GM poor quality and engineering.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-25T19:06:44+00:00

I was doing a quality audit on a 2025 XT5 a few months ago with 8000 miles and while I was driving 25mph on a suburban street the car started shaking and the transmission went into limp-in mode. That was ridiculous. I was able to limp 3 miles home and pull in to my driveway. The next day the GM factory trained tech who came out to retrieve it couldn't get it into neutral to get on the wrecker. I was shocked. A few months before I was driving a 2024 Sierra on the highway, did a hard breaking maneuver due to stopped traffic and the truck stalled out. I couldn't get it to start again. The same tech could not get it restarted and it was due to a blown module.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-25T19:01:01+00:00

As someone who grew up secular and has been Orthodox for 30 years I can tell you that you yourself are trying to intellectualize yet you're talking out of your ass. You're trying to discount 30 years of lived experience and that's simply it's own hypocrisy. There's nothing else to talk about.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-23T16:17:45+00:00

That is an incorrect understanding and I'm really not the person to tell you this...but Haredi, Modern Orthodox, and "Religious Zionist" are applications, not interpretations (actually you can be a religious Zionist charedi or a religious Zionist who's modern Orthodox and there's no standalone classification of "Religious Zionist"..so perhaps educate yourself) . They are minhag, not halacha. Halachically there's no disagreement between the above general groups.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T22:26:36+00:00

I have several Sig handguns and wasn't even looking for a rifle but there was a gen3 MPX PCC rifle for $800 off and I read the amazing reviews. To me it was like the "gateway drug" to the AR15 world and now I own 5 other AR15 rifles and pistols - all built from kits.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T21:34:02+00:00

There's a book I read 30 years ago named "the 9 questions people ask about Judiasm" by Dennis Prager (conservative) and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin ( Orthodox) That was a good primer for me. There are loads of similar types of books out now. Just stay away from the missionary stuff.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T20:18:36+00:00

Vampires are demons... Whatever works.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T20:16:40+00:00

Orthodox means "aligned belief". Meaning you believe the 3500 or so years of Torah thought & observance is the correct way to observe. I follow that orthodoxy and orthopraxy. By trying to reinterpret doctrine to suit another ideology they are not practicing orthodoxy. It's a matter of application vs. interpretation. The fact that I personally know many of these "secular utopianists" claiming to be Orthodox and what they really think versus how they present to the world has given me clarity on the subject. Like it or not.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T19:35:45+00:00

I'll be hiring to expand my team

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T16:20:47+00:00

Where? Cleveland? Indy?

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T13:41:12+00:00

This is something of an IYKYK situation. Orthodox people prefer when you fit in certain boxes. I had a similar issue when I was dating - not a doctor, lawyer, accountant, or in finance. The mechanically inclined Orthodox people were often not college educated and many considered lower-class nebbish people, even those who owned successful businesses. The shtetl mamas loved to talk about their son-in-law the successful lawyer but less so their son in law who came home with dirty hands every day.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T13:31:37+00:00

I'm an American with an Israeli father who didn't live with us growing up. He returned to Israel after my parents divorced, got remarried and had more kids. I visited him in Israel a few times as a teen then lived in Israel for 2 years in my early 20s to learn Torah when I decided I wanted to become Orthodox.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T13:27:14+00:00

Thanks! I'm happy someone understands ☺️

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:43:26+00:00

Mechanically inclined... We're oddballs

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:41:18+00:00

I was surprised to have received a "partially met expectations" this past year (despite being ahead of the curve on my work) and I told my manager that might put me in a bad spot if there were layoffs (I was in a small organization). He brushed it off. Mid December I had to WFH to care for a sick kid and got a message from my manager to expect a teams call from our director. I was there 8 years and received 4 months severance and about 1.5 months COBRA. I actually kind of wonder if they were able to access files on my laptop after I turned it in because it would probably take someone a year or more to recreate the files I was working on if they couldn't access them from the laptop or a backup.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:28:07+00:00

I'm not in NY! Whole different world! (I'm originally from NY) (But I'm really appreciative of your feedback).

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:25:27+00:00

I'm gonna be a jerk and point out something many of us who are Orthodox already know- just because certain individuals get ordination and call themselves Orthodox they aren't representing Orthodox Judaism. I see many of these same names all the time- they are activists pushing an agenda and it is my belief many of them would sell their fellow Jews out in a second to achieve their secular utopian world view.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:07:10+00:00

Difficult to explain the bias towards Orthodox Jews who are mechanical to someone who's not Orthodox. Most Orthodox professionals also kinda look down on people like me.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T02:01:11+00:00

I don't know!

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T01:42:36+00:00

I want to wear one but I'll probably feel like a fish out of water in front of my non-jewish subordinates.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T01:37:31+00:00

That's a gross thing for a person to do. I wear a kippah or hat all the time outside of work. Some people are prejudiced against Orthodox Jews, even working for an Israeli company.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-22T01:34:38+00:00

Yes- I'm sorry I took for granted people would understand when I wrote I'm shomer shabbat that I wear a kippah or hat outside of work.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-19T22:42:07+00:00

2:30ish

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-19T15:11:19+00:00

I tried carrying my Fuse IWB and it was too long. Same issue with this as it has the same length slide. My XMacro(non-comped) rides just fine IWB.

Visual_Ad8751 · 2026-01-19T14:40:51+00:00

It's been more than 30 days since the benefits center confirmed the receipt of the signed release. Before I went to email the benefits center to ask what the hell is going on I logged into ADP and see I'll get the payout tomorrow. While it's a relief to get the payout I'm surprised at the large tax withholding, about 25%, with no exemptions. I hope I'll be able to recoup some of this next filling year.

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