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elfenix

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  1. On 1/5/2019 at 9:06 PM, Okie State said:
    On 1/5/2019 at 11:22 AM, dingleberryswitzer said:
    I'm here at the discount tire for new  tires , and there is like a line 5 deep to get air pressure checked.   Can't believe how many can't figure out how to do this themselves.   Sure it's free, but I can do it in like 5 minutes with a cheap inflator at home.

    I had no idea this was a thing. A small, basic air compressor is like $100 and will last for years.

    you buying bicycle pumps from bosch?

  2. 3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Not to derail but I don’t understand this.   Your friend is currently an AF mechanic but is basically unable to work, or is somehow planning to become 100% disabled between now and when he retires next year?  

    Wtf is the AF doing to their mechanics that allows their jobs to disable their mechanics?  Or your friend allowing himself to get hurt to game the system to get retirement and disability checks in the future?

    not sure exactly what the job entails; i know he's had several back surgeries and he complains that the hydraulic fluid in the KC-10 is acidic and there's no way to prevent it from getting on you when you're wrenching on the No. 3 engine.  apparently there's a rating of 100% disabled but still able to work.  i don't know what his basis is for expecting (maybe hoping is more the right word) that he gets that.  i would think the AF would do more than look once (right at retirement) and give a rating, but i don't know how that process works, either. 

  3. 54 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    The next headline down from her apparent breakdown of modern monetary theory and how she doesn’t think governments really ‘owe’ they money is about princess Kate Middleton’s little brother is starting a new career.

    to think I still get my shit from brookings. 

    or you could just listen to UT's own james galbraith

  4. "your feeling on the field is that it's not a touchdown"

    i'm 1500 miles away sitting 20 feet from my TV and i could see from a bad angle that that was probably a touchdown.  someone standing 20 feet away from it with a perfect angle down the line should have gotten that right from the get go. 

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  5. 3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:


    Even a broken clock, smax.

    The notion of a college degree has not only inflated the cost of college and increased consumer debt while devaluing the bachelor’s degree, it has also caused labor shortages in key skilled vocational labor fields and contributed to both flattened wage growth and the deterioration of high school curricula.

    counterpoint, maybe some people choose not to be broken down like a 12 year NFL vet after working:

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    People are in pain because unless you went to college, the only way you’ll earn a decent living is by breaking your body or risking your life — plumbers, electricians, steamfitters, welders, mechanics, cable guys, linemen, fishermen, garbagemen, the options are endless.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cable-tech-dick-cheney-sex-dungeon_us_5c0ea571e4b06484c9fd4c21

    ^^ that's a pretty good read due to the work horror stories

    my best friend is an AF mechanic, and finish his 20 next year.  he could make plenty good money working as a mechanic for a big airline (all his experience is on heavies - E-4, C-17, C-5, KC-10, etc.).  but his body can't take it.  he expects to be 100% disabled when he gets out.  so he'll have to do something else that probably won't pay near as well. 

  6. 2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    2020 incumbent Cornyn seems unconcerned 

    cast vote in november to keep government open without wall funding, won't cast that same vote now because democrats would get a political victory.  leadership.

  7. 1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

    Reset our valuation system away from what you can keep for yourself, but for what you sacrifice for the betterment of others. 

     

    if only there were some example of that, deeply ingrained into our culture, whom everyone could turn to as a guiding light for what that might look like.  too bad no one has ever been that. 

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