this is a piece by Coosje...van Brandt? I forget the surname but I'm almost positive this artist's first name is Coosje. I remember reading it in a book somewhere. Weird America maybe.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Does pirating the IDW PPG comics make me a bad person?
I would buy them legitimately, but I don't have any money... >_>
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
* Clear the game on any difficulty without continuing. * Normal or above. * No continues. * No autobomb. * Do not bomb on Stage 1. * Defeat the Stage 4 Midboss without dying or bombing. * Beat the final boss.
You know what's a good idea? Give everyone over the age of sixteen a machine that can easily kill someone if not properly handled in all situations.
You forgot the part where it is a detriment to the environment, the part where roads enclose all animals that cannot cross roads into little boxes of land, the part where all the car exhaust fumes in my valley stay in my valley, and the horrible noise. And now people are all like "Dang the police, I shouldn't have to wear a seat belt if I don't want to".
Turtles cannot cross roads fast enough. Many kinds of salamanders also cannot cross roads quickly enough.
You also forget the extent to which they improve the quality of life.
You're right.
For some reason, ambulances aren't counted as cars in my mind. They're not filed under "car". And neither are firetrucks, police cars, or the mail car (Grumman LLV in america).
But those actually are cars, I guess.
And when my grandfather urgently needed help, I was dang grateful for the invention of the car and the road.
You also forget the extent to which they improve the quality of life.
Bus. Train. Airplanes. Driven by professionals.
My father had to get fifteen miles to his parents' house when grandfather collapsed and every gosh darn minute mattered. (Don't worry, it all ended up alright).
I agree that in most cases a Bus, Train, or plane is better, (one train with five hundred passengers is better and safer than 100 cars with 500 passenges) but in an emergency it's a darn handy thing to have. If my dad had, say, a heart attack (not that that would happen, though), I think a car would be rather a good thing to have to get to the hospital.
(Note: in my family we walk to school and church, and tend to ride busses for longer distances. Gasoline is expensive!)
And should I need to go to somewhere outside the valley, a car would be a useful thing to have if there is to train or plane.
* Clear the game on any difficulty without continuing. * Normal or above. * No continues. * No autobomb. * Do not bomb on Stage 1. * Defeat the Stage 4 Midboss without dying or bombing. * Beat the final boss.
I find it easy to reach Remedy because I can no-miss all the way to Celestia, but beating Remedy is another story entirely. :p
Yeah, clearly DC doesn't want to have itself associated with that sort of thing anymore or something. A shame, too; they could be a great moneymaker.
Case in point: Adventure Time and Regular Show are both distributed by Kaboom!, despite being Time Warner properties.
Although with MLP being an IDW comic, the situation might only partially be because of that. Hasbro has had a relationship with IDW for years now thanks to Transformers; perhaps the toy company wanted to keep it simple, rather than going with a completely different publisher.
It all started back in 1955, when they came out with a new line of mail vehicles, the Dispatcher Jeep, or D.J., and they produced them up until about 1984 (most of them, from what I gather, were made between 1955-1965). These DJ jeeps were used to deliver mail in the United States, and with constant use, one of them would last twenty years before starting to break down and need repairs or replacement. One not used daily, or one used in more moderate areas (Like not Alaska or Arizona) or one not having to drive so far each day would last thirty years before needing repairs. One lightly used could last until 2014.
Around 1984, most of the DJ jeeps from 1955-1965 (the main era of production) were twenty years old. For some reason, they stopped producing new DJ jeeps at that same time; and the U.S. Government decided to get a new model for mail delivery. Grumman won the contract, and from around that time to 1994, they made the Grumman LLV to deliver mail. A Grumman will last twenty to thirty years before needing replacements (earlier ones, made in the mad rush of money that Grumman had to make the official mail car, were overmade, and last longer than the ones made later, so a 1987 Grumman will last to 2014, as will a 1994 Grumman. They stopped production in 1994).
DJ Jeeps with non-insane use will probably last until 2014; and since the Grumman has taken off much of the load, the DJ Jeeps last much longer than if they had to do it all; so that's why cars from 1955 are still delivering mail today without need of repair.
However, old, used DJs and Grummans (whether old overmade ones or newer standard ones) will need to be repaired or replaced come 2014. This has been known since 1998, and as of right now, that prediction is exactly correct. In 2014, the mail cars that have been used regularly will need repairs; and the portion of DJs and Grummans that have not been used enough to need repairs in 2014 is simply not enough to pick up the slack.
It is expected that in 2014, the U.S. Government will call for a new model of mail delivery car; and whatever lucky car company gets that contract will have an effective monopoly on producing that model of mail delivery car, meaning massive profits and probably a period of overmade cars followed by standard ones as happened with DJ jeeps and Grumman LLVs.
The Post Office is not known for having boatloads of money right now, and a massive production of mail delivery cars to replace a fleet that's worked since 1955 is perhaps not something the United States economy needs right now.
They're gonna have to produce a fleet entirely from scratch. Back in 1955, there were much less roads and much less suburbanization; and back in the mid-late 1980's, they had the DJs as a working fleet so Grumman didn't have to make the entire fleet of mail cars.
But now, the fleet is ended; and they have a much bigger fleet needed than they did in 1955, and unlike the eighties, they don't have a working fleet that they simply need to add to. They've got to fill the entire whole in; with much greater need, on much less budget.
So here's the mail it never fails it makes me wanna wag my tail, when it comes I wanna wail MAAAAAAAAAAAAAILLLLLLLLLL!
Yeah, clearly DC doesn't want to have itself associated with that sort of thing anymore or something. A shame, too; they could be a great moneymaker.
Case in point: Adventure Time and Regular Show are both distributed by Kaboom!, despite being Time Warner properties.
Although with MLP being an IDW comic, the situation might only partially be because of that. Hasbro has had a relationship with IDW for years now thanks to Transformers; perhaps the toy company wanted to keep it simple, rather than going with a completely different publisher.
It's just kind of bizarre to me how those promises of "corporate synergy" have completely fallen apart with the various divisions of Time Warner hating each other and never collaborating much...
After buying myself a free lunch at the cafe' in a nearby-ish Target and picking up a lime green translucent Rock Candy controller, my Christmas spending is complete.
Ali: I've been wondering when (and with what) they'll replace the LLV with, myself. I know they have a lot of Dodge Caravans around for busier routes in cities, but that seems like a stopgap solution for longer routes.
Also, back in Palmyra (VA, not NY or PA), the mail trucks were old DJs. I don't think I ever saw an LLV there.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Either Minnesota is full of really good people or Minnesota is full of liars
Sooooo I have $40 on iTunes but nothing in particular that I would like from there
I might just end up trading it away for Vita stuff or a Steam card or something, because as a primarily Android guy these days I'm sort of confined to music from the Store, and I've got Spotify for that
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this is a piece by Coosje...van Brandt? I forget the surname but I'm almost positive this artist's first name is Coosje. I remember reading it in a book somewhere. Weird America maybe.
I don't think I actually knew much about the artists themselves, the name just stuck with me for some reason.
^ *shrug*
* Normal or above.
* No continues.
* No autobomb.
* Do not bomb on Stage 1.
* Defeat the Stage 4 Midboss without dying or bombing.
* Beat the final boss.
Because crass phonetic spelling is for freethinking reformers.
I hate reformers. Especially the nonviolent ones.
Also heading back to Tennessee. Working on another short story, woooo.
Only if you agree that I don't have to pay for the things you sell/make.
So yeah, pirate it.
I look forward to free merchandize from your official Princess Gown Shop in Centralia.
You know how I hate pirates? I hate ninjas just as much.
You forgot the part where it is a detriment to the environment, the part where roads enclose all animals that cannot cross roads into little boxes of land, the part where all the car exhaust fumes in my valley stay in my valley, and the horrible noise. And now people are all like "Dang the police, I shouldn't have to wear a seat belt if I don't want to".
Turtles cannot cross roads fast enough. Many kinds of salamanders also cannot cross roads quickly enough.
You're right.
For some reason, ambulances aren't counted as cars in my mind. They're not filed under "car". And neither are firetrucks, police cars, or the mail car (Grumman LLV in america).
But those actually are cars, I guess.
And when my grandfather urgently needed help, I was dang grateful for the invention of the car and the road.
I can't play the games because I don't have anything capable of doing so, but it made me appreciate them more.
My father had to get fifteen miles to his parents' house when grandfather collapsed and every gosh darn minute mattered. (Don't worry, it all ended up alright).
I agree that in most cases a Bus, Train, or plane is better, (one train with five hundred passengers is better and safer than 100 cars with 500 passenges) but in an emergency it's a darn handy thing to have. If my dad had, say, a heart attack (not that that would happen, though), I think a car would be rather a good thing to have to get to the hospital.
(Note: in my family we walk to school and church, and tend to ride busses for longer distances. Gasoline is expensive!)
And should I need to go to somewhere outside the valley, a car would be a useful thing to have if there is to train or plane.
Case in point: Adventure Time and Regular Show are both distributed by Kaboom!, despite being Time Warner properties.
Although with MLP being an IDW comic, the situation might only partially be because of that. Hasbro has had a relationship with IDW for years now thanks to Transformers; perhaps the toy company wanted to keep it simple, rather than going with a completely different publisher.
It all started back in 1955, when they came out with a new line of mail vehicles, the Dispatcher Jeep, or D.J., and they produced them up until about 1984 (most of them, from what I gather, were made between 1955-1965). These DJ jeeps were used to deliver mail in the United States, and with constant use, one of them would last twenty years before starting to break down and need repairs or replacement. One not used daily, or one used in more moderate areas (Like not Alaska or Arizona) or one not having to drive so far each day would last thirty years before needing repairs. One lightly used could last until 2014.
Around 1984, most of the DJ jeeps from 1955-1965 (the main era of production) were twenty years old. For some reason, they stopped producing new DJ jeeps at that same time; and the U.S. Government decided to get a new model for mail delivery. Grumman won the contract, and from around that time to 1994, they made the Grumman LLV to deliver mail. A Grumman will last twenty to thirty years before needing replacements (earlier ones, made in the mad rush of money that Grumman had to make the official mail car, were overmade, and last longer than the ones made later, so a 1987 Grumman will last to 2014, as will a 1994 Grumman. They stopped production in 1994).
DJ Jeeps with non-insane use will probably last until 2014; and since the Grumman has taken off much of the load, the DJ Jeeps last much longer than if they had to do it all; so that's why cars from 1955 are still delivering mail today without need of repair.
However, old, used DJs and Grummans (whether old overmade ones or newer standard ones) will need to be repaired or replaced come 2014. This has been known since 1998, and as of right now, that prediction is exactly correct. In 2014, the mail cars that have been used regularly will need repairs; and the portion of DJs and Grummans that have not been used enough to need repairs in 2014 is simply not enough to pick up the slack.
It is expected that in 2014, the U.S. Government will call for a new model of mail delivery car; and whatever lucky car company gets that contract will have an effective monopoly on producing that model of mail delivery car, meaning massive profits and probably a period of overmade cars followed by standard ones as happened with DJ jeeps and Grumman LLVs.
The Post Office is not known for having boatloads of money right now, and a massive production of mail delivery cars to replace a fleet that's worked since 1955 is perhaps not something the United States economy needs right now.
They're gonna have to produce a fleet entirely from scratch. Back in 1955, there were much less roads and much less suburbanization; and back in the mid-late 1980's, they had the DJs as a working fleet so Grumman didn't have to make the entire fleet of mail cars.
But now, the fleet is ended; and they have a much bigger fleet needed than they did in 1955, and unlike the eighties, they don't have a working fleet that they simply need to add to. They've got to fill the entire whole in; with much greater need, on much less budget.
So here's the mail it never fails it makes me wanna wag my tail, when it comes I wanna wail MAAAAAAAAAAAAAILLLLLLLLLL!
Until my birthday in the Ides, then!
Also, back in Palmyra (VA, not NY or PA), the mail trucks were old DJs. I don't think I ever saw an LLV there.
But I've heard the IDW PPG comics were good so I wanted to check them out
I might just end up trading it away for Vita stuff or a Steam card or something, because as a primarily Android guy these days I'm sort of confined to music from the Store, and I've got Spotify for that
I'm scared to start driving though so it's kind of my own fault