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One of the line guys at my home airport told the story of the Falcon 900 which regularly comes in during the summer to drop off a family, then back the next weekend to pick them up. One Sunday when they were preparing to take off on the pickup flight the pilot asked the line guy how late he was...

Recently ran across a news story from 2013 in Indiana where a deer hunter had to jump from his tree stand when the helicopter came through with the saw blades. The story said it chopped his stand and crossbow.

I use a Miller Digital Elite, bought it a couple of years ago as a birthday gift to myself after using a Harbor Freight auto darkening shield for several years. The Miller was a major improvement in viewing area and sensor response. Also has X mode which triggers off the electromagnetic field...

Still there, of course like everything in the salt water environment there it has had lots of maintenance and parts replacements.

Still there and operating, had a few power uprates over the years, each unit is about 980 MW gross now. Still feeding the birds out the fish flume too. Retired from there in 2016, back on a contract job through March on a project replacing the turbine control system.

Brunswick Plant in NC?

We were without power from 0530 Friday until 1800 Sunday, periodically ran the generator to keep fridge and freezers cold. The road leaving the neighborhood was flooded at the intersection with the 2 lane country road. Lost the tops of a few trees in my yard, a lot of branches and leaves...

Thought about this thread today while reading the local news. Today in Wilmington, NC in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence a TV news crew happened on looting in progress at a Family Dollar store, the doors had been smashed and people were running in wearing masks and running out with trash...

In the last month have purchased a Bobcat skid steer, a grapple attachment for it and last week a dump trailer. Should have waited until next month for the anniversary.

Standing in the monitor one day coming into the nuclear plant, felt the need to vent a little pressure. Didn't do that again.

Just don't crop dust through an explosive monitor, it will alarm.

Took my grandson for his first airplane ride last November on his 3rd birthday in the Trimotor at KSUT.

Had a new one today, I am on Jury Duty this week starting tomorrow 7/11, with instructions to call the courthouse line after 1730 today for instructions on whether to report tomorrow. At about 1700 the house phone rings, I look and the caller ID indicates Brunswick Court with a local number...

In December 2015 my employer of 33 years offered an early retirement plan which I qualified for. At the time I was about 2 years from planned retirement, but the early out included 16 months lump sum payout so the decision was easy, I left on 4/1/16. This spring they called and asked me to...

Retirement age was however old I was yesterday, finished almost 34 years at the power plant. May do some contract work to pay for toys, but not looking for anything until after the summer.

I am 62 and was planning on working another 2-3 years at the current job, power generation maintenance. In December the company offered a voluntary early retirement package and I qualified, so March 31 is my last day. They will maintain my current health insurance for 1 year at no cost, plus...

Front Porch is gone though, now a Mexican restaurant. Melvin's is still good, especially for a quick stop.

KCPC is usually the cheapest fuel in southeast NC, but not sure of courtesy car availability, and no food in walking distance. KSUT is a little higher on gas, but cars are available and lots of dining nearby with lots of ramp space. Haven't been to KCRE recently, usually a little higher on...

Work in Nuclear Power in Controls Maintenance, at least until probably 6/30/2016. Company just offered an early retirement package and I accepted, that is projected release date. Will probably still work in the industry on a contract basis for next 3-4 years.

I guess mine qualifies as a near miss then, in the mid nineties I took out a deer with a Warrior. A friend and I were returning from a flight about an hour after sunset when a deer ran across the runway in front of us during rollout. We both yelled "deer" as it passed about 50 feet ahead of...