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  1. mikea

    Top Gun goosebumps

    Rotoscoping FTW.
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    Piper Dakota and Piper 235

    I NEED to move up to a Charger. Yep. That's it. NEED.
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    What is your favorite store bought BBQ sauce?

    Heh. I was going to mention that. Ray beat me in the first Mike Royko Rib fest. We had a ball, though.
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    How to unlock a door?

    Just twist the knob with a pipe wrench. It'll shear and open. I think it's hysterical that he took the time to draw a picture. I would have had the door open long before.
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    Equifax Breach

    You'd expect that it would be lower level executives, but the CEO probably got so much from cashing out and gold on top of it that he'll be laughing until he has to show up to testify. Expect Joe Barton to apologize to him.
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    Eye glasses, how much?

    That's why the Scheydens are good, especially since the sunglass portion in DOESN'T clip on. I knew I'd mess up or lose the clip-ons. You don't get a lot of stares when walking around with them flipped up...anymore.
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    And that's why you don't mindlessly update your iPad/iPhone

    I'm setting up my new (to me) iPad Air 2 as we speak. When I set it up It only offered IOS 11 but now I think you may be able to change that by holding the Option Key (on a Mac) when you select the Update button. You can allegedly downgrade to IOS 10.3.3 by following this, although it just...
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    Eye glasses, how much?

    I flew with my driving/everything progressives and the "old folks" sunglasses from Walgreens over them. They are a more reasonable style now that don't look like you're playing junior airman. That setup worked really well. In fact, I'd say that I could see better that way than with my...
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    Boston Globe "Spotlight" on FAA security "holes"

    Here we go again. The Boston Globe team that outed pedo priests is after aviation. http://apps.bostonglobe.com/spotlight/secrets-in-the-sky/series/part-two/ (If you get the paywall just open in incognito mode) Hey, didja know that airplanes can't fly if the pilot doesn't have a "license" with...
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    Paper sectional charts- are we still using them?

    I bought current charts as I went back into the air. On my flight where I (still) haven't mastered ForeFlight it took me until the return flight to remember that I can get the airspace and frequencies right there all at once. What a clever app those paper tings are!
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    What turns on a USB battery pack?

    Being a slow learner forgetting the lessons, and after buying, literally 100 USB cables I found that these 20ga Tronsmart cables are the hot setup. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B018QNC4R4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They make my Quick-charge Android stuff actually change...
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    any weed-wacker heads that actually, like, y'know, WORK?

    I have one of those at 500,000 BTU, and with my usual overkill, a 40 lb propane tank on that dolly. It still doesn't work very fast but it's satisfying. It's not that fast melting ice, either.
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    Don't make this mistake! Emergency Frequency

    My setup has a weirdness in the COMs or intercom where if I monitor COM2 while transmitting on COM1 I get feedback noise. So I deselect monitoring COM2 when transmitting and hafta remember to click it back. "Cessna, this is Canadair 355 on Guard, copy. Do you have an emergency?"
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    Garmin got me lost and cannot get me to my destination

    OMG! Flying blind on a partail panel! You're lucky you survived!
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    Junk

    Or the owner/pilot died and the heirs, if any, had no knowledge of the plane or any idea what to do with it. Can you get a salvage "title" on an airplane?
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    100LL Contamination..

    How do you find ethanol free mogas in corn country?
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    Junk

    I would think that metal scrappers would happily take that much aluminum.
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    iPad Mini w/ ForeFlight: help!

    Does your old GPS "run current apps?" Stuff that works keeps on working. Nobody sends a kill signal (although Microsoft was thinking about doing that.) You just can't count on enjoying new features. The radio in a 55 Chevy still works. It doesn't have navigation or even FM.
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    Thoughts on Apple's new products?

    You didn't see the origin for this thread? The iPhone X whatever is also $1000. The Pixel 2 XL will have an OLED screen which is where a good portion of the cost is. I'll also get an (next gen) iPad Pro 10.5 like yours. You got the preferred customer deal of about 5% off. I saw that it's...
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    Thoughts on Apple's new products?

    Android Reports says the Pixel 2 XL 128GB due on October 5th will be $949 or $34 over 24 months. I'll be in line online for that one. My Nexus 6 is still perfectly fine. I'll sell it. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk
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