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Spin Zone / Re: Joke Thread: Post 'em if ya got 'em
« on: May 12, 2025, 11:59:32 AM »
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Spin Zone / Women are Female after all (at least in the UK)
« on: April 16, 2025, 11:20:50 AM »
https://x.com/i/trending/1912553133223338436
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that under the Equality Act 2010, the terms 'woman' and 'sex' refer to biological sex, not gender identity. This decision, arising from a case between the Scottish government and For Women Scotland, ensures that women-only spaces and services, such as sports teams, bathrooms, and shelters, are reserved for biological females. The ruling has been celebrated by advocates for women's rights as it reinforces the protection of spaces based on biological sex. However, it has also raised concerns regarding transgender rights, with critics expressing fears over diminished protections for transgender individuals. The court emphasized that while the Act prioritizes biological sex in certain contexts, protections against discrimination for transgender people remain intact.
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that under the Equality Act 2010, the terms 'woman' and 'sex' refer to biological sex, not gender identity. This decision, arising from a case between the Scottish government and For Women Scotland, ensures that women-only spaces and services, such as sports teams, bathrooms, and shelters, are reserved for biological females. The ruling has been celebrated by advocates for women's rights as it reinforces the protection of spaces based on biological sex. However, it has also raised concerns regarding transgender rights, with critics expressing fears over diminished protections for transgender individuals. The court emphasized that while the Act prioritizes biological sex in certain contexts, protections against discrimination for transgender people remain intact.
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Spin Zone / Re: Stock market
« on: April 07, 2025, 08:56:03 AM »Somehow I don't remember the pearl clutching and bedwetting over this:
https://x.com/POTUS46Archive/status/1790385220983677016
So corporate taxes are paid by the consumers?
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Spin Zone / Re: Joke Thread: Post 'em if ya got 'em
« on: March 31, 2025, 07:40:07 AM »
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communication with a small twin-engine aircraft. A moment later the tower landline rang and was answered by one of the employees.
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communication was on a cellular phone. He yelled, “Mayday Mayday Mayday! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart attack. I grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the tower on his speed dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and traveling at 180 mph. Mayday Mayday Mayday!"
The employee in the tower immediately put him on speaker phone and said, "Calm down, we acknowledge you and we'll guide you down after a few questions. The first thing is not to panic. Remain calm!"
He began his series of questions:
Tower: "How do you know you are traveling at 18,000 feet?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the altimeter dial in front of me."
Tower: "Okay, that's good, remain calm. How do you know you're traveling at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the airspeed dial in front of me."
Tower: "Okay, this is great so far, but it's heavily overcast. So how do you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: "The pee from my pants is running out of my shirt collar."
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communication was on a cellular phone. He yelled, “Mayday Mayday Mayday! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart attack. I grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the tower on his speed dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and traveling at 180 mph. Mayday Mayday Mayday!"
The employee in the tower immediately put him on speaker phone and said, "Calm down, we acknowledge you and we'll guide you down after a few questions. The first thing is not to panic. Remain calm!"
He began his series of questions:
Tower: "How do you know you are traveling at 18,000 feet?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the altimeter dial in front of me."
Tower: "Okay, that's good, remain calm. How do you know you're traveling at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the airspeed dial in front of me."
Tower: "Okay, this is great so far, but it's heavily overcast. So how do you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: "The pee from my pants is running out of my shirt collar."
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Spin Zone / Re: Joke Thread: Post 'em if ya got 'em
« on: March 29, 2025, 02:48:29 PM »
A woman asks her husband at breakfast time,
"Would you like some bacon and eggs, a slice of toast, and maybe some grapefruit juice and coffee?"
He declines. "Thanks for asking, but I'm not hungry right now.
It's this Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."
At lunchtime, she asked him if he would like something.
"How about a bowl of soup, homemade muffins or a cheese sandwich?"
He declines. "The Viagra," he says, "Its really spoiled my need for food."
Come dinnertime, she asks if he wants anything to eat.
"Would you like a juicy rib eye steak and some scrumptious apple pie? Or maybe a rotisserie chicken or tasty stir fry?"
He declines again. "No," he says, "it's got to be the Viagra. I'm still not hungry."
"Well," she says, "Would you mind getting off me? I'm freakin starving."
"Would you like some bacon and eggs, a slice of toast, and maybe some grapefruit juice and coffee?"
He declines. "Thanks for asking, but I'm not hungry right now.
It's this Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."
At lunchtime, she asked him if he would like something.
"How about a bowl of soup, homemade muffins or a cheese sandwich?"
He declines. "The Viagra," he says, "Its really spoiled my need for food."
Come dinnertime, she asks if he wants anything to eat.
"Would you like a juicy rib eye steak and some scrumptious apple pie? Or maybe a rotisserie chicken or tasty stir fry?"
He declines again. "No," he says, "it's got to be the Viagra. I'm still not hungry."
"Well," she says, "Would you mind getting off me? I'm freakin starving."
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Pilot Zone / Re: LHR Shut Down For Awhile
« on: March 23, 2025, 07:27:14 AM »
Bring in the OSH ATC team in and get it back up next week.
'White low wing over Big Bend, rock your wings!'
'White low wing over Big Bend, rock your wings!'
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Spin Zone / Re: Going.....going....
« on: January 18, 2025, 07:32:58 AM »
Old joke my FIL told me in the early 2000s....
You are stranded on a desert island with Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Chuck Schumer.
You have a gun with 2 bullets.
What do you do?
Shoot Nancy Pelosi twice and bludgeon the other 2 to death with the gun.
You are stranded on a desert island with Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Chuck Schumer.
You have a gun with 2 bullets.
What do you do?
Shoot Nancy Pelosi twice and bludgeon the other 2 to death with the gun.
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Spin Zone / Re: Jan 6 vote certification
« on: January 06, 2025, 06:12:27 PM »
I hope that is the last time Knee Pads is ever called anything "President" of any elected office IN the United States.
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Spin Zone / Re: Jan 6 vote certification
« on: January 06, 2025, 09:13:29 AM »That also applies to almost everyone on PS.
True. I did not think we could outvote the cheating.
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Spin Zone / Re: New TV...
« on: December 28, 2024, 05:29:34 PM »
I was at the consumer electronics show in 2007. I saw a 100" Samsung flat screen tv for the first time. It had a Korean lady standing next to it with a video of her on the tv that was the same size.
I met with the Samsung USA VP at a private showing and I asked him how much it was. He said $100,000. I had just purchased a 50" Sony for $18,000 for a client.
I was buying 300 monitors for a client and using the client's building in Las Vegas as a bartering tool to allow a manufacturer display and entertaining space during CES. I got 300 32" monitors for $1,400 each. They were going for around $2,000.
Fast forward to today... I saw a 100" tv at Costco for 1398.00
If only airplanes had the same price structure/reduction with the same improved quality!
I met with the Samsung USA VP at a private showing and I asked him how much it was. He said $100,000. I had just purchased a 50" Sony for $18,000 for a client.
I was buying 300 monitors for a client and using the client's building in Las Vegas as a bartering tool to allow a manufacturer display and entertaining space during CES. I got 300 32" monitors for $1,400 each. They were going for around $2,000.
Fast forward to today... I saw a 100" tv at Costco for 1398.00
If only airplanes had the same price structure/reduction with the same improved quality!