What a hassle to even get on a flying field. I end up having to renew my AMA membership for $70, then renew my drone authorization with the FAA for another $50, and then join the club for another $70. And that’s before I’ve ever bought or built a plane.
After all that said, we await the hangar, where all my planes are built and assembled and prepared. At this point I might as well be a private pilot, do the amount of maintenance set up making sure everything is ready and good to go before I ever leave the house. Once I get to the flying field before I take off, I have to go ahead and do the same thing again and make sure everything is just right before I ever lift off otherwise you end up crashing planes and that’s not fun.
I have 3 more planes to finish in my squadron. And then I should be ready to fly, maybe in the next 2 weeks, barring disc golf tournaments and all that kind of happy bullshit. But here we have it.
Damn, those are pretty. Mean Machine looks kinda old school (real plane), but I might be mis-seeing it. I think the QiDi is my favorite looking of the three, but I’d need to see ’em in person.
Since we’re more than a half hour in:
Sorry, Mr. Ilium.
I saw that on X this morning, clown world…..
ISTR this was a thing when I lived there in the late 90s – they’ve been doing this for decades.
You’re gonna need an AWACS, Bobbo, to cover all bases.
Nice planes.
As a 1/2 Score I would watch some of the older kids flying their 25 cent balsa planes. I never had a quarter to buy one though. Still, it was fun.
Flea and Nick Cave collaborating on a cover of Wichita Lineman
We have achieved the singularity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73P2drWXulM&list=RD73P2drWXulM&start_radio=1
Well . . . . I didn’t hate it.
Oh, how I laughed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/teacher-calls-out-students-for-having-same-skills-as-older-boomers/ar-AA1ZLVQU
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One teacher recalled, “I once watched a kid completely ignore the mouse and keyboard in front of them, only to smash their finger into the computer monitor multiple times.
“When that didn’t work, they started screaming that it was broken. When I told them it wasn’t touchscreen and they needed to use the mouse and keyboard, they looked at me like I had six heads.
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visual aid: https://youtu.be/LkqiDu1BQXY?si=z8F9dKATdUGcedCB&t=72
“Touchscreen” is suitable only for phones.
It is completely impractical for desktops and laptops and those children should feel shame.
Never fret, deary! Soon, your mind itself will seamlessly connect with devices, so ya won’t have to use those stubby littler fingers of yours!
You’ll be so HAPPY when your fridge beeps in your brain, reminding you of whatcha need! (‘We can do this *everything!* And we shall!’)
Nice planes, Bobbo.
Good luck getting them up and away! It’s kite flying season here. Mostly been either still or 25 MPH. Mother Nature needs to calm her tits.