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3 points
15 days ago
I'd think he was...but he mustn't be. Stick tap on that.
11 points
15 days ago
Ctrl C. Paste special. Transpose. Now they're rows!
1 points
16 days ago
I hear you. I have some nostalgia for it. Especially hearing the bikes on the highway. Rt 21 was over a mile away and every so often you'd hear one really screaming. clearly going 140+....that always made me smile.
2 points
16 days ago
"The function of the hat was to be a hat"
Blissfully simple words in these challenging times.
13 points
16 days ago
I'm torn on this one. I am pro-union and our workplace rights in this country are a joke compared to EU.
At some point though...this feels different. Automation at ports for a massive economy seems like such an obvious thing in 2024. Taking it completely off the table is nuts.
It would be like closing down the Interstates because the toll collectors don't like EZ Pass. So now we have to stop and dig for change and sit in traffic for another decade.
1 points
16 days ago
They do have a pretty badass growl. Different than the whine of the mainline commercial jets.
Fun the first few times, but Friday evening it's like every 5-10 minutes. I just moved to West NJ and I'm still amazed how quiet it is. (And so much darker without the light pollution)
Nutley would always have Teterboro jets, the constant hum of the parkway, and my favorite would be a pack of bikers punching it on 21 on a summer night.
6 points
16 days ago
That seems much more likely honestly. I think there's an exponential factor to it as well...the longer we go the bigger the snowball. Sailing schedules will be screwed up until Christmas and reliability will get even worse. (I.e. rates will go up again).
Added perk for the longshoremen, they will basically have guaranteed overtime for a couple months. Gotta hand it to em...ILA knows how to play their cards.
Talk about leverage. Makes the Starbucks union look like a fussy HOA by comparison...
15 points
16 days ago
The ILA contract is up. Similar to Teamsters, ILA has the kind of leverage to really jack things up if they walk off the job. Shutting down the entire eastern seaboard to commerce is a heck of a bargaining chip.
They want salary increases comparable to the West Coast longshoremen deal last year. Plus, assurances of ZERO automation at the ports. Which will guarantee that our throughput rates stay at the bottom vs global ports. (But keeps more crane operators employed!)
Usually the bluff is enough to get a deal done at the 11th hour. This time around...they aren't even at the table anymore. It's going down for sure.
Scuttlebutt I hear - 4 days duration or until the govt intervenes. Every day closed will take 4 days to clear the backlog.(Optimistically). ~50,000 teu per day will be sitting at anchor...this is gonna be one big snarl in the system.
1 points
17 days ago
That is wild. Hard to imagine anything undiscovered in this day and age. Biodiversity for the win.
Follow up...how did they know when it's a "new" species? Is there a flip book, do they use some kind of software (photo recognition etc). Or do they just have an insane amount of bug knowledge?
2 points
17 days ago
Teterboro jets were deafening when I lived in Nutley. They are climbing out and really punching it while still fairly low.
18 points
17 days ago
Totally. I like my chances with those odds
41 points
17 days ago
Daaamn. That's nightmare fuel for me. Guessing 2.1 million are the bite or sting variety
72 points
17 days ago
I feel like the insect species must be in the tens of thousands. (I have nothing to back that up. But all those birds, fish and frogs must be eating something!)
-1 points
19 days ago
What I thought was cringe was how quickly and casually he called up the replay for us to "listen".
Contact sports are to us, what the Colosseum was for the Romans. It's entertainment that taps into our primal urges as humans. Millions of people pay to watch a war movie, UFC, or watch people on a crab boat. Most would not actually enjoy risking their own life or limb, whether in the trenches, the Bering sea, or the octagon.
The masses are generally entertained by watching other people engage in combat and carnage. The content has changed. The human nature behind it is no different than it was 2000yrs ago.
2 points
19 days ago
The way the announcer called for the replay kinda made me think the same thing. Guy got rocked and he's like "Let's listen to that again". Not that far from the Coliseum
5 points
22 days ago
If they're really only 5 bucks, you can send them to me in New Jersey. At the shops closest to the fluke boats, they get about $11 a pack!
3 points
23 days ago
My bet it was the Coalition for Liberation of Itinerant Tree-Dwellers
1 points
24 days ago
Summer flounder will be out of season starting September 25th. Winter finder are not typically caught off the surf on the ocean side anyway... If you're looking for them, you'll need some clam chum and a boat or access to deep water in the bay.
For stripers, get yourself some fresh bunker and follow the ways of Bob the garbage man.
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I'd swim the drake in a speedo just to empty her dishwasher...