Judd Vance

Just a dude trying to spread the love of God everywhere I go. Cancer survivor who loves K-State football and playing wargames & Ameritrash (board games).

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@Super70sSports When I was 23, I asked Mom,”I’ve seen this movie 100 times. Why am I tearing up? I’ve never cried at this. What’s wrong with me?”
She replied, “You’re growing up. You’re supposed to cry at this part.”
Danged Jimmy Stewart has got me every single time, since!

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@rajarjit Sorry. Can't playtest or develop at this time.

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@HoopsAnalyst He was a beast in college. I modeled my lowpost fadeaway after him.

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@Marky_X_ Ready to go tonight , sir! 🫡

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If I remember, that dude played 4 years at KU and had 3 #1 seeds and a #2 seed and never lived up to them. I called him the biggest choker in the history of college basketball.

I saw a Mavs-Warriors game live in 2003 and the starting front line was Shawn Bradley, Dirk, and Raef, so I guess he was playing small forward that day?

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@Herring_NBA I read Blood in the Garden last year. Good book! Broke my heart in 1994 when Riley didn't play my man Ro in the finals.

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@klock81 @GreysonHolbert Kevin,
If he accepts, when you go to watch a game, be sure to eat at Chicken Annie's. You'll thank me later.

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@DeepBenchNBA Riley's ego got the best of him, benching Blackman when he needed him most.

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@CycloneKingdom No joke, my first thought was the end of the 2009 game when King Bill came to fix what Rob Prince tried to destroy.

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My folks had the ultimate back in the day.
In the 1970s, JC Penny's had a battery they promised to replace it for the life of your American-made car. The idea was they lasted about 5 years and cars were more disposable (and affordable) back then.
Dad had just bought a Ford pick-up truck a few years before and they got the battery back then. Good old trucks are what you held on to: moving stuff, drive to and from work and in town, while your other car was for Mom to drive to work and take out of town.
After sticking it to Penny's for a few batteries, they tried the fine print and needed original paperwork, receipt, etc, but Dad kept all of that. Mom declared, "We're never getting rid of that truck!"
Penny's got out of the battery business, so you'd buy a competitor's battery and they'd reimburse, so to pour salt on the wound, my folks got Sears Die Hard batteries.
They finally got rid of that truck about 24 years later and regretted it because anyone who has old an old pick up knows why... one of the most useful vehicles you'll own.

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@KevinLamb74 It has been mocked and earned every bit of that mockery.

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@UntoldWarFacts The Norden Bombsight was a product of marketing and myth. It failed to deliver.

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It’s a tiny part of the business compared to Residential/New Construction & Add On Replacement markets.
I designed units that used R-407C, which is comparable to R-22. The reason being was in the Phoenix market, they don’t want to wait on repairs.
A dealer could change out 1 system to R-410A per day. They could change out I believe 2 replacement compressors per day, or they could “Chop & Drop” 5 of my 407C per day to their existing system and get 407C for cheaper. And for barely more money the outdoor equipment was getting about 30% more efficiency.
Those units killed it in that market.

Other problem with R-22 is that it worked well with 3/8” tubing. With 410A, 5mm and 7mm worked better. Manufacturers are not interested in the millions needed to switch back tube expanders, end sheet tooling, fin lacing, etc to gain a leg up on a tiny repair market.

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Dept of Energy legislates based on efficiency and cost savings, not EPA.

You are correct that looking at replacement parts for 30 year old models is not prudent, but no, R-454B is not more efficient than its predecessor. You don't need a simulation to show this. The industry can prove it with psychometric test cells. And 1000 simulations ain't worth 1 good actual test.

Additionally, R-454B is flammable. Many of the "clean" refrigerants, have similar problems. The more poisonous or flammable, the more need for a double-loop system to keep it out of your house, which hammers performance.

And the industry does not favor phasedown: Asia still makes units with R-410A. The changeover required brand new designs with much more UL work (the whole flammability) and made the units more expensive. More expensive units = less sales = less jobs, and this was to make some government bureaucrats happy, not to improve performance.

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Rolling back refrigerants screws American manufactures. The U.S. supply chair (ex: compressors) is set up for R-454B. Asian companies are still producing R-410A (the previous refrigerant) for their market, so they would be selling the products while suppliers try to ramp up production.

I think they should roll it back to 410A (it was more efficient and 454B is flammable and has too much glide in it) but make it on a future date where suppliers can ramp up in time and manufacturer's get ready.

Or roll it back to 410A and tariff the crap out of foreign manufactures, making 454B the better price and then include a sunset date on those tariffs that is the same as the above mentioned future date.

R-22 has been gone too long. Don't think there is going to be interest as it less efficient to meet current efficiency standards and the repair parts business pales compared to new product installations. Installers preferred the lower pressures of R-22, but 410A was a lot easier to design units with.

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One of my favorite games.
Rivalry game.
Bowl eligibility on the line (back when that mattered)
Freshman quarterback.
Perfect drive.

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Imagine this but the Bill goes purple😈

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@TheStingisBack This movie sucked. The plot is absurd.
But it did come out before Top Gun, so it's not a bad copy. And it has a great soundtrack: Queen's "One Vision" is my ring tone.

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@midwestern_ope Your well of ideas has run dry when this is what you’re posting.

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@HistoryWJacob You gotta have Chesty Puller’s quote from In’chon on here.

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Wayne & I did a podcast this morning on what’s on the table lately & coming to the table, and I’ve been on a roll lately.

Game discussion starts at 18 minute mark.

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@djberg96 @TheSoSBunker I thought C&C beat it handily as well. Every battle felt the same & hyperspacing leaders was weird. But Worthington did an amazing job on the components.