazing human being and role model for my kid to look up to! 2020 has been an incredible year for sports, despite all the challenges.
  3. Damn, some of y'all are taking this L really badly. Grieving is a process, I suppose. What's more interesting to me is how close elections have become these days. In the past 8 elections, the GOP has only won the popular vote once, but were able to compete because of the built-in electoral college advantage to take 3 of 8. The GOP used to win decisively back in the day, but we just haven't seen that in almost 30 years. It's been either a Democrat beatdown, or a closely contested election that goes either way, which usually went Republican. But now the GOP are losing those close contests too. Even though Biden's margins in multiple states were tight, he opened up multiple battlegrounds and won almost all of them. Like, 10 states were battleground states this year, when there used to be only maybe 2 or 3 in an election. It used to be that whoever won Florida and Ohio won the election. Now you don't even need either of those states to win by a good 70+ EV. Personally, I think we're already seeing the long-heralded demographic shift starting to produce real effects. By 2024, millennials will have overtaken boomers as the largest generation in the electorate. Sure, Republicans will compete for many years, utilizing advantages with SCOTUS and built-in advantages with how the number of Senators and Representatives work, but from where I'm sitting, it looks more like a fighting retreat than anything else.
  4. christ dude, maybe try stepping away from the computer and taking a break for a bit
  5. I stand for popping bottles, cashing checks, generally having a good time, and sexy adventures around the world. But hey you go have fun with all that freedom and all those, uh....goats.
  6. Except that Biden was widely known as the primary force in the White House pushing him toward changing his stance. And was the one publicly cheering the most after it happened.
  7. 2 big reasons I disagree with your last paragraph: Let's be honest, the business world is filled with control freaks, and you just can't control an employee very effectively from behind a computer screen. It's hard for me to believe all those millions of hardass "you're fired if you show up 5 minutes late" managers will just be cool with the way things are now. So much business is done through conventions and face to face networking. So much of it has to be done in secrecy, or requires someone to be "boots on the ground" at a work site. The second reason is, the market will adjust. Commercial rents will get cheaper if there's lower demand to balance. Service companies (like, say, a consultancy) trying to save on rent costs and insurance will have a clear competitive disadvantage to companies that are willing to fly people out and spend the money. Video and teleconferencing has been already been out for a long time --- there's reasons why it never really took over.
  8. joe1234

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    Uh..sure, dude. Anyway, glad to see McLaren start gaining some ground. Ferrari tho, lol.
  9. joe1234

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    Must have touched a nerve. I apologize.
  10. joe1234

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    Get over what? I don't disagree.
  11. joe1234

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    Here's why it's not a legit critique; runs of dominance have been part of this sport for a while now. I'm sure people would talk about how boring Schumacher and Ferrari were during their dominant years. I remember people talking about Seb and Redbull being boring, too. If that is a dealbreaker, then like I said, this is not the sport for you. Formula 2 uses spec cars, so does IndyCar. Try them, maybe. And it's fine to think it's boring, but we don't need to rehash that fact every single week. It's like complaining about people shooting too many 3's in the NBA. Complaint noted, let's move on. And I'm not here to naysay brick, but we do have a lot of disagreements. If that bores you, then I'm sure you'll keep with tradition by complaining and then watching it anyway.
  12. Personally I don't mind either corporatist cartel, as long as I keep getting paid and making money, too.
  13. joe1234

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    Their drama was on full display today. Ferrari is pretty much the definition of a mismanaged organization at the moment. But it'll be interesting to see what it looks like with Leclerc firmly at the top next year. I think maybe Max sent a wakeup call to Lewis last week and brought out the beast in him.
  14. joe1234

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    Idk why people come on the thread to whine about it being boring. This sport is what it is. If that doesn't float your boat, then idk maybe NASCAR is more where you belong. Anyway, nice to see Max's effort finally pay off. Merc needs to figure out their tyre issue. And Racing Point is a total joke.
  15. joe1234

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    Given what he's faced growing up and in his career, I think he probably knows better than you do. But I know one thing, he definitely knows how to win on 3 tyres! Absolutely brilliant driving to limp that car in for the win. A few more wins and this season will basically just be a coronation.
  16. joe1234

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    That's because instead of pretending nothing was wrong and doubling down on a past wrong by claiming it as part of their "heritage", the company eventually paid millions in reparations. And were eventually forgiven for their past sins. And now their culture has evolved so much that in 2020 they readily embrace Lewis' activism. Activism that will be shoved in everyone's face every single time he steps on the podium. I love it.
  17. joe1234

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    Lewis with another W. In my opinion he's already the GOAT. Hopefully first of many W's on his way to #7. Love the paint job, but I love the salty complaints about it even more. If I could, I'd bottle up those tears and take them with a cup of tea every morning.
  18. This is a great time to illustrate the benefit of living in base AND living near your guard unit. Just bum until you get recalled, and sit at home and bid short call while junior because it's honestly no big deal. It's so easy to make this into a painless career but you know what they say... you can lead a horse to water...
  19. Wait, is that a thing? Like you get long term MPA orders just to go run some squadron's training shop?
  20. How your unit is set up or who owns what iron honestly doesn't really matter much if you're a part timer. Even if you're a guard bum. Let the fulltimers worry about the bullshit -- that's what they're paid for.
  21. They're not without their various issues, but even that is when they're trickling in a few at a time. When it's 100% of the new guys, it becomes a way bigger problem and now the FTU has to address it with what limited resources they have.
  22. It's not even about instruments -- it's about experience with a more relevant type of flying. At a certain point the efficacy of flying a single engine trainer starts to drop way off. Back when we had a single track system, the heavy FTU's had waaaaay more sorties in the actual jet, so you had time to catch them up to speed. But because of the "new normal", those sorties got cut down because the vast majority of dudes didn't need a top off from UPT in order to learn about things like how to fly as a crew, aircraft performance, and OEI climb gradients or whatever. They just needed to learn how to fly the plane and do the mission since they already had that other exposure in T-1's. The fighter TX guys were generally okay because they were already experienced and so the FTU instructors don't need to teach them so much how to handle the plane, and you can top off the heavy crew jet stuff. But if you heavily cut T-1's, at what point do they get exposed to that? At the FTU, where it's way more expensive? On the line? But then how can you even pretend a guy with no clue about those concepts is even remotely qualified? Somebody has to eventually pay that bill. Hell, send them to an ATP flight class in Arizona if you have to.
  23. Very true. A lot of guys get so institutionalized into this life of assignments, OPR bullets and promotions, that they become utterly lost when it doesn't pan out.
  24. The idea that they are not the same is objectively untrue. You know full well how a military chain of command works. But honestly, I've dragged this on long enough, and my original point keeps getting strawmanned and twisted, so I'll throw in the towel now.
  25. I never said that they were perfect. If you want to advocate beyond those documents, feel free. I certainly do it. But I always make sure, loud and clear, that they understand the fine line of what is actually required of them, and what is simply my personal opinion. But you can't go instruct techniques and enforce subjective standards, and then get pissed off when people don't follow them.
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