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Title: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 26, 2022, 02:32:30 PM
I want to share some observations.  Y'all know I live in Georgia, for many it would be labeled "red neck" country as would most of the south.
 
 
 
 Thursday and Friday we made our trip to Concord, NC and back. We made several stops along the way and interacted with many folks of various races, colors and creeds.  Never once were any of the interactions unfriendly. We held doors for each other, exchanged greetings with each other, had short conversations, etc. 
 


 I am quite tired of being labeled and divided when that is just not happening here. Are there some idiots, certainly and there will always be.
 
 
 Last night we went to see "Devotion" a great movie about a black Naval aviator in the early fifties. There were a fair number of folks in the theater with us. Among them was an older gentleman, who I'm guessing served in some branch of the military. He was with family members and they kept a close watch on him as he seemed a bit unsteady at times. Barbara uses a walker nearly all the time now. We sat in a low row as there was not room in the row we usually sit in.  When the movie was over, I got Barbara;s walker and she headed down the ramp to the door. This gentleman and his family were near her and this man worked to get to the door and hold it for Barbara. People will hold the door for us all the time, including younger folks but this was quite special.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Bamaflyer on November 26, 2022, 02:59:13 PM
Alabama here and I agree. People, all races, are friendly, talkative, and polite. Wouldn’t live anywhere else.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 26, 2022, 05:41:11 PM
Yet the Media ignores all that and promotes we're all racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc. Many lap it up. Idiots all.  Yet we're not.  Go figure.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on November 26, 2022, 08:01:53 PM
There are places in this country that I would call post-racial. Not that they are perfect, but where it seems the coexistence with different races is more coexistence and less confrontation. In other words, it feels more normal.

I lived in Charlotte 2000-2006, and the racial tension was more pronounced at that time with blacks and Hispanics than with whites. But racial tensions were still palpable.

Racial tension is huge in Milwaukee and Chicago. Less so in Iowa.

One place that definitely felt post-racial was, I kid you not, Starkville, Mississippi. My daughter went to MSU’s vet school, so we spent a good amount of time down there for 4 years from 2011-2015.

My point is there are places brutal divided, and in most cases it’s self-inflicted, due to self-destructive behavior, massive drug use, gangs, and a general disregard for life.

Yet I think the majority of this country is much more peacefully neutral than the democrats and the MSM would ever allow to be widely known.
Title: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on November 26, 2022, 08:02:11 PM
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Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: texasag93 on November 26, 2022, 09:28:02 PM
LOL (to the last post).
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 27, 2022, 03:40:56 AM
The People's Car.  Lol! Fuck her. Has been.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Becky (My pronouns are Assigned/By/God) on November 27, 2022, 06:49:04 AM
The current thing bites her in the ass.

(http://)
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on November 27, 2022, 06:51:39 AM
celebrity morons need no integrity.
It gets in the way of their emotional bullshit.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 27, 2022, 08:54:06 AM
Lefty urban dwellers are CLUELESS about us "redneck" areas.  They buy LIES.  Then regurgitate them.  They think we are a bunch of KKK racists going around lynching blacks and killing gays and that we are filled with hatred.  The media, the left, and even the White House actively promote this stereotype.  Reality is completely different.  Here in Texas people are more friendly and loving and accepting than anywhere else I've ever lived.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on November 27, 2022, 09:23:11 AM
Lefty urban dwellers are CLUELESS about us "redneck" areas.  They buy LIES.  Then regurgitate them.  They think we are a bunch of KKK racists going around lynching blacks and killing gays and that we are filled with hatred.  The media, the left, and even the White House actively promote this stereotype.  Reality is completely different.  Here in Texas people are more friendly and loving and accepting than anywhere else I've ever lived.
If it keeps the ignorant urban dwellers out of our bit of paradise, then let them have their delusions.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on November 27, 2022, 09:45:54 AM
I remember spike lee saying, “It’s ALL about race.”

The hard core communist left uses racism as a tool by which they grab power, just like useless assholes like gore users global warming.

They know they’re lying, but the lie is so useful.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: jb1842 on November 27, 2022, 10:19:34 AM
I remember spike lee saying, “It’s ALL about race.”

The hard for communist left uses racism as a tool by which they grab power, just like useless assholes like gore users global warming.

They know they’re lying, but the lie is so useful.

My brother lives on Martha's Vineyard. He has run into Spike Lee once and I know others who have. He's a huge fucking racist. One friend years ago saw him walking on the side of the road, pre-cell phone days, right after he got famous. Stopped and asked him if he needed a ride. He told them he would rather walk than get a ride from white people. Fuck him.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 27, 2022, 10:43:43 AM
Alyssa is dumb as fuck.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 27, 2022, 10:44:57 AM
If it keeps the ignorant urban dwellers out of our bit of paradise, then let them have their delusions.

But it doesn’t.  As soon as some developer builds homes anywhere within an hour or even more now from any size town or city, they descend en masse.  They bring they're Communist hypocrisy with them.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on November 27, 2022, 11:04:18 AM
The current thing bites her in the ass.

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And think about it. The ONLY reason Musk is now on leftists’ shit list is because he is allowing all voices to be heard, and is not going to silence people. THAT’S IT.

These people only want their voices to be heard, period. Well fuck them all, and fuck their offspring, if they ever fail to abort one of them.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 27, 2022, 11:09:48 AM
And think about it. The ONLY reason Musk is now on leftists’ shit list is because he is allowing all voices to be heard, and is not going to silence people. THAT’S IT.

These people only want their voices to be heard, period. Well fuck them all, and fuck their offspring, if they ever fail to abort one of them.

Nitpicky grammar nazi here.  You mean "these people want only their voices to be heard".  As in only theirs.  Not that the only thing they want is to be heard.

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on November 27, 2022, 11:26:44 AM
Nitpicky grammar nazi here.  You mean "these people want only their voices to be heard".  As in only theirs.  Not that the only thing they want is to be heard.
You got me. And as a fellow grammar nazi, I applaud you! 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 27, 2022, 11:27:50 AM
Nitpicky grammar nazi here.  You mean "these people want only their voices to be heard".  As in only theirs.  Not that the only thing they want is to be heard.

just remember I were a engineer...
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on November 27, 2022, 12:15:09 PM
Alyssa is dumb as fuck.

That knitted mask says all you need to know about virtue signaling, fucking libs.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Mr Pou on November 27, 2022, 01:19:10 PM
just remember I were a engineer...

Wuz were me  ;D
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 27, 2022, 02:05:12 PM
Wuz were me  ;D

mee 2
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 27, 2022, 02:16:08 PM
mee 2

I to
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Little Joe on November 27, 2022, 05:17:27 PM
I flunked out of engineering school and went into Industrial Management.  I made twice (or more) the money of engineers and hired and fired a whole bunch of engineers.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 27, 2022, 05:42:01 PM
I flunked out of engineering school and went into Industrial Management.  I made twice (or more) the money of engineers and hired and fired a whole bunch of engineers.

Yeah but engineering is more fun.  ;D
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: texasag93 on November 27, 2022, 06:01:08 PM
Yeah but engineering is more fun.  ;D

Only when choo-choos were involved. 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 27, 2022, 06:11:47 PM
I flunked out of engineering school and went into Industrial Management.  I made twice (or more) the money of engineers and hired and fired a whole bunch of engineers.

hiring and firing engineers isn't as much as fun as building/testing/destroying things...ya know, hands-on kind of work.

 ;)

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Jim Logajan on November 27, 2022, 06:23:00 PM
You got me. And as a fellow grammar nazi, I applaud you!

It's the time of the year when grammar gets run over by a reindeer.

In college physics classes I learned that it is sometimes acceptable to get within one order of magnitude of the correct answer. I figure the same rule applies to grammar.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 28, 2022, 05:09:26 AM
just remember I were a engineer...

And you guys tell us you are engineers more than pilots tell people they're pilots. Well I employ and direct degreed engineers as part of my job, so there.  ;D
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 28, 2022, 05:49:31 AM
And you guys tell us you are more than pilots tell people they're pilots. Well I employ and direct degreed engineers as part of my job, so there.  ;D

"And you guys tell us you are more than pilots tell people they're pilots."

huh?

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 28, 2022, 06:00:55 AM
"And you guys tell us you are more than pilots tell people they're pilots."

huh?

Ditto.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Little Joe on November 28, 2022, 06:59:35 AM
"And you guys tell us you are (engineers) more than pilots tell people they're pilots."

huh?
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 28, 2022, 07:03:18 AM
Still  ???
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 28, 2022, 08:07:05 AM
I fixed my previous statement to be more clear.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 28, 2022, 08:12:42 AM
I fixed my previous statement to be more clear.

Okay now it makes more sense.  But you made me have to go back to page 2.    >:(
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 28, 2022, 09:05:35 AM
I fixed my previous statement to be more clear.

you actually mean "to be less unclear"

:-)
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 28, 2022, 11:24:27 AM
Fuck everyone!

 ;D
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: texasag93 on November 30, 2022, 05:37:35 AM
Fuck everyone!

 ;D

We are too old for you.  How are things with the young lady going?

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 06:21:49 AM
We are too old for you.  How are things with the young lady going?


Haha!  I was going to say, no thank you, I have a headache, but must have got distracted with Twitter and forgot to post.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 30, 2022, 06:51:07 AM
Haha!  I was going to say, no thank you, I have a headache, but must have got distracted with Twitter and forgot to post.

Is being distracted by twitter the new headache?
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 06:54:51 AM
Is being distracted by twitter the new headache?

The headache was always fake but the Twittering is real.  I don’t suppose any of you are on Twitter? 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on November 30, 2022, 07:03:53 AM
Yeah, I have an account there.  It's pretty amusing right now.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on November 30, 2022, 08:06:09 AM
The headache was always fake but the Twittering is real.  I don’t suppose any of you are on Twitter?
I closed mine down when Trump was banned, but never really used it before when I had it. I found it too clunky, not knowing what’s new, etc. more trouble than it was worth.

If this free speech move takes hold there I might rejoin and look you up! 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 08:13:38 AM
Yeah, I have an account there.  It's pretty amusing right now.

I’m brand new to it and am figuring out how it works.  Right now my problem is that my feed is full of the people I’m “following” plus whatever the algorithm thinks I want to see which of course leans right, which I don’t want.  I want random, I want to see all points of view.  The whole reason I haven’t gotten on Twitter before now is that it leaned left because of the censorship.  Naturally I don’t want that either. 

I don’t want Musk’s takeover to result in a right wing echo chamber nor do I want a left wing echo chamber which it had become before.  I’m thinking it’s not a right wing echo chamber but I feel like I’m not “seeing” everything but rather only a biased subset of what is really there.

How can you set it so you get just random feeds?   Don’t tell me that I must “follow” lefties in order to do that, I don’t want to give them the boost.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 08:17:51 AM
The headache was always fake but the Twittering is real.  I don’t suppose any of you are on Twitter?
Been there for years  @EppyGA
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 08:19:33 AM
I’m brand new to it and am figuring out how it works.  Right now my problem is that my feed is full of the people I’m “following” plus whatever the algorithm thinks I want to see which of course leans right, which I don’t want.  I want random, I want to see all points of view.  The whole reason I haven’t gotten on Twitter before now is that it leaned left because of the censorship.  Naturally I don’t want that either. 

I don’t want Musk’s takeover to result in a right wing echo chamber nor do I want a left wing echo chamber which it had become before.  I’m thinking it’s not a right wing echo chamber but I feel like I’m not “seeing” everything but rather only a biased subset of what is really there.

How can you set it so you get just random feeds?   Don’t tell me that I must “follow” lefties in order to do that, I don’t want to give them the boost.
I get a mix of stuff in my feed.  I see a lot of Rob Renier and Robert Reich for instance
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Mase on November 30, 2022, 08:31:47 AM
No Twitter.  Ever.  So far.
.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on November 30, 2022, 08:45:03 AM
How can you set it so you get just random feeds?   Don’t tell me that I must “follow” lefties in order to do that, I don’t want to give them the boost.
Honestly, I don't know.  I'm following some things that interest me like EAA, CAF, Musk, NASA, Bee, and Not The Bee.  Catturd and Scott Adams.  I really have no interest in following leftists and seeing their mental illness at work.  Catturd does retweet with some scathing commentary some of the more crazy leftists.  When I'm feeling adventurous I dive into the comments.  But I always lurk.  Never post.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 11:12:08 AM
Been there for years  @EppyGA

Following you now.  Rush with a bunch of numbers I can’t remember.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 11:18:51 AM
I closed mine down when Trump was banned, but never really used it before when I had it. I found it too clunky, not knowing what’s new, etc. more trouble than it was worth.

If this free speech move takes hold there I might rejoin and look you up!

If you do let me know and I’ll go find my @ address and PM it to you. 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 11:36:38 AM
Following you now.  Rush with a bunch of numbers I can’t remember.

Gotcha
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on November 30, 2022, 11:36:44 AM
Following you now.  Rush with a bunch of numbers I can’t remember.
Hey!  I'm following him too!  Yay!  And Rush too!  All the cool kids are doing it.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Hey!  I'm following him too!  Yay!  And Rush too!  All the cool kids are doing it.

That’s you?  Now I have all of 3 followers LOL!
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on November 30, 2022, 11:57:26 AM
I decided to sign up this morning based on your comments.

@Impeach_46
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Becky (My pronouns are Assigned/By/God) on November 30, 2022, 12:17:32 PM
Elon is going to publish the suppression crap that occurred on Twitter that affected the election.

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-elon-musk-confirms-that-twitter-has-interfered-with-elections
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on November 30, 2022, 12:25:30 PM
We are too old for you.  How are things with the young lady going?



Very well, actually.  Thanks for asking.  I had Thanksgiving with her and her family in Jersey. That was interesting.  "Guess who's coming to dinner" on steroids.  Lol!!!

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 01:24:00 PM
I decided to sign up this morning based on your comments.

@Impeach_46

Florida Freedom?  I just “followed” you.  I’m your first follower.   ;D
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 03:27:28 PM
Florida Freedom?  I just “followed” you.  I’m your first follower.   ;D
I can't find him
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on November 30, 2022, 04:59:50 PM
I can't find him

Impeach_46

Now mikey can spam me.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Mase on November 30, 2022, 05:08:38 PM
Mikey is selling his Mooney.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 05:27:00 PM
Mikey is selling his Mooney.

Oh no!  Unless because upgrading…
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Lucifer on November 30, 2022, 05:29:14 PM
Oh no!  Unless because upgrading…

 No, because his choice for president has destroyed the economy and the perfesser can't afford it any longer.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on November 30, 2022, 05:45:03 PM
Mikey is selling his Mooney.

will he disclose the damage history?

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 07:05:42 PM
No, because his choice for president has destroyed the economy and the perfesser can't afford it any longer.
Has more to do with is eye sight. He's having some issues so I'm not inclined to jump on him.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on November 30, 2022, 07:07:12 PM
Impeach_46

Now mikey can spam me.
Got it
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Lucifer on November 30, 2022, 07:10:46 PM
Has more to do with is eye sight. He's having some issues so I'm not inclined to jump on him.

  He said he can't afford it as well.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Jim Logajan on November 30, 2022, 07:33:53 PM
Has more to do with is eye sight. He's having some issues so I'm not inclined to jump on him.

I forgot he mentioned on the purpleboard his vision going to pot about the time he learned a possible partner buying into his plane backed out.

Don't agree with his politics but hope his vision problems aren't serious.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 07:42:30 PM
I forgot he mentioned on the purpleboard his vision going to pot about the time he learned a possible partner buying into his plane backed out.

Don't agree with his politics but hope his vision problems aren't serious.

“Vision going to pot”??   Yikes!   Don’t like the sound of that. 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Jim Logajan on November 30, 2022, 07:53:30 PM
“Vision going to pot”??   Yikes!   Don’t like the sound of that.

Agreed. Losing a plane is nothing to losing one's vision. By the way, this is Michael's ad for his plane:
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html (https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html)

Edited to add the thread on PoA wherein Michael announces the sale:
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/ (https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/)
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on November 30, 2022, 08:10:14 PM
Agreed. Losing a plane is nothing to losing one's vision. By the way, this is Michael's ad for his plane:
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html (https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html)

Edited to add the thread on PoA wherein Michael announces the sale:
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/ (https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/)

Well shit.  Losing a plane isn’t nothing either.  We’re still not over selling our last one.  But eyesight much worse.   :(
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Jim Logajan on November 30, 2022, 08:33:55 PM
Well shit.  Losing a plane isn’t nothing either.  We’re still not over selling our last one.  But eyesight much worse.   :(

Eyesight does have its uses!
I had been taking hydroxychloroquine for almost ten years to reduce the progression of rheumatoid arthritis but stopped taking it a year ago because long-term use can lead to retinopathy. During the first ten years of use the probability of retinopathy is about 1% per year. After that the probability can reach 4% per year at twenty years. Just not worth the risk and there are alternatives to it, though it is an otherwise benign medicine when used at the doses recommended to people having auto-immune diseases.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on December 01, 2022, 04:31:43 AM
Eyesight does have its uses!
I had been taking hydroxychloroquine for almost ten years to reduce the progression of rheumatoid arthritis but stopped taking it a year ago because long-term use can lead to retinopathy. During the first ten years of use the probability of retinopathy is about 1% per year. After that the probability can reach 4% per year at twenty years. Just not worth the risk and there are alternatives to it, though it is an otherwise benign medicine when used at the doses recommended to people having auto-immune diseases.

I took it for a short time many years ago and quit because of fear of the retinopathy.  I had a bottle of it and eventually threw it out only to regret it when Covid came around.  A few days of it for Covid wouldn’t hurt.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Little Joe on December 01, 2022, 04:44:48 AM
No, because his choice for president has destroyed the economy and the perfesser can't afford it any longer.
That's my take.  He blamed both his eyesight and that he can't afford it because his income is holding steady but inflation is raising expenses. Big fucking surprise.  He voted for it and he got what he voted for.  And more.  I think his eyesight is just an excuse.  It sounds better to the buyer and he doesn't have to admit his part in the collapsing economy.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: jb1842 on December 01, 2022, 04:57:10 AM
I remember seeing his plane posted on the boards at Oshkosh. Looks like he dropped down in price quite a bit. Sounds like the whole country can't afford Biden's inflation, or pilots are getting tired of overpaying for massed produced pieces of aluminum from 50 years ago.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on December 01, 2022, 06:38:13 AM
Agreed. Losing a plane is nothing to losing one's vision. By the way, this is Michael's ad for his plane:
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html (https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html)

Edited to add the thread on PoA wherein Michael announces the sale:
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/ (https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/)
Best post was “It’s not hangared in an electrical tower, right?”  Lol
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on December 01, 2022, 06:48:39 AM
That's my take.  He blamed both his eyesight and that he can't afford it because his income is holding steady but inflation is raising expenses. Big fucking surprise.  He voted for it and he got what he voted for.  And more.  I think his eyesight is just an excuse.  It sounds better to the buyer and he doesn't have to admit his part in the collapsing economy.
^^^^Yep.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on December 01, 2022, 07:00:23 AM
Agreed. Losing a plane is nothing to losing one's vision. By the way, this is Michael's ad for his plane:
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html (https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1785752-1962-MOONEY-M20C-RANGER.html)

Edited to add the thread on PoA wherein Michael announces the sale:
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/ (https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/selling-my-mooney.140768/)

Oh, he says eventually the lenses will need to be replaced. Just cataracts, totally fixable.  Whew!  I understand his hesitancy.  I was very scared to pull the trigger on lens replacement but when you get blind enough you do it. 

Also sounds like money is a major factor.  Could be a combination of other things too.  He doesn’t have to blab all his reasons publicly.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Lucifer on December 01, 2022, 07:04:07 AM
Oh, he says eventually the lenses will need to be replaced. Just cataracts, totally fixable.  Whew!  I understand his hesitancy.  I was very scared to pull the trigger on lens replacement but when you get blind enough you do it. 

Also sounds like money is a major factor.  Could be a combination of other things too.  He doesn’t have to blab all his reasons publicly.

  He's a drama queen.   ::)
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on December 01, 2022, 07:47:29 AM
Oh, he says eventually the lenses will need to be replaced. Just cataracts, totally fixable.  Whew!  I understand his hesitancy.  I was very scared to pull the trigger on lens replacement but when you get blind enough you do it. 

Also sounds like money is a major factor.  Could be a combination of other things too.  He doesn’t have to blab all his reasons publicly.

FWIW:
My wife had terrible eyesight. When her cataracts were removed and new lenses put in, she had one for distance and one for reading.
Her brain took over and made the necessary adjustments within a few minutes and she no longer needs glasses.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on December 01, 2022, 07:53:51 AM
just be aware, AKAIK, the FAA doesn't like monocular vision (one eye corrected for near and the other for distance).

and, also, not everyone adapts readily to monocular vision.  When my eye dr changed my contact prescription, without truly telling me that he gave me monocular vision.  I was not happy with it... after a few weeks I switched back to my previous prescription.

Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Steingar on December 01, 2022, 08:30:46 AM
Yes, selling my beloved Mooney and getting out of GA altogether.  Bought it in Georgia.  Way way way more black folks in Georgia than here.  Went out to lunch with a couple of the local mechanics (one did a pre buy inspection on my Cherokee) mentioned the plethora African Americans.  They said we up North could have them, and proceeded into some of the most racist and bigoted diatribes I'd heard in all my years.

N=1, and says no more than that.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Jim Logajan on December 01, 2022, 10:05:28 AM
Yes, selling my beloved Mooney and getting out of GA altogether.  Bought it in Georgia.

A pilot license doesn't expire and the desire to fly is likely to linger.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Lucifer on December 01, 2022, 10:18:08 AM
Yes, selling my beloved Mooney and getting out of GA altogether.  Bought it in Georgia.  Way way way more black folks in Georgia than here.  Went out to lunch with a couple of the local mechanics (one did a pre buy inspection on my Cherokee) mentioned the plethora African Americans.  They said we up North could have them, and proceeded into some of the most racist and bigoted diatribes I'd heard in all my years.

N=1, and says no more than that.

 Odd, I find the people who associate with the democrat party to be among the most racist and bigoted around.  Nothing to do with location. 

And along that same line, it seems that liberals from the north love the stereotype of the ignorant racist southerner. 

 Want to discuss the racist history of the democrat party?
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on December 01, 2022, 10:29:11 AM
Yes, selling my beloved Mooney and getting out of GA altogether.  Bought it in Georgia.  Way way way more black folks in Georgia than here.  Went out to lunch with a couple of the local mechanics (one did a pre buy inspection on my Cherokee) mentioned the plethora African Americans.  They said we up North could have them, and proceeded into some of the most racist and bigoted diatribes I'd heard in all my years.

N=1, and says no more than that.

Was the “plethora” of African Americans they dealt with mostly urban gangster types?  When I, at age 11 or 12, was surrounded and verbally assaulted by a bunch of black thugs - thank goodness only verbally - my bias ticked up a bit.  It went back down when I got to high school and made some black friends, even more when I got to college and made more black friends who, imagine this, we’re not criminal thugs.

It’s instinctive for an organism to use a past encounter with another organism to pre-judge others of similar appearance to the other organism for predictive purposes.  I don’t know if city dwellers are more prejudiced than rural people who work in mixed race environments, where there isn’t a big welfare mom/absent father community, but that’s one theory.  On the other hand, NO exposure to another race also creates prejudice because nature makes us wary of unfamiliar out-groups.

Rather than calling each other racists and bigots as if there’s a person on this planet not prone to it, wouldn’t it be more productive to acknowledge the biological underpinnings of interracial mistrust and go from there?  The solution is to be open minded, respect other peoples’ points of view even if you think they are “wrong”, and allow “exposure therapy” to work - integration and gradual familiarization with each other, like what happened to me in high school. 

And like I have always preached:  Support a healthy economy, in order to address the very real inner city crime problem which damages all blacks by continuing negative but not entirely unjustified stereotypes.  A healthy economy is a necessary but not sufficient solution:  Black male role models - yes, toxic masculinity - is needed; a return to the nuclear family and a father in the home. 

It’s an uphill battle against the Democrat welfare state, and feminism teaching black women they don’t need no stinkin man.  Black men need to lead a revolution to get back those values.  They can start by quitting voting Democrat and then telling their women to quit voting Democrat.  Good luck with that one!  Maybe they’ll listen to a black man marginally more than they’ll listen to some white bitch.  Nope, guess not, apparently black sisters would rather listen to white liberal feminazis over a black man daring to suggest a return to traditional values.  Racial prejudice against blacks isn’t going to go away until the inner city black crime problem is solved, and that won’t be solved until boys are again raised by their fathers.

To switch subjects, getting out of GA is something we all have to face sooner or later.  Unless we fly until we take ourselves out while flying I suppose.

I hate to say it but we are also out of GA for good.  We sold our plane when we moved to Texas but theoretically could get back into flying, however time hasn’t been on our side.  Mark is no longer current and proficient and economic reality is such that we can’t really afford to own anymore and at the same time ensure we won’t outlive our money.  Never were into renting either.  And we don’t have a good flying mission from here like we did back east.

It is really painful though.  Didn’t know our last flights were our last flights at the time.   :'(
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on December 01, 2022, 11:09:12 AM
Odd, I find the people who associate with the democrat party to be among the most racist and bigoted around.  Nothing to do with location. 

And along that same line, it seems that liberals from the north love the stereotype of the ignorant racist southerner. 

 Want to discuss the racist history of the democrat party?

It has been my observation that people who whine about racism the most are usually those who are the most racist.
Your experience may vary.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Lucifer on December 01, 2022, 11:27:24 AM
It has been my observation that people who whine about racism the most are usually those who are the most racist.
Your experience may vary.

No doubt. 

Our current president has quite the racist history.  And many icons of the democrat party have and had huge racist backgrounds.  It’s all out there for all to see. 
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: elwood blues on December 01, 2022, 04:09:25 PM
just be aware, AKAIK, the FAA doesn't like monocular vision (one eye corrected for near and the other for distance).

and, also, not everyone adapts readily to monocular vision.  When my eye dr changed my contact prescription, without truly telling me that he gave me monocular vision.  I was not happy with it... after a few weeks I switched back to my previous prescription.


Only for glasses or contacts. Natural vision, lasik/PRK, CLE, IOL are OK.

But if one is thinking about it, one should do what you did and "test drive" it first.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on December 01, 2022, 05:04:34 PM
I wouldn't even notice a "plethora" of Black people, nor would I think to comment on it.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: nddons on December 01, 2022, 07:15:10 PM
I wouldn't even notice a "plethora" of Black people, nor would I think to comment on it.
Yea. To be a democrat is to be a hypocrite.  That was  more than likely projection for a short little professor spending a day or two in the scary south, and far away from his cloistered university existence in Columbus.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Number7 on December 01, 2022, 08:15:03 PM
Yea. To be a democrat is to be a hypocrite.  That was  more than likely projection for a short little professor spending a day or two in the scary south, and far away from his cloistered university existence in Columbus.

Once he gets caught outside the bubble of faux academia, he finds the real world far too taxing for his racist attitudes.

RFather than deal with his own racism, he projects it toward those he thinks are inferior to him.

Remember when mikey informed us that his triple-digit IQ made him far superior to our less-than-stellar intelligence?
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on December 02, 2022, 10:30:19 AM
Yep
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Little Joe on December 02, 2022, 11:53:56 AM
Yep
I like that.  I think that the point where the far left and far right meet is where they have no tolerance for the other point of view and believe the other side is completely unreasonable.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on December 02, 2022, 12:21:23 PM
aaaaaaaand kaBOOM - the far left and far right heads explode
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Rush on December 03, 2022, 04:48:28 AM
I like that.  I think that the point where the far left and far right meet is where they have no tolerance for the other point of view and believe the other side is completely unreasonable.

True.  And both are authoritarian but in different spheres. 

Sometimes they come together in good ways but still are miles apart.  For example some on the far right right now are very pro working class.  As are some (not politicians!) on the far left.  But where they differ is the solution.  The far right would have government get its hands off the economy and the far left blames capitalism and wants even more government interference.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on December 04, 2022, 11:08:38 AM
Yep.  The left learned its lesson well.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Anthony on December 04, 2022, 11:31:54 AM
Yep.  The left learned its lesson well.

Scary but true.
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Username on December 04, 2022, 11:45:48 AM
Scary but true.
The far Left playbook:
“Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised.”  ― Joni Eareckson Tada
Title: Re: Observations of a Red Neck
Post by: Mase on December 04, 2022, 12:44:59 PM
And then mandatory.