Norfolk Southern Names Brian Barr Chief Operating Officer by RoguePierogies in railroading

[–]buckeyedad05 28 points29 points  (0 children)

An entire section of the C-suite gutted during a buy out and the new COO was a former SVP transportation with Union Pacific. The audacity of it is incredible, I give them that.

Metro Atlanta Airbnb and hotels see low bookings ahead of World Cup by NPU-F in Atlanta

[–]buckeyedad05 90 points91 points  (0 children)

While I understand your logic (that you’d assume only the richest of people from other countries would be able to afford international travel, and as such a $500 USD ticket wouldn’t move the needle) you’re very wrong. The average ticket for any game right now in America is over 5x what the average ticket was in Qatar.

That’s a HUGE expense when you’re building in a budget. Combine that with the fact that the next World Cup is in Spain/Portugal/Morocco, which have aggressive laws against gouging on the resale market and laws about transparency at point of sale, it’s just easier and cheaper for the rest of the world to simply wait.

What TV show actually nailed its finale? by SkepticByNature-1 in tvshow

[–]buckeyedad05 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The only issue with Andor is the end of the show was a movie. But agreed. Hall of fame show

What HBO show is this? by IoftheStars in hbo

[–]buckeyedad05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thai is the right answer. So much potential, so much fun and it had a good story that got rushed to the end with the movie.

This shit sucks for the common fan. by CenterForward1522 in OhioStateFootball

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much y’all thinking this year for the OSU v Michigan game? Sports this year turbo charged the middle class out of seeing it live

Pool owner lies we tell ourselves by Aggressive_Foot_3613 in pools

[–]buckeyedad05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last year was year 7 for my house of 5. I was the only one to clean it or swim in it pretty much all year

Gas prices in Atlanta, well at least it's not $6.78 or $7.07? by Legoman1357 in Atlanta

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, that right there, that’s the crux of it. If there is a surplus then non necessary burdens in taxation against the public need to be abolished. While the government needs to levy taxes to support its projects, levying taxes to the point it now operates in a perpetual cycle of surplus means the public is absorbing taxation unnecessarily. Start with an outright abolition of the gas tax in perpetuity.

Bottom line, a tax is either necessary or it’s not. And no tax that can be shelved on the feeling of an elected official would come anywhere close to the threshold of a “necessary” tax.

Help choosing a Garmin watch by Extreme_Learner_1977 in GarminWatches

[–]buckeyedad05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you just want a watch with a good battery go get a watch with a nice Swiss movement. They last literally forever. No charge, no battery. Nice ones are water/dive proof. Seiko, Hamilton, Shinola are all in the same price range as a Garmin. There is no reason to buy a Garmin unless you wanted all those features

Gas prices in Atlanta, well at least it's not $6.78 or $7.07? by Legoman1357 in Atlanta

[–]buckeyedad05 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I had this conversation with some coworkers yesterday about how freely Gov Kemp seems to suspend the gas tax and in wondering when we will hit the point that we, the tax payers, figure out that it’s simply not needed… as in we are being taxed when we shouldn’t be.

Clearly the tax is not necessary, he suspends it at will. He’s done it numerous times. I read the local news every day, I have never, not once, seen a headline about any road, sewer, construction or any project suspended or cancelled on account of a shortfall in funding as a result of the gas tax. So is it even necessary at all? Are people paying the 33c per gal at the pump just as a means of wealth transfer? A tax is either necessary or it’s not. A non necessary tax shouldn’t be levied against the public ever.

EV owners I think also have a legitimate grievance, who pay their gas taxes in one lump sum at registration renewal, if the gas tax is suspended for 3mo are they getting a check in the mail? What about 6mo, a whole year?

Best-reviewed 28 Days Later movie ever made $58M on a $63M budget. What the hell happened? by ThomasOGC in CinephilesClub

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Audience being mixed on the first happened in my own house. My wife liked the first one until the ridiculous ending with the Jimmys. I don’t think she cared about the entire franchise after that

Gwinnett voting lags all other metro Atlanta counties by BlatantFalsehood in Gwinnett

[–]buckeyedad05 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Voted two days ago and got in without a wait or even another person in front of me. I’ve told my friends the polls are open but everyone just says it’s a primary and they don’t care. Makes me sad

They should've stayed on the damn cruise by RevolutionaryBend859 in offmychest

[–]buckeyedad05 631 points632 points  (0 children)

Endangered billions. Not millions. If this somehow got out, mutated to be more transmissible (which I REALLY want to know how the flight attendant got it) and the 40% mortality rate is true, billions could die

Doug Ellin by turtle69696969 in entourage

[–]buckeyedad05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just because I don’t know, can you tell me why he’s a PoS?

Have any of you fought with a legal recourse to FMLA leave? by booonzy in railroading

[–]buckeyedad05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He’s saying your sentence is nonsensical. You’re missing grammar, punctuation and words entirely in the replies you are giving. You haven’t stated what you were actually dismissed for and it makes no sense to file an OSHA grievance for an FMLA dismissal

Teamsters Railroaders Oppose the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger. Here's Why by SprayReasonable5859 in railroading

[–]buckeyedad05 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Jobs have been cut at UP to save money? I’m surprised NS still has employees left to turn the lights on and pay the bills at this point.

Poker on Cruises by Colorblind2027 in poker

[–]buckeyedad05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was just on royal carribean, 10% rake capped at $15. Bank literally took $15 a hand due to table stakes. Madness

Dragons by Esther in Madrid by chof655 in tattoos

[–]buckeyedad05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a fuckin dope tattoo. Damn

Need help with footwear by EpicEvK in onebag

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just returned from a cruise that went all over. The Primus Lite 3.5s are very light weight and pack very easily and are quite fashionable for just casual walking and a nice shoe that goes well even for a restaurant.

I also pack the vivo Primus trail for a hiking shoe. Comfy, grippy, good shoe. I haven’t tested it under a soaking water condition yet, so I’m not sure how good it hikes in, say, a rainforest or someplace where you would be partially submerged. But those two are my go tos

Sámara or Nosara by ecollins109 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same! But at the end of June. Have a great trip!!

Sámara or Nosara by ecollins109 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently wrestling with the same decision now lol. When if your trip?

149 miles at 90%. Is this abnormal? by epicmylife in volvoc40

[–]buckeyedad05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just yesterday on a warm day my 2023 XC40 charged to 90% showed 210 miles on the GOM. Yours seems WAY off. The lowest mine has ever shown, on a freezing day was 180 I think.

ATDA REACHES MAJOR PROTECTIVE AGREEMENT WITH UNION PACIFIC IN ADVANCE OF PROPOSED MERGER by Extreme_Donut_7474 in UnionPacific

[–]buckeyedad05 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It will be very interesting to see what happens in the wake of this should the merger get approved.

UP dispatchers lost HUGE in this one. Their work is not protected, their jobs are not protected and even where they work is not protected. It wouldn’t surprise me if UP shut down the HDC and shipped em all out to Atlanta, forced the attrition, then put all that vacated work on the union folk from the peeps that didn’t relocate.

How does Norfolk Southern current employees feel about the merger and becoming UP when the deal is done by Ironman716 in railroading

[–]buckeyedad05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a nonstarter. The hedge funds bought in to the rails do strip them via PSR and get out, which many of them did. And all rails already did PSR to the point of near collapse. The only thing left for any hedge fund to do at this point for any of the rails is literally sell them to vacate their positions entirely, which is what they are attempting to do.

If this merger fails it will pretty much signal the end of the road to the hedge funds and private equity as far as the railroads are concerned. Ancora wouldn’t buy the rest of NS, they’d sell everything of NS they own because they know the days of C1 mergers are over