RolltidePA

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I’d call the damn sheriffs and tell them to come write DUI’s before a child gets killed. If you’re drunk and injure yourself that’s your own damn fault but damage property, hurt children/pets can’t happen

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This happened in 2021 along with a few other incidents at the time. There has been a strong police presence since and they have cart inspection stations set up now every few months to see if carts are properly registered and have the required safety equipment. They've handed out several tickets and a few DUI's Still, our neighborhood is built around a club and people continue to be idiots.

I had a neighbor run into our mailbox a few weeks ago and he could barely function when I went out to see what happened. It was unreal.

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Keep in mind the owner of the Patriots was visiting “massage parlors” with illegals and it got swept under the rug

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"Geeze, sorry for partying"

- Robert Kraft... probably

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Give Bama the death penalty to make room.

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:lol: I can't even imagine what a program could even do these days to get a death penalty or even a probation for that matter. Maybe being actively engaged in cartel smuggling?

It seems like education is becoming more big-brand oriented these days. Especially with the expansion of the bigger school. Hell, Bama is more than twice as big as when I was in school there in the late 90's.

Small schools that are, expensive, have little specialization and no real academic reputation are going to have a hard go of it when spots in more notable schools are more readily available and actively recruiting them. The value simply isn't there for perspective students.

I live in a neighborhood where they allow golf carts. People get blasted all the time and drive those like a bunch of damn idiots.

A couple of years ago we had a similar thing happen. Guy was driving drunk as hell, went around a roundabout, hit a curb, his wife got tossed out, hit her head and died.

They arrested him and I think he's still in prison for drunk driving and manslaughter. Really sad is that they have two kids and they all had to get shipped out to other family members. Really messed up situation.

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One of the night ones of Tokyo has put a strong desire to visit, and makes me wish I lived there.

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Wherever Japan is on your list of places to visit, move it up. Recently got back from two weeks there and it was a fantastic trip and a very, very easy place to be, even with the language barrier. They deal with folks do often that don't speak Japanese, that they know how to smoothly navigate communicating with you. It's also a bit sad when you get back and realize that there are so many better ways to do things and that the US is really hampered by a few elements of our society that they culturally just won't allow.

I spent years searching about places, going on Google street view, watching Youtube tourist videos. Always thought I was kind of weird for it.

Another thing I'd do is go watch videos of folks driving around towns. I'd go to places I know really well, like Pittsburgh (my hometown) and see if the video matches up with my local knowledge and see if the "feel" is the same.

No one wants to be led by a poser. At his level, age and position, you need to have your own way of doing things and not just pretend to be someone else.

It's definitely weird and I'm surprised his team isn't on him about it at this point. It's kind of making them look like a joke as well.

Almost all of them are white women. Zero place in what's supposed to be neutral law enforcement for that crap.

This explains specifically what happened there. And it's from an article from 2019. This was all avoidable.

"In an electric system, the energy contained in generators and motors at power stations and industrial facilities provides inertia as they rotate at the same frequency as the electricity grid. This effectively acts as a buffer against rapid change. If demand for power spikes, the frequency of the grid tends to decrease. Having a lot of rotating mass on the grid acts like a shock absorber and slows the rate of change.

Solar, on the other hand, is connected to the grid without rotating mass. Even massive wind turbines fail to provide the necessary stability as they are not directly connected to the grid. Instead, a frequency converter between the wind turbine and electricity grid prevents the kinetic energy of the wind turbine’s rotating mass from providing inertia during periods of frequency change.

“When inertia decreases, sudden changes in frequency caused by a change in electricity consumption or production are faster and larger,” said Minna Laasonen, senior advisor at Fingrid, the transmission operator in Finland. “This means that it is more difficult to keep the frequency within its normal range of variation.”

What’s the big deal? A surge of renewables onto a grid without sufficient rotating mass could cause serious problems: power being cut in certain areas in an effort to bring demand back in line with supply; and large power plants getting disconnected from the grid to prevent them becoming overloaded."

Grid Inertia and why it matters

I got them earlier this year since they were like $45 on Amazon. I don't have a launch monitor to give an exact swing speed, but statistically according to my Arrcos stats, I'm about 10-15 yards longer this year.

They seem to work, could be placebo effect, could be something else, but at a minimum, they definitely help you warm up.

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The state legislators tell teachers what books and lessons to teach in your state? And you’re calling me a a liar…

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"In North Carolina, the State Board of Education sets policy and procedures for public schools, including course content and testing requirements. The General Assembly, through legislation, also plays a role in shaping education policies and curriculum."

To say the legislature doesn't have a part of crafting school curriculum, and I'll be generous here, is simply disingenuous.