Tesla Model 3 goes 5.08 miles per kWh, roughly, maybe, ballpark 40 kwh added in only 7 minutes of charging. 5.08 X 40 = 203.2 miles on a 7 minutes of charging I just googled this because I didn't understand the 40 kwh I'm still not sure what this means: Still pulling 300 kw at 60%.

I thought this was going to be about my girlfriends from college.

@Horace said in Smalls: No white castle here. I wonder if the shipping container thing saves meaningful money, or if it's a gimmick? Nice gimmick anyway. I suspect it saves money. Sonic does something similar, although they don't use shipping containers. They form up the slap, stub up the pipes, pour the concrete and set the whole prefab kitchen up by crane. Once Sonic starts setting the kitchen in place, they're training staff in a couple pf weeks (weather permitting).

@taiwan_girl Safety first!

In their defense, it was a horrific injury. Most guys never come back.

30 odd years ago I went to a retirement dinner for the Director in charge of provincially managed airports under the Ministry of Transportation. He was a highly respected man. There must have at least 200 or more people at the dinner. He was also an RCAF veteran who was one of the POW’s involved in the great escape and was one of several consulted in making up the Scrounger character played by James Garner. He said that the character was made up of three or four prisoners who scrounged for the tunnel crews.Very outgoing and engaging fellow with lot’s of stories.

@Doctor-Phibes said in In-dick-table: @Jolly said in In-dick-table: Jon would still hit it. On the dick table? Nah, that's on the Senate side.

She admitted to the affair today. I suspect this case is toast.

Wow, your answers were better than I expected. Very thankful! Interesting to know about VFR vs IFR. For VFR, I wonder if the odds are so low of a mid-air collision that you can visually watch out for other planes (or listen for them on the radio). So the analogy for flying and pre-approvals is sort of like... you're leaving one parking garage (sometimes with an attendant, if it's a big garage) then you are free to drive (fly) wherever until you are ready to park at the next garage and, again, if it's big enough you have to call them 20 minutes ahead of time to let them know you're coming. Anyway... very cool stuff. I took one very short flying lesson one time. I really enjoyed the feeling of it. As a n00b, of course I often thought "this is really cool but this is not a video game, if I screw it up there is no do-over". Still, very fun. I'll stick to boating here in MN, though.

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@taiwan_girl said in Mediaeval Mythbusting: Hmm, seems like a reasonable theory and not a myth. I agree, but this guy's numbers belie that. But, yeah, small and narrow windows make a lot of sense. More: Yes: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/medieval/medieval-staircases.html No: https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/12/18/no-medieval-staircases-werent-designed-to-give-right-handed-defenders-an-advantage/ Yes: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609669/why-medieval-castle-staircases-ran-clockwise A somewhat related story: We were always told to mount horses from the horse's left side. That's how horses are trained, and if you try to mount of the "off" side, some will object. (I was able to mount Simon from either side - he was such a good guy) The reason for this has to do with swords. If you're a knight, or a cavalryman, your sword was usually on the left side. So, when you put your left foot into the stirrup, the sword would not swing over the horse's rear, potentially startling him.

Cotton's questions: "Is TikTok under the influence of the Chinese Communist Party?" Cotton goes on and on connecting Chew to the CCP. Link to video And then, about halfway through, he gets into the citizenship comments. After that, he starts, for some unknown reason, asking about Tiannamin (sp?) Square and Chinese genocide.

Really wish they would move the USS Kidd down from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The Kidd is the most authentic Fletcher class left.

MyChart is great and constantly improving

I'm not at all an expert in that domain but it strikes me as rather limiting to have all state in a database, and always work with acid transactions. Sure, sometimes it's what you want, but acid transactions don't scale well with concurrency and are generally quite expensive. I want this as an option, but not as the only tool in my toolbox.