Search results

Thanks for the suggestions - keep 'em coming!! As it turns out - and I should have thought of this - the week before Christmas is prime tourist season in NYC.... duh! As such, reservations are slim right now. I grabbed an 8:15 for Delmonico's for now - no penalty for cancelling if something...

Taking my wife to NYC week of 12/17 for a Broadway show and anniversary/birthday/get-away-from-kids trip. Looking for dinner one night and the show the next night. She has requested a steakhouse for the 'good' meal. We're staying near W 54th & 8th, but willing to put some time in to get...

I'm oogling the Sony 70-200 GM OSS II 2.8 this holiday sales season. I have a feeling I will be disappointed in the lack of deals though. Like someone else said - surprised you're not getting blurring elsewhere with 1/80 but obviously experience speaks volumes!

Great shots! Mind if I ask what lens setup you use for those kinds of shots? What shutter speed do you have to use to get the full prop circle blurred? Sorry - I'm getting more into photography and find myself pondering "Hmm... Wonder what those settings were for that shot?" when I see a good...

After a few hundred hours of -7A time as a 6'7" 200# relatively broad-shouldered North American male, I can tell you that EVERY inch of cabin width matters. I sat in the -14 at OSH a few years ago and it immediately felt wider than the -7A. My dad (6'5" 240) and I BARELY fit in the -7A together...

My dad was 'the computer guy' at the factory where he worked. As such, he got a second phone line pulled to the house so he could 'dial in' when a print job failed, etc. overnight and not tie up the main house phone line when working on weekends. When he wasn't using the line, I hosted a Wildcat...

I remember when one of my college roommates found this crazy 'website' thing where you could order textbooks for way cheaper than at the on or off-campus bookstores. It was called Amazon.

Not necessarily the strip lights, but from what I've researched the 'professional' light installers custom-fit the lights to your house the first time around to take care of those gaps. I would assume you could do the same with the LED strip lights somehow? I've never used them before so can't...

Thanks for the insight, Ted. We'll see what happens. The last couple of years at the new org have been less than stellar from a 'rewards' standpoint and the work I'm doing lately doesn't tickle my fancy quite like it once did. There are a few things in process in the background that might shake...

Let's hypothetical a scenario. Piggybacking on @SixPapaCharlie scenario.. 45 y/o 700hr PP-ASEL-IA. Started Comm training many moons ago but didn't do written or complete training. Zero multi time. Assume access to fully IFR high perf single engine for minimal cost beyond direct fuel costs...

How did I miss this the first time around!? Definitely going to have to tinker with this idea!

I got started on Fusion360 a few years go - I even paid the ?$70? for a short-term subscription. Then I jumped to OnShape (can't remember why), which is free (with the caveat that your designs are available to other OnShape users). Now I'm trying to get back into OnShape - mostly because I can...

I have contemplated putting a small tankless under the kitchen sink. As it is today, the kitchen sink + dishwasher are the farthest point from the tank water heater in the attic (yeah, I know.. it was there when we bought the house and I haven't found a suitable way to move it down to ground...

I haven't actually filed a VFR plan since primary training 24+ years (OUCH! That hurts to type!) ago. I am also pretty much always flying in areas with plentiful radar coverage, and even if I don't pick up FF b/c I'm just puddle jumping, I usually have regional Class B approach in the #2 comm in...

Doctor, she's choking!

Ahhhh... You hit the black hole of the 'new and improved' ATL sort center. It's a total debacle - to the point that Senators have gotten involved pressing the Post Master for answers (not that that really means anything, but it has gotten that much publicity). It's a great situation - Engineers...

Not to belittle the topic, but it could be worse:

I'm a couple of weeks away from 45 y/o. Over the past couple of years I have noticed that my shoulder stings for days instead of hours after a full session of throwing BP in the batting cage to my 13 y/o's team. I've noticed that the mild soreness in my knees has increased and is spreading to my...

I had some knock-off Panda Express wanna-be at DAL last night. After I ate it I thought "Oh no. What have I done!?" Luckily, I had been upgraded to Comfort+, so I was able to get enough alcohol to kill off any errant bacteria.

In the IO-540 in the -10, when I start a 500fpm descent from cruise, I'll have to pull a little power out to control speed. I usually end up hovering somewhere around 20" MP on the way down until slowing down at or near PA. Each time I pull throttle back (usually 1-2" at a time), I'll add a half...