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RE: Danica
Danica is one smart cookie, and successful at what she does (the way she does it). But, she doesn't have what it takes to be a NASCAR champion driver. She has everything else,....... why hold it against her?
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Cloud Dancer
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05/06/12 10:36am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Outback Steakhouse - Thumbs Down
After watching their latest TV commercial, it makes me want to go eat a steak. They sure do great commercials.
BTW I had a terrific margarita at Outback,.....after I added a shot of tequila. But, I gotta confess, that's the way it is at all restaurants (re margaritas).
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Cloud Dancer
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04/27/12 09:39am |
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RE: Lucky
When/if some more good luck is doled out, I want to be first in line. There ain't nothing wrong with being lucky. Congratulations!
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Cloud Dancer
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04/26/12 11:21am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Your opinion on ugly current model car front ends?
There's never been a Cadillac, or a GMC, grille that I did not like. And, I don't recall a Chevy grille that I didn't like.
Ford has had MANY wonderful grilles, starting with the 1932.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/26/12 08:32am |
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RE: Is this a general issue? Pic inside
Someone stole the pin and the ball mount. He was able to borrow a ball mount, but no pin. This will have to do until he can find a place to buy a pin. Just gotta take it easy, hope he's almost as good as me (I'm the best driver in the USA).
Have you ever been stranded? Not me.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/25/12 02:17pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Lucky
There are thousands of people who run into bad luck,....all sorts of unfortunate happenstance. Then, there are those who have good luck,....a broad range of description, all the way to winning a big lotto jackpot.
Many are victims of bad accidents, or get struck down with some sort of dread decease.
Yes, I believe in "luck". If you are a victim, perhaps you might see someone else as being "lucky". It's all relative.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/25/12 01:26pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Outback Steakhouse - Thumbs Down
For those of us who believe in evolution; what explains this food problem is evolution. There are fewer and fewer people who know good food when they see it/eat it. There's more and more business managers who recognize this particular evolution.
And, it's what explains (to me) why there would be a line of people waiting to eat junk food.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/24/12 01:14pm |
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RE: Charges laid in missing RV'ers deaths
Slow progress is sure better than none. For the sake of the victims, the family, and the mounties, I hope this will make it such that it will come to the succesful conclusion of this tough case.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/23/12 11:51am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Unresponsive plane flying in the Gulf...!
Regarding this thread: IMO it went the way it goes,.......around real campfires.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 03:13pm |
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RE: Walmart overnighting yes or no?
Larry, just FYI, I'm not just a cheapskate, I'm also lazy.
But, I love to drive my rig. I drive and drive. When the sun begins to get low on the horizon, and I start thinking about rest/sleep, I simply ask my wife to check the Walmart Atlas and find a suitable Walmart up ahead. Also, I ask her to call and see if we can spend the night there.
So, feel free to tell us how YOU do it. And, whenever I hear someone telling how I should do it, I laugh.
Walmart welcomes me, and I appreciate it. Just yesterday, I went to my nearest Walmart(there's several here), and bought 4 Pioneer speakers for my GMC Envoy.
And now, I'm hearing that they're going to build a Super Walmart on the corner of Blanco Rd and Wurzbach Parkway (very close to where I live). I love Walmart.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 12:27pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Pulling a boat, launching a boat, hmmm.......
Over a timespan of several decades, I have towed and launched a boat many times (4 different motorhomes). It's easy to learn, but ends up being a hassle. I even tried a front hitch a couple of times (definitely not the way to go). Then, we retired and tried fulltiming. My love of fishing from my own bassboat is one reason we quit fulltiming. Whenever we decide to go camping and fishing, the best all-around method is for us is to tow the boat with the motorhome, and for DW to follow in the 4x4 Envoy. We set up camp, and we have the perfect vehicle for launching, and the perfect vehicle for running around. And, whenever I have to launch by myself, I back it up to just the right depth, and I go out the back of the Envoy and get in the boat. Then, I 'beach' the boat and walk to the Envoy and drive it to the parking lot. For loading the boat, I reverse the procedure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/WillieNunez/CanyonLakeHighWater003.jpg width=640
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 09:46am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Can you please open your hearts and wallets to help a woman
And, we don't even know if this woman was scorned,......do we?
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 08:40am |
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RE: Life Style? Doing what?
I played all my life. Therefore, there really wasn't anything to my transitioning into retirement. However, I did decide that I prefer to have a lifestyle whereby I work some, and play some. I miss my job.
Just relax, everything will work out, it just takes more time than you thought.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 08:36am |
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RE: Unresponsive plane flying in the Gulf...!
A four page thread trying to solve a nearly non-existent problem... Now how about a thread on ways to minimize the nearly 33,000 highway deaths that occur each year in the US? Many are preventable using current technology.
Not me. I'm not one to look for something when nothing is there.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/22/12 07:37am |
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RE: Unresponsive plane flying in the Gulf...!
CD, what kind of capabilities are on commerical jetliners now for this? For example if Airport 77 happens, and nobody on the plane knows how to fly it, could the auto land feature be used to get the plane on the ground? Would somebody have to fly it to at least get it lined up on the runway for the autoland to work?
From Airline Pilot forum:
".....Each aircraft capable of autoland has unique procedures and systems used during autoland. However, in basic terms, the pilot’s inputs are:
- Engage the aircraft autopilot/auto-throttles
- Follow air traffic control (ATC) instructions to put the aircraft on an intercept heading to the runway’s instrument landing system (ILS).
- Arm the aircraft’s approach mode to capture the localizer (for runway line-up) and glideslope (for vertical guidance to the runway).
- Configure the aircraft for landing (extending flaps/slats, landing gear, arming auto wheel brakes and auto ground spoilers)
Once these basic steps are complete, the aircraft will capture the ILS, fly to the runway and land. After landing, the pilot must engage the engine thrust reversers manually but wheel brakes should engage automatically.
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Originally Posted by sriram
2) When does the pilot take full control of the aircraft. (Is it after touchdown or before touchdown) in autoland. (I heard from a pilot that it is usually 2-3 seconds after touchdown.)
If the approach is a Cat-3 autoland, the pilot normally will take control during the landing roll once the aircraft is on the runway. He may choose to wait until the aircraft has slowed significantly, especially if the visibility is very low. Until he takes control (disengages the autopilot), the aircraft will track the center of the runway. So, 2-3 seconds after landing would probably be the earliest a pilot would take control. The latest would be after slowing to taxi speed and at a point where he must turn the aircraft off the runway. I’ve never timed the roll out of my aircraft but my guess would be 20-30 seconds.
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Originally Posted by sriram
3) What are the visibility conditions during which an autoland is done and how frequently are pilots instructed to do practice autolandings??
Each airline has a set of operational specifications that have been approved by regulators. So each airline’s requirements may be a little different depending on their opspecs and the capabilities of the various aircraft they operate.
Southwest airlines (a domestic US carrier) uses a heads-up-display (HUD) for their cat-3 approaches and their pilots manually fly the aircraft to landing without the use of autopilot or autoland. They must see the runway environment to land and thus, have higher visibility requirements than those carriers that use cat-3 autoland and don’t need to see the runway environment.
Normally a category 3 approach with autoland is required if the visibility is less than 1200 feet (350 meters). Many carriers require or at least recommend their pilot autoland if the visibility is less than 1600 feet (500 m). The lowest visibility the most capable aircraft is allowed to autoland is in is 300 feet (75 m).
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Originally Posted by sriram
4) What is the step by step procedure followed during autoland of large passenger airplanes such as Boeing 737, 747, 777 and Airbus 320, 330 and 380.
Of the aircraft you’ve listed, I have flown the 737 and A320. I have also flown the 757, 767 and MD-11/MD-10. Each aircraft has unique procedures, so it would really be impossible to give you step by step procedures. The general answer I provided in your #1 question is probably the best I can do regarding procedural steps of an autoland.
The only other procedural steps that are accomplished are specific duties followed by the Captain and Co-pilot during the approach. This involves ensuring the aircraft systems are providing the required guidance and redundancy to safely accomplish the autoland. There are specific points in the approach where certain system cues will indicate that the aircraft is operating properly. If at any point in the approach, these systems indicate a problem then the crew will abandon the approach......."
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Cloud Dancer
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04/21/12 12:47pm |
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RE: Unresponsive plane flying in the Gulf...!
It's not practical to incorporate drone capability into private aircraft. Besides, who would be willing to remote-fly the aircraft, and assume the liability? Who would pay for it?
Bottom line,.....it ain't going to happen,....IMO.
It shall remain the responsibility of the pilot-in-command to.......blah, blah, blah...
It works for the FAA, and they like it that way. And, they're in charge.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/21/12 10:09am |
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RE: Walmart overnighting yes or no?
I don't know anything about the situation up there. The cost of diesel that's required to travel all the way up there is simply too much for me.
I'm getting sleepy now, plus I don't tell anyone what to do. All I know is that there's plenty of RV-friendly Walmarts in the southern half of the USA.
BTW I save money however I can so that I can spend some however I want. I've always been that way.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/21/12 03:25am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down... RIP, Levon Helm
He was also in "The Shooter" with Mark Walberg. Great action/entertainment movie.
I always enjoyed his music, a very talented musician,....may he RIP
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Cloud Dancer
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04/20/12 01:16pm |
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RE: Unresponsive plane flying in the Gulf...!
One has to wonder, in this case, which came first; incapacitation of the lone pilot, or an emergency due to failed systems that was NOT properly handled?
The piston-engine aircraft was cruising at its service ceiling, or close to it. A failed engine at that altitude requires immediate attention: don oxygen mask, and execute emergency descend procedure. At that altitude, one engine will not supply sufficient presure to maintain the appropriate cabin pressure. Of course, it's required of the pilot to completely check the oxygen system PRIOR to takeoff. Was there oxygen in the tank? Was there panic in the cockpit?
It could be that, flying on autopilot, a failed engine at that altitude would explain the multitude of identical 360's, and also the fogged windows (in event of an initial incapacitation of pilot).
One can go crazy speculating of what might've happened. And, if the aircraft is not retrieved, and thoroughly investigated, we may never know.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/20/12 11:16am |
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RE: Dick Clark has passed. Age 82
RIP
I always liked/enjoyed Dick Clark. He did so much for the entertainment world. I'll always remember, thanks.
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Cloud Dancer
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04/19/12 09:36am |
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