Evil Ed

Geek/Nerd into medieval re-enactment, fencing, history, tech, and hard sci-fi.

[Evil Ed @evil_ed_1]

@Tango1867 Welcome to Florida! I hope you enjoy your stay.

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@ingelramdecoucy So… mostly peaceful?

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@ToIkienverse @JWhitebread1 He is… the most interesting man in Middle Earth.

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@NerdMother67 @monsterhunter45 Right!?! There is nothing quite like the self-identifying piñatas lining up for a good Larry clubbing.

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@11975MHz At one point they did the same thing to network cards (physical and wireless). So many times I would get users with intermittent disconnect issues and the fix was to turn off that stupid power setting. You don’t hate Microsoft enough.

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@ShamashAran American Paladin is awesome. Great story, can’t wait for the next installment. Larry hit another home run wit( this book.

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@dlippman @JackDetsch @paulmcleary JFC, god forbid someone be conscientious and try to increase their knowledge and do a better job.

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@LeaderJohnThune @TaxCuts @TrumpAccounts Tax cuts are useless if you don’t cut spending as well. Why haven’t you codified the DOGE cuts?
Also, PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
stop bloviating about all this other stuff and get down to saving our elections.

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@LeaderJohnThune @POTUS JFC dude, get the message already. Stop blocking recess appointments and PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!

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@Real_J_Mitchell @YoDanno Me.
Freedom Fighters RPG, character gen had a bunch of paths & roles (similar to Traveler). 1st character died 2/3 of the way through character creation. Second character was awesome though. We were using the system to run a Buckaroo Banzai game.

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@YoDanno Wow. I am an old nerd. 46.
After the first set I decided it was easier to count the ones I didn’t get.

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@SenRandPaul Might need to audit the CIA’s staff houses to get an accurate count.

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@EricTrump @realDonaldTrump Respectfully, I disagree. Massie was the most Constitutional Conservative voice in government. There are elected officials that have consistently blocked the President’s appointments and agenda that should have been targeted first.

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@TrumpDailyPosts Government overreach. Violations of Constitutional Rights by government bureaucrats and elected officials.

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@JohnCornyn Maybe you should have passed the Save America Act.

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@BasedMikeLee Forget it, remove John Thune and then enforce the talking filibuster.

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@TIME Your magazine is the equivalent of a donkey show at this point. That dude on your front cover has a literal Nazi tatoo on his chest.

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@monsterhunter45 As long as we can keep the amount of locusts down and only get the freedom loving folks we’re good.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I just had the craziest experience at the airport.

We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.

Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”

Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.

The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”

He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”

Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…

Start clapping.

I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.

All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.

It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.

@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.