OSH '05 Comments

This is exactly why I prefer lightweight mountaineering gear. I can
throw it in the plane and not worry about weight and balance, hump it
in over the mountains, or haul it in the back of my truck.

Oh, and mountaineering gear is designed for even worse weather...

Yes, you pay a bit more (but not much more than the Cabela's heavy
stuff), but I get more use out of it than once a year.

Bullpuckey. I live within rock-throwing distance of Reno. I've been
counting Blackjack for thirty years, ever since "Beat The Dealer" (a
legitimate mathematical treatise by UCSB math prof Edwin Thorpe) hit the
streets. I limit my wins to a hundred dollars or two, and I suck on diet
coke or orange juice to keep my head straight.

I lose one out of ten times. That happens. I either win two hundred or
lose two hundred at table minimum bets. Sure, it takes me three hours to
win/lose the money, but making a hundred bucks an hour having fun ain't all
that bad a deal.

I'm a HAPPY winner. I make funny and jokes when I hit 21. I'm a vocal
happy camper when the dealer busts and I'm holding 12. That makes the house
pleased to have a vocal happy winner -- it makes the suckers bet more. I'm
not out to make my fortune, just pay for my gas money over the hill and back
plus a few bucks for momma's new shoes.

There ain't no black list any more. Anybody who says there is happens to
be living in the ancient past.

Jim



"S Herman" wrote in message
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:45:09 -0500, John T
wrote:

Actually, Blackjack is about the only game where a player can have the
advantage. Catch is, they need to know basic stragety and counting.
The advantage is pretty small though.

John

And if they suspect you are counting you will be detained & asked to
leave, and your name & picture wil end up on a black list.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

The picture made it look as big as a garage! :~)

The picture is almost certainly their 12x12 model.

Now I take the sissy way out and bought a Coleman pop-up.

Sort of hard to tow that behind an aircraft.


Yes, but it's worth it.

The bitch was getting a trailer hitch for the rudder.

Matt Barrow wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

The picture made it look as big as a garage! :~)

The picture is almost certainly their 12x12 model.


Now I take the sissy way out and bought a Coleman pop-up.

Sort of hard to tow that behind an aircraft.



Yes, but it's worth it.

The bitch was getting a trailer hitch for the rudder.

If you shop for an airplane hitch businesses might get scared off
selling you one (liability concerns), so you have to say, "It's for
an off-road vehicle..." Then you make a nice write up of how you
adapted it to your rudder, take pictures, and submit it to the EAA
magazine

Aaron Coolidge wrote:
I had a department store tent as well. 'K-Mart' house brand. I didn't set it
up, but Mike my tent-sharer did. I commented that his tent pegs were a little
short, but he said that it would be OK. Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in). That little debacle
had us scrambling for folding chairs, laundry, etc. for a while.

That's another problem to deal with.
We need to educate the ignorant that it is VERY impolite to power you
way out of your parking spot. The correct method is to ask your
neighbors for assistance in pulling the aircraft into the aisle by hand
(such as we did with the Baron behind Jay at the party Wednesday evening).
Someone is going to get very badly injured when one of the power-users
doesn't get the power off and slides on the wet grass and overruns a
tent or two ahead of them.

On 8/4/2005 14:28, john smith wrote:

Aaron Coolidge wrote:
I had a department store tent as well. 'K-Mart' house brand. I didn't set it
up, but Mike my tent-sharer did. I commented that his tent pegs were a little
short, but he said that it would be OK. Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in). That little debacle
had us scrambling for folding chairs, laundry, etc. for a while.

That's another problem to deal with.
We need to educate the ignorant that it is VERY impolite to power you
way out of your parking spot. The correct method is to ask your
neighbors for assistance in pulling the aircraft into the aisle by hand
(such as we did with the Baron behind Jay at the party Wednesday evening).
Someone is going to get very badly injured when one of the power-users
doesn't get the power off and slides on the wet grass and overruns a
tent or two ahead of them.

.... not to mention getting injured by the flying debris.


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Student
Sacramento, CA

Plywood, PLYwood, PLYWOOD.

Jim



"Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message
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Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in).

Its already happened in years past out in the North 40. (serious
injuries from a plane over-running a tent that is).
I'm just amazed that it doesn't happen more.
(knock on wood)...

Ryan Wubben

wrote:
Its already happened in years past out in the North 40. (serious
injuries from a plane over-running a tent that is).
I'm just amazed that it doesn't happen more.
(knock on wood)...

Ryan Wubben


Wow. That is disturbing. It's a pity that the powers that be can't put
a fraction of the effort they put into verifying that the camping fees
have been paid, into creating and enforcing a 'no taxiing directly from
the campsite, must turn 90 degrees first' rule.

When I was at Fond du Loc and we couldn't get my Archer up the tiny
incline in front of me I called the FBO and they cheerfully towed me to
the taxiway. But I suspect the sheer quantity of planes at OSH would
quickly overwhelm any FBO who tried to be so generous.

Tom

Tom McQuinn wrote:
When I was at Fond du Loc and we couldn't get my Archer up the tiny
incline in front of me I called the FBO and they cheerfully towed me to
the taxiway. But I suspect the sheer quantity of planes at OSH would
quickly overwhelm any FBO who tried to be so generous.

Someone mentioned at the Wednesday night party that there were 12,600
registered aircraft on the field. Add to that the GA Parking folks and
there were probably close to 12,800.