Posts by rapidstag2

How on earth am I supposed to tell her that he’s a complete scoundrel, especially when he’s been out there playing the fool both in his side hustles and all over this forum?
Tell me, my dear, if she actually had a shred of sense, would she really give a man like that the time of day? 🙂

I nearly managed to blow off all that absolute nonsense regarding the local commissioner and those lowlifes back when it was actually relevant...👋

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, this is pretty wild...
I can’t even remember the last time I watched a Ferrari race where both drivers had seamless pit stops, the strategy was spot on, and the crew wasn't just fast, but lightning fast...

It looks like they’ve been drilling those pit stops hard. Taking a full second off Red Bull Racing with stop times is basically 😲
For years, Red Bull has been the gold standard for pit work—their in-laps, out-laps, and stops were how they clawed back positions. This time, Ferrari beat them at their own game. It looked like Red Bull couldn't touch them, even though I didn't get the feeling Ferrari had a massive advantage in pure race pace...
They absolutely crushed them with strategy and pit speed. For Ferrari to pull that off for one driver is rare enough, but doing it for both? That’s genuinely shocking...

Usually, they lose their minds the second the second driver gets involved, running weird experiments just to get data for the lead driver—whom they usually screw over just as efficiently...
At this point, Red Bull used to look like the organized team while Ferrari's pit wall felt like a chaotic mess...

I suspect this might have been their solitary lapse in judgment from this past weekend. 😁

bluebison10 said:I don't get how people let employers walk all over them so easily. Last year, my boss gave me a raise of maybe a couple hundred bucks. I sent it right back to his account with the tax burden included—I actually wrote in the memo, "Returning your insulting raise, including the tax paid, so you aren't shortchanged." See how quickly I got a call within ten days asking what the hell the problem was....

It isn't exactly a profound mystery, is it? You clearly possess some level of leverage that allows you to negotiate from a position of strength. Most jobs out there consist of "basic" labor—ranging from administrative tasks to physical work within a specific field—that can be learned quite rapidly, making the employee easily replaceable. If one were to attempt such negotiations from a position of mediocrity, they would likely find themselves swiftly directed toward the HR office to sign paperwork just to collect their final paycheck.😁

On a different note, is it becoming impossible to find Jordans in America anymore?🤔

Sean Peterson76 said:I guess Naomi did a little something with her nose before this season kicks off:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Schiff
https://www.instagram.com/naomischiff/

she/her 🤣

rapidstag2 said:Right, sure—and then they'll tell us exactly which minute it became crystal clear that we’re looking at a "high" 2-second lap time, which will inevitably settle into a "low" 2-second average by the end of the season. 😁

At this rate, Lewis Hamilton standing on that podium still feels like a safe bet. 🤣

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Well, there goes Lewis Hamilton; his pit stop just clocked in at 4.0 seconds. 🙏

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Jason Campbell70 said:Lujin boks was at 3.4. The guys over at Sky were raving about how fast that was.

Alright then. 😁

Right, sure—and then they'll tell us exactly which minute it became crystal clear that we’re looking at a "high" 2-second lap time, which will inevitably settle into a "low" 2-second average by the end of the season. 😁

At this rate, Lewis Hamilton standing on that podium still feels like a safe bet. 🤣

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Well, there goes Lewis Hamilton; his pit stop just clocked in at 4.0 seconds. 🙏

Jason Campbell70 said:Ferrari pulls off the fastest pit stops.

The Mercedes cars are consistently lagging more than three seconds behind; I was watching specifically because of the commentary, yet strangely enough, they failed to mention that their own favorites are falling significantly slower. 😁

Patagonia said:

What an absolute joke.
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Nathan Murphy said:I’ve actually quit drinking entirely—just focusing on training, eating clean, and keeping things on track. But man, things got a little wild in town today. We went out for some wine, ran into one of those classic messy situations, sorted it all out, and headed off. It wasn't even late, either; it feels like just yesterday we were starting to hit the scene at this hour about 20 years ago. This is one of those outings where you head out in the afternoon, stay through the evening, but honestly? I feel the itch to head back into the city later for an afterparty. I can't deny it. We'll see how the night unfolds and what happens.

Here is a banger for Vejko since his last one was so good

And the version from Parfait

Was the wine sour, or what? Did that drive you to it? 😁

With the new Deadpool 2 starting in twenty minutes, where else would you go? 🍿

stormybadger8 said:And that's not even the half of it. Now purple doesn't necessarily mean fastest sector, 🤦
green isn't always better than the last one, and yellow isn't even guaranteed to be slower. 🤦😵

God knows what kind of intern they have running this stuff. 🙄
Idiots. They’ll probably screw up the live graphics just like they butchered the perfectly functional Live Timing and the app—which they spent two whole seasons trying to fix, and even now, it's still barely halfway back to being decent.🙄

Did they mess something up during today's broadcast, or have they actually gone and changed the fundamental meaning of the color coding?

Anthony Jackson2 said:Man, the guy was a comedian before he had a real job, so of course there's random footage of him all over the internet. You have to view it through that lens—it was just his gig back then.

As president, he’s held his own so far. I don't think Plenky would have been out there "lobbying" in Brussels half as effectively while other world leaders are actually flying into a war-torn country to meet a prime minister in a besieged city. That's something you have to respect.

That pale imitation of a leader would simply leave his top henchman, Banet, to handle the heavy lifting while he sat back and lobbied for some "good vibes" to be sent our way from the EU headquarters. No need to worry, really.

Anthony Wright30 said:As far as I'm concerned, the whole pandemic era is well and truly behind us 😁

Does anyone actually have the latest infection numbers? Seriously, does anyone know the count? 😁 It seems they are seizing the moment to roll back restrictions; I assume cases finally dipped below 1,000 and Omicron has officially run its course?

bluebison47 said:For those people constantly worrying about my hearing, I'm telling you, I heard this perfectly clearly even with the TV blaring in the background 🤣

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boldbadger1 said:Oh, I see how it is—let's just dive headfirst into WWIII and start dying in droves just because there's a chance another one might stray over and hit someone?

Absolutely not. Or to be even more blunt—I have zero desire to go to war, nor do I wish for anyone I know, friend or stranger, to be dragged into it.

I can't help but feel that our politicians talk far too much, playing the wise statesman when they really shouldn't be. It feels as though they’ve placed us directly on the radar of a conflict that doesn't even concern us. There is a massive difference between two idiots bickering amongst themselves and actively broadcasting signals while an actual war is unfolding.
Major powers have imposed sanctions on Russia and sent weaponry to Ukraine, yet they don't feel the need to shout it from the rooftops at every single opportunity, turning images from Chicago into fuel for Russian propaganda regarding gas shortages. Though, I certainly wouldn't doubt that our neighbors have been whispering in their friends' ears behind closed doors...

The cold reality is that, as we speak, several hundred students will be celebrating their second birthdays this coming March 10th.

Matthew Young35 said:If this was just some accidental blunder—which, honestly, seems most likely—then they just need a polite reminder to watch their step next time.
If the Ukrainians did it on purpose, the response should basically be: "What on earth were you thinking?"
If the Russians did it intentionally, NATO needs to tell them to dial it back a notch.

Using diplomatic language, of course.

Or, we could just ignore the whole mess.
No matter how uncomfortable it gets, it isn't worth starting a war over.

And what happens if another "accidental" or "intentional" one flies our way? Where exactly is it going to land? 🙂

Paul Sanders5 said:Had to hop on Google to see who they even were. Man, you learn something new every single day—never heard of those guys.

Google never forgets, and you've been played, Larry Fox5... 😁 Has it already started suggesting those pointy hoods with eye slits to you on Amazon?

Larry Fox5 said:Russia has been bordering NATO—meaning the US—since the moment NATO was even a thing. Why wasn't that an issue before? And why is it suddenly such a problem now that Finland, which shares the longest border with Russia, is joining NATO? They weren't even close to joining back in the day compared to where we are now.
He basically shoved Finland straight into the arms of NATO—but honestly, he did way more than that. He's the reason Europe is gearing up for massive rearmament, and we're talking about scales at least 15 times larger than anything the Russians are doing...

This individual explained (watch the next 3-4 minutes) that the Russians aren't actually panicking because their territory remains defensible. Instead, they fear that opening other or closer fronts would make protecting their own soil far more difficult. It is almost as if he is suggesting the primary factor is merely the geography of the terrain...

To my mind, it seems much more likely that the second part is the truth: the Russians are simply draining every available resource from the Ukrainians.

Business as usual 😁

There isn't a single corner of this country that Offside hasn't managed to cover.

By the way, I have to give credit where credit is due to that journalist who had the guts to throw a few pointed questions directly at Banožić and the Admiral. She was direct, concise, and didn't mince words.
Naturally, we aren't getting any answers; I suppose everything is classified and tucked away behind "ongoing analyses" and such.

They have to maintain a certain level of casual indifference just to avoid inciting mass panic; surely they aren't sitting there in the background feeling like absolute failures after such an incompetent display.

boldbadger1 said:Putin is shutting down Instagram.

What a massive mistake—he’s basically handing all the advertisers over to his rivals on a silver platter. Mark my word, ☕

Personally, I don't see that being much of a headache for Putin; he’ll simply order one of his little bureaucrats to spin up a brand new version. Instagram.ru

brightpilot6 said:Excel or Word?

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bluebison47 said:I guess I'm in roughly the same boat here... I didn't even have my headphones on, though I was wide awake—so, yeah, heard absolutely nothing either 🙏 🙏

unknown, is the volume on my phone set somewhere around 75/100? 🙏😁