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

ahmad said:
Here's a not worthy of its own thread

local guy who has been training for his ppl for the last 2 years and has 200 hrs is asking me what runway would you use if the winds are calm.

this guy will jump into a brand new cirrus as soon he gets his ppl in a C172.
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Whats the over/under on when he pulls the chute?
 
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I was just looking at the sectional near kansas city and saw this. Thought it was a fun name for the 533' grass field! Shortest I've ever seen, I think.
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WDD said:
Many years ago as college graduate just into my first job, I had "value" transportation. A Dodge K car.

It was speed limited to 65 MPH. No computer coding needed. It just wouldn't go any faster. :cool:
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My first mil replaced her k car transmission 3 times!!! Two or possibly all three under warranty

She never got it over 50 so maybe that’s why it kept breaking
 
ahmad said:
Here's a not worthy of its own thread

local guy who has been training for his ppl for the last 2 years and has 200 hrs is asking me what runway would you use if the winds are calm.

this guy will jump into a brand new cirrus as soon he gets his ppl in a C172.
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Some airports have a preference (well, the neighbors have a preference) so I’d cut the guy some slack
 
eman1200 said:
for some reason I stopped by burger king the other day. it was really bad.

just got a call from my local supermarket about a product I just bought that had a recall due to possible listeria contamination. frozen waffles.
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Your supermarket has your phone number? And tracks your purchases?
 
RockyMtnFlyer said:
Your supermarket has your phone number? And tracks your purchases?
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When you sign up for the discount card (in many places) you enter your phone #. So yes, unfortunately they are technically tracking my purchases and have my phone #.

Even worse, when I go to the liquor store they scan my drivers license now.
 
Randomskylane said:
My first mil replaced her k car transmission 3 times!!! Two or possibly all three under warranty

She never got it over 50 so maybe that’s why it kept breaking
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Ah yeah. I also had K Car transmission woes. Lost my reverse gear. I also had the cam shaft lobes wear off, carb came loose, ………….
 
Yeah… K cars were, well, something pretty special. I had a rented one for a couple days, and it convinced me that my avoidance of anything Chrysler made (which started with an Army owned Dodge truck and was cemented after test driving a slightly used Cordoba) was entirely justified. I mean, pretty much any car of that era was of poor quality but Chrysler took it seriously.
 
Did I also mention my outside door handle fell off? Oh …. The fuel pump died as well. How could I forget that. It had a radio - AM only.
 
Due to an absolutely **** ear infection I was grounded for a couple weeks. No idea where it came from but it was painful. Even slight pressure changes from elevation when driving in flat ol' Illinois could be a little painful.

Went up for a sunset/night cruise tonight and man it felt good. Amazing even. The ear pressure was a little rough on descent, but manageable. What wouldn't have been manageable was staying on the ground 1 more day during probably the longest stretch of great weather I've ever seen in my life for our area.
 
DaleB said:
Yeah… K cars were, well, something pretty special. I had a rented one for a couple days, and it convinced me that my avoidance of anything Chrysler made (which started with an Army owned Dodge truck and was cemented after test driving a slightly used Cordoba) was entirely justified. I mean, pretty much any car of that era was of poor quality but Chrysler took it seriously.
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I was sort of t-boned by a K-car in the mid 80's, driving a 78 Blazer. I say "sort of" because he hit my left rear wheel and tire. To its credit, it did spin the Blazer around 180 degrees. To the Blazer's credit, no damage except the quarter panel in front of the wheel was bent in about 20 degrees. Totaled the K-car, wheels pointed in different directions after the impact.
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
I was just looking at the sectional near kansas city and saw this. Thought it was a fun name for the 533' grass field! Shortest I've ever seen, I think.
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Giving me ideas about the neighbors alfalfa field again. Would have about 1,000' 18/36 with a 50' obstacle at the north end. And a 750' 9/27.

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kaiser said:
@Jim K time to upgrade the farm equipment
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Too cool. IH experimented with turbines in the sixties. They bought a turbine company and tried putting them in trucks & tractors. Of course they proved to be too thirsty in both applications.

www.thedrive.com

Running Replica of International’s Turbine Tractor Concept Headed to Auction

International Harvester's original turbine tractor prototype was wrecked in a crash. This replica follows it to a T.
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The original HT341 was on loan from the Smithsonian to a local tractor club for years.... It may still be there for all I know.
 
Having grown up in a small farm town in Southern Illinois, I’ve seen first hand tractor pull contests that involved a turbine powered tractor.

The strongest memory I have of it was the noise.
 
well, I finally got few up with calls with a generic caller id (e.g., smalltown, state) without any message being left. Turned on the straight-to-answering machine and the telemarketers can go suck an egg.

Those worthless telemarketers (yes, I know that is redundant) pick random number so I can't just block a number...

This time of year I figure most of those oxygen-thieves are political calls, but geez today it was ringing every 15 minutes...
 
Bob Noel said:
well, I finally got few up with calls with a generic caller id (e.g., smalltown, state) without any message being left. Turned on the straight-to-answering machine and the telemarketers can go suck an egg.

Those worthless telemarketers (yes, I know that is redundant) pick random number so I can't just block a number...

This time of year I figure most of those oxygen-thieves are political calls, but geez today it was ringing every 15 minutes...
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It's bad. Some times it's worse than others - one day I kept getting calls every few minutes so I opened up a ticket with Verizon, and they were predictably unhelpful. They said I can block numbers, which of course is useless if these bots use random phone numbers each time. Then they tried to sell me some enhanced call screening. I came away from that interaction believing that it's in their interest for customers to get spam calls so they can sell this screening subscription.
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
After last year's bombardment of trick-or-treaters I went out and bought a bunch of candy this year. And I have gotten 4 trick-or-treaters the entire night.
So for the next 20 PoA fly-ins my contribution is going to be bringing candy :)
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How many of them were dressed as Dan Gryder?
 
eman1200 said:
How many of them were dressed as Dan Gryder?
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Actually all of them.
Or none of them?
I'm so out of touch with gen z culture I couldn't tell what any of their costumes were supposed to be.

Gone are the days of cutting 2 eye holes out of a bed sheet and calling yourself a ghost, I guess!
 
as of 8:08pm EDT, we had a total of.... wait for it...

wait for it


zero

none

zip

nada.


Lots of candy for me!!!!
 
We've had a group of two families with 3 kids, and a group of approx 10 high schoolers. But its 40G85 here today so I'm assuming it's a more chill Halloween than normal.
 
kaiser said:
We've had a group of two families with 3 kids, and a group of approx 10 high schoolers. But its 40G85 here today so I'm assuming it's a more chill Halloween than normal.
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It is crazy winds, but that never stopped my brothers and I when we were younger. I remember going out in freezing rain even!
By god I was going to get that candy, binge on it the entire night, and subject myself to the very real possibility of early onset diabetes, rain or shine.
 
I'm chauffering my crew around this evening. Not too bad here.

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One house was started playing the phantom of the opera music, and i instinctively started looking for the Beech 18.
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
After last year's bombardment of trick-or-treaters I went out and bought a bunch of candy this year. And I have gotten 4 trick-or-treaters the entire night.
So for the next 20 PoA fly-ins my contribution is going to be bringing candy :)
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That's 4 more trick or treaters than I've got since 2016. If I did ever get one I'd be screwed!

Alright kids....a jar of honey honey or some elk snack sticks?
 
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My favorite candy from trick or treating became almond joy. How I havent had total renal failure is beyond me
 
Racerx said:
That's 4 more trick or treaters than I've got since 2016. If I did ever get one I'd be screwed!

Alright kids....a jar of honey honey or some elk snack sticks?
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Dude.... I'm coming to your house!
 
For those not aware. Malort is a Chicago area alcohol used to unfriend someone in person. A truly foul drink. They use the same process as vodka. Except instead of potatoes they must use tires.
 
Racerx said:
For those not aware. Malort is a Chicago area alcohol used to unfriend someone in person. A truly foul drink. They use the same process as vodka. Except instead of potatoes they must use tires.
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Also it's a right of passage for anyone who moves to Chicago area. Don't worry, it doesn't taste as good as described here.
 
Racerx said:
For those not aware. Malort is a Chicago area alcohol used to unfriend someone in person. A truly foul drink. They use the same process as vodka. Except instead of potatoes they must use tires.
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Mal = bad (French)?
Ort = table scraps (middle English)?
 
This is from people who put tomatoes on hotdogs they give you. If they LIKE you.
 
eman1200 said:
today I thought I hit a bird on short final. upon further inspection, I in fact did not hit a bird on short final.

what else ya got that's not quite worth it's own thread?
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We have a customer who told us he hit a bird. In fact he did not hit a bird, he hit a tree!
 
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