You just never know though, doya?

So a dude meets this hot chick at a bar. She’s cute, sexy, easygoing, funny, willing and smart.

They spend the evening together, and end up back at her place. They make wild passionate love….I’m taking hang from the chandelier loud boisterous monkey sex. Finally, spent, they fall asleep in each other’s arms.

The next morning, as he wakes up to the smell of coffee, he opens his eyes and sees, on the nightstand, a framed photo of a man. She comes in carrying a cup of coffee for him and places it on the nightstand next to the photo.

“Who’s that” he asks. “I hope it isn’t your husband”

“Nope, she replies”

“A boyfriend?” he asks

“Nope”, she giggles

“Ex boyfriend? ”

“nope”.

“Not yer brother,?” he offers, hoping that he isn’t gonna be in trouble.

“No” she smiles

“Who is it then?” he asks, worriedly…

“Oh, that’s me before the surgery”

More funding for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel.

Little real funding for border security. Lots of money for helping illegal border crossers once they are here. None for STOPPING them.

But more and more I find myself thinking that we, the USA, need to distance ourselves from the United Nations……Stop participating, stop funding then, and give them 1 year to find another place (in another country) to call their headquarters.

The US is the top funder for the UN, and they have their dirty fingers in so many disgusting places and terrorist activities in the world.

Make ’em stop using our funds for such things.

I think this is a good reason to start the change:

Female students start huge brawl in Minneapolis high school

Always the same culture innit?

Then there’s this: “Students were also threatened with disciplinary action if the they re-shared the video which was posted on X, formerly Twitter.” Like they can hide it.

There are more Customs and Border patrol assets, (Helicopters, Vehicles, and personnel) at the SuperBowl for security currently than there are assigned to the border between Texas and Mexico from Del Rio to El Paso right now….and more than there has ever been in that area at any moment in 2024 so far.

Just let than thought sink in for a moment.

Plus, of course, think about the fact that the salaries and operating costs of those assets are funded by the US government, not the private venue that is hosting the SuperBowl.

Ask yourself why that it also….. there are not enough assets or money for border security but there are assets for the SuperBowl…..

8000 ft.

The doc said OK to fly, but not too much. No other exercises for at least another 2 weeks (No CORE stuff, just walking and such). But flying is ok “As long as I don’t over do it” …..But “Overdo” is undefined. so a short trip of 1.1 hours out and 0.8 back.

One Rnav to the FAF.

2 landings…one perfectly on center, good but not as soft and smooth as I like ’em. and one that was smooth as silk but a bit off centerline.

The cruise down was smooth and beautiful though. Broken clouds at 4000 ish feet and clear above. Overcast about 18,000 above that.

Icing on the climb out, but only for a few minutes. We finally got the Cylinder #4 cooling issue solved.

1500 ft per minute with no issues (except costly fuel flow…..) at 140 knots on the climb.

I wasn’t going far enough to make a climb any higher worthwhile, but I think that climb rate should be sustainable until FL22 or so. But cruise at 70% power was 197 knots.

I am thinking we got it dialed in .

A study shows that it is likely that the 2020 election would have turned out much differently had the abuse of Mail in Ballots not happened. 

(I know, right, who would have thought?)

At the end of it though, there’s no sense in getting all excited about it. Nothing we can do about the past , we can only go forward and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

If we keep on in the past, then we are no better than the folks with Trump Derangement, really. Can’t fix the past, so just go forward with the lesson and move on.

We could, however hang those responsible for the fraud, but that’s a different discussion…..

Are there positive aspects to Communism? Has it ever been a positive experience for most of it’s victims adherents? (besides the elite in the Communist governments and societies….has it EVER delivered on it’s promise for most of the citizens living in a communist country?

Go ahead, give me the list of examples…..I’ll wait…….

Yeah, I thought so. That’s why DeSantis wants to make sure that the education system tells kids the truth about the communist dream.

But there are people wo still think it is a good idea.

Sometimes they are a force of nature….

So I am at the hospital in the surgeon’s office waiting to get my checkup after my surgery, and there’s this kid in the waiting room making a ruckus and talking smack and shit to his buddy. He’s somewhere between 16 and 20, all acne’d up and a bunch of half assed tats on his head and neck. Pretty much just clowning around, but it was kinda getting on my nerves. I wasn’t the only one either.

Finally this old lady, asked him to quiet down. He did, but only for a few minutes, then he was back to his irritating behavior. I was struggling between “Don’t make a scene in the waiting room” and “teach this little asshole how to behave in public” when the issue was decided without me.

The old lady stood up, pointed a finger at him, and said “Boy, I’m 92 years old and you are starting to make me angry. Being this old, a life sentence isn’t much of an issue for me. Please don’t make me do something we both will regret”.

He looked at her, kinda frightened, and shut his pie hole. I was impressed, actually. Feisty old broad.

She looked at me and winked.

But he was still quiet when I was called into the office 10 minutes later. I don’t know what happened after that….they were both not there when I got out.

So the guy who used to hangar his CIrrus SR22T next to my 340 sold that plane and bought a Cirrus Vision Jet.

He went thought the Cirrus training and then the insurance mandated additional training and just completed it. He wanted to show off his new toy and invited me to go up with him. I did.

Man, that is a tiny airplane. 4 seats (but you can’t fill the seats and the fuel tanks at the same time) but it is a fun airplane. Like a Ferrari or a Bugatti or a superbike, it is of limited usefulness but really fun. Won’t carry much but fast fast fast. Handles really nicely though.

I’m not sure I could find a use for it, but being able to cruise at 320 knots in the high 20’s/low 30’s flight levels would be nice for long trips….if all you want to take is one other person and a shaving kit.

It is, of course, so VERY CIrrus in the interior and instrumentation…..everything integrated and nicely tailored and laid out and ergonomic and ever so easy to operate…..and Jeff flies it The Cirrus Way….. While I only flew it for like 10 minutes or so, It handles like a race car, although the controls get pretty stiff after about 200 knots….. This is an airplane where you taxi to the runway, take off, engage the autopilot and let it fly the plane according to the flight plan you entered until time to land…..I think it takes the fun out of the whole experience.  But that’s me….or maybe it is Sour Grapes since I don’t have the scratch to buy a 3.5 million dollar airplane. But I’d like to be able to carry more than the Vision Jet will….., although I do wish my plane was faster….

It was a fun experience, however, and it was good to let my friend show off his new toy.