3 Minutes of Aviation: short video compilations of aviation stuff. Look for appearances by cargo carrier Aeorsource in almost every video.
ANTI-CHEF: “regular guy” (no idea if he is “real” or a hired actor) makes food from around the world, as well as a Julia Child series. He’s funny and energetic, for an Ontarian.
Captain Steven Markovich: small channel (~14k subs as of this writing) with planespotting mainly from TPA (that’s Tampa to you). Fun personality, with quips such as “short & stumpy but gets the job done” (referring to the A318).
Dr. Todd Grande: psychologist that talks about pop culture, celebrities, and high-profile crimes. The snark is subtle yet off the charts, with deadpan delivery that Harold Ramis would have envied.
Jim Browning: the king of the scambaiters. Jim can gain access to scammers’ internal systems, including victim information and office CCTVs. All with the scammers’ permission. Also, I think he and our own Evil Sheldon sound just alike (so much so I thought ES was from Northern Ireland!)
Shiba Travel: Japanese dude rides ferries in Japan and eats & drinks. The quality of the food on these ships looks better than some actual cruise lines.
Tom the Taxi Driver: for cartographic and logistics geeks. London cabbie films his shifts, explains his routings, and talks a bit of history. I’d give this a 9/10 for nerdery.
Thanks for the Shiba Travel link.
I’ll return it with
Solo Travel Japan
Yes! That’s a great channel too!
Shoyan Japanese Carpenter switched to dubbed with no non-dubbed audio. I had to unsubscribe.
Japanese bread channel
https://youtube.com/channel/UCAVWa1Bbft6hGUrfKe9FENw
Watched a few minutes of the cabbie. Looks like hell.
Watched a few minutes of the Shiba Travel. Looks like heaven!
Thanks, KK!
I would love to ride the ferry in Japan. I think it would be really challenging since it’s not a toutist-centric activity.
Japan is challenging outside any tourist centric places for me.
I don’t especially enjoy being lost. OTH, most people are quite helpful.
Paraphrase some smartass sgt from years ago, how can you get lost in Japan? It’s an island. You just keep moving in the one direction and you’ll hit an ocean.
Pretty sure that works everywhere.
Eventually…
Tom the Taxi Driver is a show-off.
I remember getting in a taxi in London in 2015 with my then 13 year old son, we were late to meet my wife somewhere. On the outside taxi door a big sign said “credit cards accepted” as did two signs in the back seat. We reached our destination and I pulled out a credit card, only to have the grizzled cabbie sneer in full Cockney “I do not accept credit cards”. I pointed to the sign and he said “that don’t apply to me.” So I looked in my wallet and saw only US money, and asked, “will you take American dollars, then?” He growled, “I’ll take British pounds, THANK YOU!” I said, “don’t have any,” tossed him a twenty dollar bill, grabbed my son’s arm and we ran out and down the sidewalk. I can still hear his voice screaming after us, but he was stuck in traffic, and we quickly changed streets.
Wonder what Tom would think of that story.
Cab drivers are actually below strippers in my hierarchy of customer service employees. In general its those who are trafficking sex(uality) for money and then those who are licensed by the government in some manner.
There was a parking lot off of the N-S runway at ABQ where my co-worker and I would often have lunch (pre 9/11, obviously). One day we were there during construction of the main (E-W) runway and all flights were landing right in front of us. The crosswinds were horrendous (I recall a PSA flight returning to the terminal) and while we were watching an Alaska Airways jet touched a wingtip when landing.
My sister (a pilot for United) started turning grey around her 30’s. I used to tell her that each white hair was a crosswind landing.
ABQ is one of my favorite airports. The viewing lounge is awesome and very underutilized (fortunately)
I didn’t know that it was open any more.
There was a well-known secret, decades ago when I was still flying, about the bar that is/was located about halfway up to the control tower at Oakland airport. You had to walk around a corner to an alcove to the elevator. I stopped by there a couple of times and the same guy was tending bar both times.
Lol. Even for passengers. No fun to look out your window and be looking straight down the runway!
Yes, when you what’s happening. Fortunately most don’t.
Oddly, turbulence doesn’t bother me too much. Perhaps years of sailboats.
It bothers the fuck out of me.
One “memorable” trip from somewhere in China back to LA was non-stop turbulence for a couple hours over who the fuck knows where – Siberia?
Like dropping hundreds of feet shit.
A white-knuckle ride for 14 hours is not my idea of fun ever again.
The altitude changes are worse than the bucking.
As long as food (and vomit) aren’t all over the cabin it’s all good.
Of course my goal is now as few airplanes as possible.
Flying never bothered me until I had three bad flights in a row. One flame-out on an engine during takeoff, one with constant heavy turbulence for two hours, and one flight through a hurricane in a twin turbo prop that was a rollercoaster.
After that, I went through a couple of nervous years before I reverted to not being bothered again.
Losing an engine on takeoff definitely makes for a bad day.
You just reminded me of the Miracle on the Hudson. I was sneaking out of work early on the train. Somebody on my trading desk sent me a picture of one of the NJ commuter ferries pushed up against an airplane.
I was like WTF and jumped over to the news on my cell.
I don’t know if it has been noticed but congratulations on putting a shine on your scruff!
These euphemisms…
Why on earth did you fly through a hurricane?
As much as I can appreciate the pucker-factor for crosswind landings, I have a bit more respect for pilots landing on pitching decks.
Timing is everything. As we used to say in EMP testing, “If you’re a microsecond late then it might as well be next week.”
Jeebus that is nerve wracking.
LOL Jennifer Hart is dressed up as a geisha.
You can’t do that on television.
Just the kimono or the white makeup too?
The whole enchilada.
The real ones in Kyoto are kind of bitches. You see them walking down the street all made up and go to take a picture. “Hey, you can’t do that! You have pay for it!” Me: “You know what that makes you?”
Desirable?
I don’t know who Jennifer Hart is so I Googled the name. A story came up about a lesbian couple who murder-suicided themselves and their six adopted children after years of reported abuse.
I had never heard of this. I can only imagine why.
All six of their adopted children were African American.
The ones who drove off a cliff?
That’s what I’m thinking.
Life is like a jet plane. Guitar solo towards the end by the big guy is excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuYYSwewTE
Todd Grande is a good call, but be forewarned. If you watch one of his videos, YouTube will flood you with his content. He delivers snarky lines without even a hint of cheekiness nor recognition. At first I thought he was accidentally doing it.
Whenever I see travel videos about Japan, I think, “That’s really cool. I’d like to go there someday.”
Reminds me of reading my company’s job postings for positions I did or still do. I’m not sure I meet the requirements or even some of the basic prereqs…
How’s the landscaping going?
Exactly. Garden is going well after I spent hours digging out dozens of dokugami bulbs. Stinky little bastards were everywhere.
These things.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houttuynia_cordata
Reminds me of the ivy patch in the front that still comes back.
I like to watch the 3 Minutes of Aviation YouTube channel as well. Good choice!
I’m partial the TheHistoryGuy myself.
Jim Browning sounds interesting. Thanks for the suggestion.
I suspect this won’t be the last one of these nor limited to CR.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/czech-republic-prague-protest-sanctions-energy-crisis-gas-russia
Thanks, American media. You fucking assholes.
That story checks every box.
Trump, Russia, “the western alliance” (WTF?!).
The Grauniad writers must need cleaning up.
Trump created the desire of Europeans not wanted to freeze or starve to death.
Spilled a full iced coffee all over this. Literally going back to the…
https://ibb.co/zmw2vz8
That turned out great!
And your mishap only underscores why iced coffee is from Satan.
All the best things are.
When giving handjobs, move your coffee away from where it can be spilled. I’d imagine you are too experienced to be making those sorts of mistakes
I have played 80 holes in the last 2 days, tomorrow going for 48 on 2 courses. My back feels great, my shots are booming and putting still sucks.
Yay 3 day weekends!
🕳🦎
The Mary Sue cries that CNN is just Fox News Lite now. Because they dared to post an article (probably buried at the bottom of the home page) that called out the creators of Amazon’s The Rings Of Power for butchering Tolkien’s lore in the name of diversity.
The story in question, by the way, basically sides with the leftist talking points on diversity and spends much more of its length going over their positions than any of the counterpoints. They even spend about a quarter of it stopping just short of calling Tolkien a racist while bastardizing history by claiming that the Medieval European world LOTR was based on was more diverse than anyone has ever understood until just recently…because of some shoddy research that indicates there were some black people in Britain 10,000 years ago (which says nothing about the, you know, Medieval period). They imply that pretty much everyone of Tolkien’s background and class at the time was racist. Orcs are just really a substitute for blacks, don’t you know…not good and evil or anything like that.
It cannot be that Tolkien wasn’t writing about race at all.
Be like Razorfist. Just ignore it until it goes away.
I will never be counted among their viewership numbers nor will they ever get a dime from me, until they start producing content I endorse.
Funny how the ones who see the faces of black people in every brutish creature; orcs, gorilla statues, monkeys ie monkeypox, are the nonbigots.
I actually like the show so far, but it is off-putting, in the way that there is something represented which shouldn’t be, given the context.
Black elves go completely against the lore. You may get away with black dwarves though I’m no expert.
The black Valeryians in House Of The Dragon look ridiculous with their white wigs and fuck the actor who said the issue fans have is that it’s a rich black guy. As if that’s never been portrayed in fantasy or on TV before. But House Of The Dragon so far is the far superior show, and for all the talk about production value I’d say that Rings Of Power looks too slick in general.
There are roles for minorities on both shows, really. In terms of the Rings Of Power, biggest issue with the show is that it’s made up crap. It’s generic fantasy so far, completely cliched with all the terrible woke modern tropes with Galadriel. The show has almost the minimal connection to anything that Tolkien actually wrote about the time period.
Ah, so “Lord of the Rings: Attempted Cash Grab Edition.” Got it.
That is correct. It has only the vaguest idea of Tolkien’s works about it. Otherwise it is just a mediocre fantasy show. It is the Halloween III of fantasy shows.
For OMWC, I too love Molly Tuttle. Smooth as a dolphin. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm!
Happy morning to my erstwhile morning people! I don’t get to comment much anymore since the job was yanked away from me. I trust that everyone is doing well. We had our first freeze last night.
I am building my Army Of The First, and you are being incredibly derelict in your responsibilities. The First That Will Change Everything could come any day now and what are you doing? Resting?
The time to First is now, Festus.
The Step-Son is sleeping in my shed once again. At least he’s safe.
That kid sounds like a handful.
https://ktla.com/news/los-angeles-unified-school-district-suffers-major-system-outage/
California continues to entertain and be a cautionary tale.
Ransomwared. Haha.
The password is “Joshua”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/jamal-johnson-philadelphia-shootings-gun-violence-labor-day-weekend-national-guard/
Great idea. But first give them immunity on anyone they shoot and give them lots of ammo.
https://www.fox29.com/news/eliza-fletcher-abduction-deceased-party-found-near-area-of-crime-scene-investigation
Uh oh.
Doesn’t look good but this is Memphis, I’d assume every other vacant lot in the area has an unaccounted for body or two.
Mornin peeps.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/massive-power-outages-reported-near-napa-and-vacaville/
More news from Utopia.
suh’ fam
whats goody
Considering voting “None of the Above” for governator in November. 😒
Mornin’ all.
Second straight day of rain here in southern NH. I guess I won’t be working in the yard after work today.
Off to the gym.
Prince George’s Co. to enforce teen curfew to combat crime: ‘These kids don’t just need a hug’
When little Johnny gets shot carjacking at 2 AM on a school night I’m sure people will tell us how he was such a good boy.
He just fell in with the wrong crowd.
Minors can pull a trigger or administer a beating just as well as an eighteen year old and might actually be more likely to do so. Letting them run wild en masse is just asking for trouble for everybody.
So, just doing some quick Googling, the State Attorney for the county is a Democrat who ran on a platform of rehabilitation. She has a long history of advocating for softer punishments. I have plenty of opinions on that, but regardless of those it’s comical how the Dems in these positions almost always run away from taking any ownership over their policies once the consequences become apparent.
I am actually in favor of criminal justice reform. There is far too much incarceration in general. Far too much has been criminalized. But when I see Democrats creating programs, my first thought goes to cronyism and just the general incompetence that every government program pushed to “help” people exhibits.
Reform is fine but primarily for victimless crimes. Going easy on violent crime is a step too far though.
The government classifies plenty of shit as violent that aint really violent, or there are extenuating circumstances. And there’s plenty of gray area there. We could debate that all day. When I hear Democrats talk about it, their primary focus isn’t on the type of crime at all, though. It’s about race. And god only knows what perverse incentives you create when your primary motivation for going soft on crime is to punish black people less, regardless of whether they deserve it or not.
It’s the hard reality that they commit not just the vast majority of crimes, but also the violent ones. And the soft rehabilitation programs are mostly a joke where people get funneled to third parties who the cynic in me can’t help but think have some political connections to get the contracts.
Good morning, Stinky, Lack, RoaT, DEG (wherever you are), homey, Sean, and rhy!
Back to work. With any luck, other than the extra days’ worth mountain of mail, it shouldn’t be too hateful, as the worst of month-end stuff is done.
Morning, GT.
Two days of work then I can start my vacation.
Good morning, U! Yay vacations! 🥳
Mornin’.
Apparently we’re getting all the rain this week that did not arrive this summer.
Home office comfort might be sketchy today with the humidity.
“Amid Criticism, Wizards Of The Coast Quietly Removes Racist Lore From Dungeons & Dragons”
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/09/amid-criticism-wizards-of-the-coast-quietly-removes-racist-lore-from-dungeons-dragons/
Ummm…yeah….it’s spacemonkeys who don’t look like black people.
I’m sure the new diverse Dungeons and Dragons movie is going to be a smashing success. All those woke D&D fans will just flock to go see it!
The bigger issue than being woke is that it looks like standard retarded Hollywood slop with the thin veneer of diversity thrown on top, but alas…
And those creatures just look like monkeys to me. There’s no resemblance to characters from minstrel shows whatsoever, besides one having an instrument. It was already stated above, but it’s funny how the ones who see a monkey and think of black people instantly or hear the word slavery and instantly associate it with black people regardless of context (in history or fiction) and think black people are the non-racists.
3.0 was only barely D&D. 4.0 killed it.
Fredericksburg amends blight code to include drug and sex houses, guns
Just seize the property and charge it with crimes.
Use of a firearm? So if someone gets mugged in your business’ parking lot it can be considered criminally blighted? Sounds like a pretext for property grabs. Oh, and keep your damn hands off the sex houses.
Commercial sex act.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpGM_MvZ2Y
Supposedly too hot for the Super Bowl.
You’re welcome.
Mornin’, GT! Now I want breakfast in bed.
Good morning, ‘patzie! 😉
Mornin’, reprobates! Finally, a nice soaking rain. The grass may turn green, praise $deity. Of course, every rainy day triggers a FLOOD!!!11! watch. The grifters figured out that the chance that at least one location will be unable to handle an inch or two of rain is about 99.9%.
Don’t remind me. I have to mow the roadside margins before my vacation because the recent rains have made them look like a short jungle.
Heathen. It should be $Diety.
close enough
Heavy, man.
Hereteks, the proper variable is $DEITY
Grumbles, then types ‘kill -9 $UCS’
I’m afraid you don’t have that level of permissions.
Bow before me, for I am root.
sudo kill -9 $UCS
What makes you think you have sudoers rights to do that either?
Grosspatzer is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
I’m running a live DVD. I fail to see a problem here.
Root is base. Base is First. You are no First.
Hi, Chett.
The Muppet Show theme music applied to the final dance sequence from Dirty Dancing is my new < 2 min crack cocaine.
https://youtu.be/OMudZw9JCOo
LOL. The synching of Swayze’s head movements with the music is perfect.
California takes a big step towards adopting automation in the fast food industry.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/09/05/california-governor-Gavin-Newsom-signed-fast-food-accountability-bill-law-workers-higher-pay/6731662413619/
“Today’s action gives hardworking fast-food workers a stronger voice and seat at the table to set fair wages and critical health and safety standards across the industry,” Newsom said in a statement. “I’m proud to sign this legislation on Labor Day, when we pay tribute to the workers who keep our state running as we build a stronger, more inclusive economy for all Californians.”
Time to stick a fork in California.
There’s nowhere left to stick a fork in commifornia, it’s full of holes already, and they outlawed forks for causing obesity.
“You are allowed one plastic paper spork per order.”
Ugh, button fail.
plasticGood morning everyone. A fine 2 straight day of rain here in Alfred and the high today is only going to be 68F. I’m in heaven. Working for WebDom is a fun, learning experience; I never realized how much of a café owner’s time was spent just putting out little fires all day. From employee issues to supply problems, it’s a never ending story of little problems all day long. I miss being able to hang out here all day.
Mornin’, lobot. Life is good, against all odds. Enjoy.
*Waves*
Internet waves lead to internet surfing…