- Joined
- Jul 17, 2003
Bad news? Nope. All good. Here’s a side note to emphasize goodness. Last week I was working from home. I had some time and a large stack of notices for a recall on my car. Great time to schedule an appointment. I also asked them to check out an exhaust noise for me.
I brought it in and was able to do a remote meeting with my department while I waited and still had time to sit and wait. Worked out great. They fixed the recall and tried to upsell me on the filters. “No thanks. I have several at home.” They then gave me the bill (of $0) and a list of recommended repairs.
$250 for front brake pads. $740 rear shocks. $450 for new muffler. “OK. I’ll have to look at my budget to see what I want to do.” I stopped at AutoZone and got OE ceramic pads for ~ $65 and installed them that morning. It’s great to work from home sometimes. Saved about $180 as the disks were in great shape.
I knew that I wasn’t going to do the shocks because I didn’t want to limp it somewhere to get an alignment so I started researching. But wait…. Shocks. Not struts. Shocks. Look on Youtube find that there are two bolts per shock. I don’t even need to remove the rear tires. I can remove two bolts. Found OE style shocks at rockauto for less than $115 shipped. Saving nearly $600. What the what?! I’ll do that this weekend and while I’m under there, I’ll look to see what parts I need for the muffler. If it’s bolt-on, I’ll save even more. WOOT!
So there’s my quarantine success story. I am very happy about it. Starting tomorrow, I work from home again for the week. I’ll be able to give my folding rigs the love they need which is awesome. WOOT WOOT!
Share your story below.
Team Conquest/Threat List
[oldtable] PCMR |3.9 months | up from 3.5 months.
NVIDIA Corp |8.5 months |down from infinity.
PC Games Hardware |1.3 years | up from 10.5 months.
VMware |1.7 years | up from 1.5 years.
GamersNexus |2.0 years | down from infinity. [/table]
This table is all good news here. We have outlived some very strong competition and are forcing the rest to really work hard to catch us. What’s not to like? No really. Is there something not to like here? I’m all smiles here.
Active folders and ranking:
[oldtable]|Active Folders|Ranking|Ave PPD
This week |181 | 90th | 505k.
2 weeks ago | 212|90th |751k.
3 weeks ago |219 | 83rd |600k.
4 weeks ago | 216|79th | 337k.
5 weeks ago |166 | 52nd |425k.
6 weeks ago |86 |34th |1.42 million.
7 weeks ago |68 | 28th | 1.71 million.
8 weeks ago | 66 | 22nd | 2.06 million.
9 weeks ago | 66 | 22nd | 2.09 million.[/table]
181 active folders is great. We’ve had some drop out and I don’t cast aversion to anyone. It’s really difficult to get WU’s right now. It is just as possible that we have active folders who just can’t get any WU’s as it is that they gave up. If you’re trying to fold, keep it up.
Top 20 PPD:
[oldtable]1| HayesK | 28.98 million.
2| WhitehawkEQ | 8.98 million.
3| Macaholic | 5.79 million.
4| P4EE | 3.84 million.
5| dfonda | 3.30 million.
6| torin3 | 1.81 million.
7| TC | 1.72 million.
8| JrClocker | 1.71 million.
9| Computekinc | 1.60 million.
10| harlam357 | 1.58 million.
11| OSUmaxx | 1.56 million.
12| hshtick | 1.46 million.
13|aviationfrk | 1.33 million.
14| Frazier08 | 1.33 million.
15| orion456 | 1.18 million.
16| superducky | 1.04 million.
17| RamonetB | 1.02 million.
18| zspaldin |
19| don256us |
20|modd | [/table]
Numbers are low. Can’t lie about that. I am happy that I was able to do some restarting of the client to get myself closer to 1 million ppd. Thanks for the tips last week guys. They are helpful.
Individual Milestones:
(Note: The word “earned” acknowledges the hard work done to earn these points at all levels of production.)
I don’t have the time this week to fill in all of the milestones. Needless to say, there are a LOT. Be proud of them. You done good. Thanks guys.
World Top 100:
Moving up in these ranks is difficult. Great job guys.
[oldtable] Macaholic |#18|
HayesK |#21| Moving up 1 spot.
HayesK |#35|
WhitehawkEQ |#36|
P4EE |#59|
RamonetB |#80|
RoXQi3x |#82|
orion456 |#91| [/table]
Guys are taking a beating in the world’s top 100. Of course, when the team from AWS had a single user earning something like 3 billion ppd for a while, we all take a hit in the rankings. Of course, the AWS team has already dropped by the wayside so either you go strong or you go long. Take your pick. I can’t afford strong so I go long. Get your mind clean there buddy boi.
MVP of the week!
Congratulations to everyone on their hard work and earned goals.
Build, Borg, Recruit.
If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.
It’s not how much you fold but if you fold.
If you fold, then you’re my friend.
Keep your stick on the ice.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Everything is within walking distance…. if you have the time.
SEND IT!
Please provide another cliché here.
Until next week…
I brought it in and was able to do a remote meeting with my department while I waited and still had time to sit and wait. Worked out great. They fixed the recall and tried to upsell me on the filters. “No thanks. I have several at home.” They then gave me the bill (of $0) and a list of recommended repairs.
$250 for front brake pads. $740 rear shocks. $450 for new muffler. “OK. I’ll have to look at my budget to see what I want to do.” I stopped at AutoZone and got OE ceramic pads for ~ $65 and installed them that morning. It’s great to work from home sometimes. Saved about $180 as the disks were in great shape.
I knew that I wasn’t going to do the shocks because I didn’t want to limp it somewhere to get an alignment so I started researching. But wait…. Shocks. Not struts. Shocks. Look on Youtube find that there are two bolts per shock. I don’t even need to remove the rear tires. I can remove two bolts. Found OE style shocks at rockauto for less than $115 shipped. Saving nearly $600. What the what?! I’ll do that this weekend and while I’m under there, I’ll look to see what parts I need for the muffler. If it’s bolt-on, I’ll save even more. WOOT!
So there’s my quarantine success story. I am very happy about it. Starting tomorrow, I work from home again for the week. I’ll be able to give my folding rigs the love they need which is awesome. WOOT WOOT!
Share your story below.
Team Conquest/Threat List
[oldtable] PCMR |3.9 months | up from 3.5 months.
NVIDIA Corp |8.5 months |down from infinity.
PC Games Hardware |1.3 years | up from 10.5 months.
VMware |1.7 years | up from 1.5 years.
GamersNexus |2.0 years | down from infinity. [/table]
This table is all good news here. We have outlived some very strong competition and are forcing the rest to really work hard to catch us. What’s not to like? No really. Is there something not to like here? I’m all smiles here.
Active folders and ranking:
[oldtable]|Active Folders|Ranking|Ave PPD
This week |181 | 90th | 505k.
2 weeks ago | 212|90th |751k.
3 weeks ago |219 | 83rd |600k.
4 weeks ago | 216|79th | 337k.
5 weeks ago |166 | 52nd |425k.
6 weeks ago |86 |34th |1.42 million.
7 weeks ago |68 | 28th | 1.71 million.
8 weeks ago | 66 | 22nd | 2.06 million.
9 weeks ago | 66 | 22nd | 2.09 million.[/table]
181 active folders is great. We’ve had some drop out and I don’t cast aversion to anyone. It’s really difficult to get WU’s right now. It is just as possible that we have active folders who just can’t get any WU’s as it is that they gave up. If you’re trying to fold, keep it up.
Top 20 PPD:
[oldtable]1| HayesK | 28.98 million.
2| WhitehawkEQ | 8.98 million.
3| Macaholic | 5.79 million.
4| P4EE | 3.84 million.
5| dfonda | 3.30 million.
6| torin3 | 1.81 million.
7| TC | 1.72 million.
8| JrClocker | 1.71 million.
9| Computekinc | 1.60 million.
10| harlam357 | 1.58 million.
11| OSUmaxx | 1.56 million.
12| hshtick | 1.46 million.
13|aviationfrk | 1.33 million.
14| Frazier08 | 1.33 million.
15| orion456 | 1.18 million.
16| superducky | 1.04 million.
17| RamonetB | 1.02 million.
18| zspaldin |
19| don256us |
20|modd | [/table]
Numbers are low. Can’t lie about that. I am happy that I was able to do some restarting of the client to get myself closer to 1 million ppd. Thanks for the tips last week guys. They are helpful.
Individual Milestones:
(Note: The word “earned” acknowledges the hard work done to earn these points at all levels of production.)
I don’t have the time this week to fill in all of the milestones. Needless to say, there are a LOT. Be proud of them. You done good. Thanks guys.
World Top 100:
Moving up in these ranks is difficult. Great job guys.
[oldtable] Macaholic |#18|
HayesK |#21| Moving up 1 spot.
HayesK |#35|
WhitehawkEQ |#36|
P4EE |#59|
RamonetB |#80|
RoXQi3x |#82|
orion456 |#91| [/table]
Guys are taking a beating in the world’s top 100. Of course, when the team from AWS had a single user earning something like 3 billion ppd for a while, we all take a hit in the rankings. Of course, the AWS team has already dropped by the wayside so either you go strong or you go long. Take your pick. I can’t afford strong so I go long. Get your mind clean there buddy boi.
MVP of the week!
Congratulations to everyone on their hard work and earned goals.
Build, Borg, Recruit.
If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.
It’s not how much you fold but if you fold.
If you fold, then you’re my friend.
Keep your stick on the ice.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Everything is within walking distance…. if you have the time.
SEND IT!
Please provide another cliché here.
Until next week…
The Brakes and tires are now worth more than the 176K car.
