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- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Car-buying as a life milestone: share your stories
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1024
Re: Car-buying as a life milestone: share your stories
I bought my first brand new car in April 1988. It was a 1988 Ford Tempo GL 4-door. I turned around in the dealership to look at it on the showroom floor. Seconds later, I witnessed two little kids on bikes cross the busy highway in front of the dealership. A car struck them both. The car was doing a...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: What diet do you follow?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4489
Re: What diet do you follow?
I've dropped from 245 pounds (111 kg) to 198 pounds (90 kg) in about three months just by watching my eating times and the amount eaten at each meal. Essentially, I have a snack around 11 AM and a single lunch/evening meal at 3 PM. Sometimes I have another snack at bedtime if I'm hungry. I can't fal...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Fedex dielivery issues.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 952
Re: Fedex dielivery issues.
You can hear my FedEx driver coming from 500 feet (152 meters) away. He's a contracted driver using his own FedEx-painted truck that has a "boom boom" sound system.
Jump to post- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Parade shooting in Kansas City, Missouri
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1360
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Trainhopping the Moffat Tunnel - Denver to Grand Junction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1023
Re: Trainhopping the Moffat Tunnel - Denver to Grand Junction
I took Amtrak through the Moffat Tunnel in 1983 and I recall the thick, acrid diesel exhaust that permeated the railcars by the time we got to the end of the tunnel.
Jump to post- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Record Warmth Across the United States
- Replies: 3
- Views: 595
Re: Record Warmth Across the United States
Here in Wisconsin, we had 66° F. (19° C.) three days ago. Then, two nights ago, we had a -11° F. (-24° C.) wind chill. Today will be 55° F. (13° C.) This Sunday will be 70° F. (21° C.). This is the STRANGEST winter I've ever seen in the 63 years I've lived here. No snow currently on the ground. The ...
Jump to post- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Rental car mileage
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2966
Re: Rental car mileage
The last Enterprise rental I got had 76,000 miles on it. Piece of shit Mitsubishi Outlander. As a rental, it was well-maintained and clean, but it was a Japanese car. I hate everything on Japanese imports from the seating position and seat comfort to the location of wiper and cruise control switches.
Jump to post- Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:40 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Do you believe in mixing work and personal life?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4482
Re: Do you believe in mixing work and personal life?
I've always mixed home life with work. It's absolutely impossible for me to segregate the two. I've known over the years many guys who could easily separate the two. I tried it, but ended up getting depressed.
Jump to post- Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: 2024 HAS to be better than 2023 for me
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2416
2024 HAS to be better than 2023 for me
My health took a dump in 2023 and it's hard to think it could get any worse... barring getting something like cancer. First, I have prediabetes. It's under control with diet and a medication called metformin. My A1C test, the ultimate test for determining diabetes control, in January 2023 was 5.7, w...
Jump to post- Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: End of Delta Connection CRJ200's at MSP
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9737
End of Delta Connection CRJ200's at MSP
Thank God. Finally. I've been waiting for this for months. As we know, Delta Connection flights are operated by Delta-owned Endeavor Air and contractors Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines. Endeavor Air and Republic don't use CRJ200's and SkyWest lists only fifteen CRJ200's on their current rolls ...
Jump to post- Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Most interesting large U.S. cities to visit.
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6196
Re: Most interesting large U.S. cities to visit.
I spent 9 days in San Francisco from late December 1999 to early January 2000. A whole bunch of Star Trek fans flew in from all over the world to celebrate Y2K there. It was beautiful. However, today, you couldn't get me there for any reason. It's turned into a hellhole.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:50 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: The year we fight back against RSV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1579
Re: The year we fight back against RSV
They're advertising the vaccine on the radio and TV. I went to my pharmacist and he knew nothing about it.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Health Insurance Preferences
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2052
Re: Health Insurance Preferences
I have United Healthcare. I pay no copays or deductibles. Costs $60 a month.
Jump to post- Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: What kind of vehicle do you drive?
- Replies: 165
- Views: 20226
2022 Ford Escape (Kuga in Europe) Titanium model with every option expect a moon roof. Rapid Red Metallic in color. The coolest thing it has is adaptive LED headlights. Below is a picture of it just before I took delivery.
https://i.imgur.com/ojU8oGC.jpg
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction
- Replies: 91
- Views: 7676
Re: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction
Can't have natural gas? No problem. Just have a huge LP gas tank installed in the backyard. Just like millions of people have in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Jump to post- Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Norfolk Southern is giving $25,000 to an Ohio town where it caused a life-or-death evacuation (Railway)
- Replies: 172
- Views: 11445
Re: Norfolk Southern is giving $25,000 to an Ohio town where it caused a life-or-death evacuation (Railway)
After hearing the NTSB press conference on February 23rd, this child of a railroad signal maintainer, who knows the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rules quite well to this day, has made up his mind about who is ultimately at fault for the mess at East Palestine, Ohio USA. The train crew ...
Jump to post- Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office
- Replies: 280
- Views: 18779
Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office
Investigate away! Trying to compare the Biden documents issue with Trump's is like comparing apples to Brussels sprouts. Biden's fully cooperating, not running defense, not making excuses, and wasn't anywhere near the "scene of the crime" for at least 6 years. No matter what the GOP does i...
Jump to post- Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5987
Re: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?
I wear Hanes white jockeys. I used to work a job that required me to wear white trousers. Colored underwear could show through and, although I never experienced it personally, plenty of coworkers did. I no longer work in that line of work, but old habits die hard. I can't stand boxers due to the ten...
Jump to post- Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:31 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: One Person Dead in Shooting at Mall of America
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2748
Re: One Person Dead in Shooting at Mall of America
The Mall of America has gang problems. It doesn't help that the light rail train line quickly and easily hauls the hoodlums from downtown Minneapolis right to the the mall's very own transit station. I stopped going there years ago. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've been to ANY mall.
Jump to post- Mon Oct 17, 2022 6:13 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Do you use the phrase “Thank God”?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1193
Re: Do you use the phrase “Thank God”?
I use it as a figure of speech. When I say it, I am not thinking about God, nor think "religiously" at that point.
Jump to post- Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:13 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Those of you who walk barefoot in airplanes ...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2566
Re: Those of you who walk barefoot in airplanes ...
I worked in public safety before retirement. We were always taught to dress for emergencies. That means wearing long pants (preferably jeans) on aircraft. Along with cotton socks and shoes... not slippers, sandals, or flipflops. Imagine who's going to get off the burning jet and down the slide more ...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:35 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Favorite Quotes
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3021
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Cargo (non-Amazon/DHL) Thread - 2021
- Replies: 3033
- Views: 478408
Re: Air Cargo (non-Amazon/DHL) Thread - 2021
I live 30 miles from MSP and often watch the air traffic on Flightradar24. This year, I've noticed a huge increase in UPS traffic over the past couple of weeks. Just the other night, with a UPS 748 recently on the ground, a UPS 767 and A300 flew in, quickly followed by two 752's. FedEx flew in three...
Jump to post- Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:46 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: DL and the Winter Storm Watches in SLC and MSP
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9172
Re: DL and the Winter Storm Watches in SLC and MSP
The National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm watch for the county containing MSP airport to a winter storm warning. Snow will start Friday afternoon and end around noon on Saturday. The storm total for MSP airport should be between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 cm). For the extensive snow e...
Jump to post- Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:14 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Christmas carols, grammatically explored
- Replies: 3
- Views: 926
I'll just leave this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf2VErVh4CQ
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:12 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Chris Cuomo's Termination From CNN
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6104
Re: Chris Cuomo's Termination From CNN
Chris Cuomo was told in a private meeting months ago with the CNN bigshots not to get involved in his brother's mess... or else. Well, the "or else" happened.
Jump to post- Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:10 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Covid19 Vaccine Experience Thread
- Replies: 152
- Views: 21040
Re: Covid Vaccine and Virus - Heart problems
I had my booster shot 4 weeks ago and since then, I've had a flat tire and a bloody nose.
Jump to post- Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Thanksgiving Dinner
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3003
Re: Thanksgiving Dinner
Instead of cooking a turkey, we bought a turkey breast and cooked it in a pressure cooker. It was so tender that it just about fell apart on its own. We also had dressing, yams, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and, of course, green bean casserole.
Jump to post- Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:09 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Filipino call centers
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1927
Re: Filipino call centers
Indian cell centers with workers using American names. A guy with a full and thick Bengali accent who says his name is Mike Wilson. Yeah, sure.
Jump to post- Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: People who've had LASIK and PRK surgeries, chime in!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2173
Re: People who've had LASIK and PRK surgeries, chime in!
I had Lasik in 2000. I could see 20/20 walking out of the clinic. My eyes felt like they had sand in them during the ride home. The doctor said that as soon as I got home, take a 4 hour nap in a dark room. I did and woke up with the sandy feeling gone. I used the three prescribed eye drops exactly a...
Jump to post- Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:57 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Olio of advice on used-car-buying
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1312
Re: Olio of advice on used-car-buying
American cars - hit or miss. They tend to have worse owners - rental fleets, people with criminal records. Some American used cars are wel made and perfectly maintained. But it’s rare. You'd LOVE my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium 4x4 coming off lease on April 6, 2022. Never been in the shop for ANYTHING...
Jump to post- Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Olio of advice on used-car-buying
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1312
Re: Olio of advice on used-car-buying
American cars - hit or miss. They tend to have worse owners - rental fleets, people with criminal records. Some American used cars are wel made and perfectly maintained. But it’s rare. You'd LOVE my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium 4x4 coming off lease on April 6, 2022. Never been in the shop for ANYTHING...
Jump to post- Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:00 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Director of AZ audit barred from audit after sharing data that matches official tally
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1072
Re: Director of phony AZ audit barred from audit after sharing data that matches official tally
That stuff is still going on? ROFL. Based on what I read in the above link, you'd think the AZ State Fair would evict the Ninjas. But, maybe the Fair likes the rent income too much... or they're in cahoots with the GOP.
Jump to post- Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Is a speeding ticket for going 8 MPH over harsh?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 8523
Re: Is a speeding ticket for going 8 MPH over harsh?
In the past 20 years, I've never been stopped for driving 78 on a 70 mph interstate highway. Cruise control is set at 78 and I just cruise. Right by the cops in the medians and on the entrance ramps. I even pass them at 78 mph if they're in the next lane going slower. Never been stopped.
Jump to post- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:52 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Fast food Fish
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2560
Re: Fast food Fish
Nothing beats a crispy fish sandwich from Arby's. Make it two of them. 2 for $6. Unfortunately, they're out of season here in the northern states.
Jump to post- Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:42 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Who are your favorite U.S. governors?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3123
Re: Who are your favorite U.S. governors?
I really, really like Minnesota governor Tim Walz. IMHO, he's got a healthy dose of presidential material in him.
Jump to post- Thu May 20, 2021 11:41 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Trouble for Trump
- Replies: 68
- Views: 9315
Re: Trouble for Trump
If I were Trump, I'd consider life to be a sucking mess... always being a hair's width of having crossed to line into illegality.
Jump to post- Sat May 08, 2021 2:40 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Covid19 Vaccine Experience Thread
- Replies: 152
- Views: 21040
Re: CoVid Vaccine Experience
Got my first Moderna 14 days ago. Get the second one in a week. No side effects.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:16 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: 40 Years Since Attempted Assassination of Reagan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1565
Re: 40 Years Since Attempted Assassination of Reagan
I remember Al Haig declaring he was in charge.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Latest Biden Administration "Scandal"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3761
Re: Latest Biden Administration "Scandal"
Fox News sure likes to throw the "scandal" word around liberally.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:47 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Tea or Coffee?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5213
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Derek Chauvin Trial Underway
- Replies: 346
- Views: 28500
Re: Derek Chauvin Trial Underway
I made my mind up during the opening statements when the video of Floyd's death was shown. Cop bad. Other three are accessories.
Jump to post- Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:45 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: #51 in infant mortality Arkansas signs near-total abortion ban
- Replies: 81
- Views: 4828
Re: #51 in infant mortality Arkansas signs near-total abortion ban
Life is so much easier when everyone just minds their own business.
Jump to post- Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: User's rides
- Replies: 83
- Views: 5858
Re: User's rides
2019 Ford Escape Titanium. Spec'ed by me and leased. Every option except a sunroof. Even ordered it with a factory-installed engine block heater and Class II receiver hitch. The 2.0 liter turbocharged engine goes like hell.
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:43 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: So far, which year is worst?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5177
Re: So far, which year is worst?
I'm old enough to remember 1968. That was a crappy year. 2020 comes in second.
Jump to post- Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:17 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Fivethirtyeight.com's Predictions for the US Fall Elections
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2412
Fivethirtyeight.com's Predictions for the US Fall Elections
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... -forecast/They also appear to favor the Democrats to take over the Senate.
So far, they show Biden with an 87% chance of winning. Well, sort of... They ran 40,000 election simulations and Biden won 87% of the time.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... -forecast/
They also appear to favor the Democrats to take over the Senate.
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:39 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020
- Replies: 692
- Views: 85166
Re: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020
I had a coworker go on two cruises in 2019. Both times, he came back with norovirus. I fail to see the thrill of going on a cruise.
Jump to post- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Will Trump file for Bankruptcy if Biden wins the Election
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4402
Re: Will Trump file for Bankruptcy if Biden wins the Election
Personally, I'm curious about the legal trouble that Trump is in and how the various prosecutors plan to pursue him once he's out of office. There are plenty of observers out there who have been keeping an accumulative tally of his legal shortcomings since January 20, 2017, namely the New York Times...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:25 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: After the election - How does the USA and its people come back together and work and compromise?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9172
Re: After the election - How does the USA and its people come back together and work and compromise?
Considering the question initially asked in the title of this thread, we must keep in mind that the conservative right makes up 25% of the population of the USA. The liberal left makes up another 25%. The 50% in the middle are moderates and independents, either right- or left-leaning, or like me, de...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Do Republicans have the votes to confirm SCOTUS Justice in 2020?
- Replies: 505
- Views: 28325
Re: Do Republicans have the votes to confirm SCOTUS Justice in 2020?
Let ACB be seated. The way things look according to 538.com, the House will remain Democratic. The Senate will likely go Dem. And Biden is favored to win POTUS. The dirty tricks of the GOP will come to fruition soon enough.
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