Today I Learned...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Reminds me of my 1978 (European round eye) Golf GTI. Loved that car.

I had a MK1 GTI too.. sold it just before the prices went nuts!! Bloody typical for me.. Determined to stay with the BRZeeee, it's a rare thing in the UK, only about 980 sold..

[blsfrs]

Originally Posted by JD001

I had a MK1 GTI too.. sold it just before the prices went nuts!! Bloody typical for me.. Determined to stay with the BRZeeee, it's a rare thing in the UK, only about 980 sold..

Do you pronounce it "Zeeee" or "Zeeeeed"?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by JD001

I think that as you move up the pay grade or wealth scale the further you get removed from what you actually enjoyed.. With higher pay grades you become a people manager and not actually doing the job that you enjoyed.. And with mega wealth, you can do anything you wish but no chase, no anticipation of saving and wonderment before you can afford something that so desired..

I just always assumed management enjoys getting paid to do nothing of consequence and lording over the plebs.

Wait, that might just be executives.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by JD001

Amazon need to slow down a wee bit... Give their staff a bit of a break.. I 'm not mega desperate to have something ordered via Amazon to appear the next day.. if I want something really quickly rather go to a shop..

They are trying to go after that "I'll just go down to the shop" market I think. Which isn't good, you should totally go down the the shop if you can IMO. That's the problem with successful corporations. The expectation is that you need to be more and more successful year after year. Just keeping the status quo causes investors to lose interest and the stock price falls, which means you can't borrow as much to fund new things which causes the stock price to fall further....

/Rant

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

Do you pronounce it "Zeeee" or "Zeeeeed"?

I can not speak for JD001 but I pronounce it both Zee and Zed depending on the context/usage. However, I always say Zed 28 for Camaro but 240 Zee for the Datsun. If you ask me why I'd say it just sounds correct to my brain.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

Do you pronounce it "Zeeee" or "Zeeeeed"?

I say 'Golf GTI', why?

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I just always assumed management enjoys getting paid to do nothing of consequence and lording over the plebs.

Wait, that might just be executives.

Indeed, "Plebs" an interesting word.. a few years back one of politicians got into a lot trouble having called a Police officer a 'pleb'..

[JD001]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

Do you pronounce it "Zeeee" or "Zeeeeed"?

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I can not speak for JD001 but I pronounce it both Zee and Zed depending on the context/usage. However, I always say Zed 28 for Camaro but 240 Zee for the Datsun. If you ask me why I'd say it just sounds correct to my brain.

I only say BRZeeee on this forum. When ever I happen to talk about the car with my wife I refer to it as 'the blue car', Subaru or BRZ'd means nothing to her... If anyone else asks, it's a Subaru as no one in the UK knows a BRZ'd...

[spcmafia]

Today I learned how a Peregrine Falcon hunts, it ls most metal and brutal thing Ive seen.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Today I learned how a Peregrine Falcon hunts, it ls most metal and brutal thing Ive seen.

Is it worse than being mauled to death by a grizzly? Asking for a friend.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Is it worse than being mauled to death by a grizzly? Asking for a friend.

I mean, being hit at 240MPH until you either lose consciousness or die from trauma has got to be on par with getting dragged and tossed like a rag doll by an angry giant, but fuzzy shredder.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Today I learned how a Peregrine Falcon hunts, it ls most metal and brutal thing Ive seen.

Peregrine is my longtime favorite animal btw. Like since I was 6. I think I still some have bad drawings somewhere lol.

[x808drifter]

This is all I thought of reading those...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

I mean, being hit at 240MPH until you either lose consciousness or die from trauma has got to be on par with getting dragged and tossed like a rag doll by an angry giant, but fuzzy shredder.

I see your point. Both are pretty hardcore.

Originally Posted by Spuds

Peregrine is my longtime favorite animal btw. Like since I was 6. I think I still some have bad drawings somewhere lol.

Well, yeah. Falcons are carnivorous. You have nothing to fear.