Yikes - the hiker getting 'stuck'. I went on a strenuous overnight hike w/ one son & his Boy Scout troop, training for their upcoming Philmont time in New Mexico. One adult fell backwards, w/ his backpack on, got wedged between 2 large boulders & 2 scouts had to climb down to get him out, then the backpack. We all felt pretty sure his backpack saved him. Another woman fell forward, broke a tooth off. I had rented a one-man tent for this & when I returned it the woman at the store asked where we went, w/ a big smile on her face, until I told her & she gasped, said it's the worst hike she's ever been on.
Fiery Gizzard Trail
The Blue Hole offers swimming near Tracy City
Length 12.5 mi (20.1 km)
Location Tennessee
Trailheads Tracy City to Foster Falls in Marion County
a note to you, Bill, that I truly love & enjoy the majority of your links & always enjoy your featured story each day. I try to steer clear of the political junk -
Thanks for what you do, & I look forward to your notes.
I have followed your posts with great interest and amusement, however, your bias in the links you post are one sided and subtly coercive. The reality of the unsustainable political system in the US will soon become a disaster for all Americans. Supporting any media that ignores or promotes the destruction of our way of life is intolerable.
Thanks for reading. Just to engage: It's a one-person newsletter, and it would be impossible to remove all bias.
I don't mean to play ignorant, but the only thing I can imagine you're pointing to today is the item about the number of Harris vs. Trump donors. To my mind this was a pretty mild "just the facts" thing to share.
Plus, the sources are The Financial Times and Bloomberg, it's not like these are coming from Mother Jones. (Not that there's anything wrong with Mother Jones, but they're very upfront about their biases.) Thoughts?
Some people have difficulty relating to real facts vs. “alternative” facts. I’ve found your 7 Other Things to typically be from legitimate news sources. It must be tough to deal with vague criticism with no examples, leading you to guess what the complainer is looking for. SMH
It is the little things with airlines whether they relate to time or weight; and I’m not referring to human weight. That idea got beaten to death years ago. I’m referring to the weight of the in flight mags that are no longer a thing. Airline seats have gotten smaller, which we all hate, but smaller, less comfortable seats mean less weight. There are so many things to take into account when engineering something that by all rights and means shouldn’t be in the air and weight and weight distribution is a great part of crunching the numbers and taking into account every ounce.
Optimization at scale pay huge dividends. American Airlines saved $100k+ per year dropping olive from martinis on flight in the late 70s/early 80s. UPS manages their rights with only right turns to eliminate wait times. With 4,000+ flights a day (1.5 million per year) a minute -or an olive - here or there quickly adds up!
Bill that last paragraph is key to all successful businesses and one that few actually pay attention to:
'Honestly, I know nothing about moving airplanes around. But I do know that sometimes the best way to improve something is to listen to the people who watch it up close every day.
I think we call them "experts." '
If more organizations listened to the people with boots on the ground, they'd spend less money on executive salaries for the people hired to solve these problems, but have never actually had to experience them in their daily work life. They'd save the headaches of implementing new processes only to see them fail and have to find a new-new process, and it would certainly boost morale.
On another note, are those Delta people available to figure out how to connect the brand new, extremely expensive, possibly beautiful (but no one has time to stop and look while running) terminal A to the rest of Newark Liberty Airport? asking for a friend...
Thanks for the shoutout to the experts! I never understand people who know nothing about the subject themselves, but cut down the experts who spend their lives studying a subject, usually for our benefit. You are such a reasonable person and writer! Thank you for also posting fact filled articles that I wish were actually commercials right now.
Yikes - the hiker getting 'stuck'. I went on a strenuous overnight hike w/ one son & his Boy Scout troop, training for their upcoming Philmont time in New Mexico. One adult fell backwards, w/ his backpack on, got wedged between 2 large boulders & 2 scouts had to climb down to get him out, then the backpack. We all felt pretty sure his backpack saved him. Another woman fell forward, broke a tooth off. I had rented a one-man tent for this & when I returned it the woman at the store asked where we went, w/ a big smile on her face, until I told her & she gasped, said it's the worst hike she's ever been on.
Fiery Gizzard Trail
The Blue Hole offers swimming near Tracy City
Length 12.5 mi (20.1 km)
Location Tennessee
Trailheads Tracy City to Foster Falls in Marion County
Use Hiking, Backpacking, rustic camping
Difficulty strenuous[1]
Surface forest and loose rock
the cartels hold so much power - very very sad, & scary. So sad for the Priest & those who loved him, & those who he served.
a note to you, Bill, that I truly love & enjoy the majority of your links & always enjoy your featured story each day. I try to steer clear of the political junk -
Thanks for what you do, & I look forward to your notes.
thanks SPW for your like - it was sent out as an olive branch which was not acknowledged ☹️
In the following day Bill “liked” everyone’s comments. So sad 😞
Good Morning Bill,
I have followed your posts with great interest and amusement, however, your bias in the links you post are one sided and subtly coercive. The reality of the unsustainable political system in the US will soon become a disaster for all Americans. Supporting any media that ignores or promotes the destruction of our way of life is intolerable.
Mike
Thanks for reading. Just to engage: It's a one-person newsletter, and it would be impossible to remove all bias.
I don't mean to play ignorant, but the only thing I can imagine you're pointing to today is the item about the number of Harris vs. Trump donors. To my mind this was a pretty mild "just the facts" thing to share.
Plus, the sources are The Financial Times and Bloomberg, it's not like these are coming from Mother Jones. (Not that there's anything wrong with Mother Jones, but they're very upfront about their biases.) Thoughts?
Some people have difficulty relating to real facts vs. “alternative” facts. I’ve found your 7 Other Things to typically be from legitimate news sources. It must be tough to deal with vague criticism with no examples, leading you to guess what the complainer is looking for. SMH
The expression “Head over heels” comes to mind.Sorry she had to suffer, glad she made it out, but look before you leap.
It is the little things with airlines whether they relate to time or weight; and I’m not referring to human weight. That idea got beaten to death years ago. I’m referring to the weight of the in flight mags that are no longer a thing. Airline seats have gotten smaller, which we all hate, but smaller, less comfortable seats mean less weight. There are so many things to take into account when engineering something that by all rights and means shouldn’t be in the air and weight and weight distribution is a great part of crunching the numbers and taking into account every ounce.
Optimization at scale pay huge dividends. American Airlines saved $100k+ per year dropping olive from martinis on flight in the late 70s/early 80s. UPS manages their rights with only right turns to eliminate wait times. With 4,000+ flights a day (1.5 million per year) a minute -or an olive - here or there quickly adds up!
Yeah. Didn’t Bill write about that very thing a while ago. I’m pretty sure that’s where I got the magazine comment.
Darrell likes to take credit tho
@dj l 🙄
Bill that last paragraph is key to all successful businesses and one that few actually pay attention to:
'Honestly, I know nothing about moving airplanes around. But I do know that sometimes the best way to improve something is to listen to the people who watch it up close every day.
I think we call them "experts." '
If more organizations listened to the people with boots on the ground, they'd spend less money on executive salaries for the people hired to solve these problems, but have never actually had to experience them in their daily work life. They'd save the headaches of implementing new processes only to see them fail and have to find a new-new process, and it would certainly boost morale.
On another note, are those Delta people available to figure out how to connect the brand new, extremely expensive, possibly beautiful (but no one has time to stop and look while running) terminal A to the rest of Newark Liberty Airport? asking for a friend...
There's an old adage... MBA stands for "Mostly Bad Advice"
Thanks for the shoutout to the experts! I never understand people who know nothing about the subject themselves, but cut down the experts who spend their lives studying a subject, usually for our benefit. You are such a reasonable person and writer! Thank you for also posting fact filled articles that I wish were actually commercials right now.