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Bobby_Batronic

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  1. I thought the whole point was that they were going to reskin the entire hull below the water line.
  2. Great idea. The Roman figured this out 2000 years ago. Flood the dome and stage mock battles with the Texas reliving the a ruins it participated in. Profit.
  3. I think that becomes an issue as the hull is designed to be supported from all sides in the water and starts to sag otherwise. HMS Victory was having that issue. Perhaps, as suggested above, encased in concrete like the Mikasa might be an option. Where to park it so that it draws the visitors needed to support its upkeep will be interesting.
  4. School doesn’t start that early.
  5. I wasn’t really thinking about tailgating. I was thinking about playing in a more than half empty decrepit stadium. This looks like it could be a more intimate atmosphere with a usually full, albeit smaller even when built out, stadium. And it’s right next to downtown if that suits anyone’s needs for generic Hawaii and beaches.
  6. I think Hawaii could turn that temporary stadium into a fun atmosphere for their games with some work.
  7. If only one could surmise that an offensive system runs better with an actual NFL talent under center.
  8. I had more than a few private jet owners tell me that they did just that. One I really respected had us fly him to JFK where he met his kids. He told us they were flying coach over to Europe from there, because he wanted his kids to have some understanding and appreciation for what the average joe was doing. Or catch a ride on a ULCC and be see how many doctors are onboard when the FA’s ask for help with a medical emergency. You’re correct. It’s absurd.
  9. To each their own. I wouldn’t be relieving myself next to someone else, but by myself? No big deal. 18 hours in a Cessna? Yeah, that’s a special kind of suck.
  10. I’ve flown Brian Kelly in a private jet before so he travels that way sometimes too. He may have been traveling on donated hours or as supplemental lift, but he knew a shit ton about the product which suggests to me that it might have been on his own dime as well.
  11. Sporty’s has devices that solve this little conundrum. Or you could just buy a jar or repurpose a Gatorade bottle.
  12. I thought it was ok. I think part of the problem is that I was invested in the original GOT characters after having read the series, and everyone in the prequals are figures from the lightly fleshed out backstory. So I’ll give it some time to see if they can build up a character or three with the depth and dialogue that we saw in the original series.
  13. How many sharpies are they using?
  14. I don’t know, but that PA boot pass was absolutely effortless for all involved.
  15. That’s everywhere these days. No one wants to come to work.
  16. Like the AA 737 at DFW. In the latter case they were tugged onto the edge line instead of the centerline and didn’t realize it.
  17. I feel like there’s probably a Samsonite brief case full of meticulously documented IOU’s being kept somewhere in the metroplex.
  18. It would be shocking at first, but eventually we’d become desensitized to it.
  19. Mentally stable is probably not my first thought when seeing that mug.
  20. Love it when RJ guys ask me if I’ve got my apps in……
  21. Airborne refueling is a big need and the tanker fleet is/was getting overtaxed and long in the tooth. Which is why the Boeing tanker kerfluffle has been such a thing, and why I think the Air Force is looking at other options. Also, I was corrected about the Starship. Apparently the one owner bought up all remaining airframes and parts them out for two operable planes.
  22. The better question is are any of the ones who may have solved those problems still in existence, and if so are they close enough to us to visit?
  23. Coming up from Cabo they were pointing out flights of F35’s left and right. Maybe a part of this.
  24. So Putin saw LBJ’s meddling in Viet Nam and thought it was a damned fine idea?
  25. Definitely maybe. Were they short of ground crews by chance, because that’s still a bit of a thing everywhere? We had one issue once where they nav database was dorked up. Basically a waypoint that should have been in New Mexico was showing up over the Pacific Ocean. No amount of re-entering it, abusive language or threats of violence would make it behave up to and including deplaning and powering off the plane for half an hour. It was written up. We have procedures for flying with the expired database. Buuuttt, we are no longer able to defer the current database. Oops. Multiple phone calls with numerous people in mx, safety and a few Chief pilots ended up with a flight cancellation with some histrionics on the side. Or another time where mx pinned the correct deferred thrust reverser but entered the wrong one into the computer resulting in a very pissed off plane. That was two hours of trouble shooting, gate return and more trouble shooting before they figured out what was wrong. All that to say that I don’t know, but it’s rarely something quick when it’s broken, and sometimes mx and or procedures exacerbate the problem.
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