I do not believe there is a shred of truth in that claim.

Oh, I think there's at least a shred.  Back during Trump's first term he intentionally pissed the left off.  This was satisfying to us here, but by the time the second-term election came around, the democrats were so slobberingly mad that they would have voted for ANYONE just to get rid of Trump.  (...and it worked) He's doing the same thing again, making the 2028 election more difficult for the follow-on candidate.

As I have said before, if Trump would just ACT like a politician (you know, a lying, conniving suit) he would be much more palatable.

Tim

"Any pattern in the traffic"? 

Tim

Griselda (the female) somehow flew into the garage and couldn’t figure out how to get out.

This has happened to us many times.  As you found out, when a hummingbird gets into trouble, its instincts tell it that "up" is safety.  Sometimes placing something bright red just outside the garage door will get them out of there.  If that doesn't work, eventually the bird will exhaust itself and drop to the floor at which point you can pick it up and take it outside.  After it's rested a bit it will fly off and get something to eat.

Tim

In a windshear situation it's pitch/power.  In a significant shear it becomes useless.  Close to the ground and trying to interpret a trend on an ASI will end up putting the plane in the dirt.

You're drawing a general conclusion from a worst-case scenario.  It is true that in some circumstances a pilot may not have time to consult the ASI, but that doesn't make the gauge useless--it is still providing correct (if phase-shifted) information.  In any event, we certainly agree much more than disagree, so I am not interested in getting into a pissing contest with you over something like this.

Tim

No, a tailwind increases your ground speed but not your airspeed.

A headwind decreases your ground speed but does nothing to your airspeed.  Pitch and power changes influence your airspeed.

Yes.  Once you are flying you are one with the air and cannot even tell if you are IN a headwind except by checking your groundspeed. 

Tim

Justin Trudeau has a red headed grandson?

I presume he meant to write "her ginger grandson", referring to Prince Harry, who I guess is not a prince any more.

Edit:  Wait a minute.  You're just screwing around, aren't you?

Tim

A friend of mine that works at the local news paper has often expressed his regrets that review editors were some of the first people cut to pare expenses.

Being on the coast, our local paper often has articles on nautical issues, local fishing conditions, and the like.  One time there was an above-the-fold front page headline about a local sailor who was going to "Circumvent the Earth".  Even I gave them some gas over that one. 

I worked with a guy at a defense contractor who was an English major but was now an engineer.  The errors in technical document drove him nuts.

Years ago when I worked at IBM we had an internal network (virtual machine) on which there were forums, much like today's internet forums.  One forum, called "nitpick forum" was for people to post examples of official IBM writings that contained grammatical or usage errors.  The poster was supposed to post the example and then point out the required correction.  One rule for the forum, though, (NOT unwritten) was that the poster himself was expected to use perfect English in his post, and if he made a mistake, he became fair game.  I learned quite a lot there, actually.  To this day I try hard to write correctly, even in forum posting.  Sometimes a clunker gets through, but it's not through lack of effort.

Tim