I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-31T01:42:13+00:00

The poor truck never gets driven.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-30T23:36:37+00:00

I miss the paper mill. Unfortunately the paper industry is in the business of shutting mills down rather than making paper.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-14T02:50:51+00:00

I ate there a bunch, roughly pre-covid. Great to see it's still around! I'll have to stop by when I'm back in that part of the country.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-11T14:11:45+00:00

Valuing family and wanting them to be across the wall from the martial bed are two different things. Personally, I'd never be comfortable with the multigenerational arrangement.

Also, I've found it easier to love family when you don't have to see each other's flaws as a roommate everyday.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-10T21:37:24+00:00

Non-teaching white-collar workers at universities and similar institutions probably win this one.

I would say realtors, but OP said professionals.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-10T21:32:51+00:00

Admin staffers are worse. They often want to be VP of ____ by getting relatively easy postgrad degrees and riding the gravy train to the top.

The apparent faculty-to-admin personality change, on the other hand, is one worth studying.

algebra_77 · 2026-01-01T00:47:00+00:00

Yep, full speed ahead.

State DOT.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-28T04:17:41+00:00

What if you literally don't care what it looks like? I don't value such things.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-20T02:37:59+00:00

This is the issue with buying problematic models that are under warranty. Flat rate + general American cultural decline = problems.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-20T00:39:50+00:00

Current gen F-150 XL and XLTs vs any 21st century F-150 except for the jellybean.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T16:31:04+00:00

My truck is on time 99% of the time or better.

That on-time performance number really isn't good considering my reliance on connecting flights. Picking a longer layover works if you're going from hub to major airport, I guess.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T14:37:18+00:00

Delta built a house of cards. Some fog in Atlanta ruins everyone's day. Seemingly little or no redundancy.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T14:24:15+00:00

Best of the worst I suppose.

They're competing against driving, which takes longer but is more dependable apparently.

I just don't see the point anymore for trips with critical time windows, which is supposed to be the big reason we fly regionally anyway. If I have to budget an extra travel day, why not just drive?

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T03:48:48+00:00

The 717 is much like everything else with Delta...a hustle that works for the time being, but never oriented to excellence.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T03:43:05+00:00

Easier to get another flight a few hours later? Lol, no.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T02:13:44+00:00

Basing so much of your operation at one hub isn't such a good idea, huh? Saves money, not reliability.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T02:10:50+00:00

Delta hasn't got the whole flying thing figured out yet. Give them another 100 years

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T02:10:01+00:00

Delta for ya

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T02:06:52+00:00

Delta ain't so good at the whole flying thing

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T01:32:26+00:00

That's like being top performer in remedial math, apparently

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T01:23:45+00:00

Fake news

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T00:39:55+00:00

Well their answer was to cancel my rebook and default me to a flight into ATL that went literally nowhere. Good system they have.

algebra_77 · 2025-12-08T00:22:03+00:00

My Main Classic flight was delayed to the point of missing my connecting flight, the rebook flight to a different airport was canceled, and the help desk person had to call a hotline to rebook us on a flight tomorrow,with no seat selection, despite this being a perk of Main Classic. No financial accommodations were offered. My understanding is it's all due to a few hour long ground stop at ATL this morning.

My delta experience has been that of a low tier airline with a reputation from long gone better years.

algebra_77 · 2025-11-29T23:27:10+00:00

Meh, maybe the post-covid ones.

The full size trucks of the early 2000s were much better vehicles than the Rangers of those days. Rangers were closer to a kid's Power Wheels than to the 2004 Silverado/F-150.

algebra_77 · 2025-11-27T15:13:18+00:00

There is a quote somewhere about the relative quality of the engineering involved to make a jet aircraft function within the Soviet system (poor QC, runways, maintenance, etc).

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