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I remember a rental plane that was very nose heavy. If you ever did the W&B with one pax you'd see you were out of range unless you added ballast in the baggage area. And it was a surprising amount of weight. The Warrior on my PP checkride needed an extra couple pounds in the back. I think...

I've had reasonable success with all the cats in my household - I had 2 for maybe 18 years total, then 1 for another 15-ish years, and now we have this new one. My 2 kids each have cats that stay with us for either a few days or a few weeks at a time instead of being boarded somewhere. I'm the...

In the next day or two I’ll see how the new cat reacts to the clippers. So far he’s really been into tearing up that scratching post, so that’s a good thing.

Circumference = 2pi x r (I get 2pi x 6 = 38 miles) That gives you miles traveled of a particle on the surface in 1 revolution. So miles/rev * rev/sec gets you miles/second. I get 38 * 716 = 27,208 miles/sec. 27208 mi/sec * 60 sec/min = 1,632,480 mi/min 1,632,480 mi/min * 60 min/hr =...

I’ve had good luck with getting onto the floor and straddling the cat with my knees on either side, then do similar to pop out the pointies in those murder mittens. Follow it with a treat and they don’t seem to fight so badly.

Heh - we took one of our cats to the vet and there was something, maybe a blood draw, that needed to be done. The assistant took the cat in the back room while the vet and I talked. Eventually he said, “what’s taking so long?”, and he went into the back room. He returned a few seconds later...

I guess - if you make that entry over the fix too late and overshoot it could carry you farther into the non-holding side. But that might be a case where teardrop would be better anyway. I dunno, pick what works for the situation and roll with it.

That should be the answer on the written. Although one of my CFIIs preferred the parallel as a default entry. The thought there is that the initial turn will always take you to the holding side. The thing is, if you just look at it, you can see it. Draw it out, look on the chart, visualize...

Sometimes it's just simpler to ask, "Look at it, what's easiest?"

It took me a while to figure out hold entries. I started trying learn them through written resources, video resources, and my CFII. They were all based on the same scenarios: you’re given a hold instruction and a heading, what’s the entry? Then you do all the math, “Let’s see, 70 deg, carry...

Top round: I season with a steak rub, mostly just an SPG (salt, pepper, garlic). Toss it on the smoker until 125 or so. I can’t remember how long, maybe an hour-ish. I just take it off when the temp alarms and it takes as long as it takes. Deli roast beef seems to run about $12-$14/lb around...

This is going on the smoker in a couple days.

Here are two more rib pix. The first is from one of the Australian teams. I think I would mark this down on appearance because they don’t look as rich/dark as I would like. But I think I would ding them less than a full point and since we only deal in whole points and round up, my appearance...

Nope, a lettuce wrapped brisket sandwich is easier to handle than a brisket sandwich without a bun at all. You’ve never seen me destroy a brisket with my bare hands. The sweet glaze is pretty standard for KC style ribs. The thing about KC bbq and ribs is it’s such a melting pot of other...

Cancer got my flying partner/safety pilot. We had a pretty good deal where we’d swap SP duties with each other regularly. It’s time I found another regular SP. But rather than advertise my services or look for advertisements, I have plenty of connections with other pilot buddies. If you’re...

It’s not as complicated as it sounds: score it on a classroom scale where a A is 9 points, B is 8, down to F is 5. When it’s entered in the spreadsheets the scores are calculated. I don’t know why the weighting system goes out to so many digits other than it helps avoid ties unless multiple...

When they outlaw kangaroos only outlaws will have kangaroos.

After managing to lose 40 pounds: it does ease the wear and tear on knees and hips. That makes it easier to move, that makes it easier to work out, and that makes it easier to maintain that weight loss. But there’s a major mental hurdle that I don’t think meds can help with, and that’s the...

The KC “style” is a sauced rib, with a sauce that’s been set. The ribs have been “candied”. It’s not a rule, but whenever something wins then everyone else copies it. If you want to get close to that look, use Blues Hog and add honey. It’s super sweet. Then put the ribs back on for another...

Here are the 7th place ribs from the Invitational (150 teams)