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Operating with a lack of institutional control since 2006. He/him/his Victors Valiant and Champions of the West. Known Sports Poster. "Awkward, but heartfelt."

Also, I get why many of them are like this, but I always feel bad that service techs seem so genuinely stunned when I offer basic courtesies like "please feel free to sit at my table while you're writing this up" or "would you like a bottle of water?" It's not that hard!

TOS Trek: Spock: Doctor, have you noticed the Captain acting strangely? Bones: No. Here, let's drink. Spock: I'm worried he might be compromised in some way. Bones: He's fine. C'mon, let's get sloshed. Spock: Aren't you on duty? Bones: All right, fine, I'll drink for both of us.

The HVAC thinks he may have solved the problem, the capacitor that powers the blower wheel was way below expected output, which, working backwards, would explain some of the issues we're seeing. So let's hope that was the issue.

"At another time, and in another culture, such a consistently dreadful safety record, built up over more than a decade, might have led to some basic questions about the count’s famous technology. Perhaps starting with: Hadn’t most of his airships crashed?"

My wife just said that the Tigers should have won more of Skubal's starts in the playoffs last year, he should have pitched better, and I am pulling up box scores and yelling about double-digit strikeouts.