[82lsju]

My S2K gets me up to Alice's just as well and as fast without leaving Woodside Road pavement and we all wave to each other since they only made 100,000 or so of them. Sure my 17-year old version at the time only cost $16k out the door (low miles!) and no one heading in for breakfast is saying 'wow, a Honda!' but it gets the job done. But not free, and I don't spend a lot of time driving windy roads wondering how that money would be doing in an index fund instead.

Hey 82, Georgia Tech is a vastly different place than when you and I were there.  Total makeover.  Check out the Fall 2024 enrollment numbers:

20,592 undergraduate (61% in-state; 61% STEM)
32,771 graduate students (probably at least 5x the number than when I was there)

53,363 total enrolled. Holy Hell!

Granted, many of these, particularly the graduate students, are virtual (online) and not jamming Bobby Dodd. But maybe all those virtual students are why Tech was the most watched ACC team this year. Or maybe that was because they were in a bunch of marquee games without TV competition. Yeah, one of those two.

Their "Big Bet No. 2" to double the annual number of degrees granted. Only a matter of time before WORLD DOMINATION, which really means beating UGA more than three times in a quarter century.

Big Bet #1 is to "be a national leader in outcomes and value for all students."  I hear keeping tuition reasonable in that, but we'll see. Big Bet No. 3 is to "double the scale and amplify the impact of [our] research." Hey, at least that is someone measurable and they were smart enough to stop with a three-bet.

no kidding it is not the same, I was last back in Atlanta 5-10 years ago and walked around the campus, I recognized very little.....but I had not been there is ~30 years.  I'm not sure how many people who have not been on the Stanford campus in 30 years would recognize beyond Hoover Tower and the Quad and Stern and Wilbur.....

The S2K is a nice ride.  I think the best fun/$ car today is probably a Miata, the bump in HP in the last generation is about right.  I miss my 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV, it was a great car for driving on the street, my Cayman is in all respects a "better" car but you can't use much of the "better" unless you go to the track, which I hope to do more of this year.

We should do a car lunch at Alice's.

[82lsju]

My S2K gets me up to Alice's just as well and as fast without leaving Woodside Road pavement and we all wave to each other since they only made 100,000 or so of them. Sure my 17-year old version at the time only cost $16k out the door (low miles!) and no one heading in for breakfast is saying 'wow, a Honda!' but it gets the job done. But not free, and I don't spend a lot of time driving windy roads wondering how that money would be doing in an index fund instead.

Hey 82, Georgia Tech is a vastly different place than when you and I were there.  Total makeover.  Check out the Fall 2024 enrollment numbers:

20,592 undergraduate (61% in-state; 61% STEM)
32,771 graduate students (probably at least 5x the number than when I was there)

53,363 total enrolled. Holy Hell!

Granted, many of these, particularly the graduate students, are virtual (online) and not jamming Bobby Dodd. But maybe all those virtual students are why Tech was the most watched ACC team this year. Or maybe that was because they were in a bunch of marquee games without TV competition. Yeah, one of those two.

Their "Big Bet No. 2" to double the annual number of degrees granted. Only a matter of time before WORLD DOMINATION, which really means beating UGA more than three times in a quarter century.

Big Bet #1 is to "be a national leader in outcomes and value for all students."  I hear keeping tuition reasonable in that, but we'll see. Big Bet No. 3 is to "double the scale and amplify the impact of [our] research." Hey, at least that is someone measurable and they were smart enough to stop with a three-bet.

no kidding it is not the same, I was last back in Atlanta 5-10 years ago and walked around the campus, I recognized very little.....but I had not been there is ~30 years.  I'm not sure how many people who have not been on the Stanford campus in 30 years would recognize beyond Hoover Tower and the Quad and Stern and Wilbur.....

The S2K is a nice ride.  I think the best fun/$ car today is probably a Miata, the bump in HP in the last generation is about right.  I miss my 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV, it was a great car for driving on the street, my Cayman is in all respects a "better" car but you can't use much of the "better" unless you go to the track, which I hope to do more of this year.

We should do a car lunch at Alice's.