falcongsr

fixt

moopmoop

Gah those cars look so old now.

1158

Only HT Yobs I know of are in here. My HT world does not go beyond the F1 thread anymore lol. I barely have time to come in here and provide you guys with valuable links.

https://www.latlmes.com/arts/return-...ge-of-comics-1

Tim2179

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I just got bucked

1158

Welcome to 2019!

Tim2179

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Massa doe. Feel the same.

Tim2179

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Schumacher's cars ranked

Tim2179

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Ron Dennis tries to lure MS to McLaren for the 1994 season and even throws in a driving tip.

Tim2179

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all your 2019 F1 thread are belong to us

BauleyCivic

That's a great exchange between Ron and Michael. Ron was a true great of the sport, but being an ******* only gets you so far...and that's clearly what was his undoing at the end.

moopmoop

Late era McLaren is so weird.

That said, even at Ron's worst, I'd take him over Zak Brown.

1158

I recon the F2005 would be a lot hier if the use the same tyre for the entire race rule had been binned. What a dumb ******* idea that was.

And the Jordan 191 still the best looking of the bunch.

Tim2179

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Agreed. In Brawn's podcast he explained the the '05 car was designed with small fuel tanks and for high deg tires like years past, and that by the time the 1 tire rule was implemented it was too late to change. Juan juanders what it would have been like with that silly rule gone.

falcongsr

MSC 9x WDC

1158

I wonder how the F2005 wood have been on the French rubber.

falcongsr

do you guys reduce staffing levels even though you expect backpay?

yosemite was way short on gov't employees. concessions were open but now i hear the ******** are full/roads are unplowed so they're closing stuff

1158

There is only 1 person at my office not considered essential (although they can be recalled if we need them to support us) out of the 21 people we currently have (as of Jan 1 we are down 3 people). We have to report as normally scheduled and I guess at some point down the road we will get paid, once the government is "open". We still do forecasts/advisories/watches/warnings/tafs. Basically all the operational stuff is still getting done. We are not allowed to travel for meetings or workshops, we are not allowed to do talks, tours, training, any informational products or social media posts. We can't take leave either because that would change our status from essential to furloughed. If you already had leave planned they make an exception for that (although you still get classified as furloughed for those day(s)). Purchasing stuff is also verboten unless it is a critical item. Like if a radar part failed, then you need special permission and have to jump through several hoops to get it purchased.

What bugs me is the non-essential employees end up with a free paid vacation (if what has happened in the past happens again). I report to work and get my paycheck. They also get their paycheck despite not having had to work. In fact one could argue with a longer shutdown they could go get a part time job somewhere so they at least have some money. With me having to work rotating shifts, full time I don't really have the option of going and finding a part time job. That's not a complaint, just an observation. A non-essential employee situation is just as stressful in a shutdown as mine I understand this mess isn't the fault of the non-essential employee, but they should be given the option to use leave or take leave without pay. Not get paid and keep their leave.

That's just my opinion and there may be a view point I can't see because of the situation I'm in, so I'm certainly not claiming my opinion is the be all, end all. I'm just glad I've been smart enough to save money in the event there is an extended shutdown.

falcongsr

good to hear, i see a lot of sad stories in the news from people that are out of cash already

i don't even raise an eyebrow at the fuckery of the non-essentials getting paid for being off. i'm sure the payroll system is a heaving, creaking, 1970's punch card mainframe disaster and reprogramming it and letting it inevitably crash and **** payroll for all 800k workers would cost more than just paying the non-essentials while they pick up a baristo job at the local starsucks

1158

Sorry to burst that bubble, but it's not some punch card machine lol. Example. I worked 12/22-12/23 Sat night into Sun, day after the shutdown started. My full hours were coded into the system for that pay period, which ended on 12/22. Retroactively my account was changed on 12/27 so I was not paid for the Sat night into Sun shift. My last paycheck was short 9 hours.

falcongsr

then i'm just the old man yelling at a cloud computer

1158

P much lol

Outrun

falcongsr

can you put a bigger memory card in your phone

1158

Negatory

Unless you have a flip phone do what Falcon says. Get a bigger stick...

Caoboy