I think his best ever sketch was the Elephant Story.

It is one of the funniest sketches of all time:

One wonders how they could actually do anything, what with that bunch of excellent comedians….They must have hurt from laughing so hard.

He will be missed. 

Then I made my mistake and tuned the wrong VOR…# 1 instead of #2 nav radio……….followed the bearings on the needles toward the wrong VOR radial and thus an incorrect heading.

Since I was paying attention to the time, I realized (eventually) that I had flown past the point in space and time where I should have found my intersection. 15 miles should have taken 10 minutes at a speed of 90 knots…I had been flying the bearing for 16.

Took a minute to figure out that I was flying the needles towards a bearing that WASN’T my intersection.

My instructor smiled. She knew what I had done, and let me do it so I’d learn.

Then, she told me to figure out where I was using only the two VOR’s.
Which I did right the first time,  only took me about 3 minutes to figure out.
Then I had to figure out how to fly to the original intersection that I should have been going to before my fuckup.

‘Twas an interesting lesson in navigation. And an interesting lesson in what not to do to prevent the very predicament that I was in.

Apparently, it is a mistake everyone makes…at least once.

Hopefully, this is my one time.

1.8 and 2, as Aaron puts it

Was supposed to take my Dad somewhere today, but the ceilings were too low. I decided that since conditions were WAAAY below my personal minimums, he’d have to wait. I didn’t want to disappoint him, but wasn’t gonna fly into rain with a 900 foot ceiling and hope that things improved before I got there.

Another IFR lesson tomorrow so I can be less dependent on clear and sunny skies…..eventually.

My goal is Instrument pilot by August and a twin rating shortly after….maybe then a faster and bigger airplane.

I gotta hit the books a bit more though.

And, again, like the first niece Doctor, not a useless Doctorate in French underwater basketweaving literature history,  but one which will allow her to have a profession, earn a great living (she will start at a salary that, adjusted for inflation, is TWICE what I started at as an engineer many years ago). Little to no debt, and real, in demand, productive job skills.

I am proud of her and her accomplishment. It didn’t come easy, but she succeeded.

This is the American dream.  Both of my Grandfathers were hard working, but not extremely well educated. Working class. Now we have 2 Doctors in the family, and another niece to graduate with a degree in Nursing in a week or so….and another one graduating as a Doctor 3 years out.
Hard work and intelligence, combined with a society that fosters upward mobility for those that are willing to earn it can lead to great things.

I am very proud today. 

(I have found that most “blemishes” are hard to notice on PSA items. I can guarantee they will not affect the functionality of the piece)

PSA must really be overstocked.

But hey, a decent AR kit for less than three hunnerd bucks?

Ain’t America Great? 

Of course, you gotta buy the whole barrel of 12,500 rounds.

You oughta get free shipping with that, but nope.

I have used them in 4 builds and they are decent lowers.

A decent price for a good lower.

As they say,: “buy ’em cheap and stack it deep”

2020 elections are coming sooner than you think.

ETA: Sold out!

I live in the country. I own land that harbors HUNDREDS of trees, and acres of grass…..all those acres of green leaf sequester carbon…..

I heat my home with wood (at least about 85% of my heat comes from wood….I do have a gas furnace for those lazy days)….all the rest is “Renewable” energy….

I live in a place where my commute, such as it is, is fairly short. 

My “Carbon Footprint” approaches zero….in fact, it is quite possibly in some months, a negative number….

She lives in a city, flies thousands of miles monthly, and is shepherd to zero plants. I would wager her “carbon footprint” is nearly 100 times as high as mine.

Yet she (with absolutely no education or qualifications, mind you (Or even, possibly, the IQ to comprehend that which she would lecture me)) believes that she is qualified to lecture me on “Protecting the Environment”…..

Odd, innit, how these people want others to change their lives and lifestyles, but yet live high carbon lifestyles themselves…..

It isn’t a holiday in most other parts of Mexico besides the State of Puebla.

It wasn’t anything in the US until some bar owners promoted it in the LA basin where there were a lot of Mexican workers to have some celebration to sell more beer in the US.

Most people aren’t even sure where Puebla is, or really care.

More white people party on 5 May than Mexicans.

But hey, Viva Mexico!

And someone commented and pointed to a gear set that was available at, believe it or not, JCWhitney.

and, while that ISN’T the correct gear, I called the listed manufacturer, who didn’t have the right gear, but suggested a third party, who pointed me to a fourth, who gave me the number of a FIFTH party, who ACTUALLY HAD THE GEAR.

It’ll be here Monday or Tuesday.

Many thanks to commenter “Knucklehead” for the help.