Thread: Road pics

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

MBA = Master Bullspit Artist

Hey - MBA is at least a better acronym than the School of Business! LOL

Now you know why us tools call it B-School lol!

Originally Posted by earcutter

Hey - MBA is at least a better acronym than the School of Business! LOL

Now you know why us tools call it B-School lol!

Your next job is likely to be the Supreme Head of Information Technology.
Sorry, David! M and I are just having a little fun!

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Your next job is likely to be the Supreme Head of Information Technology.
Sorry, David! M and I are just having a little fun!

I knew it was you typing Anne - MLA couldn't have come up with "Bullspit" on his own!! Bahahaha! It's all good.

Originally Posted by earcutter

I knew it was you typing Anne - MLA couldn't have come up with "Bullspit" on his own!! Bahahaha! It's all good.

Actually, David, he did! He's just trying to keep it clean.

Originally Posted by Wullie

I made $2200 on that old truck LOL. That little plane is what we lovingly referred to as the world's slowest airplane. It had about enough motor to get off the ground. The wing was WAY old school with a lot of under camber ( drag ). You had to fly the wing on that beast as it didn't have enough engine to get you out of a bind. It was fun, but I didn't want to own it. It was basically a Pietenpol "Air Camper"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietenpol_Air_Camper
on steroids as the builder made it bigger than the original plans yet kept the engine size the same..... It had a 65HP Continental on it.

This is what I miss in our world now a days.

. One of Pietenpol's goals was to create a plane that was affordable and easy to construct for home builders.

I can see the argument why, but people are getting so specialized that there is no way there is a home builder.

Tim

Originally Posted by 32t

This is what I miss in our world now a days.

. One of Pietenpol's goals was to create a plane that was affordable and easy to construct for home builders.

I can see the argument why, but people are getting so specialized that there is no way there is a home builder.

Tim

My wife fly's Tim and I think you are right. Especially if you have a family. By the time you get up to something that'll take on 4 people - even kit planes have to be assembled "on site" if you don't know what you are doing... and I don't know what I am doing!

Better to just buy a used plane really!

This is an idea of what I was thinking of.

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Tim

Wullie,
those old ghost towns, any of them have one or two residents left? Do you know what killed these towns off? Looks like there could be some interesting gear left about. in the old sheds etc.

Cheers

Heelerau

Like where ya heads at there Gordon, but I reckon if I were superstitious, and I'm superstitious, I'd be careful about taking stuff from Ghost towns. I've heard stories of one place (the name of which eludes me now, but it's up the Central Northern area of the US) where people who take anyhthing that's laying around (and there seems that there is a fair bit) that nothing but bad things happen until they return the stuff back to it's rightful place.
It could also nust be a great way of ensuring no silly buggers come in with the idea that that bit 'o' crap o'er there would just be the ducks guts fer fixin' that ol' thingumy-bob hangin' in the back 'o' th' shed back 'ome too!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Like where ya heads at there Gordon, but I reckon if I were superstitious, and I'm superstitious, I'd be careful about taking stuff from Ghost towns. I've heard stories of one place (the name of which eludes me now, but it's up the Central Northern area of the US) where people who take anyhthing that's laying around (and there seems that there is a fair bit) that nothing but bad things happen until they return the stuff back to it's rightful place.
It could also nust be a great way of ensuring no silly buggers come in with the idea that that bit 'o' crap o'er there would just be the ducks guts fer fixin' that ol' thingumy-bob hangin' in the back 'o' th' shed back 'ome too!


Mick

It being close to Halloween, I saw a little thing on that place on the TV yesterday! It is an old silver town named Bodie. You are right, some things you just don't mess with.