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Guys--relax--it's a troll thread. Tim

What a great thread! TWO of my Watsonville pet peeves brought out: giant patterns, and people reporting "river and freeway" simply because they can see the river and freeway from where they are. Tim

Also, you should probably be suspicious if your wife starts saying things like "Negative on the affair with the pilot." Tim

378 posts in ten days--John Galt is surely the most masterful troll I have ever seen, and I have been involved with computer conferencing since before the internet even existed (or at least was publicly available). Anyway, well done, JG! We are, all of us here, in the presence of greatness. Tim

Turn your engine off. Tim

Pretty boat, but I was hoping for some post-restoration photos. Tim

Nevermind

I used to fly control-line planes when I was a kid and would sometimes ride my bike out to where the local RC guys flew, and watch the action. This was back in the sixties, when RC was still very expensive. One day a guy showed up with a brand new plane he had just built. It was a scale J3...

I use a tiny drop of liquid detergent, water, and bare hand. Dry with a soft cotton cloth. I guess I must be cheap. Tim

I get emails all the time from "Fedex Security" or somesuch telling me about some sort of problem with my incoming package (there is no package, of course) and that I can fix everything by clicking on the pretty link provided and answering all the questions. We're in the internet shopping age...

+1 I scared the bejeezus out of a passenger once when the guy ahead of me started flying a 747-size pattern. Tim

Nathaniel Bowditch, in "American Practical Navigator" uses the term "dead reckoning" throughout, although the book recognizes the "ded" term, and resultant confusion. The explanation given (as "likely", not definitive) is that "dead reckoning" is calculating position using an object that is...

That makes sense. A good clue is that there is an entry for "Home Airfield" in my "About Me" page. That wouldn't have carried over from any of the other forums I visit. Sorry I haven't been posting--don't know why I registered and then left. Tim

I guess that's a clue as to which forum bootlegged me into this one. Unfortunately, I can't find it. Truth be told, I can't even remember 2008. Tim

I welcome grammar nazis. I try very hard to post in correct, standard English, so if I make a mistake someone might as well tell me about it. (Okay, here it comes...) I fly out of Watsonville, CA. Tim

I can't think of anything useful to say, so let me just get all this crap out of the way first: 1) There's no difference between "license" and "certificate". 2) I slip with flaps. 3) I do not use a metal landing calculator. 4) I know how to spell "hangar". 5) I'm too old for a flying career. 6)...