Tell me about it, Shmuel ... 😀 ITschak
בתאריך יום ג׳, 8 באוג׳ 2023 ב-18:19 מאת Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu>: > It was obvious in 2016, but we don't have a monopoly on electing bad > leaders. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Bill Johnson [00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 10:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: Cloud may be overpriced compared to on-premises > systems > > I have many times. And heading to Spain in October. Funny story, we went > to Switzerland right after trump got elected. Many people asked us WTF are > Americans thinking electing him. After numerous indictments, lies, and his > utter stupidity, now we know why they asked that. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:43 AM, Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > If you want Europe, you know where to find it. > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:38 AM Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > You’re right, Europe is different. They actually care about people over > > profits. Much better infrastructure, better health care, and better > quality > > of lives. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:34 AM, Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > In case you haven't noticed, the US is much, much different from Europe, > in > > many ways big and little that bear on this discussion. > > > > But, in typical Bill Johnson fashion, he's convinced he's right and will > > defend his opinions, well-informed or not, to the death. > > > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM Bill Johnson < > > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > > Lol, you should have followed your own advice. My dad drove truck his > > > whole life. Never once did wind cause an issue. Yeah, it happens, but > not > > > frequently. And American roads are way more dangerous than European > > roads. > > > The data (facts) are clear. So profit over lives is a Republican > choice. > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:20 AM, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > I've driven in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and some island > > > countries. And I held, for over 15 years a CDL-A with Multi and > > > Tanker endorsements. > > > > > > I did not drive LKW (semis) anywhere but within the USofA. And a > > > box truck once into Canada. > > > > > > Stick to what you know, not what what the Huffy post or others say. > > > > > > Governors are used by different companies. Some limit their > > > trucks to 64MPH. Owner operators can get their trucks with no > > > governors at all. > > > > > > I have a son-in-law that is finishing his training to be a Diesel > > > mechanic able to work on all the current Tractors in the USofA. > > > The electronics are unbelievable, and can cause that truck to be > > > down for weeks waiting on some solid state relay board (or > > > whatever). The world of trucking has changed significantly since > > > I started driving back about 2004. > > > > > > Because I'm also a pilot, I know a bit about wind and its > > > effects. Stick to what you know, what you have experienced. > > > > > > I've seen fully loaded trucks get blown over (55,000+ gross). > > > I've seen trucks lose control in snow and swap ends. Managed to > > > not jack knife. > > > > > > Thankfully I never had any problems, no accidents, no incidents. > > > I was lucky and I was a novice and just applied my knowledge of > > > physics and energy management that I learned in flying to driving > > > a 70,000 gross weight truck. I loaded the trucks so the weight > > > was more at the bottom than top (I had specialty loads of barn > > > beams). > > > > > > Stick to what you know. > > > > > > Take this crap out of here and go argue it elsewhere. > > > > > > Steve Thompson > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/8/2023 9:07 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > > I’ve driven roads in Europe. Every truck is in the right most lane, > > > unless they are passing which isn’t common. It’s nothing like the US > > > trucking which is designed for large trucks and fast speeds. That’s > > exactly > > > why the carnage on US highways from trucks is way higher. And wind as > an > > > excuse is just silly. Or speed differential. > > > > In Germany and other European Union counties, trucks with a gross > > > vehicle weight rating of 3.5 tonnes (7,700 pounds) or more must have a > > > governor that limits their speed to 90 kph (54 miles per hour). > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 3:52 AM, Jeremy Nicoll < > > > jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2023, at 01:56, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > >> In Europe all the trucks go the same speed. > > > > Rubbish. Age of truck and how heavy its load is are certainly > factors. > > > > > > > > An unloaded truck, is a lot more susceptible to high winds so might > > > > be driven slower in those conditions; trucks with no load with > curtain- > > > > sides often have their curtains open in high winds to significantly > > > > reduce wind effects. But that's impossible if there's a partial load > > > > or nowhere safe for the driver to open (and tie back) the curtains. > > > > > > > >> The trucks all have governors. > > > > No they don't. Some do. Even so it sets a maximum speed not > > > > the actual speed. > > > > > > > >> They are also all in the right lane. > > > > By "right" do you mean "correct"? Or do you mean the slowest > > > > lane? In any case trucks are permitted to be in the next fastest > > > > lane while overtaking a slower truck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jay Maynard > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Jay Maynard > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
