A shotgun with buckshot should be enough to take them down, and in New Jersey there are more guns than in Texas. I saw this in a documentary (The Baritones or something)
Whistleblower deaths should have all of a company's director's investigated by default. It may be that 99% are innocent, but just one or two seeing their massively valuable stock, and options in danger, may be driven to such actions on their own.
This is actually how the weather was before the 2000's. I've lived in Spain on an off since the 70's. In those days it snowed in Madrid several times a year. Now it's rare. Torrential rains on the coast and flash floods were a fairly common occurrence, to the point that a massive river channel was built around Valencia to prevent a flood like they had in the 50's, and which probably saved the city from the last flood, from the DANA.
But yeah. Climate change sucks. Many climate scientists say that the worst part is not the 1Cº increments, but wildly changing conditions.
What you explain sounds totally reasonable. The thing is that older Boeings And DCs and MDs have an American old school philosophy about them, think of the muscle car era, while Airbuses have been conceived different from the start. Even the 300/310 (2nd gen, with the two man cockpit) adopted a computer driven approach, while on the American ones, the computers were simply an auxiliary feature. The result is that certifying such an integral part of the system, based on computer systems is an iffy proposition. I have seen this same issue, with ATMs. While the hardware may be totally sound, getting computer spares has become extremely expensive. Replacing 286 CPUs, for example is really difficult, you can't really find new ones on the market. Solutions exist but it's really about economics. These solutions can extend A300's life, up to 60 years. That's fairly long.
DC 3's still fly, but many have been essentially rebuilt, to the last rivet. Apart from the warbirds, the commercial ones are still used because it's very hard to find modern planes that can replace the DC3's unique capabilities. Rough landing strips, robustness, easy low tech maintenance, etc. They are expected to be flying into their 100th birthdays.
I think we are forgetting the rate at which Trump chews through allies.
Kennedy is simply another useful idiot. He was useful to have his idiot base vote for the turd. They will (maybe) look at the numbers, pharma will say that stocks will go down, and Kennedy will be substituted by another useful idiot. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I have a hard time believing the Marine's example. I've been in the military, and I was trained to ALWAYS do an eject when pulling out a magazine. It becomes a reflex. Also, it's drilled into your brain that a gun, unless extracted, is by default loaded. Basic gun training.
thre are a some airlines in Europe which are all Airbus, like Easyjet, Iberia, etc. When looking for flights I always try to fly these type of airlines. Prices some times may be 10-20 € more. Worth it for me. Also, the A320 is more comfortable than the 737.
Also, it makes sense to retire a plane when it’s 20-30 years old, essentially because it becomes extremely inefficient. That said There are nearly 200 A300s flying. They were introduced in 1974.
I have a friend who is the chief engineer for a charter airline that has a 4 plane fleet, A320, First gen. From the 80s or early 90s.
One thing about the Chinese push: The quality is not there. A friend has a BYD. I had a chance to take a really good look at it. Things like primer showing in certain areas. The manufacture appears rushed. She also had the infotainment controls fail, and the dealer is dragging their feet to repair under warranty.
China can make quality stuff, but it appears that in this case they are pushing price at all costs. Maybe they will improve quality as time goes on, but right now I wouldn’t buy. There are some decent options in Europe. Renault is doing a decent job. The R5 electric range is not great, but Ibelieve they start at under 25000 Euro.
Maybe western and Japanese finally will get their act together, out of sheer terror, and pose a real challenge to the Chinese.
A major problem is that Western and Japanese makers are decades or even over a century old, and work in an incremental, not disruptive fashion. Changing that mentality is hard.
Consumables drop in cost per page the more you pay for the printer. Business printer consumables are cheaper per page.
Lasers are often overkill for many home owners who print a few dozen pages per year. Also, Lasers are inferior for printing photos. Even a cheap inkjets if printing on photo paper are way superior for photos. That said, pay services are the better option for most.
I print quite a bit, so I own a BW Brother for volume, and an Epson for photos and other stuff. I realize I-m not a n average user, though.
I generally use compatible cartridges. I can buy toner for my Brother for something like 15 25 Euro from amazon, and carts for Epson for 25 Euro for an 8 pack. They work fine.
BTW, I bought the brother laser, new, in the box, from a second hand marketplace for 60 Euro. Basic printer, not a MFP, no scanner, b duplex but not wifi, which is probably why they sold it, probably a mistake buy and outside the return window.
Go get a hotdog come home with a 75" TV.
All retailers have loss leaders.
I'm a customer, Their prices are generally good. Their store brand is generally excellent. The return policy good, they are fair to good to their employees. I like it
In Spain, my first real long-term girlfriend. American. We are visiting some of my relatives. She speaks passable Spanish. My aunt ask her something. She replies that she's embarrassed, but she uses a "false -friend", Embarazada, which means pregnant in Spanish. Me knowing what was going on, let the thing run for a bit. When explanations came there was a hilarious bit of manga size eyes and laughs.
A shotgun with buckshot should be enough to take them down, and in New Jersey there are more guns than in Texas. I saw this in a documentary (The Baritones or something)