Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 21, 2024

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    Uncle Kenny  about 2 months ago

    Did Orville’s and Wilbur’s?

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    Botulism Bob  about 2 months ago

    I’m sure Orville and Wilbur flew by the seat of their pants.

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    Rhetorical_Question   about 2 months ago

    Frazz has the right idea?

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    Sephten  about 2 months ago

    ‘Every day in every way I am getting better and better.’Of course, I’m not old enough to remember Émile Coué …

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 2 months ago

    So that’s what, 35 times better in a year? A bit under 1500 times better in two? (Assuming it compounds of course).

    That seems a little high for expectations.

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    lee85736  about 2 months ago

    A very long time ago I read a shortened version of Eddie Rickenbacker’s autobiography. He described the turn-and-bank indicator on his WWI fighter as a bottle half full of water hanging from a string.

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    sandpiper  about 2 months ago

    ‘Seat of the pants,’ i.e., some days show greater than 1%, but others likely register in the minus range. A roller coaster instead of a steady upward ride? Kinda describes Caulfield’s life , , , and almost everyone else.

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    BJDucer  about 2 months ago

    I would be very, very happy with my stock portfolio if it was able to be “1% better every day”!

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago

     Basic Principles of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI, also known as the Deming Method, after American business consultant W. Edwards Deming, who helped Japan rebuild its post-WW2 economy into the economic powerhouse it is today)

    1. Quality breeds success.

    2. There are no perfect goods or services; everything can be improved.

    3. See things as they really are, not as they once were or as one may imagine or wish them to be.

    4. It’s possible to double the quality of something, but hardly ever by one giant 100% leap, far more often by a hundred tiny 1% increments.

    5. Promoting a culture of CQI is a major responsibility of management.

    6. Solicit ideas for improvement from their two leading sources: workers and customers.

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    Ignatz Premium Member about 2 months ago

    How, exactly, would you measure “1% better”?

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    DaBump Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Life doesn’t come with precise measurements, so you just have to keep on trying to be good and keep pushing in that direction. Don’t be fooled into thinking that will get you to heaven, though.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 months ago

    You can’t always improve, but at least try not to backslide.

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    prrdh  about 2 months ago

    Coué, quantified.

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    cellodude1990  about 2 months ago

    But is it one percent of the initial value everyday (simple interest formula) or one percent better than the total value of the previous day (compound interest formula)? The person who invented the saying needed to be more specific!

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    mfrasca  about 2 months ago

    Flying by the seat of my pants (and all the while)

    Like some sort of ritualistic dance (and with a smile)

    Convinced myself I had some sorta chance (and all the while)

    Flying by the seat of my pants

    —Schnier / Garvey / Derhak

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    DKHenderson  about 2 months ago

    Wonder if Caulfield (or Frazz, for that matter) have ever read the comment “There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.”

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    billdaviswords  about 2 months ago

    Compound interest, compunded daily. (although “better” and “goodness” are hard to quantify.)

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    Bilan  about 2 months ago

    Don’t all pilots fly by the seat of their pants? Or do some of them stand up?

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Chuck Yeager might have had instruments but he also had The Right Stuff. Others did as well. Neil Armstrong had only 13 hours in space before Apollo 11. But more than once he showed he had The Right Stuff, and that’s what NASA was looking for in a lunar crew.

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    Kidon Ha-Shomer  about 2 months ago

    Indeed Chuck Yeager had instruments aboard his aircraft; however, he seldom used his xylophone nor his bagpipes.

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