You’re right. The only problem is that life inevitably takes place and all sorts of variables come into play. If we were talking only point A to point B and nothing else ever happens during a transit, sure, it’s a no brainer. But what happens when there’s an accident or weather and you have to detour and go an extra…

It is one of the nicer fallouts from less vehicular traffic, that and less pollution. 

You’re right. But people don’t always think logically. They think, ‘what happens if I want to do X, then I might have to recharge Y’. Or, ‘what happens if the boss wants me to do Z’. For most people, life is a series of ‘what could bes’, so to them extra range or lack of extra range or even the imagined lack of extra…

It’s crazy, isn’t it? One of my previous jobs, my boss lived down in Orange County and commuted every day up to the San Fernando Valley. IIRC, his daily commute started at 4:30AM. I considered him insane. Still do. But people do that stuff. Of course, that was when EVs weren’t even a thing. But distance isn’t the…

Maybe not 250 miles a day. But drive time might be an issue. In LA County, many people commute from Palmdale/Lancaster to various parts of LA County, that can easily be a 2 hr commute. If one crosses any of the major passes, it can add on a ton of time. For instance, going from Lancaster to Westwood under ideal…

Well, the other guy gets it a little loose; tires? Plus, like all the others here, a 427 model would’ve been more interesting.

Its’ too bad. A Hughes guy I knew passed away a couple of years ago. He retired a little while after the whole Hughes Electronics debacle. Worked on the AIM4 Falcon program way back when. He and his friends had all sorts of stories.
EDIT : I’ll see if I can draw on my feeble ancient memory, there’s probably something…

No, you’re not alone. But aerospace culture is way different than Detroit auto culture, management-wise. There was a time when Rockwell (when it was still around during the B1 renaissance) was trying to break/diversify into the auto industry. I had a demo presentation where they were trying to figure out how to…

You forgot to mention that in ‘84, GM bought EDS, the Ross Perot created data services company. That was part of Smiths 10% non-auto income push along with Hughes and a bunch of other things. Now, Saturn was created at about the same time and they released the EV1 about ten years later in 1996. The funniest story I…

Hmmm. Management walking around in groups would be like Godzilla coming to most shops. Straighten up and fly right until they leave. If it was just 1 or 2 supes, it might be different. Does it work well there?

There’s nothing inherently wrong with JIT as a manufacturing concept if one considers how a global interruption might occur. It’s why Toyota is so far managing to keep it’s head above waters. In addition, Japan has had a way better time managing the current problems (C-19, supply chain, etc.) because they’re basically…

I think it’s more cultural than just knowledge of how-to. For US manufacturers, to adopt the kaizen/JIT solutions is really more of an adaptation which then allows changes in the way the process behaves. For full-on adoption, it’s takes more strategic thinking on a lot more peoples parts than what the Japanese have to…

Probably ok, except for their ketchup packet stock for their to-go omurice.

Odes to anodes and cathodes.

Forget that. As a closet hedonist, a little fine French bread, a little nice Napa, a little Uighur-style lamb skewers, a little Brie cheese, a little apple, , a little onion, a little bread, a little wine, and it’s not symbolic at all.

It’s a feature of Kinja commenting nowadays. I think that URL link tool is broken and has been broken for months. But the Kinja folks aren’t interested in that since Slideshows is way more important. /s

Yup.

That’s right. Keep talking, you’ll convince yourself sooner or later.
JK, keep an eye on those brakes, sounds like you went the minimum work route. Loud engine noises should never be followed by crashy noises.

Possibly. The road doesn’t appear to have a very high angle at the tracks though. It looks more like a case of the entire rig having a problem negotiating the kink. The telephone pole and little grassy nub make a bit of a tight spot so it’s possible that the driver tried to stay on the pavement as much as possible…

There’s a gate guard; how familiar does one have to be to understand not to cut that when it’s down? Drivers’ insurance is going to be super unhappy.