Kids in costume get the treats. I am, however, considering wearing my white dress shirt and all the appropriate accoutrements I have for the occasion instead of my standard white museum polo shirt. I just bought more accoutrements on Sunday, although I don't have a proper hat to wear the CTA badge on. I may have to go new on that to get one my size.
I saw a thing the other day about kids and trick or treating...even kids with disabilities WANT to do it, so if you see a kid that won't talk or say 'trick or treat', or even won't reach to get their own candy, they could have an underlying medical reason for it, they could just be shy or greedy too of course. But I had never thought of it in that way before. I hope you have fun on Halloween because it sounds like it could be hectic.
BTW there is an 'event' coming that will mean the end of the game, and NO it is NOT the Solar Eclipse tonight! So get your posts in soon as after that it will be too late to win the game.
A KC130 max weight was 155,000 lbs, with max overload being 175,000 lbs. We took off all the time at 192,000. Being a tanker aircraft we wanted all the gas we could get to give to the fighters during aerial refueling.
What types were you refueling mostly--Harriers?
I live in Albuquerque, and the special ops 130 refuelers that practice here mostly seem intended to refuel other 130s, refuelable helicopters (formerly Pave Low, but those retired, still Pave Hawks) and V-22s, but not fighter aircraft.
I have to work at being friendly with kids out there. They really tend to drive me nuts, especially when they won't shut up while I'm giving a car talk. Actually, being at the museum is giving me a chance to remake my whole personality because there's almost no one there that I know from any other part of my life. They accept me at face value without judging me for my body type like teenagers do. (And I have impressed them, I think, by passing the rules test on the first try and making it to qualified streetcar operator in one season.)
Is the winning event anything to do with meteors?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
I live in Albuquerque, and the special ops 130 refuelers that practice here mostly seem intended to refuel other 130s, refuelable helicopters (formerly Pave Low, but those retired, still Pave Hawks) and V-22s, but not fighter aircraft.
Keep in mind I'm talking 1991 here, so we didn't have near as much special ops stuff going on. I'm probably forgetting something but we did mostly F18, F4, A6, CH53, F14, and yes, AV8 Harriers. At the time, C130s could not be refueled in the air. We had not yet adopted an idea the Brits came up with. They designed, fabricated, installed, and tested, a refueling probe on their 130s in 7 days. I believe that was for the Falklands war. Amazing how fast you can work under that kind of pressure.
Since we are talking Marine KC130s, they used the Navy method of refueling, with the probe and drogue. Navy and Air Force aircraft, for the most part, could not use the other service' tanker to get fuel. The Air Force did have a few tankers (mostly KC10s) with a pod on the wing containing a drogue unit for Navy birds to use.
By the way, here's a picture I took a year ago (when I was just another foamer) of the streetcar I now run. You can scroll through to see other pics I took that day, too.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Here is a picture of a C-130, I believe from the local special ops training wing, "almost" refueling a Black Hawk. I took it at an air show here at Kirtland AFB in 2006.
Obviously this is the probe and drogue arrangement. If we have any helicopters with boom receptacles I am unaware of it.
The refueling booms on the helicopters stick out a really long way for a good reason--it makes them really easy to distinguish from helicopters of similar model which are not equipped for this mission.
@David : When I was far younger, and rather less literate, I used to call those big/long yellow ones 'Onion Pacific'. My older brothers thought it hilarious but never corrected me, I guess the gag was good enough to let it roll for a while. I can clearly see which one you dress up as Thomas. I just luv the funnel and light on that Leviathan, the whole unit really says "I'm here! What's happenin', how's it goin', what's next ...". The streetcar is awesome. In fact it is quite apparent that great care is taken in the restoration, preparation and presentation of all the vehicles. There is some serious horsepower in there too.
As for children, take it from me : they are actually another species entirely. I cope by tapping into my inner child, or if you like I am a child that made it to middle age. :-)
As for "... there's almost no one there that I know from any other part of my life ..." I think that's great. I luv holidays well out of district and absolutely no one knows I'm a doctor. I become an anonymous blob. I know some high profile people who are on TV alot etc. They describe their fame as a two edged sword, and it is quite a challenge for them to blend in somewhere without attention. They find it hard to relax out of doors in public, they feel they have to be 'on' all the time. I'd wouldn't seek that level of visibility.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Listening to a beekeeper this morning. It is swarm time.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I have to work at being friendly with kids out there. They really tend to drive me nuts, especially when they won't shut up while I'm giving a car talk. Actually, being at the museum is giving me a chance to remake my whole personality because there's almost no one there that I know from any other part of my life. They accept me at face value without judging me for my body type like teenagers do. (And I have impressed them, I think, by passing the rules test on the first try and making it to qualified streetcar operator in one season.)
Is the winning event anything to do with meteors?
Nope sorry not meteors either.
Sometimes starting over is fun, other times it is scary as heck, it sounds you like you are having a good time with it!!
As for children, take it from me : they are actually another species entirely. I cope by tapping into my inner child, or if you like I am a child that made it to middle age. :-)
You aren't the real Patch Adams in disguise are you? I don't know how true to life that movie was, but I thought Robin Williams did a very good job of doing what you are talking about, in the movie of course.
RE: Kids in costume get the
I saw a thing the other day about kids and trick or treating...even kids with disabilities WANT to do it, so if you see a kid that won't talk or say 'trick or treat', or even won't reach to get their own candy, they could have an underlying medical reason for it, they could just be shy or greedy too of course. But I had never thought of it in that way before. I hope you have fun on Halloween because it sounds like it could be hectic.
BTW there is an 'event' coming that will mean the end of the game, and NO it is NOT the Solar Eclipse tonight! So get your posts in soon as after that it will be too late to win the game.
RE: A KC130 max weight was
What types were you refueling mostly--Harriers?
I live in Albuquerque, and the special ops 130 refuelers that practice here mostly seem intended to refuel other 130s, refuelable helicopters (formerly Pave Low, but those retired, still Pave Hawks) and V-22s, but not fighter aircraft.
I have to work at being
I have to work at being friendly with kids out there. They really tend to drive me nuts, especially when they won't shut up while I'm giving a car talk. Actually, being at the museum is giving me a chance to remake my whole personality because there's almost no one there that I know from any other part of my life. They accept me at face value without judging me for my body type like teenagers do. (And I have impressed them, I think, by passing the rules test on the first try and making it to qualified streetcar operator in one season.)
Is the winning event anything to do with meteors?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Good morning everyone. :-)
Good morning everyone. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
RE: What types were you
Keep in mind I'm talking 1991 here, so we didn't have near as much special ops stuff going on. I'm probably forgetting something but we did mostly F18, F4, A6, CH53, F14, and yes, AV8 Harriers. At the time, C130s could not be refueled in the air. We had not yet adopted an idea the Brits came up with. They designed, fabricated, installed, and tested, a refueling probe on their 130s in 7 days. I believe that was for the Falklands war. Amazing how fast you can work under that kind of pressure.
Since we are talking Marine KC130s, they used the Navy method of refueling, with the probe and drogue. Navy and Air Force aircraft, for the most part, could not use the other service' tanker to get fuel. The Air Force did have a few tankers (mostly KC10s) with a pod on the wing containing a drogue unit for Navy birds to use.
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
By the way, here's a picture
By the way, here's a picture I took a year ago (when I was just another foamer) of the streetcar I now run. You can scroll through to see other pics I took that day, too.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Here is a picture of a C-130,
Here is a picture of a C-130, I believe from the local special ops training wing, "almost" refueling a Black Hawk. I took it at an air show here at Kirtland AFB in 2006.
Obviously this is the probe and drogue arrangement. If we have any helicopters with boom receptacles I am unaware of it.
The refueling booms on the helicopters stick out a really long way for a good reason--it makes them really easy to distinguish from helicopters of similar model which are not equipped for this mission.
@David : When I was far
@David : When I was far younger, and rather less literate, I used to call those big/long yellow ones 'Onion Pacific'. My older brothers thought it hilarious but never corrected me, I guess the gag was good enough to let it roll for a while. I can clearly see which one you dress up as Thomas. I just luv the funnel and light on that Leviathan, the whole unit really says "I'm here! What's happenin', how's it goin', what's next ...". The streetcar is awesome. In fact it is quite apparent that great care is taken in the restoration, preparation and presentation of all the vehicles. There is some serious horsepower in there too.
As for children, take it from me : they are actually another species entirely. I cope by tapping into my inner child, or if you like I am a child that made it to middle age. :-)
As for "... there's almost no one there that I know from any other part of my life ..." I think that's great. I luv holidays well out of district and absolutely no one knows I'm a doctor. I become an anonymous blob. I know some high profile people who are on TV alot etc. They describe their fame as a two edged sword, and it is quite a challenge for them to blend in somewhere without attention. They find it hard to relax out of doors in public, they feel they have to be 'on' all the time. I'd wouldn't seek that level of visibility.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Listening to a beekeeper this morning. It is swarm time.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: I have to work at being
Nope sorry not meteors either.
Sometimes starting over is fun, other times it is scary as heck, it sounds you like you are having a good time with it!!
RE: As for children, take
You aren't the real Patch Adams in disguise are you? I don't know how true to life that movie was, but I thought Robin Williams did a very good job of doing what you are talking about, in the movie of course.