Everything posted by Irish Cat
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Highlands retains Brian Weinrich as Head Football Coach
Erasing a 40 point halftime deficit would be one heck of a coaching job. Coming back from being down 42-21 is not quite as impressive (still impressive) but also consistent with reality.
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Tesla Launches Electric Big Rig Truck
I'd imagine the $200,000 in additional cost combined with the lack of charging stations will be a pretty large hurdle to any company considering switching to this type of truck. It's not like current trucks are cheap by any means.
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OLDEST rivalry in Kentucky?
I got better hair.
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OLDEST rivalry in Kentucky?
That's what I get for trying to look at BGP on my phone without my reading glasses. I thought I was in the football forum. :lol2:
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OLDEST rivalry in Kentucky?
I guess I'm more ignorant of the rules of football than I thought. How do you score 1 without a preceding touchdown?
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Ford using Iron Man on Assembly Line
No. I understood what I read. Perhaps I should have quoted post #2 as that it what my comment was geared towards, but TheGuru isn't wrong. Companies have shown that if they can figure out a way to produce products via automation that is the direction they will go. It's happening locally in Owensboro. We have 4 McDonalds all of which have been getting remodeled or rebuilt in the recent months. The return of the McRib lured me into one of the completed units earlier this week. As there were about 137 cars in the drive-thru line, I opted to go inside. They now have 4 or 5 big screen touch screens in which you can place your own order. They had a manager stationed at the door to encourage you to use the new automated ordering system. They did have one human ran register open and this was at noon. Backed when I worked there decades ago, there would have been 4 or 5 people taking orders. Even though these are not good jobs they are still jobs. I'm sure the other locations will have the same automated ordering systems in place upon their reopening. As far as the article itself, while these exoskeletons are not eliminating jobs, it could be another factor in the long standing trend of reducing jobs. I'd imagine these could allow workers to be more productive, take less breaks due to less fatigue, etc. As I have heard from management in my job a lot lately, we are going to just have to do more with less. I'd assume there are a lot of employers saying the same thing lately. All of this is great for the companies bottom line, but unless we as a country figure out a way to replace jobs that are lost due to automation, greater effeciencies, or even complete loss to foriegn countries, something is going to give at some point.
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Ford using Iron Man on Assembly Line
There has to be a line in the sand somewhere. What good does it do for a factory to become fully automated, if that means that there are no longer enough workers and thus potential consumers that are able to purchased the products being made. In other words it does Ford no good to manufacture trucks if nobody is able to afford to purchase them because they are out of work due to the fact that a computer or robot took their job.
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Did Scott County vote to build new high school?
Can you imagine the outrage nowadays for a team called the apes.
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Bowling Green 48 Owensboro 14
Until OHS shows that they are willing and more importantly able to throw the ball past the sticks they will never be a threat once the playoffs begin.
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BGP Friday Night Fun Thread - Talk about anything you want!
My wife and I are thinking about heading out of town next weekend to try to see some fall colors. We've never been to southeastern Kentucky (at least not past the I-75 area). Not sure where to go but likely up into the mountains, maybe all the way to Pikeville. We're just not sure where to go or what to do. Probably find a state park or somewhere where we can do some light hiking. Went to natural bridge a couple years ago and Cumberland falls last year. So hoping to discover something new.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
Yes, he did.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
DC gets an INT with 1:09 left in the game. That should do it.
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Apollo/Owensboro Catholic Updates
AHS wins. 31-24
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
DC pushes back ahead. 33-27 with 2:01 left in the game.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
OHS answers on the KO. 27-27 with 8:51 left in the game.
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Apollo/Owensboro Catholic Updates
OC pulls closer 31-24
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
DC regains the lead. 27-20 with 9:03 left in the game.
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Apollo/Owensboro Catholic Updates
Per Twitter 31-21 almost end of 3rd.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
OHS ties it up with 1:24 left in the 3rd.
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Apollo/Owensboro Catholic Updates
Saw on Twitter that AHS leads 31-14 middle of the 3rd.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
OHS answers quickly. 20-13 DC with 1:11 til half.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
DC extends lead. 20-7 with 2:14 til half.
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Owensboro/Daviess County Updates
13-7 DC end of the 1st.
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Friday Fun Thread - What do you think about ESPN's Liberal Political Agenda?
I don't often. But during elections I really like the guy that has the touch screen map of the US. Really cool technology. That being said I don't watch a lot of TV news. I did watch a bit more with the recent hurricanes coverage. I can usually stay informed to the level that I feel that I need to be with Twitter and formerly BGP. I get why the politics forum was closed, but it was the platform in which I got most of my political news.
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Friday Fun Thread - What do you think about ESPN's Liberal Political Agenda?
Why does it have to have a slant either way. What is wrong with just talking about sports. If I want political talk I know how to turn the channel to Fox or CNN.