Posts for: pendennis
Apr 3, 2024 18:35:40 #
Kraken wrote:
Here we go AGAIN, another 45 pages of gun sickos showing off their expertise in firearms.
As opposed to the sickos who can't tell the muzzle-end from the stock??
I hate to disappoint you, but it doesn't take an AR-15 to put anyone's mortal backside in danger. The following firearm shown is totally able to put your backside in mortal danger at ranges out to 1000 yards.
The Tryon Creedmore was a .45 caliber target rifle designed and produced in the mid-1800's. It's a percussion cap, muzzleloading rifle, with a 1:21" twist, and a barrel length of 32 5/16". In 2006, I used a similar rifle to hit a steel silhouette of a bison at 1000 yards.
The rifle Matthew Quigley used, a Sharp's 1874, chambered in .45/110, is used to this day in rifle matches all around the country.
PS - It's highly unlikely that an AR-15, chambered in 5.56mm NATO, could touch the target at that range.
Apr 3, 2024 11:53:55 #
Canisdirus wrote:
Every now and then I get a package delivered by them.
It's always a hoot to get their emails...
Typical pattern...
1.) On it's way by xx/xx
2.) Oops, delayed till xx/xx
3.) Will be delivered tomorrow
4.) Delivered (it wasn't)
5.) On it's way...Track your package!
6.) Delivered. (finally)
7.) Notice...will be delivered tomorrow.
A fine institution.
It's always a hoot to get their emails...
Typical pattern...
1.) On it's way by xx/xx
2.) Oops, delayed till xx/xx
3.) Will be delivered tomorrow
4.) Delivered (it wasn't)
5.) On it's way...Track your package!
6.) Delivered. (finally)
7.) Notice...will be delivered tomorrow.
A fine institution.
Apr 2, 2024 22:59:41 #
cwp3420 wrote:
I saw in the paper today that Pizza Hut fired 1,000 of their drivers, because the cost of the minimum wage was unsustainable for them without shedding some of their work force. I wonder how the 1,000 terminated employees feel now about the minimum wage?
Reminds me of a quote made by the late Lee Iaccoca. When Chrysler was on the verge of going out of business in the early 80's, one of the things management was demanding was a cut in hourly pay. Iaccoca famously stated that he had lots of jobs at a certain cut wage rate, but no jobs at the existing wage rate.
Apr 2, 2024 11:14:01 #
Triple G wrote:
Corporations react and over-react. . There are do... (show quote)
You're still playing Ring Around The Rosy. And whatever companies charge, is not "gouging". Since we have a relatively free market, you are free to buy eggs where they're the cheapest. Those charging higher prices will have to lower them, if they don't sell them at their asking price.
What make you think that the economists in the private sector are less able to forecast inflationary trends and cycles than those in government? They all operate and forecast off the same sets of data.
And the fact that companies are "making up" for losses incurred in 2020-2021, only proves my point, that businesses are reacting to inflation, not causing it. The same goes for wages, even those companies which pay cost of living adjustments. They're all REACTING to inflation, not causing it.
The private sector does not print money, nor does it issue notes and bonds reflecting overspending by the government. That's the purview of the Federal government.
Apr 2, 2024 09:21:01 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
I would have driven the 24 or so miles !!
Practically, that was not an option for personal reasons.
Apr 2, 2024 09:19:31 #
Triple G wrote:
His theory has been revised by many economists tod... (show quote)
I wasn't referring to Dr. Friedman's economic philosophy as a monetarist. He and I don't agree on that point. Dr. Friedman stated in any number of lectures, that inflation was caused by excess government spending, and the accompanying inflation, covered by issuance of government bonds or bills to cover the excess, and turning on the printing presses. That has always been true, and your citations don't change that fact.
Corporations DO NOT set economic policy. They react to it.
You started your screed by accusing corporations of being greedy, and that greed causes inflation. You're in complete error on that point, and that's what I've argued consistently.
Apr 1, 2024 18:55:33 #
RixPix wrote:
...Corporate greed is fueling inflation.
Read any of the late Dr. Milton Friedman's discussions on inflation.
Inflation is caused EXCLUSIVELY by the Federal Government. The private sector only REACTS to inflation.
Simply, too many dollars (excess money supply) chasing too few goods. All caused by Federal government overspending.
Apr 1, 2024 18:31:06 #
On Thursday evening, I found a very nice copy of a Citizen Navihawk Blue Angels watch. It was a matter of using "Buy It Now" to complete. The seller got the watch to the PO in Warren, MI on Friday AM. I live about twelve miles from there, so I figured I'd have my watch by Saturday.
Wrong guess, Bucko!!!
I entered the tracking number on Saturday, and my watch had been shipped to Cincinnati, OH, and was sitting at their main PO, not being return-shipped, until Sunday night. It did get to the Detroit PO by early Monday AM, and the Dearborn PO delivered my watch today, at @ 5PM.
Talk about the long way around Robin Hood's barn!!!
Wrong guess, Bucko!!!
I entered the tracking number on Saturday, and my watch had been shipped to Cincinnati, OH, and was sitting at their main PO, not being return-shipped, until Sunday night. It did get to the Detroit PO by early Monday AM, and the Dearborn PO delivered my watch today, at @ 5PM.
Talk about the long way around Robin Hood's barn!!!
Mar 28, 2024 10:30:14 #
Rich2236 wrote:
Forget the bridge abutments, why didn't the captain let go the anchor when he first realized the power was out all over the ship. THAT, would have stopped the ship in its tracks!!!
No it wouldn't. Dropping the bow anchors brings a whole new set of problems with a ship of that mass and length. An emergency anchor was dropped, but that's akin to dropping a fishing line and hook and hoping it catches on some weeds.
Dropping the anchor will require power to the winches and windlass gear. Time is also a factor.
Mar 28, 2024 10:00:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right. If someone had told the designed that a container ship would crash into the bridge in the future, he could have taken steps to change the design. I suspect financial constraints influenced the design. The people who demanded those constraints are now out of the picture, and someone else has to come up with $ millions to rebuild the bridge.
Projects deal with the legs (parameters) - Cost - Time - Scope - of a triangle. Any change in one of the legs changes the other two. Project managers deal with these parameters all the time.
Too many folks commenting on shoulda, woulda, coulda.
Stuff happens, tragically yes, but stuff happens.
Mar 28, 2024 09:04:59 #
bobups wrote:
Mechanics were working on this ship while in port
Not unusual. All ships have ongoing maintenance while in port. Ships require 24/7 maintenance, and most have a rather complicated schedule of preventive maintenance. That doesn't include maintenance issues that arise from sudden failures.
Mar 27, 2024 20:48:25 #
dustie wrote:
A b big enough /b barrier of some kind can do so... (show quote)
Most construction has to be built "good enough". An engineer and/or designer would go nuts trying to thing of all the permutations and conditions which could make any structure invulnerable.
The Dali had two pilots on board, but even they couldn't predict that she would lose power, go to auxiliary, and from the looks of the film, lose auxiliary power also. And who could've predicted that she would lose power at that point in the river?
One of the talking heads made a big deal of the emergency anchor, and why it didn't stop the ship. Most folks don't have any idea of the energy generated by a ship that size, and of whatever speed she was running. Dropping the emergency anchor would be akin to dropping a fishing line overboard and hoping the hook would catch onto a clump of weeds.
I spent a number of years in the Navy Reserve, and on my first cruise on a WWII Sumner Class DD. While at sea, the captain would order drills such as losing power, then losing aux. power. Didn't understand at first, but it was an excellent drill.
Mar 27, 2024 07:49:48 #
Effate wrote:
Don’t know about your jurisdiction but in Californ... (show quote)
In the states I know of, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, most run-of-the mill traffic violations are civil infractions (torts); i.e. 10 over, failure to yield, etc. There are laws on books in all three states which can elevate traffic violations to felonies if necessary. Fleeing a traffic stop, and the like, are all crimes and are treated as such. You're required to acknowledge the violation and appear in court, or pay the fine in advance of your court date. Failure to appear for a civil infraction of any kind, results in a bench warrant and further charges.
Mar 26, 2024 22:15:12 #
Frank T wrote:
What part of It Was Not A Fine, don't you understand?
Fines are levied in civil cases all the time. Any payment to the government by court action, criminal or civil, is a fine. Simplest example is a fine for speeding, in traffic court.
Mar 26, 2024 22:13:20 #
Effate wrote:
...A fine is a punitive remedy in a criminal proceeding.
Not necessarily. Fines are also assessed in civil liability cases all the time. Traffic fines are civil in nature.