the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

[Zeldman]

another measure is whether or not you can get up within 5 minutes after finishing under the vehicle...

It is getting to where I have to roll off the creeper onto my hands and knees then use the bumper to stand up....

 

[WDD]

Option 1 - install a car lift in your garage
Option 2 - tell your wife you are perfectly capable of taking the car to the local oil change place and that is your final decision. She just has to leave that decision to you. You’re the man of the house and that’s that.

(see what I did there…)

 

[iamtheari]

Option 1 - install a car lift in your garage

Honey, we spent $20,000 putting a car lift in the garage. Taking the car to someone else to do something as simple as changing the oil or rebuilding the entire suspension would make the lift seem like a waste of money. You don't want me to waste $20,000, do you?

Alternatively: We've always had the car lift in the garage. I'm surprised you didn't notice it when we moved in.

 

[eman1200]

^^^this guy knows

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

Home of the Fighting Armadillos right? From that one movie...

Also, the alma matter to most of The Eagles if my memory serves.

Don Henley is an alum. I don't think anyone else from the band attended.

 

[Zeldman]

The spring breeze has started in Gallup.

Data at: 2326 UTC 03 Apr 2023

KGUP 032253Z AUTO 23031G57KT 10SM CLR 17/M10 A2960 RMK AO2 PK WND 21057/2244 SLP948 T01671100
KGUP 032153Z AUTO 23031G49KT 10SM CLR 17/M11 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 25051/2135 SLP948 T01721106
KGUP 032053Z AUTO 22033G49KT 10SM CLR 18/M11 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 25053/2018 SLP953 T01781106 56028
KGUP 031953Z AUTO 21029G48KT 10SM CLR 18/M09 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 20049/1932 SLP956 T01781089
KGUP 031853Z AUTO 23031G47KT 10SM CLR 17/M09 A2971 RMK AO2 PK WND 20048/1759 SLP969 T01671089
KGUP 031753Z AUTO 22025G43KT 10SM CLR 16/M09 A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 23044/1743 SLP979 T01611089 10161 20033 58022

Only one runway 6-24 so almost straight down the runway. For now. DA only around 8500. Field elevation 6500.

Can someone north east of me catch my hat.??

And my pants...

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

The spring breeze has started in Gallup.

Data at: 2326 UTC 03 Apr 2023

KGUP 032253Z AUTO 23031G57KT 10SM CLR 17/M10 A2960 RMK AO2 PK WND 21057/2244 SLP948 T01671100
KGUP 032153Z AUTO 23031G49KT 10SM CLR 17/M11 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 25051/2135 SLP948 T01721106
KGUP 032053Z AUTO 22033G49KT 10SM CLR 18/M11 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 25053/2018 SLP953 T01781106 56028
KGUP 031953Z AUTO 21029G48KT 10SM CLR 18/M09 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 20049/1932 SLP956 T01781089
KGUP 031853Z AUTO 23031G47KT 10SM CLR 17/M09 A2971 RMK AO2 PK WND 20048/1759 SLP969 T01671089
KGUP 031753Z AUTO 22025G43KT 10SM CLR 16/M09 A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 23044/1743 SLP979 T01611089 10161 20033 58022

Only one runway 6-24 so almost straight down the runway. For now. DA only around 8500. Field elevation 6500.

Can someone north east of me catch my hat.??

And my pants...

Pass. Especially on the pants.

 

[DaleB]

Do you really think your daughter is taking care of the oil changes?

I know for a fact she is. In between trips to the body shop. Sigh. Still worth it all to get her divested if her utter a**wipe of a soon to be ex husband.

 

[Racerx]

I know for a fact she is. In between trips to the body shop. Sigh. Still worth it all to get her divested if her utter a**wipe of a soon to be ex husband.

I changed my sister's oil in her first car under one condition. That she watch. Came in handy a few years ago when she was in college. The useless twit she was dating was going cross country for college baseball. His parents bought him a new Challenger. His mom told him to check the oil. Dude couldn't even figure out how to open the hood. My sister came to the rescue and showed him how to pop the hood, check the oil, and top it off. When the relationship was coming to a close they went to a Cubs game in her car. Apparently he drove like a bag and I get a call that they made it back but there was smoke by the tires. I showed up and met the dad who was a super nice guy and offered me dinner. I decline as my sister was furious at this point. I smell by the brakes and concluded the kid was riding the brakes and left foot braking and all was fine. The dad called me Tonto. I'll take it.

 

[Racerx]

Pass. Especially on the pants.

They'd be brown pants if he gave it a shot. Oof.

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

Hail pics from my house and my buddy's place... Feeling really bad for the planes parked on the ramp in my area
I can't remember the last time we got hail this big in the Chicago area.

 

[Zeldman]

ZOWIEEEE.!!!

Not to mention the knots that would put on a persons noggin'...

 

[kaiser]

WOWWW!!! we got pea sized hail but it was definitely +++RA. Got lots and lots of water. The sewer drains by my place were gurgling because the water blocked air from escaping.

@ArrowFlyer86 round 2 in a few hours!!!

 

[kaiser]

Big temp difference today. It’s 11C here today

 

[eman1200]

Big temp difference today. It’s 11C here today....

80f here

 

[WDD]

Tough day to go X Country east or west.

 

[WDD]

Coming back to ATL area today on IFR, I heard an interesting exchange between a pilot and ATC. Pilot was a bit lost, as couldn't get the CDI and DME to show the VOR he was tuning into. The Controller explained that specific VOR was decommissioned. As were the other VOR's he was asking about. Friendly controller gave the pilot vectors to his airport.

 

[Zeldman]

Coming back to ATL area today on IFR, I heard an interesting exchange between a pilot and ATC. Pilot was a bit lost, as couldn't get the CDI and DME to show the VOR he was tuning into. The Controller explained that specific VOR was decommissioned. As were the other VOR's he was asking about. Friendly controller gave the pilot vectors to his airport.

Holy cow....did this guy just go through a space-time continuum from the 50s.??

 

[Jim K]

Holy cow....did this guy just go through a space-time continuum from the 50s.??

Charts and all, apparently

 

[Daleandee]

Coming back to ATL area today on IFR, I heard an interesting exchange between a pilot and ATC. Pilot was a bit lost, as couldn't get the CDI and DME to show the VOR he was tuning into.

Reminds me of the pilot calling & asking for vectors to the airport. Tower asked for his last known position. "Number one for take-off" was his reply.

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

The Arrow is back in the hangar after a painful annual! And just in time for a stretch of good weather
... And now if I don't log at least 20 hours in the next 7 days I'll be disappointed with myself.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Was this posted a couple days too early?
https://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?id=1814540
"A rare opportunity to acquire the world's only multi-engine Searey! [...] It includes an electric motor which serves as a 2nd engine (approved for multi-engine operations on both land and sea). [...] Posted March 29, 2023"

 

[Daleandee]

Was this posted a couple days too early?
https://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?id=1814540
"A rare opportunity to acquire the world's only multi-engine Searey! [...] It includes an electric motor which serves as a 2nd engine (approved for multi-engine operations on both land and sea). [...] Posted March 29, 2023"

This will help your understanding ...

 

[DaleB]

High class, that.

 

[eman1200]

I'm going to make cream cheese stuffed french toast and bacon for breakfast.

 

[SkyChaser]

I'm going to make cream cheese stuffed french toast and bacon for breakfast.

In your cast-iron skillet?

 

[eman1200]

In your cast-iron skillet?

you know, I usually do the french toast in the non-stick but maybe I should try it in the cast iron, hhhmmmm.

 

[luvflyin]

I'm going to make cream cheese stuffed french toast and bacon for breakfast.

 

[Capngrog]

The World's Only Multi-Engine Searey is on the FAA Registry as a "Fixed Wing Single-Engine", which makes me wonder how it became "approved for multi-engine operations on both land and sea". Approved by what/whom, to do what? I guess if it's approved for operations on the land and sea, it can be used as a golf cart or motor boat ... or?

By the way, I'm a fan of the Searey aircraft and hate to see one bodged in this manner.

 

[Bob Noel]

I'm going to make cream cheese stuffed french toast and bacon for breakfast.

why?

Even bacon won't make up for stuffing cream cheese into french toast.

;-)

 

[eman1200]

why?

Even bacon won't make up for stuffing cream cheese into french toast.

;-)

it's surprisingly good. and this morning's was delicious mmm mmm mmmmmm.

 

[bluerooster]

you know, I usually do the french toast in the non-stick but maybe I should try it in the cast iron, hhhmmmm.

Well seasoned cast iron is non-stick.

 

[iamtheari]

why?

Even bacon won't make up for stuffing cream cheese into french toast.

;-)

I'm still trying to figure out how he stuffed cream cheese into bacon. It sounds delicious but more than a little tedious.

 

[Bob Noel]

I'm still trying to figure out how he stuffed cream cheese into bacon. It sounds delicious but more than a little tedious.

fed it to the pig?

 

[asicer]

IFR is starting to invade the non-aviation parts of my life. I was diagramming something I plan to make and instinctively wrote "6" where I meant "greater than 6 inches" and lines above/below where I meant "exactly 6 inches".

 

[kaiser]

It's in the 80s here today, so I did a nice 1.7 in tailwheel craft today. Split between the J3 Cub and the 170. I forgot to take pictures or video, else I would have posted it into that forum. I even had the gopro charged and everything. I just get to the hangar and am overcome with giddiness and excitement. I don't want to mess with aiming cameras... just... "Clear prop!!"

 

[masloki]

No wing pilot?!

 

[kaiser]

What I need is my own personal camera crew…

Anyway, just booked more 170 time tomorrow. GoPros will be running I think

 

[FrankPilot]

My Australian 2-yearly flight review was cancelled because they could not find the flight instructor! Cheers.

 

[Zeldman]

Sunday lunch. Nice quiet afternoon, warm enough to ride the 4 wheeler.

My wife fixed some kind of oriental dish with noodles and beef. Oh, I hope it was beef. Sometimes it is better to not ask.

Then my wife wanted to bake the half potato left in the fridge. So she pops it into the microwave. She sits back down at the lunch table. We continue our stimulating conversation about where to ride the 4 wheeler after we finish lunch.

After a few minutes, I notice smoke. Not a trickle of smoke like from an incense stick, but a column of smoke emitting from, not the dishwasher, not the fridge but from the microwave. I don't mean a column of smoke, I mean it was like a river of smoke.!!

I jump up from my chair, turn off the microwave and open the window over the sink. I tell me wife to expect....well.. the smoke detector which is now sounding off. I don't mean a little peep peep peep smoke detector, I mean the Beavis and Butthead smoke detector.!!

Usually, spring time in Gallup means light breezes gusting up to 55 kts. Except today, wind calm to variable. So we open all the windows to put a box fan to draw fresh air through the house, except we have no fans of any kind.!! So we turn on the central A/C to try to move fresh air in the house. Now any temperature below 80 is freezing to my mom. So she gets under a blanket and turns on the Tv. Except the remote control quit working. First thing I check is the batteries. Nope. So I call DirecTV and tell them the remote is not working. Since DirecTV customer service is in the Philippines, I don't understand a word of what they are saying so I let my wife talk to them. Together in a language not understandable by me they go through a series of button pushing and the remote works.!!

Ok, finally we are out to ride the 4 wheeler. It has two seats so no flaming me for 2 folks being on a 4 wheeler. She is driving, I am sitting on the rear seat spotting. I spy with my little eye an old garden hose up in front of us, half buried in the sand. I tell me wife to watch out for the snake. Instead of stopping like I anticipated, she yards hard left on the handle bars. I was not expecting that move, and off I go into the sand right on the ''snake''. I grab the ''snake'' and start wrestling it, rolling on the ground trying to strangle the ''snake''. My wife is hollering for me to let it go. She opens the front storage and grabs my pistol with intent to shoot the ''snake''. Now she knows how to shoot, but not how to aim very well. I instantly let go of the ''snake'' and tell her to not shoot. She sees that the ''snake'' is really a large garden hose, and then gets mad at me.

So we continue our ride in the nice sunny afternoon enjoying each others company and the solitude. Afterwards we put up the 4 wheeler and go home, where she is now not talking to me.

I love these nice quiet and relaxing Sunday afternoons.!!