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1 hour ago, A modeler named mike said:

The possibility of more Icy weather today.

Yup, we have 5-8" coming tonight. Which means more lazy people on the road tomorrow who can't be bothered clearing the snow off their cars so they blind everyone behind them as they go down the highway.

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39 minutes ago, LennyB said:

Yup, we have 5-8" coming tonight. Which means more lazy people on the road tomorrow who can't be bothered clearing the snow off their cars so they blind everyone behind them as they go down the highway.

They closed a hundred mile stretch of interstate here yesterday.  Ive driven all the way across Montana and the state of Wyoming many a times with just one lane open. Now they don't even do that..

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Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, ranma said:

...Musk Takes credit for others work...

That makes as much sense as saying Henry Ford took all the credit for what his company did.

The fact is that in BOTH cases, neither Ford nor any of Musk's companies would exist without them.

Founding CEOs, though they rarely do that much of the actual grunt work, are the ones with the vision and whatever it takes to get investors and competent help to achieve the vision.

Much as the Musk haters love to put him down, he's accomplished more than probably any individual human who's ever lived.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not a Musk fanboy. There's plenty he does I'm not on board with.

But I also acknowledge real leadership when I see it, and again, though his employees do the real engineering etc., not a da.. one of them could have achieved what Musk has...or somebody would have by now.

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42 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

That makes as much sense as saying Henry Ford took all the credit for what his company did.

The fact is that in BOTH cases, neither Ford nor any of Musk's companies would exist without them.

Founding CEOs, though they rarely do that much of the actual grunt work, are the ones with the vision and whatever it takes to get investors and competent help to achieve the vision.

Much as the Musk haters love to put him down, he's accomplished more than probably any individual human who's ever lived.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not a Musk fanboy. There's plenty he does I'm not on board with.

But I also acknowledge real leadership when I see it, and again, though his employees do the real engineering etc., not a da.. one of them could have achieved what Musk has...or somebody would have by now.

You could almost consider him the Thomas Edison of today. Edison gets a lot of credit for many inventions but he had a whole team behind him to do the grunt work. Do you really think he had the time himself to test over a thousand fibers to see which one would work the best for a light bulb.

But I said almost. While Edison came up with many of the ideas himself I don't think Musk has the same capability. It's more like Musk sees a good idea and throws the capital behind it.

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1 hour ago, rattle can man said:

Carl, you have my sympathies. I felt that when the Eagles lost the last time.  We shall meet again! perhaps next year? I thought it would be closer.

Well the Eagles couch was on the Chiefs coaching staff. The Chiefs was on top and sooner or later you have to start over. Been a chiefs fan since 1989…

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4 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Only irked at myself so far today, taking too much for granted, not trying hard enough, and spending too much energy on negativity.

 

There is a great bit of advice right there - That should be on billboards!  No pun intended 😄

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Yet again another sunny Tuesday off but I'm stuck sick inside witha cold or whatever. Since Sunday, but started feelin' a little off on last Tuesday. Happens once every year between October-March era. Skipped school yesterday but it was only collectivley 2 hours of two lectures like every Monday and I caught up on any notes online yesterday and a couple online quizes. Still hate being sick though.

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My wife pulled in behind my truck last night. (not her usual parking spot)  Negative twenty eight this morning and her car said"Heck No" when I went to start it.  Cant let her use my truck as its blocked in.   She can stay home and enjoy my entertainment for the day.

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Possibly the USPS or possibly our Homeowners Association. Send a check every 3 months for dues and got a late payment statement with lots of added fees because the association hasn't got the check I sent 5 weeks ago. This happened before and after calling them they cashed the check the next day. Hmmmmm

But.... the last couple of years we've had checks lost in the mail in our city and the next one over. They eventually got delivered but over a month later. Very irked!

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On 2/11/2025 at 7:37 AM, Falcon Ranchero said:

Yet again another sunny Tuesday off but I'm stuck sick inside witha cold or whatever. Since Sunday, but started feelin' a little off on last Tuesday. Happens once every year between October-March era. Skipped school yesterday but it was only collectivley 2 hours of two lectures like every Monday and I caught up on any notes online yesterday and a couple online quizes. Still hate being sick though.

Being sick sucks always hate that feeling"…

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Not so much an Irk, but more of a saddening. Our sweet little Chihuahua Zoey, who was 14 years old passed away naturally yesterday. What make it sadder, was my 17 year old granddaughter found her in the kitchen when she came home from school. 

ZOEY.jpg

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4 minutes ago, A modeler named mike said:

Not so much an Irk, but more of a saddening. Our sweet little Chihuahua Zoey, who was 14 years old passed away naturally yesterday. What make it sadder, was my 17 year old granddaughter found her in the kitchen when she came home from school. 

Sorry for your loss Mike.😕

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2 hours ago, slusher said:

Being sick sucks always hate that feeling"…

Yeah it’s definitely not the greatest thing in the world, but I am starting to feel better, went to school today so that’s good. What’s really nice about college is for the most part we’re not at school the entire day like high school, so that helps.

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2 hours ago, A modeler named mike said:

Not so much an Irk, but more of a saddening. Our sweet little Chihuahua Zoey, who was 14 years old passed away naturally yesterday. What make it sadder, was my 17 year old granddaughter found her in the kitchen when she came home from school. 

ZOEY.jpg

Sorry to hear about this ,Mike. 

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Sorry to hear that Mike, never easy to lose a pet.   My strange little Chi mix rescue Beardsley is still going at 11 or 12 (not sure of his exact age)... he's now the grumpy old man barking at the young Yorkies. 

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Sorry to hear that Mike, it’s always tough to lose a pet. I have buried more than I care to remember. However, at least she went on her own terms and you didn’t have to take her in and go thru putting her down. 

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Having to 'come down' off of the Percocet I've had to take since I hurt my wrist...... I have a very low tolerance for strong pain meds, as I just don't take them. I'm trying to tough it out and not have any more..... If you can't feel pain, you can't tell if you're causing more damage....

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1 hour ago, JollySipper said:

Having to 'come down' off of the Percocet I've had to take since I hurt my wrist...... I have a very low tolerance for strong pain meds, as I just don't take them. I'm trying to tough it out and not have any more..... If you can't feel pain, you can't tell if you're causing more damage....

TJ, hopefully you get through it, and heal up well.

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