So I was supposed to test fly the 340 on Wed with a mechanic at 9AM  in order to try to track down an intermittent pressurization issue….

And the forecast was for storms….very intense storms.

As we could not get out in time to do the tests and come back before the storms hit, we cancelled.

The forecast 24 hours before was for thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail arriving about 10:00 AM

The forecast 12 hours prior was for heavy rains, thunderstorms and hail arriving about 9:30 AM

The forecast 4 hours before was hail, heavy rain, and thunderstorms arriving about 10:30 with very low ceilings and poor visibility.

I called for weather briefing at 8 AM and got the detailed aviation forecast: Heavy rain, hail, extremely gusty winds, and thunderstorms arriving between 9:30 and 10:30AM. Low clouds and poor visibility.

So since we could not depart, climb, do the tests, and return before the expected 9:30 weather, we cancelled.

We got rain. at 11 AM.  Mild rain, no hail, no thunderstorms, nearly calm winds with a ceiling about 8,000 feet and 6 or more miles of visibility. Just an hours long rain shower.

There was a forecast for later in the day for even more intense thunderstorms. We got nuthin’…..nuthin’ but rain. Nearest thunderstorm was at 10 PM 70 miles to the north.

These are the folks that claim that they can predict the weather 20 and even 50 and 100 years in the future. Yet they cannot predict with any accuracy the energy state of the weather even as far as 1 hour in the future.

The same folks who have told us Global Warming Climate Change was going to kill us all in the next 10 years…for the past 40 years.

I think their models need a bot of tweaking.

Dude got screwed, first by the cops, then by the courts.

All I can say is there are other ways to get justice, if the courts won’t give it to you….

and I did not post the Words of Wisdom.

Sorry about that. They will resume next Wednesday.

as per the “Agreement” (Memorandum of Understanding) between the United States and Iran…

Then the USA has wasted countless dollars (enriching the weapons makers) broke a bunch of military equipment, damaged or lost several tens of aircraft, lost 13 US personnel, and accomplished…..

Nothing.

Fail. No other word for it.

No regime change, no guarantees that the Uranium enrichment will stop, the US has not gotten the enriched fissile material stockpiles, and this entire has done nothing to prevent the massacre of countless Iranian civilians. None of the original reasons for going to war were accomplished.

Reportedly there are reparations of 300 Billion dollars as well.

Of course, we can trust the Iranians to continue the negotiations about disarmament and the other issues in good faith now that there is not threat …Sure we can.

Ultimately the entire exercise was a failure,

Just got back from the Range….

Pretty proud of this target.

Peep sighted Savage Mark II rifle at 50 yards. Nice heavy barrel helps a lot.

We just beat the rain.

(yeah, I know it is a “50 foot” target, but that’s the challenge, innit?)

No wind to speak of and from a bench with a front rest and a sandbag. Others used a lead sled, but I am old school. A rest and a sandbag shows your skill. I feel like a Lead Sled is cheating.

Left to right, top to bottom. No sighters.

5 rds per

When we use scopes, we also shoot at the staples…

Only one cup of coffee helps….

I had no spotting scope (and no spotter) so I wasn’t sure how I did until I had shot all 50 rounds. I didn’t see any holes in the white so I figured I was doing pretty good.

Now if I could only shoot like that at the competitions!

“Just because the Democrats (and especially “Progressives”) are your enemy  does not necessarily mean that Republicans and “Conservatives” are on your side ”

Republicans demonstrate this nearly every day.

The enemy of your enemy is your enemies enemy, but not necessarily your ally.

Is gonna have a bumper crop of Solar Panels this year.

Acres and acres and acres of Federally (and sometimes State) Subsidized chinese solar panels.

I wouldn’t mind except for the “Federally Subsidized” part.

All the dark shiny squares are part of a “Solar Farm”

That Iran’s version of the “Agreement” differs greatly from the US’s version.

One might think this is all “Smoke and Mirrors” and that there isn’t really a working agreement to be signed later this week. It isn’t like we haven’t heard that ‘A deal is imminent” over and over for weeks now.

If the deal is as stated, then Trump and the US wasted billions and billions of dollars and too many lives for essentially nothing.

(Of course, to expect Iran to honor any agreement long-term is foolish, if History is any guide)

Y’know, we shoot dangerous dogs if they cannot be kept on a leash or in a fence to protect the surrounding people .

After all, they can seriously hurt, maim, or in some instances, kill people

This is how we SHOULD  should treat dangerous people in our society……

But no, there are two or more tiers of justice. One for white people, another for high profile Black people.

Decarlos Brown killed a woman by stabbing her and cutting her throat in a subway car….and he is getting off by claiming he is insane….

It matters little : “insane” or or not, at least to me .. He is dangerous and should not be allowed, ever, to be free in the rest of our society. He is a danger to others, especially women and children. Like an aggressive dog, he should be locked up for the safety of the community….(Personally, I think he should be euthanized like a rabid dog, but others in our society (Women , pussies, and liberals)  feel that is too harsh….).

Either way, removing or locking up the threat to people is what we to protect society in general from dogs, bulls, and other aggressive and dangerous animals. So should it be for people who have demonstrated they are a danger to the people in our society.

40 years ago today…..

Ferris Bueller took a day off from school

He taught several generations this philosophy:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

He also taught us not to leave a rare Ferrari in a parking garage.