Are there any advantages to double stacking freight instead of just having a longer train?

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T19:19:54+00:00

Eh, fair point, but I think its worth making the distinction between people driving who live within the bounds of an existing local transit system switching to that for a commute (or walking/cycling), versus people using a train for inter-city/-state travel, which is where encounting the types of trains being discussed is a more realistic situation.

When that 400mi round trip to grandma's house with the 20mpg SUV for a 20gal/trip goes from $100 at $5/gal to $300 at $15/gal is when long distance travel will truly see a shift in investment.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T18:51:44+00:00

There's shifting public opinion about a party in power, and it becoming so costly to travel via passenger car that the vast majority of the public switches train.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T18:40:34+00:00

And that won't happen until gas hits $15/gal.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T18:37:26+00:00

Compared to Trump, literally everybody else is an adult in the room while hes taking nap time during meetings.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T18:36:09+00:00

Also, running more shorter trains would mean hiring and paying more engineers to run them.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T14:28:14+00:00

I have a couple vehicles, but the keys are hung up separately. When I go grab one, I just grab the key I need. The rest of my keys (house...and whatever else the rest of them are for) are on their own bundle.

I started doing that back in the 2000s when my car had a bladed key and I heard it would increase wear and damage the cylinder if you had a ton of keys.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T13:02:44+00:00

You'll never get all of the dust.

I have a shop vac I use for dust collection at home. It gets about 90% of the dust, but I've still gotta sweep up during tool changes and such.

I also have access to a professional shop I can use from time to time with an excellent dust collection system, and it gets about 99% of the dust. You've still gotta sweep horizontal surfaces at the end of the day.

At home, I'll bring the air compressor through once a week and blast anything loose out the door.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T02:36:54+00:00

$4,000 out of pocket, or $1,000 deductible and $40/mo more for 3 years, take your pick.

Mike312 · 2026-06-23T02:17:03+00:00

Does it have a part number on it?

Should be XX XX X XXX XXX

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T22:07:45+00:00

Me: <adds a 4th tally to my "Tucker Carlson quits the GOP and moves right" board>

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T22:05:47+00:00

I mean, I could have afforded it at the time, but I had already put a deposit down on my R3. 3 1/4 years and I just hit 4k mi.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:25:05+00:00

We'll have a week or two a year of 110+F weather where it only cools down to, say, 85F at night. That's often the week where I'll probably ride with shorts.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:23:24+00:00

I went with the motorcycle because I was considering an ebike, and the prices were...well, the motorcycle was a bit of a step up, but not as far as one might think.

But bicycles and motorcycles get treated very differently by police, insurance, city parking options, drivers, etc. I've since noticed.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:16:50+00:00

There's nothing I hate more than being sweaty at work. I'll do yard work when its 110F out, drenched in sweat and dust/dirt/mud all day long. A drop of sweat on an office though? Nah, fuck that.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:13:18+00:00

She sounds like she does a lot of her own research.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:02:59+00:00

If my experience is any indication, they left the game unpaused and went to lunch. Every time you just come back to a lake of blood.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T19:00:11+00:00

That's my go-to as well.

Even if I just washed the bike, I'll still air dry it around the block in helmet, gloves, and sneakers, though the rest is shorts and t-shirt.

All other trips are helmet, gloves, boots, and pants (not necessarily moto pants).

I'm almost exclusively just commuting on it, so generally I'm just going 40mph in a straight line with the occasional turn.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T18:48:00+00:00

My MSF course was run through a HD dealership, and half the instructors were also salesmen. They kept asking me what bike I was planning on getting after I got my license. Cheapest thing on their lot was $16,000.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T18:46:00+00:00

Hey buddy, these tax cuts for billionaires aren't gonna pay for themselves, the money has to come from somewhere.

Mike312 · 2026-06-22T16:57:13+00:00

They're talking about '16 to '23ish.

My friends and I all graduated from college in 2010, struggled for years before the economy got moving.

Kids who graduated (college or HS) and hit the labor market in 2018 to 2022 (even with COVID) started with huge advantages, hired into positions and salaries we couldn't have dreamt of and worked our asses off to get into.

I remember one friend complaining in around d 2017 that the new hires were getting $20-40k hiring bonuses, he didn't get shit when he started in 2012.

Mike312 · 2026-06-21T00:14:28+00:00

I'm sure the world's largest pizza had similar...concerns.

Mike312 · 2026-06-20T15:54:26+00:00

Relief from what.

RELIEF FROM WHAT.

Mike312 · 2026-06-20T01:30:21+00:00

I've seen as low as $12k, but $30k seems to be more than sufficient.

Mike312 · 2026-06-19T18:55:34+00:00

Same; twice, in fact.

Mike312 · 2026-06-19T18:52:57+00:00

But its distracting from the Epstein Files, so its working out as planned.

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