Cool, damp, and warming later… that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. It was sunny and hot at the BOL this morning. By noon it was sweaty hot. And damp. Last night, Houston had distant thunder, and the smell of rain, but I didn’t notice any actual rain before I went to bed. I am hoping for clear today. Stuff to do, stuff to do.
I slept a bit later than I wanted to, and had to stretch and warm up a bit before I could really move well, so I didn’t get as much done in the morning as I’d have liked. Well, if I liked it more, I would have done it, right? Got the lawnmower back together. Didn’t get the mower deck installed. I haven’t done the maintenance on it, and it might have a bad spindle that needs replacing. Definitely needs blades, which I should have somewhere…
Got everything buttoned up and headed home. I wonder if my sense of ‘home’ will flip, and when? It’s awfully nice up there. Did my pickup on the way home.
Today I need to unload and put away some stuff I brought back (and I forgot a big item, but it’s not critical.) Then I really need to knock off a few of my list items. I think dealing with the food storage and spoilage should probably be a priority this week. Getting my storage organized and some stuff listed would help too. Same ol’ same ol’.
There is a lot of repetition in prepping, a lot of iteration… It can lead to burn out, and a lack of motivation, at least judging by my own experience. Don’t let it stop you though. Keep plugging away, even if it’s just small things. I’m trying to do just that.
And stack something, even if it’s just a box of bandaids. It adds up.
nick
Way back when, I would edit for first-time authors for a very low rate, partly to to help them out, partly for the experience. It was an experience, all right. With few exceptions, they didn’t want an editor to point out factual errors, in-story inconsistencies, wrong usage of a word, or other problems. They just wanted someone to spot a couple typos and tell them what a good job they’d done.
I no longer do that. No interest in dealing with prima donnas, and also no time for hobbies.
I’m not a fan of the “interview” style of writing. It is a highly-rated book, but I didn’t like it. That’s not a comment on the content or editing.
@MrAtoA
“I’m not a fan of the “interview” style of writing. It is a highly-rated book, but I didn’t like it. That’s not a comment on the content or editing.”
Style can get in the way of content.
@SteveF
In this case it was not a first-time author. She had awards and fans and I had read a couple of her other books. The advance copy was rough, lots of “-story inconsistencies, wrong usage of a word, or other problems”, not expected from earlier efforts. Don’t know if anything got cleaned up before final publication.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2023/05/31/time-bomb-n2623867
“Triple what we paid in”? Let’s go back fifty years. Gasoline was about $0.35 per gallon. Minimum wage $2. Big Mac less than a buck, change back from your dollar, etc. . At minimum wage a week was $80. If FICA took a combined 8%, that was $6.40. About 18 gallons of gas then, today less than two. About seven Big Macs–today about 1.5.
The inflation calculator says 1973-2023, $6.40 then vs. $43.73 now–583%.
How is that “triple what we paid in”?
$6.40 at 3% for 50 years becomes $28.63–447%. DJIA in 1973 was about 6,000–today it’s 33,000.
Yeah, I know that all those contributions weren’t made 50 years ago, they were taken out over time. The percentage also almost doubled early in that time period. One of my early Lotus 1-2-3 efforts calculated the investment of monthly FICA contributions into savings, T-bills, and DJIA for a worker at minimum wage and an entry-level college grad. Back then it took a fair amount of research in the library to pull out those numbers, whereas today it’s a couple cups of coffee in front of the internet pipe.
Point is that “triple what we paid in” is not accurate.
I am finding that that my sense of “home” flip-flops. While I am at the BOL, it is “home”, and it takes me a couple of days back at base for that to become “home” again, and vice-versa. I am definitely increasingly regarding the BOL as a potential “forever home”, though. My work requires me to reside principally at the base location, but once I am done with that obligation, I intend to make the BOL (though not necessarily this particular dwelling) my domicile.
I also notice that my brain takes a while to switch internal maps – the first day after travelling, I find myself reaching into the wrong drawers for kitchen utensils…
The lack of decent copy-editing is a factor that puts me off a lot of contemporary authors. When I am constantly being distracted by tyops, poor grammar, continuity, logic and other storytelling errors, I find it very difficult to maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary for reading fiction. I suppose it is a downside of the mass availability of desktop-PC publishing.
“The lack of decent copy-editing is a factor that puts me off a lot of contemporary authors. When I am constantly being distracted by tyops, poor grammar, continuity, logic and other storytelling errors, I find it very difficult to maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary for reading fiction. I suppose it is a downside of the mass availability of desktop-PC publishing.”
In one of Alan Dean Foster’s early books “kilometers” was used when “meters” was intended. The situation was a vertical climb and the error took me right out of the story for a time as I started reading for more errors.
I saw that!
cf Stanley Kubrick.
re socialist security, my dad said for years that he expected that I would get back the number of dollars that I put in or even more. They’d be worth less but I’d get them. He hasn’t been saying that for a while. He’s not sure there’ll be anything left by the time I’m able to start claiming.
“Home” is where I am. Interestingly enough, that’s also where the center of the universe is.
RFK Jr. and the Populist Wave
https://www.thefp.com/p/rfk-jr-and-the-populist-wave
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Biden still has 35-40% approval ratings, proving that about one-third of the electorate is either nuts or deeply embedded in fantasy. Most of them could switch to RFKjr without losing a beat.
His candidacy poses several problems for the Obama Option.
J school grad.
He probably intended to express three doublings, which wouldn’t be far off. 2^3 or 8x what he put in. 4.32 percent for 50 years, dollar cost averaging, isn’t terrific, but its better than nothing.
Figure Stossel was maxing his Social Security witholding easily since the 80s as big time TV personality working for ABC. He was a fixture on “20/20” during the Hugh Downs/Babs Walters era, even if Babs spent most of the 90s serving up disapproving looks after Stossel’s segments.
Hmmm, I wonder how much Disney stock Stossel has in his 401(k). 🙂
I blew out all of my Verizon stock about 10 years ago, and I jettisoned the Death Star from the retirement fund as soon as the ink was dry on the exit paperwork. However, those were telecoms, and Iger hadn’t yet run Disney into the ground when Stossel left full time reporting for ABC.
My cat knows better.
Sunny and warm this am. I’m up and wife is working from home today. Kids are asleep. D2 was up reading in bed past midnight…
Time for some coffee.
n
Moochelle? No, she’s a Jesus Candidate. The heavens and the waters would part for her to walk into the nomination with the Dems dreaming about carrying the House and a Filibuster-proof Senate majority.
VIDEO: ATF shows up out of the blue to “check” for straw buy
Armed agents of the state and federal government enter private property to ask questions they have no authority to ask.
What could go wrong?
Phone in one hand with an open call to 911, and attorney’s card in the other hand. “I have unidentified armed men knocking on my door and I need the sheriff out here ASAP”. Meet any questions with “I decline to answer any questions. Please submit them to my attorney.”
“Ring” brand doorbell. Single point of failure. A stumble, a hard lean, “accidentally” gets ripped off the wall. “It’s ok. Give me your card and I will send your office the bill. The other three cameras caught it just fine.”
One has to wonder what would have happened if the discussion had been limited by going through the doorbell entirely.
I’m getting too old for this. Is anyone making a “tactical walker” yet? Is the “claymore array” optional?
Yeah well think about the disruption when they finally reveal the truth…. they’ve been prepping for it for the last several years. Or at least that is one of the low probability scenarios I can imagine.
n
I believe there is life elsewhere. Lots of it. Is there any civilization that is able to visit us? I don’t know. I understand we don’t know a lot. More than a lot. Interstellar travel seems as far away to us as a stone-age man making an iphone. I do agree with the theory that if we are visited eventually, it probably won’t go well…
@itguy1998:
Agree completely.
G.
Why is watching the four 28 foot radius septic tank sprinklers throw 500 to 750 gallons of chlorinated water into the backyard fascinating ?
C. S. Lewis called the lightyear distances between star systems God’s quarantine systems.
BTW, the various documentaries written about Aliens visiting Earth rarely go well for humans. The best is “Footfall” by Niven and Pournelle, edited by Robert Heinlein. The next best is “Live Free or Die” by John Ringo. There are hundreds more.
Envy?
Documentaries? Do you know something we don’t know?
Drwilliams…
Y no link?
“Why is watching the four 28 foot radius septic tank sprinklers throw 500 to 750 gallons of chlorinated water into the backyard fascinating ?”
Pretty close to it hitting the radial impeller.
I don’t run our sprinklers often, except for the zone for the front flower beds. When I do run the lawn sprinklers, I enjoy sitting on the porch and watching them spray. It’s as much for the sound as it is watching the water spray.
Documentaries? Do you know something we don’t know?
Alternate realities my friend, alternate realities.
Of course, many view the ancient astronauts books by Erich von Däniken as documentaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken
Envy?
Definitely. The drizzle I produce nowadays is pitiful.
“Urgent Dribbles” are my main problem. Maybe TMI, though
Documentaries? Do you know something we don’t know?
Pray that the Drakas do not break through into our universe. Stirling’s documentaries claim that they have broken through into fourteen universes and only been repulsed in only half of them. The Drakas have bioengineered themselves into superbeings and bioengineered their humans into small obedient slaves.
https://www.amazon.com/Drakon-S-M-Stirling/dp/0671877119?tag=ttgnet-20/
“Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband’s impeachment”
https://www.chron.com/news/article/juror-and-spouse-texas-state-sen-angela-paxton-18125457.php
“Now, Sen. Paxton is a key figure in the next phase of Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment: as a “juror” in a Senate trial that could put her husband back in office or banish him permanently.”
Oh my.
“Urgent Dribbles” are my main problem. Maybe TMI, though
Sounds like you are almost ready for the prostate roto rooter tool. It is a round tool with a razor blade they run up your urethra. A friend of mine had it about five years ago. Post surgery the new flow was awesome, then the scabs started coming loose. Wait, this may be TMI.
Of course, that’s not just authors, that’s most people in any field. Say something nice, and go on with your life, because they don’t really want feedback…
Nowadays, few authors seem to have editors. Mistakes used to be rare, but now most books have at least a few. Some have…more than a few. Every time you trip over some typo or inconsistency, you get knocked out of the story. After the nth time, I just stop reading.
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Hey, time for a crazy neighbor update. Nothing to do with us this time, but with the town. The neighbors put in their driveway, which is more of a parking area bordering a long stretch of the city street. They cut of a couple feet off of the street to extend their parking area. The street then curves away from their property, but the property line continues straight: They put in border stones along the street, effectively claiming the city land next to the street as part of their yard.
At one point, one of the city workers drew an obvious orange line along the property boundary. That got erased. Apparently, he reported it higher up, so last week they had to rip out some of paving stones and put back the asphalt they had cut off the street. Today, the other shoe fell: they have now had to rip out the border stones.
They really are narcissists trying to get away with whatever they can. Not even being particularly subtle about it. It’s nice to see the town standing up to them.
Brad, you might want to consider the three Ss: Smack upside the head with a mallet, Strand on the Matterhorn, Shut up.
Does Abbott get to appoint a successor or does it require a special election?
A conviction wouldn’t surprise me. Even many Republicans didn’t want to see him back for another term, but P. Diddly or a Dem were the alternatives.
@SteveF: Funny, that’s not quite the three-S solution I am familiar with. Carrying them up the Matterhorn sounds like a lot of work…
Anyway, karma. Pissing off the town government in a place with only 400 people? Not clever. I can hardly wait for the final building inspection. I expect it will be meticulous.
I had a gas can cap break the other day. Just snapped off. I can shove it on enough to keep out bugs and dirt, not sure about rain. It’s the “new style” with about four inches of spout that takes three hands to use.
I found this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP6Z29ZV?tag=ttgnet-20 Looks like a good deal. Four spouts, four caps for the cans that have a screw-on vent cap, four “make a vent” caps, and extra gaskets.
$12 to fix the spouts on two cans and have a couple of spare spouts. Who am I kidding? New spouts for all!!! I’ll save the obnoxious spouts as spares.
When I have enough of something else in the cart to get free shipping, I’ll buy.
FLASHLIGHTS!
Does Abbott get to appoint a successor or does it require a special election?
Don’t know. Abbott just appointed a interim person to run the office.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/31/john-scott-interim-attorney-general/
I watch Ancient Aliens every week. I know, I know, but the trips to Egypt, Central and South America are fascinating.
I watch Ancient Aliens every week. I know, I know, but the trips to Egypt, Central, and South America are fascinating.
Oh, yeah, Travis Taylor is a frequent guest. He also “stars” in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, halfway through S04 (2023).
Um, I’m not sure introducing my borderline OCD daughter to open world video gaming was a good idea. She just spent 10 minutes showing me her ‘house’ in game, with all the collections and display items she’s gotten so far. 🙂
Both of my kids like casual gaming that is all about resource acquisition, the part of most games that I consider to be just grinding. Grinding isn’t gaming as far as I’m concerned.
n
added the spouts to my cart… thanks!
n
“Debt ceiling bill advances to final House vote after McCarthy gets help from Democrats”
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/31/debt-ceiling-bill-house-vote.html
“The resolution to begin formal debate on the Fiscal Responsibility Act passed by a vote of 241-187, with 52 Democrats siding with Republicans, and 29 Republicans voting no, along with most Democrats.”
So, they are getting rid of the debt ceiling for two years. That seems … problematic for the long term.
So, we are proceeding to the total failure of the Dollar in 2029 as forecasted by The Mandibles documentary.
https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X?tag=ttgnet-20/
Don’t buy gold futures, buy gold coins, take them in hand and hide them well. People will come looking for them. Safe deposit boxes will not be safe !
BTW, don’t forget what my friend OFD said. The dumbrocrats and repuglicans are the two sides of The War Party and will act accordingly as seen above.
I watch Ancient Aliens every week. I know, I know, but the trips to Egypt, Central, and South America are fascinating.
Oh, yeah, Travis Taylor is a frequent guest. He also “stars” in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, halfway through S04 (2023).
Travis Taylor, as in Dr. Travis Taylor, rocket scientist ?
Good find! I currently have only a single gas can, with the never-to-be-sufficiently-damned eco-friendly (sneer quotes most thoroughly implied) spout. My old, battered-looking but airtight can got thrown away when I wasn’t looking. Gee, who could have done that? To be fair, I suppose it might have been stolen from the shed, but that would be a “Who would have done that?”
I don’t think that they need to be brought all the way up. Perishing ten feet above the base would be even more pathetic, and easily explained by their obvious lack of preparation. “Why did they attempt to climb wearing house slippers?”
The “eco-friendly” spouts have caused me to spill more fuel than I ever did before the “improvement”.
I am taking 20 lights with me to Europe. The little button keychain lights. Less than a dollar each. I give them to flight attendants, ticket counter people, anyone I come in contact with on a flight that can provide extra service. They generally do. I never give any to TSA as they steal them anyway when they rummage through my carryon bag. I have to explain the lights are gifts.
I just heard about something called Prostate Artery Embolization, I am going to bring it up with my primary next week.
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/imaging-center/exams/interventional-radiology/prostate-artery-embolization.html
I mentioned it to a female relative, and she was quite surprised that it wasn’t already in use, apparently it’s long been quite a common type of procedure in female problem issues.
>> Interestingly enough, that’s also where the center of the universe is.
I thought this was a given? Or just needs repeating for the newcomers?
Oh, yeah, it’s him. He proudly uses his multiple PhDs and MSs to bring credibility. LOL!
Did you ever see his short-lived series “Rocket City Rednecks”? He and his titled cronies launch homemade rickety rockets. Some time ago.
Re: eco-spouts:
Please use extra caution with those things as the temperatures rise. The pressure inside can build up, then when the little red valve finally gets released, a decent wave of pressurized gas may be released in the general direction of one’s eyes, either directly or as it shoots back out of the tractor tank. Luckily I learned that lesson when I still had on the safety glasses from the previous job. The old-school flexible spouts seem a lot safer to me.
I didn’t check the link provided, but the replacements I bought some time back also came with the little yellow vents that one can pop open to allow decent flow. Just make sure to clean out the tank after drilling for that.
We’ll have to name a classic rock cover band made up of 50+ year-old players called the “Urgent Dribblers”.
Yep, I always “burp” the can before I pick it up.
The only official exception to the “freeze” is healthcare for veterans.
I guess Corn Pop and the Congresscritters are planning to increase the number of soldiers getting maimed in Ukraine.
Oh, that’s right, we aren’t there. My bad.
$14,000 a month to herd goats. California leads again.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/30/new-labor-laws-and-the-threat-to-wildfire-prevention-in-california/
$14,000 a month to herd goats? I suppose that would be far away from anywhere. So… $14,000 a month to herd goats and wear just flip-flops? I can do that.
Shoot, I’d do that cushy .gov job for less.
Like most bills introduced by legislators, and made into law, the fools don’t really understand the consequences of their actions. State and federal. I have never thought tax loopholes were intentional. I think the tax loopholes are the result of stupid people making stupid decisions for which they are unqualified.
I guess I’m not the only one looking at alternatives to college for my girls.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12145041/MEGHAN-MCCAIN-dead-body-pay-thousands-children-woke-college.html
– my apologies for subjecting you to MM, but the other article either got subsumed by hers or it’s moved “off the front page”.
n
Bzzt. The guaranteed Federal student loans fund Obamacare.
The interest rates on new student loans, which won’t be covered by forgiveness should it happen, are crazy.
Don’t hold your breath on forgiveness, however. The Education Department already signaled the banks that payments will resume after September 1.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/federal-student-loan-repayments-restart-education-secretary-confirms
The Gay Days event is alive and well even if DeSantis is the second coming of Hitler.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/31/florida-gay-days-disney-travel/
6000 people is a *big* crowd at Typhoon Lagoon.
Quoted for truth.
Good book, btw, thanks for the recommendation.
Don’t hold your breath on forgiveness, however.
– I would be shocked if anyone here was looking for student loan forgiveness to pass.
n
Not at $10k-20k considering the average age of the regulars here.
@Denis
VIDEO: ATF shows up out of the blue to “check” for straw buy
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2022/07/20/video-atf-straw-buy-n60594
VIDEO: ATF shows up out of the blue to “check” for straw buy
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2022/07/20/video-atf-straw-buy-n60594
So what is the difference between a straw purchase and a regular purchase of gun, using it for a while, and selling it to somebody in the community ?
@Lynn
from wiki
The difference is that in a straw purchase the buyer is acting as an agent for someone else.
I’ve been following the discussion about the case in Delaware. If a buyer purchases multiple guns within a 5-day period, the FFL is required to fill out a form that goes to the ATF. Several people online expressed the opinion that this was probably what prompted the “visit”. Just goes to show that you need to know all the rules.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/form/report-multiple-sale-or-other-disposition-pistols-and-revolvers-atf-form-33104
ADDED:
Download Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers (ATF Form 3310.4) (305.16 KB)
This form documents certain sales or other dispositions of handguns for law enforcement purposes. The information is used to determine if the buyer (transferee) is involved in a unlawful activity.
Read the last sentence. “used to determine”
@SteveF will doubtless notice, as I did , the error in article usage.
Not rules. Complete and utter infringements of the rights of Americans.
Yes, you need to know how the commies at ATF work. That doesn’t make what they do legal, moral, or right in any way.
If the shoe were on the other foot, we’d call this patterns of behavior or Modus operandi. And probably conspiracy to violate civil rights.
Buying multiple firearms at once is not probable cause.
I am a white male. Strike 1.
I do not worship Satan. Strike 2.
I am not a dumbrocrat. Strike 3.
@lpdbw
Just goes to show that you need to know all their rules
and stay out of their sandbox.
cool beans
https://twitter.com/Sciencemaze/status/1663910399299788802
https://twitter.com/Sciencemaze/status/1659860836016586752
Gun store is probably the last place in America that can refuse your business “because they feel like it.” They may have to be able to articulate what they felt and why that kept them from making the sale, to someone, but ATF will back them up on it.
n
>> Oh, yeah, Travis Taylor is a frequent guest. He also “stars” in The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, halfway through S04 (2023).
Has the g-dang “secret” been revealed yet? Or is it just some big come on for ratings?
H/T SiG
https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2023/05/yes-historic-spacex-launch-was-historic.html
They are on a roll…
n
After James O’Keefe was forced out of Project Veritas I kept on their mailing list just to see what kind of shiite they would pull.
They’ve run a campaign of character assassination, and have now filed a lawsuit. I unusubscribed from their mailing list today.
It’s likely that better than 90% of the donor money will follow James. With that being perfectly predictable, and the PV board’s actions being questionably ethical, it seems inevitable that PV will collapse. It would be interesting to see if there is a case to make against the board for breach of fiduciary duty.
Somehow our military contractors expect to take a few decades to replenish arms expended in the Ukraine. More Biden 6P. After Trump gets re-elected and cleans the garbage out of the military command (hint: Have ’em all strip to start and fire anyone with a wax job. Then fire anyone with a boner.) maybe he could appoint Elon manufacturing czar?
Matt Gaetz just became the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for Governor in Florida in 2026.
The Witch voted ‘no’ too. Wow.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-debt-ceiling-deadline-talks-05-31-23/h_10bba3e13c035668c5ec53fd3a67c893
Just ignore the mess SpaceX made at Boca Chica.
I’m going to get a first hand look at some point this Summer.
Who knows where they will be able to launch without making a mess. Even the “clean” pad at LC 39B at Kennedy isn’t rated for that kind of power.
LOL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUyV7MPAphI
Target is threatening to overtake Bud Light down the porcelain water slide.
>> D2 was up reading in bed past midnight…
Obviously you’ll be putting a stop to this disturbing behavior immediately 😉
A new game cart for her Gameboy(???) should help…
The mess has nothing to do with their other successes, and diminishes them not at all.
It’s a bit surprising that they didn’t (apparently) see it coming and deal with it before hand, but maybe they did… now they get to upgrade.
n
A new game cart for her Gameboy(???) should help…
– she’s deep into Skyrim but can switch to reading when we shut off the TV. Not sure what she is playing on the Switch, it’s not a button masher.
n
>> One has to wonder what would have happened if the discussion had been limited by going through the doorbell entirely.
Well…depends in part what loads each side has in their shotguns.
Just ignore the mess SpaceX made at Boca Chica.
I’m going to get a first hand look at some point this Summer.
Who knows where they will be able to launch without making a mess. Even the “clean” pad at LC 39B at Kennedy isn’t rated for that kind of power.
SpaceX already designed a water cooled steel assembly for launching Starship and Booster. They weren’t finished building the assembly before Musk said launch it. They will have it installed for the next launch.
Watching SpaceX right now is just like walking through a sausage plant. You really don’t want to know about the corners that they are cutting while getting the products working.
I’ve been really enjoying Valheim. Aside from whacking critters, I spend stupid amounts of time creating and organizing my buildings. Elder son is even worse – he first builds himself islands on which to put his buildings.
Valheim: recommended!
Balanced budget amendment. Just sayin’
Try “Digging Britain” if you can get it. The Brits have some amazing archaeology going on, everything from Stone Age to Roman. It’s a well-used island – sometimes the question is: which layer are you trying to look at?
Ah, the joys of becoming a well-aged hunk of man-flesh.
We don’t have the student-loan issues, but we do have other problems in common. The course I teach on Wednesdays is a case in point: it’s in English (so, mostly for immigrants). The first semester is supposed to filter out the utterly unqualified, but in this program they pass literally everyone. Example: one person in my class thinks that eliminating all the syntax errors means her program is finished.
So I come along in the second semester and it looks like I will fail about 3/4 of the class. As a prof, I can (and will) make that stick. Most of these people don’t belong in college, or at least, not this college. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the same effect. A first-semester fail gets you tossed out of the program. A second-semester fail means you get to try, try again…
IMHO: If you let unqualified people muddle along in the program, one of two things happens. Either (1) the students fail out later, thus wasting years of their lives, or (2) you graduate incompetent people who ruin your school’s reputation.
The administration doesn’t seem to care about either of those things. They want to keep enrollment high, because they get more money. Short-term thinking all the way.
That’s their philosophy, and it’s working a lot better than “old space”. The SLS is embarrassing… However, we do need a second company to come along and compete with SpaceX, or they will become the new “old space”…
>> D2 was up reading in bed past midnight…
I woke up at 430 am this morning for my first pee break and discovered my bedside lamp still on and my book still open. Took care of business and then woke up at 730 am for my second pee break when the dog jumped on the bed.
Balanced budget amendment. Just sayin’
The Balanced Budget Amendment will have an emergency out. We live in a constant state of emergency already, it will just be another emergency to declare.
@Lynn: You’re up either way too late, or way too early… Timestamp 2:42am…
That’s their philosophy, and it’s working a lot better than “old space”. The SLS is embarrassing… However, we do need a second company to come along and compete with SpaceX, or they will become the new “old space”…
Boeing, Virgin, Blue Origin, etc might beg to differ with you. They all have grandiose plans and very few launches.
@Lynn: You’re up either way too late, or way too early… Timestamp 2:42am…
ttgnet.com is on Eastern seaboard time. Central time is one hour behind. It is 2:13 am here.
And yes, I stay up way too late. And I get up late and go into the office even later.
I’ve been night person all my life. I take after my mother. My father gets up and 430 to 5am, moves to his recliner and dozes while he watches fishing shows.
Yes, well, my wife and I have also joined the “old folks club”, because most evenings we sit in front of the TV. Wouldn’t have expected that, but here we are…