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  1. Gerhardt

    My pet peeve

    To the OP, that's been a pet peeve of mine for years. When I worked retail in the 80s I intentionally handed back the bills first, then the coins. I quit doing that a long time ago. It confused them so often and I was shorted more often than not and it's just not worth the time to try and...
  2. Gerhardt

    Oshkosh or bust...trip planning

    Dude! You are so unworthy!
  3. Gerhardt

    N/A Stihl 2-cycle oil question N/A

    I asked about the 700 and 800 and had several people tell me they preferred the 600. You're the first to suggest the 800. And I like the BR600 so much that it's not worth the chance w/o a good reason.
  4. Gerhardt

    N/A Stihl 2-cycle oil question N/A

    A Stihl dealer told me that they moved the FS-90R from 2-stroke to 4-stroke primarily to help them meet more stringent EPA regs. Back in the old days the first thing I had to do when I bought a new trimmer or blower was pull the wire mesh screen that capped the exhaust. The only reason it was...
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    N/A Stihl 2-cycle oil question N/A

    Like someone else said, you want the BR600. The smaller models just don't have the power. I'm not kidding when I say that the BR600 backpack blower is better than running 10 handheld blowers at the same time. Congrats on the new Stihl trimmer. If it's the FS-90R it is a 4 stroke that runs...
  6. Gerhardt

    Pilot hacks

    "Boys, Flies cause disease. So keep yours closed." Man, I've heard Luz say that a dozen times and still laugh every time.
  7. Gerhardt

    N/A Non-Binary N/A

    You'd think 0 would be for female. and 1 for male. just from a mental image perspective.
  8. Gerhardt

    Pilot hacks

    Did the internet even exist five years ago?
  9. Gerhardt

    It smells new

    That's a good-looking vehicle.
  10. Gerhardt

    Are you night current?

    Some of my favorite flights were at night. It's quieter, smoother and even the average-size towns look like Vegas all lit up.
  11. Gerhardt

    Ciry Repaving Road in Neighborhood

    They do the same thing in our town, charge landowners whose land abuts the improvement/maintenance. Like others have said, shouldn't be legal since you're already paying taxes for that.
  12. Gerhardt

    Departing non-towered airport inside a class D airspace

    That’s embarrassing - I just now paid attention to the thread title. Sorry about that. Yes, I recall one from several years ago. I communicated with the tower to let them know my intentions and it was no problem.
  13. Gerhardt

    Departing non-towered airport inside a class D airspace

    1. it does 2. I've had to do that before when I lost comms down in Springfield, MO. Many years ago, I was green and it showed. They were incredibly gentle with me. Told me what to do (wait for the green light), had the runway designated over the phone. It was golden, really. People...
  14. Gerhardt

    Departing non-towered airport inside a class D airspace

    I'm easily confused, so ... 1. Contact Ground Control with your intentions. They'll get back to you with something like "Bugsmasher123, taxi to runway 2 via alpha." 2. You taxi to runway 2, do your runup, change to Tower frequency and let them know you're ready. 3. 99.999% of the time...
  15. Gerhardt

    Sixteen Tons

    I bet you'd even pay the quarter to share a banana split with him today. As for the word changing...it's turned upside down.
  16. Gerhardt

    Sharing Aviation (give me 2 minutes of your time)

    Life kicked him pretty hard, but with that family of his it makes it more bearable. Acts of kindness like this are icing on the cake... for the whole family.
  17. Gerhardt

    The Rut

    I've been in the rut. Mine started because no one wanted to go places with me. Same with the motorcycle. It's not as much fun riding by yourself 100% of the time. Sac said it was the same for him with sex. For me it just kind of worked itself out on its own. I just started picking places...
  18. Gerhardt

    YouTube guys

    99% of my yt views are music videos. Then interesting engineering things and a few humorous clips from old shows. If something doesn't grab my attention in the first five seconds I'm gone. My wife got in the truck the other day and mentioned if I'd ever turned the radio on. I turned it on...
  19. Gerhardt

    YouTube guys

    We could take up a collection to keep him off PoA. :D
  20. Gerhardt

    It's over

    Tom, I think the world of you. Always respected your posts. Enjoyed your humor. I'm just glad you're hanging in there. Like others have said, I know many people who have been where you are and are doing very well now. My dad is one of them. Glad you're still posting - keep it up.
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