Impartial_Observer

Sorry to hear of Coach Sartini's passing. Good coach, when I was on the sidelines I always enjoyed having his sidelines. His teams were always physical, well prepared, and very disciplined.

I think we're saying the same thing. Perhaps we need a "Goldbook" lol.

I have long advocated the perfect manufacturing facility will run with one man and one dog. The man is there to feed the dog, the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines. It has been several years since I've looked at robots in a manufacturing capacity. I would think by now the mechanicals are pretty mature technology. I would think it's more software issues that are immature and of course there is always evolving tech that has to be dealt with. I know from the late 80's and 90's to the early 2000's robot technology exploded. Robots of yesterday were dedicated machines to a single task. Robots evolved to being adaptable as manufacturing processes evolve. The Yang dude hit the nail on the head, the American factory worker is not being replaced by Hispanics, he/she is being replaced by automation. But automation still needs to be manufactured, installation, programming, maintenance, repair, etc. All of this is in the near term of course. Long term, according to the articles I W82 posted, perhaps we'll just need to determine what we're going to do with all of our free time.

Again, I'm not arguing what's being said. But still the issue at hand is a shortage of officials, not their competency. You guys see the same emails I see needing crews for games this year, we have a problem.

Other states produce good study vids. I watch a LOT of them. I have no idea where they come from, whether state or officials associations are putting them out. I'm not going to argue the value of of in person meetings, discussion, and interactions with other officials. However, the issue at hand is a shortage of officials. What I posted above are from two different officials and their comments regarding the post at Offside. These are two guys in my relatively small group of cronies. Some associations start their meetings in June in an effort to "get them out of the way". There is little to no content ready at that point, no one has rule books yet, most people aren't even in Football mode yet, with many still officiating other sports.

I don't disagree with that.

Job opportunities for robot techs!

Two texts I received from fellow officials after seeing the post at the Offside FB page: I tend to agree with Just Rules, at least at the HS level, sportsmanship is an easy scapegoat, but there are other issues at play. For me it's not about the money and I tend to lose a good deal of money doing varsity games. I'm a 54 year old empty nester, it's not that big of a deal so long as it continues to be fun for me. But put yourself in the position of a young person with a wife and small children. Suddenly the money is a little more of an issue. Plus meeting times being away from said wife and kids. I understand the point.

We have several Saturdays open if schools are looking to move games.

According to a post on FB, we are short six crews to cover Friday nights, is there any truth to that rumor?

Yesterday you were threatening to whip my ass, today you're threatening to kill me. I'm starting to get the idea you don't like me.

Problem is solved!

10 years ago, ACA promised many things, and has been lauded as a giant step forward. Yet here we are 10 years later and according to the people on the stage the last couple of nights we have a healthcare crisis. So before we buy into the all the promises this time around, ACA promised: 1. If you like your insurance you can keep it. 2. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. 3. ACA will lower premiums for the typical American family up to $2500 a year. 4. For the 85%-90% of Americans who already have health insurance it will be made stronger with better coverage. 5. For families making less than 250K they will see no new taxes. 6. ACA will not add one dime to the deficit now or in the future. I could go on but you get the picture. So all of these career politicians are pointing out that they government has failed, and the answer is more government.

Forming a family and helping the community, I love it!

Oh man.....I am tied up thru the weekend.

I'm not hard to find, hit me up next time you're in town.

lol, is this something we need to take to the Silver Dollar?

I've offered multiple times. I offered to buy the first round. You were here!

Look DE, I get you don't like me and want to challenge anything I post. But I'm pretty sure we've already covered this ground. You bitch because Medicare may or may not have to shell out some cash for my healthcare at some point in the future. And in the next breath whine and cry because my vote will cause the end of Medicare. You can't have it both ways. And since you are pro having a nanny state, I can only assume your beef with me receiving Medicare is the fact that it's me, and not someone else. Which will make it even sweeter if/when I ever make it to Medicare to know that you're hopefully paying for it. And since we're sharing our feelings to answer your question in the Meme thread, to expand on my question, I think you are an entitled whiny little beotch who should have had his ass beat more instead of hiding behind his mommy's skirt.

11 years ago, I seem to remember the mantra of shovel ready infrastructure jobs......that apparently weren't so shovel ready. https://www.countable.us/articles/21984-obama-signed-787-billion-stimulus-law-10-years-ago-date It seems to me that there are basically two schools of thought here: 1. Government is the answer to all my woes. 2. Government needs to get out of my way so I can do it myself.

And we’ll have four more years of Trump.

Where is this vid from? Heads should roll!