Ok, so what did people get for Christmas?

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Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

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subject says it all

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Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

Among other things, I was gifted with a nice pair of sunglasses spec'd out
for aviation use, several aviation books, a few pair of pants (sorely
needed), and a real disaster of a workbench that Home Depot pushed off on a
family member as an inducement to open a credit account.

The folks at the Depot should be ashamed. Apparently they were giving these
benches away as an inducement because they had suffered "minor" water damage
at some point. To me, "minor" water damage on a wooden workbench is that the
wood is discolored. Discolored, cracked, and warped isn't minor. If the top
isn't flat, a workbench simply isn't fit for use. Even worse, the *$!!@!
thing weighs at least a hundred pounds, and won't fit in the back of the 'ol
Honda, so getting it back to the store should have me in a *really* good
mood by the time I get it to the return counter.

Apologies, but I had to get it off my chest...

KB

A very much needed new chart case and a wall clock mounted on a faux wooden
propeller that clearly never propelled a Cub or T-craft, but is very pretty
all the same.

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-Elliott Drucker

Bob Noel wrote:
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....except for what you got (or didn't get, perhaps?) Bob :-)

Best gift: Hand made lap quilt for the airplane, made by my daughter.

What I didn't get: One Six Right DVD. Speaking of which, it's "Merry
Christmas to me" time. Need to head over to the website and order it.


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Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Jack Allison wrote:
What I didn't get: One Six Right DVD.

You have to be born into Montblanc's family to receive one as a gift
from him. I tried to convince him that I was part of his aviation
family, but he didn't buy it (in more ways than one).

john smith wrote:

You have to be born into Montblanc's family to receive one as a gift
from him. I tried to convince him that I was part of his aviation
family, but he didn't buy it (in more ways than one).
Ya, Paul stiffed me on that gift too...and after all we do flying to OSH
to visit. :-)

Good call clarifying "Aviation family" from biological family when it
involves a certain acquaintance from the twin cities area.

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Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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("Jack Allison" wrote)
Good call clarifying "Aviation family" from biological family when it
involves a certain acquaintance from the twin cities area.


You stiff a guy one time and "boom" ...you're now an acquaintance :-)


Montblack
Aviation family ...it all goes back to the stork.

Montblack wrote:
You stiff a guy one time and "boom" ...you're now an acquaintance :-)

Ah ha! So you admit to stiffing me. First, it's our good friend Mr.
Smith...now me. I'm sure Jay and Jim B. were stiffed long ago and
probably for different reasons. No wonder you had to find your own camp
site last year at OSH.

All is forgotten with a couple of well placed copies of One Six Right. :-)


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Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student, latest in the long sting of MontBlack's victims,
still without a copy of One Six Right
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Jack Allison wrote:

Bob Noel wrote:
subject says it all

...except for what you got (or didn't get, perhaps?) Bob :-)

Christmas isn't quite over yet... but I didn't get anything aviation
specific. I was hoping others had more luck. :-)

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Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

My wife bought me the new Lightspeed Mach 1 Light-flight headset which I had
expressed that I'd love to try out sometime. She wanted me to open this
present before Christmas so we would know if this is indeed something I
wanted. I obliged and we flew with the new headset on Christmas-eve.

PIREP: They were light and they were comfortable, BUT the engine noise was
not attenuated enough for my tastes and therefore it was very noisy and
distracting. The radio sound was low and I had to struggle to hear all
communications. The music quality was tinny and missing all the low end
tones. After you finish flying and remove the plugs you realize you have a
fist full of fine wires and ear plugs that you don't know what to do with.
If you just put it down the wires get all tangled and require extra time and
care to untangle and organize. With a headset you simply remove it and
drape it on the yoke or throttle. Also, it is NOT a robust looking unit and
it appears to be VERY delicate and easily broken. The battery compartment
door is especially difficult to open, the battery requires a small tool to
remove, the clips that hold the battery in looks like they will break the
first time you change the battery. It would have been just a matter of
weeks, not months, before I broke some part of this thing. I couldn't
return it fast enough. I'm sure Lightspeed will stand behind this product
as they do all their wares, but the benefits of this unit did not out weigh
(no pun intended) it's shortcomings. YMMV.

Kobra