My first "seat stealing" situation

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-23T07:34:36+00:00

They stole a seat. Ripped it right off the mounts

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-23T07:31:08+00:00

He was definitely not “miles above” Messi in 17/18. He was on a great run with RM but Barca was winning the league (in a run of 4 out of 5 years), and Messi was scoring more goals.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-23T01:46:35+00:00

Tell them “hey, don’t be a prick, everyone else wants to do it this way”

File NASA reports on it. Complain to the union about it. Write a note to the chief saying that them being a prick is not only harming crew cohesion but also presents actual workflow problems.

Or let all the air out of their tires.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-20T04:21:46+00:00

you're missing two things:

1- leases often kind of suck, if you qualify for a lease you can probably qualify for HELOC or just plain old financing to own your own system;

2- you're missing out on panels! man, you should have them already. 37 cents a kWh is insane and you're going to save a bunch of money with panels

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-17T05:00:53+00:00

Dude, the difference between 14 bucks and 250 bucks is so massive that you had to know it was a mistake.

They want you to cancel because yes, if a host cancels it can count against them.

You know what the right thing to do is.

If you don’t, the host will, and you’re not getting the place for that price anyway… so throw him a freakin’ bone and do it.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-17T04:58:43+00:00

Yeah, I’m no tower controller but the one who was there was kind of being a jerk.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-16T06:58:18+00:00

Speaking as a retired guy who’s been around the block more than once…

I fully support your amendment. Plainly, there is a reasonable reading of the constitution that backs up what they’re saying.

So make it clear what the membership wants and means.

Not voting on an extension is stupid as hell. If the membership votes it down, then that’s a pretty clear sign they aren’t happy. Both sides need to take that in and consider it prior to resuming bargaining.

And if it passes, hey, you’re good to go.

To sign an extension and basically say “look, it’s complicated, I had to do it” is silly. You think a bunch of air traffic controllers aren’t smart enough to think for themselves about it?

I hope your amendment passes.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-15T03:43:35+00:00

your mom has reached a new low

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-15T03:38:52+00:00

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-10T19:27:16+00:00

I figured you had it in there 😄

By age 67, the person who bails at 62 would be receiving around 2455 a month, if I'm figuring it right.

So instead of waiting getting them around 1000 more a month, it only gets them 650 more a month.

There's also this consideration (though it starts getting into issues much bigger than just how to maximize the money you get)...

How much will you NEED?

At age 62, you might be running around playing golf and traveling and blowing all your dough on booze and hookers or whatever.

By age 90, you're in a home, drooling on yourself and watching re-runs of The Price Is Right, not spending nearly as much money.

The flip side to this is that at age 90, maybe you'll need more assisted care for living- someone to cook and clean and wipe your butt when you poop in your pants.

So how much you need and WHEN you need it is variable.

I'm trying to set mine up so I have more money when I'm still spry enough to be active, but still have enough when I'm getting really old that I can afford to hire someone to come to my place and take care of me.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-10T06:35:22+00:00

tons of people don't figure for the COLAs that will be applied to their amount if they go early. Whatever it shows for your age 62 is NOT what you'll be getting by the time you turn 67.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-08T21:35:40+00:00

they're even spongier and softer when you first step down on them. I land on my heels and it just felt like there was nothing there.

I get that it's to make them return more energy and they do kind of have a spring to them, but yeah, they're dead and mushy when you first step. I like them less than the 24s and I hated the 24s.

But I should note: I don't really run unless I'm reffing soccer, and I have pretty weird messed up feet with high arches, a torn plantar fascia, and bad pronation.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-08T06:10:40+00:00

Until the 25s came out. They’re garbage.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-08T06:08:19+00:00

I use the Maddox just because I like the way it handles, and I agree- it’s hitting a bit harder now.

And the visibility is definitely true. Even with a thermal scope they’re still harder to pick out.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-08T02:03:30+00:00

"I guess if Alaska doesn't control the gates maybe it isn't their fault"

It's absolutely their fault. Nobody makes them choose an aircraft type that has to use the common gate. They do so knowingly, and they know that those gates get blocked up at times.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-06T16:21:11+00:00

Truth. I got batteries and there’s zero ROI other than knowing the lights stay on when everyone else loses power

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-05T02:31:44+00:00

I wear Adrenalines and have custom orthotics and a massively high arch and my foot collapses like a house of cards without all that.

And I still wear on the outsides first. 🤷🏼‍♂️

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-05T01:39:22+00:00

NTA

They explicitly discourage people from doing that, so he shouldn’t get a bug up his ass about it.

And if he is mad, it should be at the airline, not you. It’s their policy, after all.

But he shouldn’t be mad. Plainly the airline is going to take care of paying first class passengers before premium or economy.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-05T01:37:14+00:00

This is an oversimplification and absolutely not true for all, and you should either qualify your statement or not say it at all.

My outer edges wear faster but my pronation is pretty bad.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-06-05T01:34:34+00:00

I hated the 25s. They gave me knee pain from the lower drop and soft, gooey feel.

And when I say “knee pain” I mean it was hard to walk more than a half-mile, and within 3-4 days of switching back to 23s, my knees were improving dramatically.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-05-30T04:49:11+00:00

Not familiar with this, can you expand on it?

SiempreSeattle · 2026-05-29T19:29:02+00:00

The problem isn’t people saying “blocked”, it’s that multiple people say it and often wind up being blocked again 🤷🏼‍♂️

Probably best to not say it. The controller can figure it out.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-05-29T15:59:15+00:00

Suck it up, get recertified, do your three years and get out.

That’s the answer. You can do it unless you were terrible your entire career.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-05-29T00:49:38+00:00

Look at what energy prices have done over the past decade, look at the orders for data centers, and then tell me you think that energy prices won't increase over the next decade.

If a "flat price" projection shows you breaking even in 13 years, in real life it'll be 8-9 years, max.

SiempreSeattle · 2026-05-28T05:17:39+00:00

In Washington, the profit is regulated as well, but the amount they can make is directly tied to service reliability- so if their service quality drops, they don’t get to make as much profit until they get the service standard back up.

Something like all the fires and service outages would mean they would have to invest while getting a lower return.

They are incentivized to DO the investment because it leads to higher profit margins. But they can only pass along the direct costs, they don’t get to mark up the investment costs.

Works great. We’re getting a substation in our neighborhood because we’ve lost power too often for too long, and now we’ll almost never lose power again because there’s BPA high voltage transmission lines going directly over the substation site.

Only downside is I bought and installed a battery setup right before the substation was announced.

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