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    This note is legal tender...

    ...for all debts. Public and private. That phrase is on all of our paper currency. I also *thought* it was the law that businesses have to accept it... ...so why does Philadelphia have to pass a law outlawing "cashless stores"? I also thought the sign that many convenience store have posted...
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    Poll...Should Radios Be Required At Non-Towered Airports?

    Not to derail the other thread but to satisfy my curiosity.
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    A brush with the TSA today...

    So, I'll make it brief and admit up front that I was an ***. (Like almost everyone else here, I hate the TSA so I'm not particularly friendly when they start their BS). I arranged to have the Diamond's oil changed this morning and told the mechanic I'd fly it to get things hot and then drop it...
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    Why I hate fly-ins...

    ...or "Aviation 101: How NOT to run a fly-in" ______ Prelude: First let me say that I am in no way ‘God's gift to aviating’ but I at least try to pay attention and follow the rules. Also, my “I hate fly-ins” statement isn’t referring to fly-ins like those organized by pilots’ forums, because...
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    Who else hates reading on eDevices?

    IPC in my near future. I need to "brush up" on my GPS's "buttonology". I have a PDF of my GPS's "pilot's guide and reference" on my iPad. I still drove 30 minutes to get the paper copy out of the plane because I hate reading manuals on an iPad. Anyone else?
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    Month long road trip-Give me ideas for what to see.

    Or...how about cool places to drive? The 10 day forecast for our area doesn't contain a high temp below 92. Ugggghhhhh. It's time to plan a roadtrip to the Pacific NW. Our main destinations will be the Redwood National Park (which we've never seen) and the Columbia River Gorge area (which...
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    High Wing vs. Low Wing, end of discussion...

    ...so we went down to Homer today. Had a great time. Close to the brewery is a really nice building housing the "SW Alaska Pilots' Association." Beautiful building, I was impressed. So, after I got a belly full of beer and a few dozen oysters, I decided to go over and check it out. Walked...
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    Babar Suleman and his son...

    ...crash into the ocean dammit...dammit...dammit... This one hits hard. I didn't know his son but knew Babar pretty well and he was definitely one of the good guys. http://fox59.com/2014/07/23/plane-of-father-son-duo-crashes-during-world-spanning-flight/...
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    Alaska: Best traffic law ever.

    So... The highway that runs from Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula, the Seward Hwy, has frequent "pull-off" lanes (or "turn-out" lanes) for slow traffic and about a mile before each "turn-out" is a sign reading: And on our return to anchorage, I actully saw a tropper pull over a large motor home...
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