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jimmyjazz

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  1. I'm sure he was right to some extent, but in my career prior to entering the private sector, I did a lot of research for ARPA/DARPA/etc., and wrote several successfully-funded proposals.  The way projects were strung along with funding piled on funding even when goals weren't remotely met (performance/schedule/both) was disgusting.  I was glad to get out.  There is a lot of waste in that world.  All of defense?  No idea.  Where I was?  Absolutely.

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  2. 2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Or if it's because he's angry at the world for his accident in the 1980s.

    He might be filled with hate over the tree taking him out, but it's still an irrational mindset that belies sociopathy.  It was a fucking tree limb.  You drew the short straw, Wheels.

  3. 1 hour ago, n64ra said:

    Yes, but from aggy neighbors and colleagues. I tell them, "You mean the Texas team that marched into Tuscaloosa and beat the SEC champion?" just like you surmise. aggy has no comeback to that.

    Sure they do.  That team wasn't 'bama Strong early in the 2023 season.  They would have waxed tu by December.  QED.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    TIL the green monster is called the batter's eye?

    I don't care what they call it, we're the team with the power -- 103 home runs to 65 for Kansas.

    Tear the damn thing down.

  5. Wife tried to tough it out w/o an epidural for daughter #2.  She eventually caved.  They administered the epi last minute, and it was a pretty painful birth, regardless.

    Then they started with the stitches.  Turns out the epi only blocked one side.  Oops.  New adventures in 10/10 pain.  Still had to pay that guy like $5K because he magically wasn't "in network".

  6. Yeah, Reagan was despicable for negotiating a delay in the hostage release, but all was wiped out once he got shot and became some sort of American hero.  I got suckered in by that, too.  I'm not proud of it.

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  7. The huge dump in oil (& gasoline) prices Spring 2020 was mostly due to plummeting demand largely related to the pandemic.  Russia & Saudi Arabia slashed production, but still generated excess supply, and that pushed prices further down.  It certainly had little to do with Trump, although he claimed credit (and pissed off a lot of O&G guys in the process).

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  8. 4 hours ago, Focht Up said:

    So, they're a team that has had their share of accomplishment in the SEC?  What the fuck have they accomplished?  Zero conference championships?  Beating alabama once every 10 years?

    Or playing Georgia once every 12 years (and counting).

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