Swiss here, quick correction. Yes, we have the rifles in our attics and basements, but, generally, no ammo is given out. You get that at the armory when you go to mandatpry training or in case of emergency.

Which is probably why the last mass shooting was some 20 years back.

Yeah, but getting a truck is harder than getting a gun.

How 'bout not doing that?

This… what?

I’ve never heard of these Northern English pecularities. Fascinating.

That clearly didn’t work. A 40 percent increase is plenty, but it seems people don’t want their jobs to dictate their personal lives. Which is fair, I guess.

They need to change the expectations tha t come with the junior captain’s seat. Or force senior captains to be a bit more lenient, too.

The alternative is having no captains anymore, soon.

The iRobot series by Asimov. Going into Foundation now.

"And I haven’t read that specific memo in detail, but I disagree with the conclusions from that.”

Gotta love that statement.

Exactly the same. Usually standing up, but if it’s a really bad morning I sit down.

More often than not I also close the drain so it becomes a bath and suddenly I’m stewing in my own shame and regret.