Advert: I’ve got an average condition Tag Aquaracer reference number 1014 looking for a new home. Chrono24 tells me an average 1014 runs $1,077. For any reputable, paid ACF subscriber I will sell it for $750 plus shipping. I have the box which is in worse than average condition. No papers. No extra links.
Comment here if you are interested and I am sure jack can connect us.
Driving a brand new loaner cayenne right now. Algarve blue is the most interesting color offering. It’s noticeably nicer than the Macan. Pretty quick but laggy on tip in. Probably a $100k sticker on it though.
All its costing me a $7800 service to get a new harmonic balancer, roof seal, 2 tires, washer fluid hose plus the standard service.
Are you gonna post every single one of my bad decisions in life here, one at a time? I will NEVER eat four Sheetz hotdogs again, even if the total expenditure was $4!
The biggest issue is that they need ship builders and they can't get folks who don't smoke weed. It'll be interesting how this plays out. I was just listening to Mike Rowe's interview with Michael Cadenazzi who's in charge of Dod industrial Base.
IF (that’s a big IF), they paid more and relaxed some restrictions you could attract seasoned professionals from the private sector and/or stop losing guys TO the private sector.
Yeah it’s great to train an 18 year old on logistics or to be a Sysadmin, but wouldn’t the military benefit from grabbing a Sysadmin or Supply Chain Director from a big company?
I understand the concept behind having everyone combat ready and all that, but does a guy running software from a desk in SC really need to spend their time on PT Tests?
Because everyone has to be ready to go to war. If you can't use a gun and fight, then you shouldn't be there.
Storytime: When I was in ROTC (USAF) we had this major who was there doing 'career broadening'. He was 6' 6" or so, totally goofy looking. A bit lanky.
He was, basically an admin kind of guy (or as we called 'em 'shoe clerk'). He sits us down one day (the POC, we're all on Contract, we're going in no matter what, just if you fail you go in as enlisted). And tells us that yeah, he knows we all think he's a shoe clerk, and yeah, he is. BUT.
As a second lieutenant, he's just doing his job, filing papers and suddenly they come in, stick an M16 in his hands, and they send him out into the bush.
It was Vietnam and it was the Tet Offensive and he spent two weeks in the bush in combat. Yup, this goofy looking guy saw combat. Quite a bit.
In the end, everyone in the military is infantry. And if there's fighting going on, you'll be given a gun and sent out there to fight. And you can't say no.
I have no military experience and the last person within my direct line of ancestors who fought in any military conflict did so for the Confederacy, so take my opinion for what it’s worth. I’m looking at this from a practical standpoint but also admit that I’m talking out of my ass here.
We already have tons of support guys who never leave CONUS. Hell, we have drone operators who fit that category. Having everyone “ready” to go to war is an outdated concept when the front-line abroad can be fought from a desk.
I’m not proposing changing anything regarding infantry or guys who’d be even remotely close to the fighting, but it seems foolish to not fill gaps in specialized roles with proficient guys because they aren’t ready for combat in the traditional sense.
Every time things like this have been done in the past (well not every time, but far too many and it always catches up with you) those people end up slaughtered because they end up in combat.
Also, if you are not at least familiar with fighting it's kinda hard to really understand what the fighters are doing, or even give a damn. We've all seen it, where some jackass who doesn't know and doesn't care, does something that ends up getting people on the front killed.
What always bothered me was that they would never tell the guy about how many people died because of him. I always thought they should tell him, give him a pistol with one bullet and tell him to go do the honorable thing. OR ELSE.
You have to understand, this is the business of KILLING PEOPLE. And yes, breaking things. If you aren't prepared to do it yourself, you shouldn't be in the military. Not ever.
I would assume that one wouldn’t enlist unless they intended killing the enemy or enable others to kill on your behalf. That’s kind of the whole point, isn’t it?
I understand the rest of what you’re saying here and obviously can’t speak to why people aren’t held accountable. Again, this is out of my wheelhouse.
Simply put, my perspective is that if the best cryptanalyst is a guy in a wheelchair why wouldn’t we want him if it allows the guys with guns and bombs to be more effective?
Just drink and smoke cigarettes. Every time i partake in anything weed related, i do nothing. Trully a terrible drug. I graduated with honors as a fully functioning alcoholic.
Colorado perspective from more than a decade ago; my gray-haired boss made a casual remark that we'd have more candidates (for an office job at a corp.) if we didn't test. This was at a company which did, and not only that, there was no going back to the office if we had one drink at a company event outside the office. I mention this because a company a few blocks away in the area had the opposite attitude. The C-suite served the staff bubbly to celebrate.
Pretty interested in the Durango 392 for my wife, as the 2018 Odyssey has been reliable but boring. And the driver side sliding door no longer opens apparently due to a stuck latch. Options for replacing the Odyssey that really interest me is a short list, and a $50k v8 SUV takes spot #1.
I had a rental Durango R/T for a few days in 2023 or maybe 2024. It was a great car but there’s no selectable valving in the exhaust so it’s just loud all the time — it droned on the highway and is obnoxiously loud under any load, even low speeds if going up hill. If not for that I’d gladly buy one.
I’m currently driving a rental spec Durango GT4. Presumably it has the V6; I should look. Its ok, eats up the miles. Tires were kind of crappy in snow. I miss my GC at home.
Reading that Siler thing I got only halfway thru and was puzzled, was this some sort of Jack put-on? this can’t be real, its so vomit inducing and ultra lame. Only to find out it’s presumably real. I can’t imagine writing even a paragraph of that awful drivel.
I remember when Ford Motor Company said the Maverick small pickup truck was going to be 20 grand, I don’t think Dodge is going to deliver the Durango for less than 64k. I hope I am wrong, but either way, until the mandate for the kill switch is rescinded, I won’t be a customer.
Well, shit. I was already eyeballing secondhand D-R/T's last month. It looks like the next ride is gonna be a Dodge either way...whenever I figure out what to do here in Toyotaland.
Hallelujah for Dodge is becoming based once again!
I'm within the old enlistment/draft age anyway, so I was already having the "you better not fucking draft me for this bullshit" feelings. I know I'm too fat for the front and I'd probably end up straight in the motorpool as a mechanic, but if I wanted to work on heavy trucks and equipment for a living I could be doing that already. In a dry and clean shop out of mortar range. If the cause was something I believed in or was at least indifferent to I might feel differently. This one just feels like we're being used, so please forgive me if I'm not exactly eager to wrench on MRAPs for Benny and Donny.
Advert: I’ve got an average condition Tag Aquaracer reference number 1014 looking for a new home. Chrono24 tells me an average 1014 runs $1,077. For any reputable, paid ACF subscriber I will sell it for $750 plus shipping. I have the box which is in worse than average condition. No papers. No extra links.
Comment here if you are interested and I am sure jack can connect us.
Do you have a link to a picture of same model? I typed in the number and got a bunch of different watches.
Right here: https://www.ebay.com/p/10046973130
Mmmmmm……V8.
The Cayenne GTS price is missing a “1” at the front.
Sad but true. I can't believe what they charge for the upper Cayennes. At the price for the Turbo e-Hybrid, you can get a clean 2023 LX570!
Driving a brand new loaner cayenne right now. Algarve blue is the most interesting color offering. It’s noticeably nicer than the Macan. Pretty quick but laggy on tip in. Probably a $100k sticker on it though.
All its costing me a $7800 service to get a new harmonic balancer, roof seal, 2 tires, washer fluid hose plus the standard service.
At Sheetz you can get 2 hot dogs for $2
Are you gonna post every single one of my bad decisions in life here, one at a time? I will NEVER eat four Sheetz hotdogs again, even if the total expenditure was $4!
i like how the sheetz hotdog also describes whats going to happen after you eat the hotdog
Yeah , like Taco Bell is any better / worse......
-Nate
its worse becuase taco bell isnt even cheap any more
the beef soft tacos used to be 89 cents and now its far more
Oh sheetz, i have two phaetons
The biggest issue is that they need ship builders and they can't get folks who don't smoke weed. It'll be interesting how this plays out. I was just listening to Mike Rowe's interview with Michael Cadenazzi who's in charge of Dod industrial Base.
Well, maybe they need to pay more.
IF (that’s a big IF), they paid more and relaxed some restrictions you could attract seasoned professionals from the private sector and/or stop losing guys TO the private sector.
Yeah it’s great to train an 18 year old on logistics or to be a Sysadmin, but wouldn’t the military benefit from grabbing a Sysadmin or Supply Chain Director from a big company?
I understand the concept behind having everyone combat ready and all that, but does a guy running software from a desk in SC really need to spend their time on PT Tests?
I was presuming he was referring to private shipyards. We stupidly closed most of the government naval shipyards.
BRAC will go down as one of the worst things this country has ever done.
Because everyone has to be ready to go to war. If you can't use a gun and fight, then you shouldn't be there.
Storytime: When I was in ROTC (USAF) we had this major who was there doing 'career broadening'. He was 6' 6" or so, totally goofy looking. A bit lanky.
He was, basically an admin kind of guy (or as we called 'em 'shoe clerk'). He sits us down one day (the POC, we're all on Contract, we're going in no matter what, just if you fail you go in as enlisted). And tells us that yeah, he knows we all think he's a shoe clerk, and yeah, he is. BUT.
As a second lieutenant, he's just doing his job, filing papers and suddenly they come in, stick an M16 in his hands, and they send him out into the bush.
It was Vietnam and it was the Tet Offensive and he spent two weeks in the bush in combat. Yup, this goofy looking guy saw combat. Quite a bit.
In the end, everyone in the military is infantry. And if there's fighting going on, you'll be given a gun and sent out there to fight. And you can't say no.
I have no military experience and the last person within my direct line of ancestors who fought in any military conflict did so for the Confederacy, so take my opinion for what it’s worth. I’m looking at this from a practical standpoint but also admit that I’m talking out of my ass here.
We already have tons of support guys who never leave CONUS. Hell, we have drone operators who fit that category. Having everyone “ready” to go to war is an outdated concept when the front-line abroad can be fought from a desk.
I’m not proposing changing anything regarding infantry or guys who’d be even remotely close to the fighting, but it seems foolish to not fill gaps in specialized roles with proficient guys because they aren’t ready for combat in the traditional sense.
Every time things like this have been done in the past (well not every time, but far too many and it always catches up with you) those people end up slaughtered because they end up in combat.
Also, if you are not at least familiar with fighting it's kinda hard to really understand what the fighters are doing, or even give a damn. We've all seen it, where some jackass who doesn't know and doesn't care, does something that ends up getting people on the front killed.
What always bothered me was that they would never tell the guy about how many people died because of him. I always thought they should tell him, give him a pistol with one bullet and tell him to go do the honorable thing. OR ELSE.
You have to understand, this is the business of KILLING PEOPLE. And yes, breaking things. If you aren't prepared to do it yourself, you shouldn't be in the military. Not ever.
I would assume that one wouldn’t enlist unless they intended killing the enemy or enable others to kill on your behalf. That’s kind of the whole point, isn’t it?
I understand the rest of what you’re saying here and obviously can’t speak to why people aren’t held accountable. Again, this is out of my wheelhouse.
Simply put, my perspective is that if the best cryptanalyst is a guy in a wheelchair why wouldn’t we want him if it allows the guys with guns and bombs to be more effective?
_THIS_ .
Thank you John .
-Nate
this solves nearly every hiring problem
hate it when the elderly chime in with "well they need to earn their dues" or some nonsense
Time to stop weeding out those people.
Just drink and smoke cigarettes. Every time i partake in anything weed related, i do nothing. Trully a terrible drug. I graduated with honors as a fully functioning alcoholic.
I am mildly interested in this opportunity but I’d have to live in the butthole of the east coast. Virginias politics just turned very bad.
Colorado perspective from more than a decade ago; my gray-haired boss made a casual remark that we'd have more candidates (for an office job at a corp.) if we didn't test. This was at a company which did, and not only that, there was no going back to the office if we had one drink at a company event outside the office. I mention this because a company a few blocks away in the area had the opposite attitude. The C-suite served the staff bubbly to celebrate.
An SUV, with an automatic— I’ll pass. Thanks.
autos are great for drag racing
from stoplight to dragstrip they do work well
Yep, but they are no fun.
I had an ‘87 notchback 5 liter Mustang (3.08 axle) I drag raced. The manual made me less consistent, but I didn’t care.
Siler fat-fingered the l in “flag”.
Hey-O
Pretty interested in the Durango 392 for my wife, as the 2018 Odyssey has been reliable but boring. And the driver side sliding door no longer opens apparently due to a stuck latch. Options for replacing the Odyssey that really interest me is a short list, and a $50k v8 SUV takes spot #1.
My brother-in-law drives a Gladiator Rubicon. It would be so fun to have my wife pull up next to him at Sunday family breakfast driving a Durango 392.
And that Rubicon is probably way more expensive.
I had a rental Durango R/T for a few days in 2023 or maybe 2024. It was a great car but there’s no selectable valving in the exhaust so it’s just loud all the time — it droned on the highway and is obnoxiously loud under any load, even low speeds if going up hill. If not for that I’d gladly buy one.
I’m currently driving a rental spec Durango GT4. Presumably it has the V6; I should look. Its ok, eats up the miles. Tires were kind of crappy in snow. I miss my GC at home.
saw “needs a corporal” and immediately burst out laughing thinking of Jack as a Corporal O’Reilly type.
ex-PFC Wintergreen.
If i had to drive the family car, a durango sounds great. I do not drive the family car. My dad had a 2002ish durango. It was small inside
Current Durango is plenty big, unless you really need Suburban class space.
But does the Durango have a 2011 crash structure?
Yes. A very good one.
Now I’m curious. I’m of the belief that the only reason to buy a newer car is bc the crash structers keep improving towards F1 levels over the years.
Reading that Siler thing I got only halfway thru and was puzzled, was this some sort of Jack put-on? this can’t be real, its so vomit inducing and ultra lame. Only to find out it’s presumably real. I can’t imagine writing even a paragraph of that awful drivel.
I remember when Ford Motor Company said the Maverick small pickup truck was going to be 20 grand, I don’t think Dodge is going to deliver the Durango for less than 64k. I hope I am wrong, but either way, until the mandate for the kill switch is rescinded, I won’t be a customer.
SHIT I forgot about the kill switches!
It’s law!
Well, shit. I was already eyeballing secondhand D-R/T's last month. It looks like the next ride is gonna be a Dodge either way...whenever I figure out what to do here in Toyotaland.
Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it
Hallelujah for Dodge is becoming based once again!
I'm within the old enlistment/draft age anyway, so I was already having the "you better not fucking draft me for this bullshit" feelings. I know I'm too fat for the front and I'd probably end up straight in the motorpool as a mechanic, but if I wanted to work on heavy trucks and equipment for a living I could be doing that already. In a dry and clean shop out of mortar range. If the cause was something I believed in or was at least indifferent to I might feel differently. This one just feels like we're being used, so please forgive me if I'm not exactly eager to wrench on MRAPs for Benny and Donny.
You are forgiven.
I’m of the mind that WE should mine the Strait of Hormuz and then come home.
I don't hate that idea, but how we got to this point in the first place has me in a rather pessimistic mind.