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Hawndoh

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  1. It's pretty normal the few cars that can win also qualify at the front Those wins for people starting way down are usually because they were in a dominant car but qualified low because of some issue or rain timing or something.
  2. 5, 10, or 400. Makes no difference. It's a complete failure either way.
  3. Wishlist it. It goes on sale all the time.
  4. Uh, between students and staff there are likely 1200 cell phones on campus. Someone is calling the cops. Also I think if the real lockdown alarm is hit it calls first responders automatically.
  5. Actually, fleeing is part of the protocol. It's made very clear to all teachers and students that if running and escaping seems like the best option, if you know where the threat is and there is a clear path away from the threat, you are totally within your right to run.
  6. As a teacher, I've been doing lockdown drills for 15 years now. All of the procedures are designed to buy time until police arrive. Now all of those procedures have to be reevaluated. I've thought through countless scenarios with our building layout and my classroom and what options there are if something goes down. Now I have to add on the "well what do we do if the cops ignore us" to the equation. I can't count on the police. That's the reality now. If things go down, we are on our own. And before someone inevitably comes along and says "well statistically you never have to worry about it, blah blah," I can't afford to not think about it or be prepared. In 15 years teaching I've had 3 students I thought capable of a school shooting. 1 of them I'm convinced would have done it if he ever got hold of a weapon. That one eventually grew up, got denied from joining the marines, and ended up killing his grandma and going to prison.
  7. Alex Palou apparently going to McLaren. Pretty big news
  8. If only they could make the cars a bit smaller and lighter. Keep the aero rules, lose the weight of the batteries and turbos, add two or four cylinders back in there, and make the cars shorter and narrower. That's what I'd like.
  9. Tom Hanks best work is still and will always be The Burbs.
  10. Not sure. I think possibly the damage to Leclerc's front wing, the damage to Perez's front wing, and Verstappens damaged floor created a much more competitive situation than maybe it would have been otherwise. But whatever the reason the two Ferraris, Perez and Hamilton put on a great show after the safety car.
  11. Brits were going to boo Max regardless of anything. He beat their boy.
  12. Courtesy waving might return when courtesy driving returns. Been since everyone drives like selfish assholes at all times, don't hold out hope.
  13. Racing takes money to be competitive. Money requires sponsors. Sponsors don't like the optics when the driver in the car they sponsor drops racial slurs. He wasn't necessarily fired for the slur. He was fired because the slur makes him a brand risk and could cut off sponsor money.
  14. Every school in the nation had free lunch for everyone for a while due to the pandemic. That is expiring. Most places will be returning to their pre-covid free lunch programs this school year.
  15. That's a pretty small pool.
  16. I assume the limiter is to keep the bike from exploding, not to save any lives.
  17. I just assumed the bike has a speed limiter.
  18. Their only advantage is less people to interact with and cooler summers.
  19. Given how bumpy every freeway in Dallas is and the general state of road maintenance around here, you have to be monumentally stupid to go that fast.
  20. Faster than 9, not quite 11.
  21. Not every ISD has their own PD. My district is one of the largest in the state and we do not. I don't know for sure but I'm guessing it has to do with money. Districts that get a shit load of money from Robin Hood have to spend it or lose it, so they spend it on crazy stuff. Districts that pay money into the system like mine can barely pay enough to retain good teachers. We can't afford our own police force. In fact a few years ago they cut the funding that hires a resource officer from the city PD and every middle school post their officer. They could only afford the high school cops. Then after one of the other many school shootings, I forget which one, there was community pressure to put them back in the middle schools. We still can't afford to put one in every elementary school, as there are dozens of those campuses. And in the all the years I've taught with a resource officer on my campus, none of those officers ever inspired me with much confidence that they would much good in an emergency. That's my guess anyway, I'm too lazy to look up where Uvalde lands in the gets vs gives money pecking order.
  22. My power has blipped off a couple times today. Currently out right now. Fun times in Texas.
  23. The door could still have been locked. Just because the door can't be locked from the inside doesn't mean much. In our school the doors are always locked and then just held cracked open with a stopper so you can come and go. But if it latches it is already locked and would need a key to enter. Most schools are supposed to work that way these days. That way anyone can immediately secure a door regardless of whether they have a key.
  24. If you think horses are free from emissions you haven't been around too many horses.
  25. I find this whole thing funny. Golf as an entire institution is all about the money. Country Clubs are about the money. Half the people I know that play golf don't actually enjoy it. They play it because they have reached a level of wealth where it is expected you join a club and golf to network with other rich dudes. Some pros are cashing a big fat check and now all of a sudden other rich guys are upset. Golf is one big wealth show off hobby, and the Saudis take showing off wealth to the extreme. It's totally consistent with everything golf is about.
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