The _one_ Mazda dealer in state has no interest in selling me a car, so I called Ron Tonkin Mazda in Portland.

Less than an hour later they've got a quote in my hand, and we've gone over how the procedure should work.  I'm going to talk to the boss about time off and look at tickets tomorrow.

I may be flying down Friday, overnighting in Portland or nearby, and leaving for Alaska Saturday morning..  In a new 2019 Mazda3 Premium in Deep Crystal Blue Mica with a freaking HUD.

Anyone in the area care to do a dinner?

from: jet.jaguar@friggarock.fen
to: Lists.Jet.Stingray
Subject: A little question on company law.
Time: 12:35:43 - 2025/08/08 - Frigga

What happens to what's now a decent middle-size company when its owner never existed in the first place?

Or what happens if to Stingray Motor Engineering if Sylia Stingray never existed?

If it comes as news to you that I've been using the Sylia Stingray identity then - surprise. Sylia Stingray owns a business called Stingray Motor Engineering. It's a motorcycle manufacturer that was supposed to exist as a vehicle to pay some bills and support another project. All that mattered was that the management keep the company open and keep it working and producing. The aim was to make the business stable so it wouldn't randomly go away and spill its secrets, rather than make the most profit.

It was a front. If you know why Sylia Stingray existed you know what it was a front for. If you don't, it doesn't matter.

Anyway - it turns out that by hiring competent management, with well paid workers and building a good quality product, the business grows. An industrial unit in Shannon is now a factory in Shannon producing engines using 3D-metal printing. They're building aero-engines for old warbirds just to prove how flexible the technology is. Three years ago they bought a chunk of the old Packard plant in Detroit to manufacture in the US

It's now exporting and has become a UAW's flagship. They build electric bikes. The motorids for Asagiri are built there under contract. Stingray began using the fusion tuboshaft engines from those for other purposes. There's a big contract for those - a scary-big contract from a scary-big client. Those engines are useful for a lot of other industries, and Stingray holds the patent for another decade.

There's about a thousand people working in Detroit, and just a little less than that in Shannon. And every single one of them is relying on Sylia Stingray to be a real person to keep the lights on and keep the money coming in. They go to work every day and they do their shit and they get things made right and get a good stable paycheck out of it. Micheal bloody Moore just made a documentary there calling the whole thing a shining beacon of hope.

It'd be a shitty thing to let them drop in the wind and the moment this comes out, they're fucked and it'll all be my fault. This'll be an almighty mess for everyone if it comes out

How do I untangle this mess without blowing it all up?

-Jet Jaguar

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Frigga 77 -  Stationpunk.

For those of who who do not already know: You can find a revised and updated version of the much-lauded Mids' Hero Designer for the Homecoming Relaunch of CoH at the Homecoming forums - https://forums.homecomingservers.com/top...-designer/

It's the same engine as before. Just new and Improved!

...there is a sequel. Or yet another sequel, if you admit the other two exist.

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss to return in new Matrix film

My mother is not doing well at all.

She's been told that her congestive heart failure won't get better and that she can have 2 more years dealing with the stresses, both on herself and her family, of dialysis... or die on her own terms in about 2 weeks.

She's chosen the latter. Her transplant doctor/nephrologist basically told her that her passing is likely to be one of the gentler ways to go. But she's still going, and I'm going to miss her terribly.

And... one of her favorite covers:

I was reminded of this song after watching the latest Epic Rap Battle of History




Power: creates a replica of The Calypso, handy for when Doug needs a ship on short notice.

Thanks to Bolsonaro (Brazil’s homegrown Trump) the Amazon rainforest has been on fire for several days.

Now, the way I understand it, if the forest loses upwards of 25% it will trigger a feedback loop beyond any hope of restoration.

The rest of the world is not far behind.

And just to pre-empt the climate denialists: “I’ll take your opinion and put it in my bank account to see if generates some interest.”

Under the Parliamentary system in Canada, elections are relatively rapid - it hasn't even been called yet and we know we'll be voting in October. So best to start a thread now - why wait for the rush?

So yeah.  The thing with Aaron's passing left me understandably paranoid.  The night before last, I had what felt like a terrible case of gas and was attempting to write it off as such, but it just kept getting worse and worse.

It turns out my paranoia was well founded - I have Appendicitis, and it's already perforated, causing an abscess in my abdominal cavity.

Fortunately, I came in when I did just before things could get real bad for me, and now I'm on some nice opioids and potent antibiotics.  The game plan is that since it's already abscessed, it's better to just clean it out and let the appendix heal - we'll be doing that tomorrow.  Then I'll be sent home to recover, and then later on come back for the actual Appendectomy.  In the meantime they're keeping a close eye on my to make sure my condition doesn't suddenly deteriorate.

Fortunately, this isn't costing me anything because I'm on VA Healthcare.  The only thing I worry about is missing out on classes, which starts on the 26th.

Your jewish population is being awesome.