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Feb 22, 2017 18:47:50   #
HedgeHog
 
archie bunker wrote:
Flying a plane was something I always wanted to do. I can fly all day long, but I'll be damned if I'm jumping out! I'll ride it to the ground, and take my medicine! I'm freakishly afraid of heights, but don't mind planes.........weird huh?


I have a slight fear of heights, too, but there is such power and force in a jet plane, that I feel no fear!!

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Feb 22, 2017 18:52:02   #
peter11937 Loc: NYS
 
archie bunker wrote:
Flying a plane was something I always wanted to do. I can fly all day long, but I'll be damned if I'm jumping out! I'll ride it to the ground, and take my medicine! I'm freakishly afraid of heights, but don't mind planes.........weird huh?


Not really, first thing I noticed when I started flying lessons is that there is really no sense of height such as you might get walking a roof ridge. I helped roof a stee frame warehouse in my youth, and the first day, a crawled from rafter to rafter sliding the roof panels into place, by the end of the week, I was walking fro rafter to rafter carrying the panels as if I were on the ground, so you do get used to it.

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Feb 22, 2017 19:02:47   #
peter11937 Loc: NYS
 
The traveled during the Medieval warm period, do it was probably greener then than now. They also reached Labrador, and called I "Vineland" for all the wild grape vines. Now, there are none there any more, too cold.

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Feb 22, 2017 19:03:11   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
HedgeHog wrote:
I have a slight fear of heights, too, but there is such power and force in a jet plane, that I feel no fear!!


Other than being trapped in a flying tube, crammed in with PEOPLE, I don't mind jets at all.
We have a friend who has done the stunt flying, racing, skydiving, and that stuff who owns a two seater, single engine plane, and I love going up with him. He is older now, and doesn't want to abuse his plane; so he takes it easy on me! He restores classic cars as a hobby too. Cool guy! Oh! And he always has COLD beer at his shop!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:06:57   #
HedgeHog
 
archie bunker wrote:
Other than being trapped in a flying tube, crammed in with PEOPLE, I don't mind jets at all.
We have a friend who has done the stunt flying, racing, skydiving, and that stuff who owns a two seater, single engine plane, and I love going up with him. He is older now, and doesn't want to abuse his plane; so he takes it easy on me! He restores classic cars as a hobby too. Cool guy! Oh! And he always has COLD beer at his shop!
Other than being trapped in a flying tube, crammed... (show quote)


I love it especially, after taxiing up to speed, that jet just lifts its nose up, and the engines roar and I'm airborne!!

I can go into lift/drag ratio, if you want, but it's just the sheer power that is "uplifting"!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:08:41   #
peter11937 Loc: NYS
 
archie bunker wrote:
Other than being trapped in a flying tube, crammed in with PEOPLE, I don't mind jets at all.
We have a friend who has done the stunt flying, racing, skydiving, and that stuff who owns a two seater, single engine plane, and I love going up with him. He is older now, and doesn't want to abuse his plane; so he takes it easy on me! He restores classic cars as a hobby too. Cool guy! Oh! And he always has COLD beer at his shop!
Other than being trapped in a flying tube, crammed... (show quote)


Has he ever restored a 1958 Chevr Impala ragtop? One year body style, first 4 headlamp Chevr. and cool looks too. I really like the design.

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Feb 22, 2017 19:13:11   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
peter11937 wrote:
Not really, first thing I noticed when I started flying lessons is that there is really no sense of height such as you might get walking a roof ridge. I helped roof a stee frame warehouse in my youth, and the first day, a crawled from rafter to rafter sliding the roof panels into place, by the end of the week, I was walking fro rafter to rafter carrying the panels as if I were on the ground, so you do get used to it.


I like terra Firma myself Peter. Unless I'm in a machine, I guess. I started out with fast dirtbikes, then cars, grew up, and went to fast horses. I guess I DO like terra firma. I've eaten a LOT of it over the years! Now I need a skeleton transplant!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:19:56   #
peter11937 Loc: NYS
 
archie bunker wrote:
I like terra Firma myself Peter. Unless I'm in a machine, I guess. I started out with fast dirtbikes, then cars, grew up, and went to fast horses. I guess I DO like terra firma. I've eaten a LOT of it over the years! Now I need a skeleton transplant!
I like terra Firma myself Peter. Unless I'm in a m... (show quote)


I only broke bones in my foot walking to the movie theater in the dark with my wife. Heard the pop, tightened the shoelaces and watched the movie. Next day went the MD, X-ray and sure enough, broken bone. He recommended an ace bandage as tight as I could stand it without cutting circulation and try and stay off it for a few days or week. Total bill $1,000. Laced my shoe up tight and went home.....

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Feb 22, 2017 19:27:44   #
Harpooner1
 
archie bunker wrote:
Flying a plane was something I always wanted to do. I can fly all day long, but I'll be damned if I'm jumping out! I'll ride it to the ground, and take my medicine! I'm freakishly afraid of heights, but don't mind planes.........weird huh?


Well, it does take a mind change to accept jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

I started out in the late 70's at 18 years old, both flying and skydiving. Back then, you had a "ripcord".....Now we use drogue chutes.....Back then you carried your spare chute on the belly...Very cumbersome.
It's much easier and safer now. I had one malfunction in all my jumps. The reserve parachute worked.....That's why you always take two.

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Feb 22, 2017 19:30:44   #
HedgeHog
 
Anybody interested in jet planes?

It's about power, baby, power!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:36:46   #
teabag09
 
With some of the ice actually having melted, and since been covered back up, some remains of farm land, fences, vineyards, etc., were found which proves that the land was once green. A big factor to that area are the ocean currents just like with us. El Nino, El Nina. Mike
HedgeHog wrote:
I read somewhere that the Icelanders, when they went a-viking, came back and told their compatriots they had found a beautiful "green" land so as to get them to come and settle. But I don't know if that's true or not.

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Feb 22, 2017 19:38:58   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
peter11937 wrote:
I only broke bones in my foot walking to the movie theater in the dark with my wife. Heard the pop, tightened the shoelaces and watched the movie. Next day went the MD, X-ray and sure enough, broken bone. He recommended an ace bandage as tight as I could stand it without cutting circulation and try and stay off it for a few days or week. Total bill $1,000. Laced my shoe up tight and went home.....


Let's not get in a one upping contest over broken bones! I have had a few. They just hurt a little!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:40:09   #
ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Anyone who has looked out a window or gone outside, in the last few years, will dispute that something weird is going on with the weather. You can call it climate change, global warming, normal weather disruption, whatever you want, but nomenclature has no effect on weather patterns. Long range models show another ice age in our future, something sure to give global warming deniers a thrill, regardless of the fact that the ice age is likely to be an extinction event. How can global warming trends lead to an ice age, you ask? Well it can, but I don't have the time to explain it to you, you can look it up yourself. Are long range computer models 100% accurate? We won't know the answer to that until the ice age is here, that's just common sense, but what we DO know now is; none of the models paint a pretty picture, no matter how the data is manipulated. That alone should be of concern to everyone.

To what degree does mankind impact climate change? No one knows for sure, but we DO know that mankind does have an impact, and that the impact is cumulative, i.e. adds up over time. The amount of disruption we see today, is the cumulative effect of 100's of years of mankind's influence. How long will it take for any amelioration attempts to be felt? Who knows? Those attempts are cumulative as well, but no attempt = no effect, that's also common sense. What should not be in dispute are; the climate is changing and not for the better, mankind does have an impact to some degree, the effects are cumulative, meaning that we have not felt the full fury yet, and whatever efforts are made to ameliorate the changing climate, will take time to be effective.

The few things that are in dispute, i.e., mankind's contribution, are not a sufficient reason to do nothing, or do very little. As an example: Those of you with small children/grandchildren, knowing that a child that is a toddler today will need twice as much money for college as current student; when is the best time to start contributing to a college fund? A. while the child is a toddler, when a small effort accumulates into a big payoff. B. when the child start High School, requiring a massive effort to achieve the same result, or C. never, just take your chances? This is also common sense.

Arguing about to what degree mans activity causes climate change, or what efforts need to be started now, as opposed to the last minute, and/or how long such efforts will take to be felt, or the other silly questions being asked, is like being inside a burning home and arguing over who started the fire and/or is responsible for it spreading so fast - because - you are going to die. Common sense says to evacuate, call the fire dept., etc. - and spend the rest of your life arguing those points.

For those still denying that there's a problem.........................your house is on fire.
Anyone who has looked out a window or gone outside... (show quote)


Ipa: Your brain is warped with the sand the liberals have been pumping you with for the last 40 years!!!!!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:42:04   #
ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa
 
Steve700 wrote:
No it isn't. Don't worry about it. The illuminati and the United Nations is intending on wiping out most of humanity. This is no secret. Just look up Agenda 21, Rex 84, Operations Garden Plot or Georgia Guide Stones where it is chiseled out in stone in five modern languages and to ancient ones that they intend to reduce the worlds population down to 500 million. Even the Bible states that over half of humanity will be wiped out before Armageddon, and even now the ruling elite is planning the third world war which 33° Mason Albert Pike stated nearly 100 years ago that there would be three world wars. The third one he said, would use Islam to destroy Western civilization and Christianity as well as pushing us into global government. You will notice this explains the deliberately caused chaos in the Middle East and the deliberate flooding of Islamic refugees throughout Europe, the United States and Australia. Ever wonder why Islamic countries are not taking them??? And why 80 to 90% are military age Islamic men and almost no Christians??? Did you ever think that just maybe these are jahadies marching off to future war??? Put Albert Pike in your YouTube video address bar and you will find an 11 minute video that explains the whole thing very clearly.

All the climate changes we have seen in recent years have all been within the normal ups and downs. The problem with you liberals is that you don't believe in God who designed this world to be able to regulate itself throughout the changes brought about by man's technological advances. Dangerous climate change is a load of crap designed to get humanity used to conserving and doing with less so the ruling elite who plans on living for many hundred of years, can do so in a pristine environment. Now see that Albert Pike video, the 11 minute one on YouTube. You will find it riveting, especially the second half and full of very important information previously unknown to you
No it isn't. D... (show quote)


The idiots know not what they say!!!!

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Feb 22, 2017 19:42:49   #
HedgeHog
 
teabag09 wrote:
With some of the ice actually having melted, and since been covered back up, some remains of farm land, fences, vineyards, etc., were found which proves that the land was once green. A big factor to that area are the ocean currents just like with us. El Nino, El Nina. Mike


Well, like I said, I just read that somewhere. Didn't investigate further.

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