Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Whaaa but they smell so good sometimes! Some do smell like a burnt barrel, but I prefer them a bit more subtle. I especially like when they taste like a cup of strong coffee.

They smell like homelessness people about 99.8% of the time.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Get Moto san to set one of us regulars to help you mod. Most of us in this thread are easily up to the task.

FYI, Moto-san doesn't own this forum. He's just reg member, just like you.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

We will just beat on them until they comply.

I offered once. Never got a reply. Not even a thanks but no thanks.

Hey, I've send the idea in admin/mod section... but no one really agreed nor disagreed.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

FYI, Moto-san doesn't own this forum. He's just reg member, just like you.

Ah. Then whoever. You get my point.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Today's to-do list: play with spreadsheets until I make sense of my director's inane requests to distill down extremely specific points of data from massive amounts of raw data in an attempt to show items that might not actually be as important as he says they are. Giving him exactly what he wants also seems impossible because he's pulling me in a new direction every week.

I'll just leave this here....pivot tables are your friend. If you don't know how to use them, it's time to learn. After that, everything becomes a pivot table.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

@Dadhawk, tell us about the new plane! Did I miss it? How exciting!

I never really provided any detail, just a couple of photos.

It's one pretty much no one that knows planes has ever heard of, and the longest name possible.

AMD Alarus CH2000.

It's a small, two seater that is used primarily in the training market.
The one I bought is low-time, fully IFR equipped (plan to use it to get my IFR and maybe my CFI).

The things I liked...

• It wasn't a project. Any other plane I found in the price range was going to require a lot of work.
• Other than having steam gauges rather than a glass cockpit, it is fully up to date with a decent radio stack/GPS and ADS-B.
• It burns 5GPH at 115MPH, so its slow, but good enough for what I do.
• It was designed by Chris Heintz, the same guy that designed several kit planes I'm familiar with. Even though its FAA certified, its a simple easy to maintain plane.
• It's wider than most small planes, which makes it comfortable to fly two-up.
• You can fly it with full fuel and two passengers, even when they don't weigh the standard 170lbs each.
• It's technically a warplane since its used by the Iraqi and Peruvian military as scout and FLIR aircraft.

What could be better...

• Did I mention it is a little slow?
• It's light so it can get blown around a bit, but it has a demonstrated crosswind of 25knots, which is amazing.
• It doesn't have much of a baggage compartment, really just a shelf
• You need Hulk Fingers to operate the trim wheel on it.
• There were only a couple hundred built so service is a learning process.

Have only been able to fly it for about an hour as part of an insurance checkout. Waiting for my flight instructor (who flies C130s as his day job) to get back into town next week to finish up.

[Nevermore]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'll just leave this here....pivot tables are your friend. If you don't know how to use them, it's time to learn. After that, everything becomes a pivot table.

No, trust me. Pivot tables and vlookups are hugely useful. The issue I was having was just defining the tasks itself. I had a meeting with two other guys on the project and I think I get what they're looking for and some of my flailing appears to have been correct.

I appreciate the concern, but I can make a beautiful spreadsheet.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

I appreciate the concern, but I can make a beautiful spreadsheet.

Shit info workers say.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

They smell like homelessness people about 99.8% of the time.

Do you even get those in Canada?

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

It's not that. It's just the request doesn't make any sense. Or at least, I'm struggling to figure out exactly what he wants me to show him. And when he explains it, it sounds like what he wants is actually pretty useless. So I'm having a hard time seeing the point. I've created at least 5 new spreadsheets trying to make sense of this stuff and haven't really gotten anywhere. I'm glad I can finally fill a day with something, but I hate this new direction because it just doesn't seem worth it.

Sometimes bosses have you do things that clearly will have no benefit because they have to do things that clearly will have no benefit and have better things to do with their time.



Also, sometimes they give things as training exercises that in and of themselves are pointless, but build a skill that will later be used for something meaningful. One of the greatest skills you can have is taking a pile of meaningless crap and find a way it can make your boss look like a genius.


Sometimes they are just clueless morons that we assume must be smarter than we think they are or why else would they be the boss?.. hmm

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I'm not an IPA fan, but hops certainly have smell and flavor and can be interesting. I had an ale the other day that was very hoppy but not bitter. I thought that was interesting and I could have had more.

If I want something super easy to drink, I'll get a hefeweizen. Well, really, I'll get water. I drink beer for the flavor and alcohol.

This isn't so much an argument as a wondering of why bother drinking American light lagers when they're so flavorless?

What don’t you like about IPAs?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

After working on suspension, tried to test drive my car... welp, battery was dead. Lucky for me, I was able to get the replacement before shop closed. Pretty surprised my battery lasted lil over 5yrs of usage.

Welp, better now than if you were out where you weren't supposed to be, with someone you weren't supposed to be with and the battery died -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Just noticed... while I'm gone on long ass vacation, there won't be any mods maintaining Member Classified Section nor keep this forum moderated, other than once a while from admin.

That goes same w my work. There's no one assigned to cover my spot while I'm gone.

Work, I can training several staffs to survive til come back... but here, welp RIP lol

I suggest you not worry about the forum and enjoy your vacation. If a forum person gets out of line, we will just encourage ol @Tcoat to hammer on them till they go away -


humfrz

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Will BRZ

What don’t you like about IPAs?

The bitterness. They're unbalanced. They were designed to keep for a long time, not to taste good. I like the hops, and I've had a hazy IPA or two that was alright, but mainly they just overwhelm with bitterness. In contrast, a good imperial stout uses all kinds of other flavors to overwhelm the bitterness, like how sugar outdoes bitterness in chocolate.

[Will BRZ]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, better now than if you were out where you weren't supposed to be, with someone you weren't supposed to be with and the battery died -


humfrz

Speaking from experience? Lol