El Kabong (aka Ol’ GPo)
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El Kabong (aka Ol’ GPo)
@GPoEngineer
Seasoned Vet, an Engineer’s Engineer, and 60’s cartoon superhero…. come and be my Baba Looey
North of 49 Katılım Aralık 2015
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I teach at a high school. At the beginning of every school year I ask my students if anyone knows what this is. No one ever gets it right. I feel old.
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“Consumers don't produce inflation. Producers don't produce inflation. Inflation is produced only by too much government spending and too much government creation of money, and nothing else.”
— Milton Friedman
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Find the Mid-Point of the line segment joining (1,-3) and (7,5).
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Rate Carney's performance as Prime Minister.
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I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly."
The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal.
When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience."
Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable.
When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates.
I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped.
The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault."
I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology."
Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident.
Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize."
I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time."
They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again."
I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes.
© 6IX.
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@JohnLeePettim13 Looks like one of those drug boats Trump is blowing up…..😂😂
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Never buy a boat like this. It was nothing but a money pit. I was always wrenching on it and on a good day blasting around the great lakes cost approx. $500 in fuel. Sure it was fun to look at and it did 65 mph, loved the sound of the twin engines but as much as I loved it I hated it. I sold it at a loss but was the best day ever watching it be pulled down the street by someone else.
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This looks hard but takes 5 seconds if you paid attention in algebra.
What's "x"?
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We have a Prime Minister who has focused more making people hate the U.S. & their president than actually accomplishing anything meaningful within our own Country.
He’s actually making life worse for Canadians by purposely dismantling our relationship with them. All to satisfy an agenda no one voted for. He repeats that the world is more dangerous. No it’s not. He’s using that as a distraction, what his Government has is made Canada more dangerous. 11 years & our Country is unrecognizable. These tired somber speeches aren’t putting food on the table or paying the bills.
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@macleans You know that 360 degrees brings you back to the same spot rite ?
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