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I backed up my logbook first with a digital SLR camera, and now with my iPhone camera. Works fine. -Skip

For those looking for something to celebrate: Today is...

@dbahn Nothing, as it turns out. In my opinion, it took away my stabilized approach. I can hear my instructor yelling at me now. -Skip

I was on a straight in to runway 11 at KHPN, White Plains, NY - a towered airport. Due to faster jet traffic landing on 16, the tower asked me to do a right 360, while I was at 400 feet! I successfully executed a two minute 360 at 400 feet agl. But I was upset enough at the call that close to...

Or you went to the Liberry. -Skip

Yes. The NFL Stadium TFR on game days. Yes, there is a little more justification for the Stadium TFR, as it avoids a scrum of banner-tows. But still…. -Skip

Ditto. New York style, heavy and creamy. I’m told you are better off not eating it. Just smear it on your waist and save some time! -Skip @Sundancer

Why, they use a scoring tool. I thought everyone knew that! -Skip

Well, now you must take other data into the decision matrix. How many of those hours are early hour student pilots? Etc. -Skip

Hello? -Skip

Remember port wine is green… in Australia! confused the soup out of me until someone told me that’s the way it is! -Skip

Gasoline evaporates and the fumes are heavier than air, as well. All inboard gasoline-powered boats are required to have bilge blowers to mechanically ventilate the bilges and dump the fumes overboard. -Skip

All cash offers have more credibility than one requesting time to arrange financing. The last house I sold I refused a contingent offer and accepted an all cash offer that, although lower, met my needs. No repercussions. -Skip

I know of an apartment complex that was installed with Propane as the fuel, with promises by the gas company to change from Propane to natural gas when the main was installed "in a few years". Surely enough, the contractor installed all the dryers with natural gas orifices installed...

Graupel. It has to be right, it is from Google! -Skip

@Albany Tom What is Bactine, please? I remember Bactine as a brand name for a mild disinfectant my Mother used to wipe or spray on my mosquito bites. -Skip

actually, a won’t burn certificate.

Yes. Now google “agida”. Pretty similar, so I’ll give you the point on this one. Your spelling appears to be more correct and formal, where mine seems to be correct in informal or slang. Not worth arguing about. Fair skies! -Skip @Sluggo63

Google “agita”, please. Of course, Google has been wrong before. @Sluggo63 -Skip

This happened to me (actually to my Father) in the automotive universe. My Dad, now deceased, owned a Ford Taurus domiciled in Cheshire Connecticut. The only thing he used it for was to ferry my Mom to the grocery store. At the time, Dad was 95 and my Mom 90. He received a letter from the...