By Bertel Schmitt
November 24, 2008
He’s had it coming. Our Dear Leader finally received what he deserved: A vacation. With wife and kids, Farago goes to Disney World. Or Disney Land. Anyway, one of those Mickey Mouse metros. While our Dear Leader is away, our beloved Edward Niedermeyer is running the show at TTAC. 16 timezones away in Beijing, Ed is being assisted by yours truly. Which works out just fine: BS has the morning shift, then, Mr. Ed takes over and runs two shifts. Keep in mind, Ed is an Oregonian (sounds kinky.) Please indulge him, and grant him the extra three hours of sleep the Westcoasties deserve. If there’s a little less of the usual morning barrage of posts, do not despair. Ed will make up for it during the day and night.
Also of note: Our web servers are still acting up, sick from the China Syndrome. View counters won’t be back until “after Thanksgiving,” our resident Otaku promised. The site sometimes can be slow to react to your comments. Don’t worry, don’t double post: The comments will show up – after a (sometime excruciatingly long) wait. Same goes for Farago: He’ll be back. Then, there will be hell to pay.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I see Farago in the pic, who’s the tall guy ?
November 24th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Now that’s hillarious Taxed. I am such a child when it comes to humour.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Wohooooo !!!! Party !!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 9:02 am
I hope he’s not going to try to comment or blog from his iPhone. If you’re reading this, RF, get back to vacation!
November 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yeah it’s slow, makes firefox slow, makes the PC slow…
I read the headline and thought damn, Farago got fired…
Happy it’s only vacations
November 24th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Aw sweet I’ma gonna get my insult on without fear of retribution! Everybody that reads this, you’re a turd and your opinions are likely rooted in racism. Did I mention this site hates the Big 3 and is biased and RF told me he wants Detroit to get nuked by a super-bomb? Also, the contributors to this site are physically unattractive and their mothers are goats.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that was awesome.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:17 am
He’d have to be one masochistic fella to fire himself from his own website.
Then again… we’ve been telling Rick Wagoner to do it for years.
Touche.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Sometimes, my posts don’t show up, not even hours later or even the next day.
Most of the time it doesn’t really matter; you know, in a “big scheme of things” sort of way. But on occasion, it does get frustrating.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I have been guilty of the dreaded “double post”. Patience is a virtue. Sometimes..
November 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Zoomzoom:
Linking to gay porn in your posts will get them deleted you know.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
@Bluerat: Absolutely. Must draw the line somewhere
November 24th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Disney World is not exactly a place to “relax”. Unless you hide away in the hotel room.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am
@Matthew Danda:
Disney World is not exactly a place to “relax”.
Especially Thanksgiving Week. Times Square on New Year’s Eve is more tranquil and calming.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Ummm. By any chance does Farago’s itinerary take him to Washington, D.C. in the first week of December?
You know, to take in, say, the Smithsonian Museum of Transportation, or Ford’s Theatre? Maybe a visit to the Capitol Building to see Congress in Session?
I hear it is very interesting to learn about our government from observing a session of Congress, or a hearing…..
November 24th, 2008 at 11:14 am
@kazoomaloo: You’ve got to do much better while Mr. Ed & BS are around. The Geiger counter barely jittered.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Been there and done that–just a couple of suggestions–
Stay away from The Mouse (and the Mousette)
Watch out for those gift shoppes
And all the fried stuff at the restaurants
And if you’re going to the Orlando place and get tired of animatron animals, go to Gator Land as a respite. [Besides, seeing all those gators munching on various parts of whole fryer chickens will be an apt metaphor of the current situation of some of the car companies we love to bash.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Been there and done that–just a couple of suggestions–
Stay away from The Mouse (and the Mousette)
Watch out for those gift shoppes
And all the fried stuff at the restaurants
And if you’re going to the Orlando place and get tired of animatron animals, go to Gator Land as a respite. [Besides, seeing all those gators munching on various parts of whole fryer chickens will be an apt metaphor of the current situation of some of the car companies we love to bash.
And have fun!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:29 am
If you are going to the Euro one, then stock up on the free rolls, cheese, ham and cake at breakfast. Saved hundreds of Euros last time making our own picnics.
Now thats out of the way I’m off upstairs to find the porn stash, anyone know where it is ?
November 24th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Um, I had some submissions I just completed and sent off to Justin… (I thought something might be up as Mr. Farago told me to send them to J when I contacted him through the site form). I guess you guys are running the show while he’s gone, congrats on the promotion. I’m glad RF finally got some R&R time away from the site (and with his family), and hope he returns well rested and in a good enough mood to approve my submissions!
November 24th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
This explains the surfer pic for the GM cost cutting article.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Oh boy! An entire week to post cheerleader pictures!!
November 24th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
@sexcpotatoes: Denied. No submissives allowed at TTAC. Company policy. Sorry.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
BlueBrat :
Zoomzoom:
Linking to gay porn in your posts will get them deleted you know.
Bertel Schmitt :
@Bluerat: Absolutely. Must draw the line somewhere
Um…okay, that was out of left field. Was this a joke? I’m not sure even emoticons would have helped here.
Let’s be careful so that our er .. “good natured” (or “other”) comments don’t gloss over a possibly genuine technical problem with the website.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Let the record show that in these troubled times Mr. Farago chose NOT to take the private corporate jet.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:06 am
One other reason that post-delay is bad is that I can’t re-read my post; can’t even access it, so I cannot correct any spelling or grammar mistakes.
As I said in an earlier post, “what” I’m saying may not be much in the big scheme of things, but I should at least be allowed to self-edit.
When the post doesn’t appear until the next day, that’s way over the 60 minute time limit for changes. I never get that chance.
THAT is the worst thing about “post-delay.”