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I always request a sub-compact when I travel. A lot of the times, they're out of sub-compacts and offer me a larger car at the same...

In my long-ago Civil Air Patrol cadet days, our promotions were set on passing tests on ~six books. You'd get a ribbon and a stripe for...

Indeed, and much blood has been spilled arguing over whose code is right. Ron Wanttaja

To an overwhelming extent, such codes were limited to those in the higher social orders. A British gentleman in 1850 might be taught a...

Been many things, but never a Boy Scout. Big brother was a Scout, and there was no way I was going to be a tenderfoot under him...

"Our Germans are better than their Germans" - The Right Stuff Ron Wanttaja

Well, technically, ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockmart. So maybe there's a dutch door somewhere.... :) (Admittedly...

If you scare the absolute bejesus out of yourself, it helps to take a little time before you try again. Ron Wanttaja

I used AI to generate a nautical cartoon. This was part of the background.... The legendary Skymaster Gull. Ron Wanttaja

This thread reminds me of a Bill Mauldin cartoon from WWII: (Note that the admin corporal is wearing a combat infantryman badge, which...

Or...you just add ballast. Do what you can to shift weight forward (battery, heavier prop, etc.) then add a set of steel plates as far...

My January 2024 FAA registration database shows that Rotax/Bombardier engines are installed in about 12,600 aircraft...that's about 4%...

You mean, other than 6PC? :) Ron Wanttaja

They DID use real guns. That’s a gen-u-wine Lewis Gun this storm trooper is carrying…. Though, admittedly, they didn’t load it. And...

"I never said that actors are cattle. What I said was, actors should be TREATED like cattle." - Alfred Hitchcock Ron Wanttaja