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    What plane would you buy in my situation?

    First - smart to mention both 182 and Dakota, to keep the high/low wing thing out of it. I'll go along with everyone that is recommending to go that route, assuming you can afford it, rather than buying a 172 or Cherokee/Archer now. Two reasons. First, there's very little different between...
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    no jokes, just punch lines.

    Three years later, they found him, teaching school in Italy.
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    Our move to Texas

    I don't know if it's so much bible belt, as it is growing up in small towns and being smart. You treat people nice, you get treated nice, generally speaking. Everybody knows everybody, and information about people travels faster than on the Internet. Or it could just be because people are...
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    Hot Air Balloon brings down antenna/tower; no injuries

    If that station is run like a couple I knew of years ago, they'll switch to the 100W or so backup transmitter, connected to whatever stub is left of the tower or system, and charge the customers full price as per normal. Not that I know anything about that business...just speculating based on...
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    911 TV 2024 premier

    If it's the show I'm thinking of, there's at least one actual fireman on youtube that does pretty good posts making fun of it. Along the lines of "maybe instead of talking about what to do, you use the 500+ gallons of water in the truck outside, bring in an actual charged line, and put out the...
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    FWIW, that's 1 mph above the top speed of a stock 1988 Bronco. 351W-FI, C6, stock tires. Up hill, down hill, pulling a trailer, didn't matter, that's as fast as it would go...and it was a little spooky at that speed. I think 1 year off from the OJ Bronco. Mine was close to a midnight blue...
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    T210...Give me the good, the bad, and the ugly

    Not familiar with the 210, but have flown a 182-RG. My questions would be if the 210 gear is as weird as the 182s, if that's a big deal, and if it's a big deal for insurance. I have no idea if that is relevant for you at all, just tossing it out as I didn't see it mentioned. Also, would like...
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    How to make the best pilot possible?

    If I have the history right, that was basically Omar Bradley's plan for leadership. If you want the best people for the job, put the best people in the job. Soft spoken guy for a general, but who I think fired more generals than anyone else. Harsh maybe, but considering the importance level...
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    unibody
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    Tesla Pickup Unveil

    General Lee I think. Best wrap I've seen so far, but it needs a CB antenna on the back.
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    Meat eaters need not reply

    That looks good, but I'd leave the soy out and just enjoy the veggies and flavor. I don't do the keto thing by any stretch, but I do try to seek out veggies to go with the meat, and try to a reasonable degree to reduce the fillers - rice, cereals, grain. But I still am going to have a bun...
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    Finally, traffic solved: Hovercraft

    Didn't the marines used to have one that could go *through* cars, more or less?
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    UPS rant

    Adobe is the same way. If you can train a golden retriever to click a mouse, he or she can sign an adobe doc as George Washington. But with any of them, it's possible to pair the digital signing software with an identity proofing system and get a reasonable assurance that the person is who...
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    Florida in Crosshairs Again…. Milton

    Good luck guys.
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    UPS rant

    Just a reminder to myself at how much worse DHL is here compared to UPS. UPS from NYC to Albany, ground, is 1 day. Just ordered a package from B&H, who is now using DHL for their "super saver" shipper, with an 8 day delivery estimate, half the speed of the the "standard" fedex offering. It's...
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    Passenger lands King Air in Bakersfield

    My take away from these is that if I'm going to ride in one, I want to read up on the POH first, and practice acting calm while being terrified.
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    shade tree engine mount repair

    I can understand being old enough to take personal risks that to others seem crazy. But I can't understand not giving a damn about potentially having your plane spin in into someone's occupied home. If he's only flying over farmland and forests, then his logic makes sense.
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    [NA] How to create a permanent archive?

    Mark the files "confidential - not for export outside the united states" and put it on any internet based file share. In a year there will be copies you can find all over the world, and they'll be there forever. I only half kid.
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    Unfair ridicule of Chem pilot work

    There's no such thing as chemtrail, it's just family businesses. No, wait, different group.
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    Paradise Lost?

    Looks like it's homing in on your radio. I'd turn that off right away. More seriously - hope you're all good and the thing fizzles before it reaches land.
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