Just a quick update. I’m working...a job that I totally hate...no positive aspect to it. I still give it my all. I’m as depressed as ever and couldn’t have a worse outlook on life. I’m smoking a lot more, drinking more, and feeling more alone and isolated than ever.
Jump to postI can see frequency increasing, but I don’t predict much in the way of new routes, at least until Q3/Q4 depending on what happens with the virus. I do think we’ll see more west coast expansion this year, and when it’s safe to travel again I think people have such cabin fever that airports and airlin...
Jump to postI bet if you were NYC you would say not have to see Diblasio anymore. They turned on the police and see how good that turned out? I guess I would like to see Covid under control by September and Nicole Malliotakis speaking on the Hill as much as the MSM will put her on. Also more video of Kristi No...
Jump to postThey are a lot of good movies here, but I’m astonished that nobody has mentioned the greatest aviation movie of all time yet: TOP GUN!
Marc
Way back, many moons ago when I joined, Johan was planning to do a sister site called warfighters.net. The idea was dropped. Don’t know the details.
Jump to postI mean I’m smoking and drinking a lot more.
And I just got my hours cut at work. Went from working 5 days a week to two. Applying for other jobs, but just got rejected from one today...less than three hours after the phone interview.
I’m a debt collector. I make 200-300 calls a day to try to get some money. My goal (set by my boss) was $11,500 for October. I’m not even 1/10 of the way there. I come home from work scared to death that I’m going to lose this job, not be able to find another one, and lose my house. I’m on heavy sle...
Jump to postWith all that’s going on in the world this year, and in my life (sudden loss of my father), I’m feeling totally apathetic about EVERYTHING. Like I’ll vote in the election next week, but I don’t care about it like I usually do (or should). Anyone else just feeling totally apathetic when it comes to e...
Jump to postWuhan has a population of almost 12 million. 80,000 people died from COVID-19. That’s 0.6666%. They locked that city down. On a normal day in the winter, more people in NYC are home sick with the flu than that. I haven’t believed a single word the Chinese government has said about COVID. There is no...
Jump to postI got an iPhone 11 Pro Max just for the cameras. If you’re interested, I could send you a sampling of the pics I’ve gotten with it. Almost as good as my Nikon.
Marc
I mean without even Google, I can tell you that in much of the world, education wasn’t like it is today in general.
Jump to postNow we have to wait a whole year thanks to this damned virus.
https://variety.com/2020/film/box-offic ... 234709716/
Marc
LOT767301ER wrote:You should post your gofundme.
Tuesday night, 6/23, I lost my dad. He had been in the hospital for about a month dealing with multiple organ failure. Just that evening...he was out of bed, sitting in a chair and eating dinner. I was getting ready to go out for the night when I got a call from the hospital that I better get over t...
Jump to postI wear one when I go out. Don’t like it, not really sure if it’s protecting me...but I recognize that to go into a business, they have the right to bar me from entering. And with my dad in the hospital, I must wear one there. Let me say, I have no idea how surgeons wear them for so long. I have keff...
Jump to postThe Beach Boys — Fun Fun Fun
Ben E. King — Stand By Me
Bon Jovi — Living on a Prayer
Chubby Checker — The Twist
The Everly Brothers — All I Have to do Is Dream
Willie Nelson — Always on my Mind
Journey — Don’t Stop Believing
Otis Redding — Dock of the Bay
Ritchie Valens — La Bamba
Want more?
Marc
A quick Google search informs me that those holds have been against police police here in Philadelphia since at least 2015.
https://www.phillypolice.com/assets/dir ... dForce.pdf
Marc
Is the one in Philly still around? They did an experiment a decade back on foot patrol, but I am not sure whether that is still ongoing. On a related note, a number of PD in US has Mounted Patrol. Houston, Dallas, and Austin has them for sure. I think the one here in Philly still exists in Center C...
Jump to postDespite being a Republican, I don’t make a final decision until the debates. That said, Biden scares me. He’s a smart man, a dedicated public servant but his age and his gaffes concern me — and yes, I know Trump has had his fair share of gaffes. That said, it may also come down to — for me — who Bid...
Jump to postNWAESC wrote:Paid cash for an MRI on my knee...
I think the Republicans fear vote by mail because they cannot control the vote by closing voting places, moving them and all out suppression of voters rights by design such as voter Id requirements. I’m a Republican (big shock) and I do not trust the USPS to handle something on that scale. I’ve had...
Jump to post...or you could just do what California, Colorado, Florida and others are doing, and send mail in ballots with tracking. best regards Thomas Just knowing it was delivered isn’t enough. I’d want a way to verify it was counted, just as you have at a polling station.. i would be very surprised if coun...
Jump to postTo be fair, stuff like that happens in every office, everywhere. The ‘hey, remember THIS’ moment a lot of people can attest to before we started keeping everything as PDF. I mean on one hand this gives me hope that someday, the card my grandfather mailed me for my 18th birthday will show up (I’m 30...
Jump to posthttps://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/us/lost-postcard-returned-trnd/index.html Here’s a PERFECT example of why I will never support mail in balloting on a large scale. Marc To be fair, stuff like that happens in every office, everywhere. The ‘hey, remember THIS’ moment a lot of people can attest to befor...
Jump to postI wonder if there are any misdemeanors I can get Texas politicians to cover my ass for? Amazing how thoroughly committed to "law and order" these people are. Almost as if that phrase has some kind of double meaning since the Civil Rights movement... She told the judge she was ‘just trying...
Jump to posthttps://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/us/lost- ... index.html
Here’s a PERFECT example of why I will never support mail in balloting on a large scale.
Marc
trpmb6 wrote:My mental health is greatly suffering right now. I'm a very extroverted person.
I just feel my mental health slipping more and more each day.
Jump to posthttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-nypd-commish-no-protests-allowed-in-nyc I’m tempted now to organize a protest of anything in NYC just to get arrested so I can become a millionaire. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, and Warren Wilhelm, Jr. and his gestapo will lose in cou...
Jump to postSo how did you cope in the 1944 election? Millions of voters serving aboard or just away from their own states? Maybe I answered my own question, look who won. In the UK, the election that had to be held by 1940 was obviously put off, country fighting for it's life and all that. A coalition ruled t...
Jump to postMortyman wrote:Is there the possibility of online voting in the US ?
I am afraid Biden has no chance.
KFTG wrote:Yes, it should be cancelled. Nancy Pelosi would make a great President.
See the Carter/Baker Commission on Elections which stated “vote by mail” was an opening to fraud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Federal_Election_Reform I think the Republicans fear vote by mail because they cannot control the vote by closing voting places, moving them and all out supp...
Jump to postUpdate on my 1992 Rocky Patels, I just got them today and just now got done toking my first two with my dad. Excellent cigars for the value! Nice taste, right in the middle of the spectrum from smooth to dark, I’d pin it slightly smooth of middle. Good draw and lasted a good while and no label to r...
Jump to postUpdate on my 1992 Rocky Patels, I just got them today and just now got done toking my first two with my dad. Excellent cigars for the value! Nice taste, right in the middle of the spectrum from smooth to dark, I’d pin it slightly smooth of middle. Good draw and lasted a good while and no label to r...
Jump to postPeople are mentioning vote by mail. I do not trust it. I have had numerous things over the years go missing in transit — mostly bills, but I’ve also had a few books that arrived in those “sorry we destroyed your mail” bags. Absentee ballots are fine; you’re not talking a huge percentage of voters t...
Jump to postPeople are mentioning vote by mail. I do not trust it. I have had numerous things over the years go missing in transit — mostly bills, but I’ve also had a few books that arrived in those “sorry we destroyed your mail” bags. Absentee ballots are fine; you’re not talking a huge percentage of voters th...
Jump to postLook...I’m no medical expert. Yeah. I can tell. But I do read and research a lot. One of the ways that our bodies produce antibodies to viruses and bacteria is to be exposed to them. There are theories that by keeping us locked down, there could be damage done to our immune systems because we’re no...
Jump to postdragon-wings wrote:Because of the coronavirus this years Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach Park, in NY (May 23-24) has been cancelled.
I just feel myself slipping. I’m dealing with ADD, insomnia, ASD, depression...I just can’t get happy. On top of that is the possibility I’m going to need a fifth surgery on my back at some point — I refuse to set foot in a hospital until October/November. Then comes stress from the stimulus check. ...
Jump to postJust about every governor has violated the constitution. I could make an argument that forcing businesses to close violates the first amendment because of you meet friends at a mall or a restaurant, you’re technically assembling. Now...Newsom in California...he needs his ass handed to him on a plate...
Jump to postI just got a box of Perdomo Connecticut Habanos. They’re amazing. I generally like bigger cigars; most of mine are robusto, but I like Churchill because I know that I’ll have at least an hour to be lost in my thoughts. Or just to be alone and let SiriusXM or whatever’s on my iPhone take me away. Too...
Jump to postI’m curious, and looking for ideas. I mean even if you’re lucky enough to have a significant other and kids that you love, being around them constantly has to get to you.
Marc
My local Walmart was pretty well stocked last time I was there. Went to ShopRite for some Passover stuff (my store had a huge Jewish section) and they weren’t well stocked at all. I’ve been trying to get some compensation out of Amazon for basically wasted Prime — got $20. I’m pretty pissed at how A...
Jump to postI’m hoping to see enough of a downturn in cases that I can take a birthday trip to Amsterdam the end of September that I had to cancel last minute last year.
Marc
Well, it’s hit the Navy, particularly the USS Theodore Roosevelt (https://taskandpurpose.com/news/uss-theodore-roosevelt-coronavirus-isolation). You have to figure the whole ship has been exposed. Should they be quarantined at sea? And while we’re on the Navy, my understanding has been that no negat...
Jump to postDoes losing my mind count?
The only thing keeping me from completely snapping is my cigars. And I impose a strong limit myself on smoking them.
Marc
If I wrote what I really think of him, I’d be blocked from posting for some time.
The criminals in NYC love him.
Marc
All I know is my mental health is deteriorating rapidly. Right now, I seriously don’t care if I get the virus.
Marc
We haven't heard much from Africa or South America. What is going on there? Most of Africa’s cases have been in Egypt. Many African countries have regular trade links with China, but not large tourist influx - Kenya and South Africa are exceptions, but they have already banned Chinese and European ...
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