It was obvious in 2016, but we don't have a monopoly on electing bad leaders.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bill Johnson [00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 10:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: Cloud may be overpriced compared to on-premises systems I have many times. And heading to Spain in October. Funny story, we went to Switzerland right after trump got elected. Many people asked us WTF are Americans thinking electing him. After numerous indictments, lies, and his utter stupidity, now we know why they asked that. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:43 AM, Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> wrote: If you want Europe, you know where to find it. On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:38 AM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > You’re right, Europe is different. They actually care about people over > profits. Much better infrastructure, better health care, and better quality > of lives. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:34 AM, Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In case you haven't noticed, the US is much, much different from Europe, in > many ways big and little that bear on this discussion. > > But, in typical Bill Johnson fashion, he's convinced he's right and will > defend his opinions, well-informed or not, to the death. > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Lol, you should have followed your own advice. My dad drove truck his > > whole life. Never once did wind cause an issue. Yeah, it happens, but not > > frequently. And American roads are way more dangerous than European > roads. > > The data (facts) are clear. So profit over lives is a Republican choice. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:20 AM, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> > > wrote: > > > > I've driven in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and some island > > countries. And I held, for over 15 years a CDL-A with Multi and > > Tanker endorsements. > > > > I did not drive LKW (semis) anywhere but within the USofA. And a > > box truck once into Canada. > > > > Stick to what you know, not what what the Huffy post or others say. > > > > Governors are used by different companies. Some limit their > > trucks to 64MPH. Owner operators can get their trucks with no > > governors at all. > > > > I have a son-in-law that is finishing his training to be a Diesel > > mechanic able to work on all the current Tractors in the USofA. > > The electronics are unbelievable, and can cause that truck to be > > down for weeks waiting on some solid state relay board (or > > whatever). The world of trucking has changed significantly since > > I started driving back about 2004. > > > > Because I'm also a pilot, I know a bit about wind and its > > effects. Stick to what you know, what you have experienced. > > > > I've seen fully loaded trucks get blown over (55,000+ gross). > > I've seen trucks lose control in snow and swap ends. Managed to > > not jack knife. > > > > Thankfully I never had any problems, no accidents, no incidents. > > I was lucky and I was a novice and just applied my knowledge of > > physics and energy management that I learned in flying to driving > > a 70,000 gross weight truck. I loaded the trucks so the weight > > was more at the bottom than top (I had specialty loads of barn > > beams). > > > > Stick to what you know. > > > > Take this crap out of here and go argue it elsewhere. > > > > Steve Thompson > > > > > > > > On 8/8/2023 9:07 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > I’ve driven roads in Europe. Every truck is in the right most lane, > > unless they are passing which isn’t common. It’s nothing like the US > > trucking which is designed for large trucks and fast speeds. That’s > exactly > > why the carnage on US highways from trucks is way higher. And wind as an > > excuse is just silly. Or speed differential. > > > In Germany and other European Union counties, trucks with a gross > > vehicle weight rating of 3.5 tonnes (7,700 pounds) or more must have a > > governor that limits their speed to 90 kph (54 miles per hour). > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 3:52 AM, Jeremy Nicoll < > > jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2023, at 01:56, Bill Johnson wrote: > > >> In Europe all the trucks go the same speed. > > > Rubbish. Age of truck and how heavy its load is are certainly factors. > > > > > > An unloaded truck, is a lot more susceptible to high winds so might > > > be driven slower in those conditions; trucks with no load with curtain- > > > sides often have their curtains open in high winds to significantly > > > reduce wind effects. But that's impossible if there's a partial load > > > or nowhere safe for the driver to open (and tie back) the curtains. > > > > > >> The trucks all have governors. > > > No they don't. Some do. Even so it sets a maximum speed not > > > the actual speed. > > > > > >> They are also all in the right lane. > > > By "right" do you mean "correct"? Or do you mean the slowest > > > lane? In any case trucks are permitted to be in the next fastest > > > lane while overtaking a slower truck. > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Jay Maynard > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
