you can get the sprinter with the 2.0L gas turbo-4, tho
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Agreed, We have arrived at the times that the DEQ/EPA's intrusive arm has overextended the viable use of tier III and tier 4+ diesels hence the resurgence of big liter gas blocks and EV/hybrid options. I have personally rebuilt, tuned, and worked on every brand and model of diesel engines for the last 30 years and they will never be the same. Currently, the cost of gas over diesel is still significantly cheaper than the maintenance and repair of any diesel. For example, the last diesel I built was a 6.0 Ford, it cost me (just in parts) 8 grand to rebuild and bulletproof the block in order to have a reliable truck but, it was rendered offroad only and not legal for street driving via the EPA/DEQ. Jump forward 4 years and the parts used to bulletproof the block are now illegal for any shop to sell let alone stock or have in custody so the retail support has vanished. To give you context, I can replace a complete gas short block in a truck for less than 1800 bucks in a day, versus a minimum of a $7k fix on any diesel or $25k for a block replacement that takes weeks if not months due to inventory.
We're going to make a "liesurely" start of it. So we'll probably leave the house no earlier than 10-ish, all depending on traffic. This gets us to the MJ lot around 11:30, which means we'll find a spot right up front as one of the early-risers leaves at lunch time.ah, you want to experience weekend lift lines, too, do ya? <snip> unless you're actually there by then.
Potayto, potahto, innit?
t-70 minutes for departure to one of the bigger nordic skiing meets for U-14s and U-12s in our area, the "Championnats Jeunesse NorAm" in Joliette, QC. It's a 3-day event where all the kids from all the clubs stay together in a school, and race on Sat, Sun, and Monday. This is my oldest's 3rd and final time there (he missed one year caus' of Covid) and my youngests first. Both are nervous for different reasons, but I think they will absolutely love the party atmosphere...
from another club, but the vibe is there:
(our team is in yellow and green [or black and green])
About to start loading the car now...
from another club, but the vibe is there:
About to start loading the car now...
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turn their IP connection off for like, 30 seconds.
I love watching a boss rake himself over the coals. In our team meeting, one of the younger guys was running the meeting. A question he asked of the senior guys, specifically to our manager and the guy that got the promotion, was "how would you say you've developed yourself to be a leader over your career and time with the company? Especially [promoted guy], since you just got the leadership role."
The promoted guy kind of threw him under the bus. "Not to take away from Stoney's thunder here, because a lot of my ability to get the promotion was because of what I've learned from him over the last year...". Boss just stammered around how we are all leaders in our own way and... Complete stammering. Everybody who knew that I didn't get the job basically just sat back to watch the show, because he was in a spot where he had to effectively explain to the team why I didn't get the job, without saying names.
I can't wait until I find a new position. Until then, he's now approved 30+ days off this year already without batting an eye - 10 today after that call alone.
The promoted guy kind of threw him under the bus. "Not to take away from Stoney's thunder here, because a lot of my ability to get the promotion was because of what I've learned from him over the last year...". Boss just stammered around how we are all leaders in our own way and... Complete stammering. Everybody who knew that I didn't get the job basically just sat back to watch the show, because he was in a spot where he had to effectively explain to the team why I didn't get the job, without saying names.
I can't wait until I find a new position. Until then, he's now approved 30+ days off this year already without batting an eye - 10 today after that call alone.
Would it be possible to send them a pop up window that says "God sees you masturbating on company time" ?
you should stop complying with the dress code gradually to see if they say anything
Anything is possible
But really unless we find someone is breaking a company policy or being a security risk, I never say anything. Its not my business and heck, I wouldn't want someone else counting how many clicks I make on Teh Monkey daily.
But yeah, I don't connect my cell phone to the guest network at work for a reason.
sometimes people at work ask questions and reveal that they don't even understand the features of the thing that they built...
‘Superficial intelligence’
I was in a hoody and flat billed hat today (the team hat; not my preferred). It was referred to as my Friday gear for the young ones.
That's your new baseline for the entire week
The wounds are monetary and run very deep
Doing anything to save your old messages? If so, how?
I'm going to use it as an archive but you could hook up an email client, download everything, then disconnect.
Some folks in our neighborhood have a festive inflatable something to celebrate a given holiday. But one brave soul has a festive wolf man. If you live outside the HOA, all bets are off.
Looks like the wolf is holding up a giant pair of panties.
what a fucked up day. System went down at a dialysis center and they had to turn everyone away. that was 70% of my transports. Then traffic went to hell and other Dialysis centers were short staffed and running 30 minutes to an hour late so it put my guys behind schedule. That meant that I got to play Ricky Rescue and go pick up stranded clients and instead of working 0630 to 1430 i was out until 1700 and drove over 300 miles instead of 100 Kill me nao.
at least I had another round of Beer and falafel waiting at home
at least I had another round of Beer and falafel waiting at home