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  1. SurlyGator

    Getting old sucks

    You could do worse. If confirmation is needed, just ask @NeverMarryAStripper
  2. Yeah, I'm going to have to call Bovine Scatology on the premise that the VW was parked right there DURING the fires and came out looking like that....
  3. Keeping your gastroenterologist happy, I see...
  4. Reading comprehension: Part Two - How does it work?
  5. Dammit cruser, quit AIDS-ing up the thread!
  6. Chip fights getting salty... I'll see myself out.
  7. Well, this sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole. The company whose pilot was interviewed for this clip (Dauntless Air) is based in Minnesota, but has three hangars with one of them being in Cleburn. That plane is part crop duster, part seaplane, part (water) bomber, and is the largest production single engine plane on the market. Those pilots make it look easy. It isn't.
  8. The analytical brain in me wonders how much trial and error went into finding the right size probe that would pull a sufficient amount of water quickly without jerking the nose down too hard towards the water. That's some serious science at work right there.
  9. I don't get the VLC Media Player reference, and something tells me I should be happy about that fact.
  10. I'm not a pilot, but it sounds more like a crap ton of pilot error. Even if they did lose both engines to bird strikes (a la Miracle on the Hudson), they were airborne more than twice the amount of time that Sully was, plus they did a go around teardrop which would be next to impossible with no thrust. Could the APU have been damaged and wouldn't start? Maybe, but with the redundancy built into airlines I would think that would be highly unlikely.
  11. By @Nicole44 of all people. You think she will miss a good death story?
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