OSH '05 Comments

("Robert Bonomi" wrote)
50/50 is (Black or Red) (Odd or Even) at the roulette wheel - that's about
it. Most everything else in Vegas is house advantage. Good luck.

Not even 50/50 on those. if the d*mn 0 or 00 come up, you lose either
of those bets. which makes the actual odds of winning 47.36+:52.63+ A
'mere' 5.55% 'advantage' to the house.


You're right. Even betting football games (50/50) ... you have to factor in
the juice.


Montblack

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

He said he wanted a tent, not a hangar. :~)

8' x 8' isn't a hangar. That's only a little larger than the Spaulding
dome tent
I use.

Eight Feet? 64 square feet?

What do you camp with, a harem?

Matt Barrow wrote:

Eight Feet? 64 square feet?

My air mattress is 4.5'x6'. With the 8'x7' floor of my tent, that is barely
enough room to keep the mattress from touching the walls and let me stick a few
items around the edges. Mine is billed as a "2-person" tent which, as other
posters have already pointed out, really means a "2-pygmy" tent. As I said, the
Cabela's tent isn't much larger.

That extra foot in width would give me enough room to make sure that my bag
wouldn't start a leak by touching the tent wall in the rain. I was also
impressed by the wind test -- I rode out one T-storm in mine and am not anxious
to repeat the experience.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Eight Feet? 64 square feet?

My air mattress is 4.5'x6'. With the 8'x7' floor of my tent, that is
barely
enough room to keep the mattress from touching the walls and let me stick
a few
items around the edges. Mine is billed as a "2-person" tent which, as
other
posters have already pointed out, really means a "2-pygmy" tent. As I
said, the
Cabela's tent isn't much larger.

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

That extra foot in width would give me enough room to make sure that my
bag
wouldn't start a leak by touching the tent wall in the rain. I was also
impressed by the wind test -- I rode out one T-storm in mine and am not
anxious
to repeat the experience.

I stopped "tenting" several years ago when the bones got to rough for that
sort of thing.

Now I take the sissy way out and bought a Coleman pop-up. I actually look
forward to T-storms now.

And if they suspect you're counting, they kick you out, and never let you
come back. I've always thought that that was really crummy. "You're
skilled enough not to lose? Get the hell out of here!"

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"John T" wrote in message
...
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

George Patterson wrote:
john smith wrote:


George, that's not a tent!
That's a portable mansion!


Check the smallest size.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.
But they are heavy! I looked around the site and saw the Alaskan
outfitter. There were a number of those in the volunteer section of the
camping area (i.e. folks who have camped at OSH for YEARS)

Margy

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.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Margy wrote:

But they are heavy!

Absolutely. Not for someone flying a, shall we say, "load-challenged" aircraft.
Tom was, however, looking for a tent that will hold up under weather, and you
can't be certain of that with lightly built gear.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"Rich S." wrote

We rented a single room with two beds
located ten *houses* (1½ blocks) directly North of the airport. A hot
breakfast was included with this air-conditioned lodging and our hostess,
the young wife of a U.S. soldier, was happy to drive us to the store, to
the
North gate, and anywhere else we needed to go. All this for $50/night
each.


Sounds pretty delux! Good going.

Thanks for the kind words about "Essie". She's getting a little shopworn
after six years but still carried us there and back with dispatch and
comfort.

It's nice to see something different, (than RV's).

Did you see that green Pietenpol? Perfection! Too bad the owner was
such an egotistical pompous ass, fruitlessly trying to keep all folding
chairs out of the display area. Kind of like holding back the tide.

Yes I did, and also the Pober Pixie was nice, too. The crowds were so big
Saturday, that the show area was full, all the way back. I have never see
that big of a crowd at OSH! Alsmost makes me think that EAA should provide
larger seating area, before the plane parking area starts. I wouldn't want
to have my plane at the burn line. Margy Natalie (and Ron came later in
the week) had her Navion right at the edge, and it was tough to keep
everyone off of it, completely. If you didn't see it, it is a real beauty!
--
Jim in NC

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.