Homercles

I still don’t know what a catch is

Thanks for the beer and the shade today, y’all. I didn’t know what to expect, was awkward as fuck as I introduced myself by my handle to Immamac, and was simply told where the beer was…just what I needed before getting bent over at the Tito’s tent. Explaining muledick, lurking, tree fitty and Burnt Ends to my buddy went about as concise as a YGIFS/Lobo post. I’ll get him to join one of these days…hopefully he was too drunk to remember my handle here.

Jac Collinsworth calling ND games

I never get used to hearing a Collinsworth calling college games

Another phantom call for ND, offsides on the missed FG results in a first

That was the weakest flag. Bad man hurt leprechaun fee fees

Live look at Cal’s OL

Exclusive? That stuff is all avail on FR24/FlightAware. Interesting they both started at different airports in San Antonio, flew to that little Destin airport where Vertol has hangers, stopped for fuel (I’m assuming) at different airports in SC, then flew to Martha’s Vineyard. Wonder what the passenger manifest looks like on both of those. Not saying it’s some grand conspiracy, and if Vertol had some consulting/subcontracting role in all this it makes sense to go through airports where they have infrastructure…but the huge amount of money, apparently flying people from Texas thru Florida, and the connections of the Vertol owner all seem off. My guess is they went with who they knew to keep it quiet until after the fact, and are using their positions/relationships to spend states money in a shady way…or paying Vertol to manage a slew of these flights, and this was the first. Regardless, it’s interesting to think about.

So what do we think this means?

This is what I was wondering. I saw pics showing it was a Dornier jet (which are kinda rare), going rate ~$5k/hour, and the bird was N359SK. Tracking it that day, even if you were paying for the positioning flight from Cincy it’s maybe 8 hours = $50k max including food/staff which is arguable they bothered with. Here’s what that planes day looked like + flight times: Akron-Pellston: 1:07 Pellston-Cincinnati Municipal: 1:11 Cincinnati Muni-San Antonio: 2:45 San Antonio-Crestview: 1:48 Crestview-charlotte: 1:11 Charlotte-Martha’s Vineyard: 1:37 It’s registered to Ultimate Jet Charters according to the web, which itself is registered in North Canton, Ohio. An article I read shows they have some kind of regular flights out of Cincy Municipal so I’m assuming that’s a base of some kind. It can seat up to 30. The Vertol thing makes no sense. They have some hangers in Crestview (Destin) so assuming that’s why the Dornier flew there. You can see their webpage on waybackmachine, it looks like their primary mission is providing training and support for Russian helicopters. So why was a foreign helicopter niche firm, based out of Oregon, paid 10x the cost of the charter to subcontract with a charter operator to fly a few dozen folks from Texas-Florida-Charlotte-Martha’s Vineyard?

Having spent four years only an hour away from OKC, that is definitely an improvement.

Makes no sense why the clock didn’t stop there

Kinda pains me to say this, but y’all’s white uniforms are about as sick as they come.

Mahomes throws a 40y pass with the same flick of a wrist I use when jerking off.

This. I’ve been using U-verse for like 15 years, and anytime I see other video it reminds me how compressed my ‘cable’ is. Any non-satellite competitors out there that have good picture quality?

Martha’s Vineyard should load up a couple busses of busy body Karens, tell them there’s a Starbucks adding a 200% surcharge to Pumpkin Spice Lattes in Texas, and tell them the manager lives at the governors mansion.

Was bugging me because Lindell looks just like Stan or whoever from the 90’s tv series of It…and that’s the only pic I could find of him in the fridge. I’ve got another obscure doppelgänger…”there’s grandma now, I’ll introduce you” Edit: fuck it I can’t even find a good pic. It’s the mustached corp lackey from Time Chasers, an MST3k classic

“I made it guys! I’m with the FBI now”

Thanks. I don’t follow too closely but read enough about airlines/tech to extrapolate the broader picture, I guess. If it’s a generally global issue that no one has silver-bullet solved then I’m not going to lay blame directly on the government, no matter who is in charge…but excessive PPP loans with no oversight/repayment, exec pressure on the fed to depress rates for years, or current admin not raising rates earlier are things I don’t approve of. Crowing about student loan forgiveness seems stupid as fuck (but not unexpected) when I’m still bitter about the ‘middle class’ tax break…it even benefited me a little, but seemed to mostly help the Fortune 500 during a boom time that should have padded the coffers for the inevitable bear.

Can someone school me better on inflation? Obviously the Party Of No gang will point fingers at recent legislation meant to help people and do some legit investing…but I thought the main drivers were a surge in demand following Covid relaxations, compounded via slower recovery on the supply side (particularly long lead items), and aggravated by excessive monetary policy (artificially low rates, relief spending, etc). What am I missing? There was a lot of pressure to keep prime rates low, ‘Dow 25k’ hats, dumbass ‘middle class’ tax break and the poorly-managed loan program in the US…but it’s a global problem. Airlines are a perfect example, canceling flights due to lack of equipment and crews, contracting too far too fast in the interests of short term financial performance + assuming Covid lockdowns / demand suppression would last far longer. Rates needed to be raised while the supply-side catches back up and cool demand a bit. It’s gonna suck, for awhile. Maybe super-lean manuf chasing low overhead isn’t optimal for all industries. Throw in climate change. There’s no easy answers, right? Not shocked the usual suspects blame Biden when it seems these seeds were sown ages ago. It’s an outrage no matter what a Dem admin does or doesn’t do. Seems this shit always follows a ‘low taxes, no regulation’ admin.

Needs the Jackass crew out there

On a side note I’ve found those post-credits, post-preview rehash videos to be quite useful. Helps frame up the past hour and delve into character motivations that aren’t always clear during the episode.

I don’t know if any of y’all follow Jon Bois/Secret Base/Fumble Dimension but damn if he doesn’t look like the coach they created when trying to get the Lions to win a game using a single play