I understand what you're saying, but it's the wrong focus. Spend $1000 to save

Nov 20, 2024
12:18:47pm

Cougarclaw Truly Addicted User

ten cents. but then again, that's government for you.

What does Musk do with those wildly exorbitant salaries? He saves 10x over NASA's cost for payloads.

SpaceX is 10X cheaper with 30X lower cost overrun than NASA in lifting payload into space. Why? Because SpaceX is platform-based, NASA not.

https://medium.com/geekculture/spacex-vs-nasa-cost-4fae454823ac#:~:text=Using%20a%20Wilcoxon%20test%20%28p%3C0.0001%29%2C%20we%20found%20overwhelming,overrun%20than%20NASA%20in%20lifting%20payload%20into%20space.

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What brands are you sad that they have declined? When I was young, Jaguars were

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 10:59am

Blockbuster

BigTex

Nov 20, 11:01am

Netscape

RyneK

Nov 20, 11:04am

I found my Blockbuster card the other day.

Turd Ferguson

Nov 20, 11:25am

What? No way. Those guys way overcharged and nickel and dimed

Mister P

Nov 20, 11:54am

RE: What? No way. Those guys way overcharged and nickel and dimed

O Gaucho

Nov 20, 2:11pm

Chain sit down restaurants. TGIF, Chilis, Olive Garden, etc.

Joe Banks

Nov 20, 11:01am

It’s been awhile since I’ve eaten at any of those. Now that I wfh, I don’t have

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 11:05am

Agreed with this, although, Chilis has figured out a way to get me to come in occasionally. Their $10.99 burger/app/

specsauce

Nov 20, 11:06am

especially since a combo at mcdonalds is basically that price now too

LeonMarek

Nov 20, 11:07am

Yep, I've been back to some of these since fast food is the same old crap for 3x

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:13am

Chilis is the only one I still enjoy going to. Their lunches are great priced.

Chefcurry

Nov 20, 11:18am

i've become a Chili's and OG fan again. Seems a lot better value in today's

cougfanz

Nov 20, 11:09am

I never left being an OG fan, much to my wife's chagrin. Love that place

Iman23

Nov 20, 11:25am

Pizza Hut. It was a big deal to go to Pizza Hut as a family, sit down in the

UNLVcougar

Nov 20, 11:11am

the old Pizza Hut buffet was an amazing.

LeonMarek

Nov 20, 11:14am

Including buffets like Home Town Buffet.

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:14am

RE: Including buffets like Home Town Buffet.

JackStack

Nov 20, 11:19am

The older I have gotten the scarier buffets have become for me. As a kid and YM loved em

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:24am

Burger Chef

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:24am

Drove by a closed Sizzler today in Orlando...just down street from a busy Golden Corral. Sizzler would be

CLCougar

Nov 20, 11:41am

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JimmyZ

Nov 20, 11:04am

Sad but true.

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 11:06am

RE: Sad but true.

RH84025

Nov 20, 11:07am

Star Wars and Disney don't mean anything near what they used to for me.

Leonardo

Nov 20, 11:04am

Yeh, Disney is the one that bums me out the most.

CSoul

Nov 20, 11:07am

Disney for me. They still do some great things, but so much has changed.

Ted Lasso

Nov 20, 11:11am

Yeah, our family is done with Disney. Used to be something we did together about

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:19am

I used to be a valet and Jaguars were some of my favorite cars to drive. Sad to

O Gaucho

Nov 20, 11:06am

Pretty much everything. Workmanship is dead

Elrond Hubbard

Nov 20, 11:08am

Ticonderoga - dang shame

homegrown

Nov 20, 11:09am

Some video/computer game companies. Westwood Studios, EA, Blizzard, etc.

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:09am

Sears

Benfica1

Nov 20, 11:11am

The annual Christmas catalog was great.

UNLVcougar

Nov 20, 11:39am

RE: The annual Christmas catalog was great.

joelvandyne

Nov 20, 11:48am

Been interesting to see Amazon sending out a Christmas catalog the last

Jay Rick

Nov 21, 2:53pm

JC Penney right next to it

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 12:07pm

Target

DataMouth

Nov 20, 11:12am

Not a brand, but appliances in general.

XORCoug

Nov 20, 11:13am

King and Holton. It's crazy that Chinese brands (with their quirks) are much better quality than the American brands.

ral1988

Nov 20, 11:15am

VW was an awesome brand (I had a bus).

Benfica1

Nov 20, 11:16am

NBA used to be awesome, now it sucks.

Chester Copperpot

Nov 20, 11:17am

The North Face

Jay Kay

Nov 20, 11:17am

Anyone who makes appliances. Washers/dryers/fridges/freezers don't last like they should.

Penske Material

Nov 20, 11:18am

Planned obsolescence: if they built something to last a lifetime, you only need

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:21am

It’s proven Apple does this, I’m sure other companies fo

puntersarepeople

Nov 20, 11:30am

Well they used to make them last longer, so clearly they know how. I know it's

Penske Material

Nov 20, 12:04pm

Boeing - their collapse is really sad.

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 11:19am

as SpaceX rises, NASA falls. NASA used to be the bees knees

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 11:19am

You can't expect a gov't agency to outspend Musk for talent. The public wants

Jay Kay

Nov 20, 11:22am

I understand what you're saying, but it's the wrong focus. Spend $1000 to save

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 12:18pm

NBA

TNT

Nov 20, 11:21am

Boy Scouts of America

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:23am

ESPN (Sportscenter), MTV, Network sitcoms

RC Vikings

Nov 20, 11:24am

Remember the line up with Stuart Scott, Dan Patrick, Rich Eisen, Kenny Mayne, Craig Kilborn and even Keith Olbermann

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:27am

That line up was as cool as the other side of the pillow!

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:33am

Utah athletics in general.

XORCoug

Nov 20, 11:24am

Is the entire music industry a brand? It sucks now.

dYrtbYkerYder

Nov 20, 11:28am

levis

bald man

Nov 20, 11:47am

I keep an eye out for a repairable F-Type R.

Madam Pattirini

Nov 20, 11:48am

British Knights, Converse, Sega, Tecmo, Toys R Us, Circuit City, Pizza Hut

CougarBreath

Nov 20, 2:34pm

ColecoVision

Benfica1

Nov 20, 3:38pm

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