I had a 10-year old Bose A20 headset that was in desperate need of refurbishment. The batteries would only last 1-2 flights, the cable was cracked, the ear pads were pulling out and torn.

At OSH Bose told me that they usually do refurbishments at the show, but because of Covid, they couldn’t do that. But they wanted to see my headset, recorded the serial number, and handed me a card for a 50% discount off their usual $225 refurbishment cost. I had to pay for shipping there, but they paid for return shipping via UPS.

I sent it in during the last week in September, and just got it back today. Bose replaced the ear cups, the cord and the battery control unit, the head band pads, and the mic - seems like everything except for the ear cups and hard head band. All for $112.50 plus tax, and I basically have a brand new Bose A20.

I purchased a David Clark One-X before sending in my Bose, so now I’ll use the DCs in my NAvion, while my pax get a nice, comfy Bose.

Well done, Bose.

That engine had experienced a lot of recent work, and probably wasn't developing full power. Ive read he took the whole runway for takeoff and wasn't climbing.  How long do you wait when things aren't looking right?

We could probably all use a refresher in picking an abort point when we take off. I certainly will.

We can thank global warming, Covid, and the US government interference in science for the broad lack of trust in scientists these days.

If we take the CDC numbers at face value, more people have died of Covid under Biden than Trump.

And Biden has the benefit of the vaccines.   Plus, if anyone remembers the Biden campaign ads, it was constantly repeated that Biden had a plan to end the pandemic while supposedly Trump did not.

Pfffft. Biden voters have LONG forgotten about such things. There’s something much more important in their lives, like when Starbucks will come out with their pumpkin spice douche water or something.

First, I am genuinely sorry for your loss.  What did he die of, and what makes you convinced it was caused by the vaccine?

The vaccines are known to cause a mild myocarditis in teenagers, never heard of someone that old getting it.  Is he OK?

Screwed up how?  Again, how do you know this is the vaccine at work?

Bell's sucks, but can be caused by lots of things.  How do you know it was the vaccine?

If you say so.  I know scads of people who were vaccinated and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them at all.

I always ask for something that's gone through the peer-review process because there's lots of anecdotal stuff out there.  At one point the J&J vaccine appeared to cause some blood clots in a half dozen women.  Inoculation with the J&J vaccine was halted for a matter of weeks. 

If complications were arising at the rate you're suggesting this would have hit the scientific literature.  Hell, it would have hit the news outside of the right-wing blogs you seem to depend upon.  So I ask what I hope are reasonable questions.

I had a student claiming the same as you.  I asked of him the exact same question.  He told me his grandmother died of a stroke at 71 after being vaccinated.  I first offered condolences on the death of his grandmother  (a lot of my students used to loose grandparents around exam time, doesn't seem to happen so much anymore).  I then pointed out that strokes in folks in septuagenarians are not an entirely uncommon thing.

Like you I asked a couple more times for his basis in believing that vaccines were doing such amazing damage.  Everyone I know if vaccinated, as are the majority of the students.  Everyone I work with is vaccinated, you can't work at my facility without one. The only incidents I have heard of came form that student and you, and that student only gave me one example.  So I ask.

You guys worry about "censorship".  You'll never know just how hard that is to do in the US.  But if journalists can't back up a story they won't print it.  That isn't censorship, it's responsible journalism.  The problem with all the blogs is those guys aren't journalists at all, so they don't have to adhere to the same standards.

What a cloistered existence you live. I almost feel bad for you, but then I realized that it’s of your choosing.

The university environment (especially one that blackmails their students to require vaccinations or they can’t complete their studies) is about as far from the real work as exists.

Get out. Talk to businesses.  Talk to the people that make America work. Walk a machine shop. Take a vacation in Florida. You will see that there’s an entire world out there that is not cowering in fear and self-loathing. People actually getting on with life, worried less about a virus with a 99.7% recovery rate, and more about being able put food on their table, a roof over their heads, and protect their kids from government indoctrination.

The worm turns once again.

Commie merrick garland's daughter is married to the co-founder of company selling critical race theory shit to public schools.

The fucking scumbag is criminalizing free speech for his daughter's profit.

It's pitchfork time, people.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/05/ag-merrick-garlands-daughter-married-to-co-founder-of-company-selling-critical-race-theory-resource-material-to-school-districts/

I never thought I’d say it, but thank God for Mitch McConnell for keeping this traitor to the Constitution off the Court.

i presumed this guy was the same old peternsteinmetz from poa proves my point. guy can dish it out but he cant take opinions which do not align with his propaganda. now i see he leaves poa cause its too moderated but now comes here and cant handle it. need too grow some thicker skin if you want to play with men sir.

Most people who are assholes here are assholes because of their fierce political views, societal views, or aviation views. You show up here like a fucking ankle-biting lap poodle with no known convictions other than being a mother fucking dickless asshole with no convictions at all.

Did you guys have a little circle jerk over at POA deciding on which asshole to send over here to stir up shit for no reason whatsoever?  Grow the fuck up.

Australia is indeed lost. They will now crush your car BEFORE finding you guilty of anything. Sometimes before even charging you.

Or you can pay them the extortion fee if you can afford it.

Also it is now a crime to just watch a street race.

I can’t believe their subjects put up with this tyranny.