Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sapphireho]

Who?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

*shudder* I don't know if I'll ever get over seeing tcoat get out of my car. Third day in, we finally went shopping for a new belt.

Same when he bent over on our deck to pet the cat -

And that's after you said he got a new belt -

[bcj]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Who?

Fujiwara Bunta sensei

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

You’re correct. He would be no one, if he didn’t make 86 & Supra… but that can be said the same w a lot of engineers or designers in general. Fans would treat him like a God or something, but all he wanted from them is to become a friend.

Retirement age is 60 in Japan, but he wanted to work til 65. At 60, Toyota requested, he agreed & “retired” from Toyota to benefit younger engineers, so they can get promoted. BUT Toyota requested him to work, so he became a contractor & “contract” w Toyota. Suddenly Toyota is going away with having Chief Engineers. Believing that car should be build & updated without CE. So literally he doesn’t have much work for him as CE. They also going away of having multiple spoke person, instead they have 1 main spoke person each (1 for Toyota, 1 for GR & 1 for housing/architect) & cutting supervisors. So in the end, he retired earlier (well there’s more reasons). What Toyota is doing is making more efficient line for the staffs to communicate & less lines of supervisors to reduce the time wasting.

All in all, he’s enjoying retirement life, so that’s all it matters

Yes, design by committee is the most effective way to get things done... /s

How did he get so "famous" anyway?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

How did he get so "famous" anyway?

Internet

His portfolio did not have such a following before the 86

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I don't know.
Pretty sure if Spike strips in front of a driveway I sure as hell am not driving near it.

You would definitely need to call the plumber union.

[Kiske]

Only 6 trick or treaters tonight. I got like 300 pieces of candy to unwrap and eat now. :O

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Only 6 trick or treaters tonight. I got like 300 pieces of candy to unwrap and eat now. :O

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY: MAN FOUND DEAD IN PILE OF CANDY WRAPPERS

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

HALLOWEEN TRAGEDY: MAN FOUND DEAD IN PILE OF CANDY WRAPPERS

My fingers would wear off unwrapping them before I even came close to eating everything. Candy has shrunk in size quite a bit this year.



I mean everything I bought feels smaller. The fun-sized chocolates feels about 1/2 sized. Hershey's used to be 2-3 tabs you could break off and eat, now they are one. The livesaver gummies and starbursts are individually wrapped when they used to be in pairs. And only 8-10 skittles in each baggie...

It's like to make up for a shortage they cut the products into without cutting the costs.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Only 6 trick or treaters tonight. I got like 300 pieces of candy to unwrap and eat now. :O

We lasted a whole hour and a half before running out. That's an hour longer than last year at least...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kiske

My fingers would wear off unwrapping them before I even came close to eating everything.

We have a few bags of chips and about a pound of the bite-sized candies left. Just took down the inflatable Frankenstein head.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

We have a few bags of chips and about a pound of the bite-sized candies left. Just took down the inflatable Frankenstein head.

I got the picture -

[Sapphireho]

I think we carved more pumpkins than we had kids.

[Sapphireho]

Old school oil.