Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[jbarwick]

Was just making small talk at the beginning of a meeting mentioning someone got a news Teams picture as the old one was blurry. I mentioned I should get one too and she said, "yea you are more...fat than when that pic was taken." My wife laughed. My wife's mother stopped by after this conversation and had to ask my wife if she was taking steroids because her "face filled out".

The pic was before I started going to the gym so 4-5 years old...my wife is just a recent gym goer....

 

[Jen]

Was just making small talk at the beginning of a meeting mentioning someone got a news Teams picture as the old one was blurry. I mentioned I should get one too and she said, "yea you are more...fat than when that pic was taken." My wife laughed. My wife's mother stopped by after this conversation and had to ask my wife if she was taking steroids because her "face filled out".

The pic was before I started going to the gym so 4-5 years old...my wife is just a recent gym goer....

Do your people not know how to keep their thoughts inside their heads? My middle schooler knows better than to say something like that.

 

[Texasmade]

Was just making small talk at the beginning of a meeting mentioning someone got a news Teams picture as the old one was blurry. I mentioned I should get one too and she said, "yea you are more...fat than when that pic was taken." My wife laughed. My wife's mother stopped by after this conversation and had to ask my wife if she was taking steroids because her "face filled out".

The pic was before I started going to the gym so 4-5 years old...my wife is just a recent gym goer....

My gf's mom flew in from China about 2 weeks ago. My gf, her 16 y/o daughter, and I went to go pick her up from the airport. The grandma basically told the 16 y/o daughter in Chinese "you're so skinny and pretty. Your cousin is so fat right now."

 

[venividivicibj]

My gf's mom flew in from China about 2 weeks ago. My gf, her 16 y/o daughter,

Took me a few tries to get around this phrasing and understand that your girlfriend isn’t the 16 y/o daughter.

 

[Texasmade]

Took me a few tries to get around this phrasing and understand that your girlfriend isn’t the 16 y/o daughter.

I'm not Medwed!

 

[SixOhNine]

My gf's mom flew in from China about 2 weeks ago. My gf, her 16 y/o daughter, and I went to go pick her up from the airport. The grandma basically told the 16 y/o daughter in Chinese "you're so skinny and pretty. Your cousin is so fat right now."

Oh my god, that is so Chinese

 

[edinatlanta]

I had a 430 wake up today which isn't that bad a deal because I'm a morning person and my alarm usually goes off at 530 anyway. Irregardlessly.
Pull into the gas station at about 515. Two new Dodge Chargers pull in. Clearly together. They slowly go behind the pumps. Then one of them purposefully taps the other, cracking the rear fender. They then both just pull off. One had a dealer's tag still on it but can't remember which.

Anyone know what may have been happening?

 

[sugarbutch]

I had a 430 wake up today which isn't that bad a deal because I'm a morning person and my alarm usually goes off at 530 anyway. Irregardlessly.
Pull into the gas station at about 515. Two new Dodge Chargers pull in. Clearly together. They slowly go behind the pumps. Then one of them purposefully taps the other, cracking the rear fender. They then both just pull off. One had a dealer's tag still on it but can't remember which.

Anyone know what may have been happening?

Insurance fraud?

 

[SixOhNine]

It's Atlanta, so the fraud part is pretty much a given.

 

[Omega Male]

Sad, but ultimately uplifting, story. I do not think I would willingly fly in an Osprey.

Marine who died trying to save crew in fiery Osprey crash to receive service's top noncombat medal

An Arlington, Virginia, family whose son made the ultimate sacrifice for his V-22 Osprey crew will be honored with the Navy and Marine Corps' highest noncombat honors.

apnews.com

 

[Michigan Planner]

Sad, but ultimately uplifting, story. I do not think I would willingly fly in an Osprey.

Marine who died trying to save crew in fiery Osprey crash to receive service's top noncombat medal

An Arlington, Virginia, family whose son made the ultimate sacrifice for his V-22 Osprey crew will be honored with the Navy and Marine Corps' highest noncombat honors.

apnews.com

I read that story in the Detroit paper earlier today and it brought a tear to my eye (full disclosure: I also cry at life insurance commercials and the baptisms of random kids I do not know at church) but I did have to laugh at the end of the story when the deceased Marine's best friend met his sister just before his funeral and ended up marrying her. Classic USMC ending.

 

[sugarbutch]

Sad, but ultimately uplifting, story. I do not think I would willingly fly in an Osprey.

Marine who died trying to save crew in fiery Osprey crash to receive service's top noncombat medal

An Arlington, Virginia, family whose son made the ultimate sacrifice for his V-22 Osprey crew will be honored with the Navy and Marine Corps' highest noncombat honors.

apnews.com

Given the safety record, I am amazed that they transport the president in them.

 

[Cause Moe]

Given the safety record, I am amazed that they transport the president in them.

I don't think they do. I don't think they are equipped for the Executive Airlift mission. I believe that Marine Helicopter Squadron One has an Osprey, but they do not use it to transport the President. Is there any historical instance of a President flying on a V-22?

 

[Michigan Planner]

I don't think they do. I don't think they are equipped for the Executive Airlift mission. I believe that Marine Helicopter Squadron One has an Osprey, but they do not use it to transport the President.

This is correct. HMX-1 uses a couple different Sikorsky helos as Marine One.

HMX-1 has two different missions. The "Whiteside", which is the Executive Flight Detachment, handles transport of the president and other VIPs in the Sikorsky helos and the "Greenside" is where the "X" in HMX-1 comes from and handles experimental testing and evaluation out of Quantico, including testing of the V-22 Osprey.

 

[SixOhNine]

It's always a little frustrating to see the V-22 killing someone and remembering that it only exists because Congress decided to override the Pentagon, which rightly determined it's a deathtrap.