the canal blockage of 2021.

[DavGrape]

Mmmm.... Asian backstraps.

 

[CB91710]

the shadiest part of this story..

im 100% sure any ship that enters the canal ( i watched a documentary on the canal)- the Egypt authorites send one of their own pilots onboard... thats mandatory

so if the pilot messed up, it was an egyptian pilot that messed up..

It was, but the responsibility for the ship ultimately falls on the captain.

 

[Tone deaf]

It isn't just this incident, but global logistics right now are f*cked. It is taking me 6-8 weeks to get parts from Germany that should only take 3 weeks. My US manufacturing guys are running out of parts (from Asia...mostly China) and don't know if they will have to shut down the (printed circuit board) production lines due to lack of parts.

 

[Tone deaf]

Mmmm.... Asian backstraps.

 

[SteveC]

It isn't just this incident, but global logistics right now are f*cked. It is taking me 6-8 weeks to get parts from Germany that should only take 3 weeks. My US manufacturing guys are running out of parts (from Asia...mostly China) and don't know if they will have to shut down the (printed circuit board) production lines due to lack of parts.

We had to wait 13 weeks for French Doors. Normal lead time should have been about 3-4 weeks. They were not custom sized, either.

People need to go the fuck back to work!

 

[LtDave32]

We had to wait 13 weeks for French Doors. Normal lead time should have been about 3-4 weeks. They were not custom sized, either.

People need to go the fuck back to work!

Damn right they do.

This shit is pathetic.

 

[LtDave32]

now youre making me hungry lol

Remember; Tuesday is Soylent Green day.

 

[SteveC]

Damn right they do.

This shit is pathetic.

We went out for breakfast this morning.... Wednesday. Place was fucking packed. In "the old days", it would have been us and about 5 other tables at 10:30am. And, they would have largely been retired folks like us.

Not any more... no one works. They all just eat and eat and eat and eat.... and then, they shop! I'd guess that 90% of the people there today were solidly in the "they should be at work" age group.


After breakfast, we went to look for a new car for the Mrs. We looked at Lexus, Benz, and Acura. Nothing in stock but the shit no one wants. They can't get cars. They even wanted to buy her Acura MDX on the spot. Begged her to sell it to them. Offered her st00pid money for it.

The sales people were saying they are dying. It's a commission only gig, and with nothing to sell there is no commission.

Acura told us that there will be no more MDX's until Sep. Lexus said no RX's until October. Mercedes got their last deliveries of 2021's three weeks ago. Nothing until the fall coming there way.

Sad.

 

[LtDave32]

We went out for breakfast this morning.... Wednesday. Place was fucking packed. In "the old days", it would have been us and about 5 other tables at 10:30am. And, they would have largely been retired folks like us.

Not any more... no one works. They all just eat and eat and eat and eat.... and then, they shop! I'd guess that 90% of the people there today were solidly in the "they should be at work" age group.


After breakfast, we went to look for a new car for the Mrs. We looked at Lexus, Benz, and Acura. Nothing in stock but the shit no one wants. They can't get cars. They even wanted to buy her Acura MDX on the spot. Begged her to sell it to them. Offered her st00pid money for it.

The sales people were saying they are dying. It's a commission only gig, and with nothing to sell there is no commission.

Acura told us that there will be no more MDX's until Sep. Lexus said no RX's until October. Mercedes got their last deliveries of 2021's three weeks ago. Nothing until the fall coming there way.

Sad.

Can't fuck up a thread about why. We all know why.

Let's put it this way; hunger is an excellent motivator.

 

[Olds442]

We went out for breakfast this morning.... Wednesday. Place was fucking packed. In "the old days", it would have been us and about 5 other tables at 10:30am. And, they would have largely been retired folks like us.

Not any more... no one works. They all just eat and eat and eat and eat.... and then, they shop! I'd guess that 90% of the people there today were solidly in the "they should be at work" age group.


After breakfast, we went to look for a new car for the Mrs. We looked at Lexus, Benz, and Acura. Nothing in stock but the shit no one wants. They can't get cars. They even wanted to buy her Acura MDX on the spot. Begged her to sell it to them. Offered her st00pid money for it.

The sales people were saying they are dying. It's a commission only gig, and with nothing to sell there is no commission.

Acura told us that there will be no more MDX's until Sep. Lexus said no RX's until October. Mercedes got their last deliveries of 2021's three weeks ago. Nothing until the fall coming there way.

Sad.

 

[SteveC]

I knew that cocksucker was behind all of this. Bastid!

 

[pmonk]

.
After breakfast, we went to look for a new car for the Mrs. We looked at Lexus, Benz, and Acura. Nothing in stock but the shit no one wants. They can't get cars. They even wanted to buy her Acura MDX on the spot. Begged her to sell it to them. Offered her st00pid money for it.

That has to do with chip shortage

 

[Olds442]

You're just jealous that you wasted your life working hard to put yourself in a position to now be going out to breakfast at 10:30am on a Wednesday.

These other "should be at work age group" diners got it figured out much earlier than you. Don't be mad that your life was ruined... be happy they are having the time of your life!

why are you posting the truth in purple? you will confuse the n00bies.

 

[Olds442]

I didn't want to hurt @SteveC's feelings early in the morning. Now that he's retired, he's a bit 10-ply.

his feelings? which one? fear or anger?

 

[efstop]

@SteveC obviously found a few small, linty fucks down in the bottom of his pockets.
He's been holding out on us.

 

[rabidhamster]

We went out for breakfast this morning.... Wednesday. Place was fucking packed. In "the old days", it would have been us and about 5 other tables at 10:30am. And, they would have largely been retired folks like us.

Not any more... no one works. They all just eat and eat and eat and eat.... and then, they shop! I'd guess that 90% of the people there today were solidly in the "they should be at work" age group.


After breakfast, we went to look for a new car for the Mrs. We looked at Lexus, Benz, and Acura. Nothing in stock but the shit no one wants. They can't get cars. They even wanted to buy her Acura MDX on the spot. Begged her to sell it to them. Offered her st00pid money for it.

The sales people were saying they are dying. It's a commission only gig, and with nothing to sell there is no commission.

Acura told us that there will be no more MDX's until Sep. Lexus said no RX's until October. Mercedes got their last deliveries of 2021's three weeks ago. Nothing until the fall coming there way.

Sad.

I wouldn’t agree that there are very many more people out and about than usual for a summer. It’s actually a pretty common occurrence for people who retire from a well-paying “regular-hours” office job to suddenly realize they never paid attention to how many shift workers there are. 10:30am is right about when I’d expect second shift breakfast. Working night shift I used to hear that “you’re lazy and don’t work because you’re not at work when I would have been at work when I was working” business surprisingly often while running errands during the day “getting in the way” of the retirees who were more entitled to be there.

In other words, you are the guy that used to be at work while second and third shifters were trying to get their breakfast and shop.

 

[SteveC]

I wouldn’t agree that there are very many more people out and about than usual for a summer. It’s actually a pretty common occurrence for people who retire from a well-paying “regular-hours” office job to suddenly realize they never paid attention to how many shift workers there are. 10:30am is right about when I’d expect second shift breakfast. Working night shift I used to hear that “you’re lazy and don’t work because you’re not at work when I would have been at work when I was working” business surprisingly often while running errands during the day “getting in the way” of the retirees who were more entitled to be there.

In other words, you are the guy that used to be at work while second and third shifters were trying to get their breakfast and shop.

Well, you can agree or not... I can only give my experiences. I lived WFH for decades. If I wasn't on a plane, I was working from my home office. So, I can assure you that what I am seeing now is MUCH different than before. There are MANY more people out & about today, than in the past.

And, it's not a subtle difference, either. It's not only the 2nd/3rd shifters and the blue-hairs. It's a significant increase across the working-age demographic. There may be additional contributing factors. That's likely.

But, I would be willing to bet when workplaces (finally) call many/most of these folks back to their cubicles, this situation will change dramatically. That cannot happen soon enough.

 

[SteveC]

@SteveC obviously found a few small, linty fucks down in the bottom of his pockets.
He's been holding out on us.

Possibly... more likely is that it's just annoying the living fuck out of me. Any semblance of a given fuck would be because of that.

 

[SteveC]

his feelings? which one? fear or anger?

Disgust and disdain, manifesting into the need for rant. Don't overthink it.

 

[Olds442]

Disgust and disdain, manifesting into the need for rant. Don't overthink it.

you seem angry about those people being there.