trafficinsight
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It must get really boring being so.... boring all the time.
Okay. It's culture, not religion.
Honestly, they were all very friendly and I was pretty amazing at the intricacy of the costumes!Were you confused and yet strangely drawn to it?
The Muslims I know, who are some of our best friends, and have educated our children, function way, way better in modern society than you appear to.
you know, sadly, I don’t have a single urbster. An oversight.
I do like the periphery thought, though. I’ve got a couple companies of FWL mechs… maybe do some up Taurens.
that would be fun. I’ve also been tempted to do some Team Bonzai.
Viewfromthewing picked this up.
Delta speed runner (whatever the hell that means). But the main problem is, the shirtless poser for his display pic.
Pathetic what is happening at airlines nowadays.
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Living in a state that is being dominated by full-on Christian Taliban, at least political money buying the State House wise (look up Tim Dunn, Dan and Farris Wilks) I can say "Fundamentalist religious zealots" are all kind of similar and extremely bad.Obviously there are some real **** heads out there too, just like there are **** head westerners/Christians, but the Muslims I interacted with in various middle eastern countries (Jordan, Bahrain, UAE) were some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Quirky, or at least quirky to a westerner sometimes, but way more hospitable and generous than your average American bear. To your point of what they were taught as kids
Furries and cosplay is a totally different set. I wouldn’t even call them a sub set of a larger group. As Derg pointed out, the motivations are wildly different.I think furries and costume (I believe it is termed "cosplay") people are different crowds. But I have determined that, and to use a phrase that has been applied to other things here lately, the Venn diagrams between costume girls, Onlyfans hopefuls, and hardcore porn newcomers are directly overlaid now. You can't be one without being the other 2 as well.
For my 121 operation, that’s a good thing. But for a regular operation, don’t you just end up sitting and waiting for a gate at your destination?
Unless that gate is open
My Christmas EWR flight took longer going to EWR than flying back to LA. Flight landed and blocked into LA 1:10 early. The gate was open.
WTF you doin flying Christmas my man? Don't tell me 150% pay.
Good operations aren't planned like that haha. Airlines and airports think very differently. In the ramp tower I did all the gates on concourses A/G at SFO plus some common use gates on the Delta and Virgin\Alaska terminal which were airport-owned. On the A-side, I took everyone's preferences into account but from there did what had to be done to plan the way I best could figure things WOULD happen, not how they COULD happen in a perfect world. In the winter, Asia flights arrived 1-2.5 hours early all the damn time. I didn't say "Oh well, park on time". I made sure they had a damn gate (when possible).For my 121 operation, that’s a good thing. But for a regular operation, don’t you just end up sitting and waiting for a gate at your destination?
Living in a state that is being dominated by full-on Christian Taliban, at least political money buying the State House wise (look up Tim Dunn, Dan and Farris Wilks) I can say "Fundamentalist religious zealots" are all kind of similar and extremely bad.
Growing up, Dallas was always the epicenter of Texas Christo-facism. You could easily avoid North Texas and the rest was seriously pretty chill. Houston being the most Libertarian city in America, Austin being liberal, San Antonio a pleasant mix of everything, and everywhere else some mix in between. But JEEBUS...the entire state is dominated by fundamentalists now. It's a serious drag.
Good operations aren't planned like that haha. Airlines and airports think very differently. In the ramp tower I did all the gates on concourses A/G at SFO plus some common use gates on the Delta and Virgin\Alaska terminal which were airport-owned. On the A-side, I took everyone's preferences into account but from there did what had to be done to plan the way I best could figure things WOULD happen, not how they COULD happen in a perfect world. In the winter, Asia flights arrived 1-2.5 hours early all the damn time. I didn't say "Oh well, park on time". I made sure they had a damn gate (when possible).
Park but not unload for customs reasons is probably a thing everywhere. El Al would have to do that pretty much every day because they padded the crap out of their times and arrived well before dawn when customs was closed lol. That was my "grey area" fix sometimes too, if the only way to not ruin people's vacations was to mix international and domestic flights on a swing gate but not open the aircraft door for the pax while the jetway doors are either in intl or domestic mode. Gets the plane off the apron and into the gate where they can at least offload bags and stage the fueling and stuff running on ground power while the flight next door either finishes boarding or deboarding. Not technically breaking any rules as long as the correct doors are opened at the correct times, so I'd always ask whichever airline was more competent to make sure the less competent airline didn't cause a CBP meltdown LOL.That's an SFO thing. Most (many, some?) airports don't provide that flexibility. I've been told to slow down before heading eastbound when there won't be a gate available until our scheduled arrival time. Also, Customs can back up during busy times and you either get to park but not unload, or they just stick you in a remote stand until there is space for your passengers to go through.
Not always.For my 121 operation, that’s a good thing. But for a regular operation, don’t you just end up sitting and waiting for a gate at your destination?
Rather a pity, too; while I'd still rent out Texas and live in Hell if I owned both of those places, there are still corners of Texas I enjoy visiting. That enjoyment continues to be diminished by the actions of the Tex-arse state government, which is in need of some serious housecleaning in both the executive and legislative. (Like, how many times does Paxton have to be indicted here?)Living in a state that is being dominated by full-on Christian Taliban, at least political money buying the State House wise (look up Tim Dunn, Dan and Farris Wilks) I can say "Fundamentalist religious zealots" are all kind of similar and extremely bad.
Growing up, Dallas was always the epicenter of Texas Christo-facism. You could easily avoid North Texas and the rest was seriously pretty chill. Houston being the most Libertarian city in America, Austin being liberal, San Antonio a pleasant mix of everything, and everywhere else some mix in between. But JEEBUS...the entire state is dominated by fundamentalists now. It's a serious drag.
Things have glacially moved back to that here in Denver as well now that ramp is more or less properly staffed. It’s been some time since I’ve had to wait on for a gate or a ramp crew.Not always.
It was not abnormal for me to be standing in my apartment in MSP at my scheduled release time.
I consider moving - I've always liked New Mexico and consider that the next-best thing to Tex-Mex - but I'll be damned if I'm driven out of a place I love by a bunch of Tipper Gore's in cowboy boots (who grew up in Maryland - like Dan Patrick). EFF those guys. It'll change - Texas for the vast majority of its existence was ruled by Democrats. This GOP hegemony is really a blip in time.Rather a pity, too; while I'd still rent out Texas and live in Hell if I owned both of those places, there are still corners of Texas I enjoy visiting. That enjoyment continues to be diminished by the actions of the Tex-arse state government, which is in need of some serious housecleaning in both the executive and legislative. (Like, how many times does Paxton have to be indicted here?)