Viking1066
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Cool holiday day.
The Weather Where You Live? (4 Viewers)
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Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Autumn has set in, highs around 70°F, lows around 50 last couple of weeks.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
39°F (3.8C) and brutal fog.
I also find it interesting how dumbasses like to drive in bad weather during the day without their headlights on, but at night, they need to have their mis-adjusted neutron stars blinding the eff out of oncoming traffic.
Make it make sense, FFS.
I also find it interesting how dumbasses like to drive in bad weather during the day without their headlights on, but at night, they need to have their mis-adjusted neutron stars blinding the eff out of oncoming traffic.
Make it make sense, FFS.
fubar57
General
That's weird, Dave. In B.C., it is rare to see a vehicle without head-lights on during the day. This became mandatory in Canada for new vehicles in 1990
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
In the U.S., new cars have to be equipped with Daytime Running Lights, which can be shut off. This also sees idiots driving at night with their lights in "auto" mode, which on some vehicles, just has the headlights on, no tail lights.
In California, it is the law that you must have your headlights on in inclement weather (fog, rain, etc) regardless of vehicle age - but like any other road law, you have a certain number of people who are either just too stupid to figure out how to properly operate a vehicle, or don't care.
fubar57
General
B.C. is the same. Lots of nipple-heads drive with high-beams, light bars or fog lamps on in daylight too, sometimes all three
MiTasol
Captain
I like the New Zealand thing where every vehicle must have a roadworthy inspection - which includes headlight alignment - every six months.
Here in Aus the roadworthy is only when a vehicle is sold and a large percentage of cars have "driving" searchlights or lightbars which are randomly aimed. A lot of the new cars have lights that are blinding and were obviously fitted in the fastest possible time in the factory so are as bad as the "driving" lights.
The weather here is Lake Effect snow. Nothing heavy right now. That can change while I type this three times!
This weekend the weather guessers are saying we could get hit with a lot more.
We are staying home for Thanksgiving.
(Message 100 so I am promoted!!! I was an A1C for real in 1973)
[Now who do I have to "brown nose" to make Sargent?]
This weekend the weather guessers are saying we could get hit with a lot more.
We are staying home for Thanksgiving.
(Message 100 so I am promoted!!! I was an A1C for real in 1973)
[Now who do I have to "brown nose" to make Sargent?]
fubar57
General
When a haul truck went by my grader on a foggy night, I had the opportunities to check out their headlight aim as they were at my eye level. At best, maybe one in four was pointing at the road. I remember the days of yore, when you got headlights adjusted at a service station, they had two horizontal lines on a white wall: upper for high beams and lower for low beams. I suggested this to the shop foreman and he just stared at me
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Rainy, windy and miserable. Around 10C/50F…
I will trade you! Better wet than white!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
Another stinkin hot one!
MiTasol
Captain
That works quite well for basics. The last time I saw a kiwi government testing station (over 20 years back) they had a device that rolled out in front of one light at a time and it gave a good or fail indication in seconds. Drive in one end, get wheel alignment and all underside checked including exhaust, steering and suspension, tyres, brakes, lights, signals, wipers, horn and all other essentials and drive out the other within probably two minutes. Very impressive. Have no idea what the result is if the car is defective. Interestingly a significant percentage of new cars failed the test. Apparently new cars were exempt at one stage until someone did some random checks and found a high failure rate.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Do what I do and simply shitpost!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I did just that in the Michigan Army National Guard as a Sargent when drilling at the Armory. It didn't get me promoted. It did keep me from being picked to do something else.Try walking around with a clipboard and look important, that might give you an "in".
Lucky13
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A bit of a draft here....a minor inconvenience!
special ed
1st Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
Whenever I left the propshop (USAFRes) I took a clipboard and paperwork. Worked most of the time, except for cleaning paint off C-119 cowl flaps with Turco & Painting the blue stripe down the fuselage. When many people were needed, they came into the shops looking.
The old "Flying Boxcar"! I hate to type this but man does that date you!
When I was at Griffiss AFB, NY, the only thing with props was the wing had 3 T-29 Flying Classrooms as wing hacks. I got a few rides on them. That was fun!
special ed
1st Lieutenant
- 6,573
- May 13, 2018
I left the 926th SEP 1965. We knew the 119s were going to the bone yard the next year and new birds would be jets, so the fossiles in the prop shop would not be needed. I was 24 but my Sergeants needed to learn something new. Sgt. Arnold had been on C-119 props since Korea. My first C-119 ride was as a Civil Air Patrol cadet in 1955.
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