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  1. Southpaw

    Cold Wx tips?

    Golf gloves , :)
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    What are you flying?

    Thats why its a bold label on the dash . :)
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    WOW - USPS

    It's a ten mile drive to the post office from the farm. Because we live in an area with no RFD , we get a free mail box in town. Some times it's a week and on a Sunday before mail gets collected here. Right now the Small town is having problems with Fed EX deliveries . They just can't seem to...
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    Are "conversations" private?

    A few years back there was an article in "Wired " Magazine about that site. Every electronic communication can be viewed and tracked. I would guess that algorithms are used to pick words in communications to be checked on. Impressive site, not far from prison.
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    Do you feel like you keep getting smarter?

    Fly and own a C172 .
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    Ink
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    Moving back to Europe. What to do with the plane? (Long Post)

    40$ a month will hanger it at KSBX . Dry climate . Have aircraft hangered next to my T that haven't been out for years.
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    E6B history.

    Good read.
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    How do we (you) afford to fly?

    I'm spending the kids inheritance, they said it was ok to do so. :)
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    What are you flying?

    1959 C172. Nice flying updated craft that suits all my needs.
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    Brag about your life

    After 125 hours and nearly 400 landings , I made a beautiful crosswind landing today. No one was there to appreciate it.
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    How did you find aviation?

    1945 Dad bought a J-5 Piper from a friend. We lived on a depression era farm. No electricity , no running water, cook stove doubled as house heater. By 1948 mother decided we needed to move to town. Running water, electricity, separate floor heat for house , lawn and only a block from the...
  13. Southpaw

    The neighbors tree is trying to kill my house

    Copper sulfate.
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    Cruelty to Senior Citizens

    My wife gave our lawn a severe case of measles. I was chem fallowing with truck sprayer and she helped her self to the roundup. A one quart spray bottle makes a good many brown spots where Dandy Lions play. :)
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    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    I don't recall playing musical pots and pans in the J-5 ;)
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    Thankful for PoA

    I started a Face Book Page called "Sweet Grass Hills - Sunrise to Sunset" It has been a joyful scenic page of pictures of this unique area. The rules are in the title. If the postings are not about the title , out it goes. When my wife got sick I turned the page over to another fellow to...
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    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    My dad had a J-5 Piper back in 1945 to 1948. Wonderful memories in that aircraft . We lived on a rural farm with the J-5 being the only reliable mode of transportation. Dad would fly us to the dentist in the next county over west. House with leaky roof ,no indoor plumbing, no electricity ...
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    Checkride without Foreflight?

    My 9200 plus housed 1959 Cessna 172 has experienced many incidents that required wing replacements, tail feather fixes, firewall ,nose wheel replacement and a bunch of other experience I don't need to replicate. During one of its rebuilds the dash was redid , vaccumn system removed and a I-pad...
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    A week with out flying makes you weak. Had the "Crud "for a week. No it's not Covid , just plain old fashioned crud like the olden days. Cough, cough., hack , spit , out with it .Nose ran like Niagra Falls for a few days. But it's on the mend . First cup of coffee in a week. Tastes good. :)
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