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Ken Q

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  1. You bet, Rodge! Rule # 1: Mom is always right. Rule # 2: In the event that Mom should be wrong, refer to rule # 1. Also applies to Wife, Captain, Cat, (especially Cat) or any other figure of ultimate authority.
  2. Of course peanut butter is an American contrivance, seeing that peanuts (ground nuts, goober peas) are native to the New World. Somehow, though, my English cousins, Morris and Bert, developed a fondness for the stuff as boys back in the late 20s. Of course it was not available in the UK, but their father, my Uncle Bill worked on the liners. So he was here visiting his brother (my Grandpa) every two weeks. On every trip home he took one or more of the huge restaurant size jars with him for his boys and their friends. Gumby's post, plus the fact that it's become common in Asian cooking, proves that since then it has spread to the ends of the world. Ken
  3. No peanut butter sandwiches for us, either. But we do use it as an ingredient in some dishes. One summertime favorite is a Chinese recipe, "Hacked Chicken." It is cold chicken, pulled apart, with a spicy sesame sauce. The sauce can be made with either sesame paste or with peanut butter and sesame oil. We prefer the latter. We also use it in Thai sates. Ken
  4. Here's another aspect of our flight SIM geography/history. It is no secret here that among my interests is nautical history. One of my great favorites has always been Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before The Mast." This concerns a voyage from Boston to California in the 1830's, calling in at various "ports" (I'm being generous here) and roadsteads taking on cargos of hides. I have read this book several times, but until now, the last time was quite a number of years ago. I just recently read it again. A whole new experience: since I have been flying the west coast in the sim, the geography became alive. I could identify with the places Dana describes, and relate his description of these places in 1835 with them today. Santa Barbara and the Islands. Catalina. Monterey. San Diego. I got so much more out of this rereading! Ken
  5. My main computers, one only for flight simming, and the other as a network client for the sim, as well as the general word processing, bill paying, general purpose computer are hard wired (Ethernet). I feel that this is both safer and more reliable, and for the sim, faster. I don't know what the specs are. I have the second computer linked to a printer via Wi-Fi. I also have a number of devices that run through Wi-Fi, including several tablets (including one that is only used for the sim). We also have a laptop connected to the network via Wi-Fi. We also have three internet radio receivers that play our favorite radio stations through the Wi-Fi. So the answer is we use both, but the flight simulator runs only through a wired network. Ken
  6. I do, too, Rodge. I at least look up the Wikipedia article. If a place is particularly interesting I'll look farther. Ken
  7. Happy birthday! Many happy returns! Ken
  8. Best wishes, Adam, many happy returns. Ken
  9. Let's not forget how much running our Sims rely on the internet. In any SIM if we use Active Sky or PilotEdge we are simultaneously using the internet. I understand the same is true of some scenery and features of MSFS. Following Wayne's comment, I like to look up info on places I land, not in the R/W, but in the Sim. Ken
  10. Rodger's list says most of it. I don't use Google more than I have to, Bing is my search engine of choice. The rest I use regularly. I like YouTube to watch aviation videos; I learn a lot from Aviation101, and other channels. The other thing is paying bills on line, especially now that postal rates are extortionate, and scammers are stealing and altering checks. Ken
  11. I join all in expressing my gratitude. I hope that this means we'll start seeing some new offerings from Orbx for P3D. The last couple of years have been very frustrating. I have not bought a single Orbx product since last March when I upgraded from FSX to P3D v5, and bought a new computer that allowed me to use the True Earth scenery. But before that, ever since MSFS came out, there have been hardly any offerings for P3D. I have a very long list of airports I would gladly spend money to have in Orbx. I'll only mention two here, now: KCMA, Camarillo, and KFAT, Fresno. Ken
  12. Standard FAA airport diagrams, accessible via SkyVector, give the gradient as a percentage. For example, the chart for KJAC, Jackson Hole, notes that RWY 01 has a gradient of "0.6% UP." This information is placed along the runway itself, along with the actual heading, and is given for one end only. But in my example it is clear that if RWY 01 is 0.6% UP, RWY 19 is 0.6% DOWN. These charts only cover the larger airports, however. Ken
  13. Here on Long Island, in the North East US we had a cool June for the beginning of the summer. It had also been very dry, with drought conditions. Until a week ago we were more than four inches below normal in precipitation. That all held through the beginning of July. Then the weather changed, and it got much warmer. Still we've yet to have days over 90 Fahrenheit, but it has been uncomfortably warm and muggy. Then the rains came. The worst of the storms missed here, passing to the west and north, causing serious flooding and fatalities, including two little kids swept away. We've not had these problems here, but we still made up our four inch deficit in one afternoon. Our real problem has been air quality. Depending on the winds we've gotten a lot of smoke from the Canadian fires. One day the brown/orange haze was so thick I couldn't even see the house across the street clearly. Although not so bad today, when I went out this morning to get the newspaper I could smell smoke. But yeah, Canada is burning, California is burning, the Colorado River is drying up, and kids are being washed away in flash floods, but Global Warming is a hoax. Even in Florida, a state that stands to be greatly affected by stronger and more numerous hurricanes. Ken
  14. A sentiment I fully agree with. At this point in our lives, we frequently have dinner delivered. At times we'll pick up a meal for lunch as well, and from one Afghan place we'll usually buy enough for two or three meals. The food reheats very well in the oven. At this point the convenience is important, we can afford it, and we also believe in supporting our local eateries, some of which took a real pasting during the pandemic. The main reason we opt for takeout rather than dine in is our reluctance to drive at night. Ken
  15. Chinese. Back some years ago my wife was working in a defense plant, and I was home finishing my dissertation. By 4:00 I had enough of the academic work, so I would then get everything ready for dinner. In those days most of our dinners were Chinese, and I'd have everything cut up, sauces made, and set out ready to cook. At this time we also offered a Chinese banquet for our church social club at the time of the Lunar New Year. Wife and I, with the assistance of a committee prepared a traditional ten course Chinese dinner for 60-70 people. We did this for about ten years, ending in .1990 Then came Desert Shield, and I was sent to Naples, Italy. I was assigned to a four bedroom apartment with five other guys. The apartment had a nice, albeit small kitchen, so we established a mess where everyone contributed, and I did most of the cooking. Because of that my wife sent me a care package of Chinese ingredients which I couldn't get in Naples. My housemates and other friends got an education in Chinese cuisine (and I don't mean the stuff pervaded by the local take-out or Chop Suey house. Since I returned from Europe and the Mid East, we developed a taste for Middle Eastern food, but that became my wife's specialty. I help with meal preparation, but now the wife does most of it. Ken
  16. Beer, whisky and wine? The medical pundits always insist that we include grain and fruit in our diet.
  17. Great videos of a wonderful airplane. Back in the 1980s when this plane was being developed, my wife had a small but significant part in its development. At the time she was working for AIL (formerly Airborne Instruments Laboratories) AIL had a contract for the electronic countermeasures system, and she did the documentation ("User Manuals") for it. Also for the EF111. Ken
  18. Happy birthday, my friend! Hope and pray for many more! Ken
  19. I haven't found one either. O did find a reference to improvements made to some aircraft, including my Mooney M20M, but nothing else.
  20. While scattered around the world, the Forum members are friends, and I want to treat friends with kindness and respect. Also like to share information and good laugh. Ken
  21. I don't know about Rodger's, but mine could, if you imagine them. Ken
  22. Gee, Rodge, kind of sounds like my first simulator. A couple of chairs, a couple of 2X4s, a few cardboard boxes and pieces of cardboard. Add to that Erector Set parts and a motor, and VIOLA, a flight simulator! It had all the planes, and scenery you could imagine! (But you had to imagine it). There was no computer to worry about, it hadn't been invented yet. Bugs could be fixed the same way the SIM was built. Not quite free, but cost was minimal, and was subsidized by Grandpa anyway. Ken
  23. Also, does it fix the mess at Bulkhead City KIFP?
  24. It does look nice, Josh. Congrats on the win! I'd like to mention (again) that I have some Saitek gear that I'm happy to give away; all I ask is for the postage. PM me. Ken
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