Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[SoulReflection]

I would bet money that they are also most likely to wear a face mask with their nose uncovered.

Apparently the sign of the times! Thanks to all of them for making me stay in isolation. Grump, Grump, Grump.

 

[Haroldo]

I won't claim to be able to drive in icy conditions because I have very little experience with it and I don't want to get any. Schools close here if snow/ice conditions are predicted and grocery stores are depleted because people will not be able to shop for almost an hour.

I appreciate your sanity.

 

[spiritbass]

Rob Robbins Request Nest on KAAY from Little Rock Arkansas, 50,000 watts on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. Coming out of my little Motorola transistor radio

I could pick up KAAY in the evenings here in Missouri. King Biscuit Flour Hour was cool. Bleeker (SP?) Street Theater was awesome. There was another AM blaster from Chicago that played good stuff also (can't presently recall the call letters).

 

[beans-on-toast]

Long distance super stations always seemed interesting. Major artists would record promos, appear on shows, even rerecording their songs with the stations call sign in the song. I recall Simon and Garfunkel and other groups doing tweaked songs for WKBW in Boston. Old blues artists would do bits on some stations, making up songs on the spot. How exciting was that.

 

[ahc]

"Wonderful WOWO" used to come in loud and clear from Ft. Wayne Ind. to central NJ on the late night skip. It wasn't a great station but came in handy when the NY stations were doing their required public service and religious programming. There was another that came in from up north (maybe WKBW) that was great, but I couldn't always get it.

 

[ahc]

And then, around 65 or 66, FM "underground" stations came to be, and the world was a better place.

 

[Al Kraft]

What I saw in Chicago is four-wheel-drive owners are the first to spin off in a blizzard.

I've owned 4 wheel drive vehicles all my life and live by something I heard an experienced off-roader tell me when I was just a young kid - for most people, 4 wheel drive is an excuse to get stuck somewhere you should have been smart enough not to drive into in the first place. 4 wheel drive is a tool that can be valuable in the hands of an experienced operator, and downright dangerous in the hands of a novice who think it bestows superhuman capability...same could be said for chainsaws and most power tools.

 

[SoulReflection]

I've owned 4 wheel drive vehicles all my life and live by something I heard an experienced off-roader tell me when I was just a young kid - for most people, 4 wheel drive is an excuse to get stuck somewhere you should have been smart enough not to drive into in the first place. 4 wheel drive is a tool that can be valuable in the hands of an experienced operator, and downright dangerous in the hands of a novice who think it bestows superhuman capability...same could be said for chainsaws and most power tools.

Well said...@Al Kraft...

 

[beans-on-toast]

And then, around 65 or 66, FM "underground" stations came to be, and the world was a better place.

I remember there was no rock on FM radio. Then one station started playing it, but it was only allowed after midnight as an experiment. That quickly changed, broadcast licenses were granted and new stations started operating. The music format that was broadcast required government approval. Some stations were owned by rich hippies that wanted to do something different, the big corporations that owned chains stayed out of it initially.

 

[GonePlaid]

I've owned 4 wheel drive vehicles all my life and live by something I heard an experienced off-roader tell me when I was just a young kid - for most people, 4 wheel drive is an excuse to get stuck somewhere you should have been smart enough not to drive into in the first place. 4 wheel drive is a tool that can be valuable in the hands of an experienced operator, and downright dangerous in the hands of a novice who think it bestows superhuman capability...same could be said for chainsaws and most power tools.

Whether sports cars, 4WD vehicles, jacked up pickups, or (?), being able to buy it doesn't automatically mean one knows how to drive it.
I read an article that said a few years ago, when so many factory 4WD pickups/sport utes were involved in crashes, the builders began putting simplified cockpit voice recorders in them. They would 'save' the last 15 seconds preceding a crash. They were amazed how many accidents took place just after the driver was heard to say "Hold my beer and watch this".

 

[Al Kraft]

I had one of those jobs where everyone gets the day off except essential workers...we came in regardless. I recall driving my Jeep home late in the evening after a blizzard in the early 90's and someone in a rear wheel drive Caddy came blasting by me blowing the horn (I was admittedly going 10 MPH under the posted speed limit). After cresting the next hill I saw them facing me on the other side of the road after having hit at least 4 parked vehicles. I waved politely as I drove by at about 15 MPH (which was all I felt comfortable doing) as they stood in the road trying to figure out what had happened.

The lesson that night that was that it doesn't take a 4 wheel drive vehicle to make stupid people feel like they're invincible in bad weather. It also reminded me of why it made good sense to go to work early and leave late on bad weather days.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Whether sports cars, 4WD vehicles, jacked up pickups, or (?), being able to buy it doesn't automatically mean one knows how to drive it.
I read an article that said a few years ago, when so many factory 4WD pickups/sport utes were involved in crashes, the builders began putting simplified cockpit voice recorders in them. They would 'save' the last 15 seconds preceding a crash. They were amazed how many accidents took place just after the driver was heard to say "Hold my beer and watch this".

Sounds a bit like people buying instruments

***

Landing at O'Hare in a Friday night snowstorm totally isn't the worst. <--- see? There's the "landing" verb that implies success. We want landings. I've all manner of touchdowns. When the number of landings equals the number of takeoffs, everything's jake. Now the limo* home in that snowstorm ... Got some major feats of driving with these fellows in their stretch Crown Vics. And me doing my very best to keep my head down as I imagine home as a peaceful place to be for two days.


* the limo is less expensive than parking

 

[Jeff Scott]

Some stations were owned by rich hippies that wanted to do something different...

That would probably be an apt description of both WNCR and WMMS back in the day.

WNCR stood for Non Corporate Radio

WMMS was Mind My Stash

 

[Al Kraft]

When the number of landings equals the number of takeoffs, everything's jake.

The old joke in aviation is that we've never lost a plane "up there"...every plane that ever took off returned to the ground. Whether all parts of the aircraft arrived at the same time and/or in the same place and the aircraft was usable for an immediate turnaround is where the judgements on good and bad landings come in. As in any professional field, opinions vary to some to degree.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The old joke in aviation is that we've never lost a plane "up there"...every plane that ever took off returned to the ground. Whether all parts of the aircraft arrived at the same time and/or in the same place and the aircraft was usable for an immediate turnaround is where the judgements on good and bad landings come in. As in any professional field, opinions vary to some to degree.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Sounds a bit like people buying instruments

***

Landing at O'Hare in a Friday night snowstorm totally isn't the worst. <--- see? There's the "landing" verb that implies success. We want landings. I've all manner of touchdowns. When the number of landings equals the number of takeoffs, everything's jake. Now the limo* home in that snowstorm ... Got some major feats of driving with these fellows in their stretch Crown Vics. And me doing my very best to keep my head down as I imagine home as a peaceful place to be for two days.


* the limo is less expensive than parking

The least safe link in the travel chain is the taxi ride to and from the airport. Alway take a limo, they are more professional drivers than most taxi drivers who drive like they’re crazy.

 

[GonePlaid]

The least safe link in the travel chain is the taxi ride to and from the airport. Alway take a limo, they are more professional drivers than most taxi drivers who drive like their crazy.

Never say "Hayako!" to a Japanese taxi driver.(translates to 'go like crazy' which they already do)

 

[ahc]

The old joke in aviation is that we've never lost a plane "up there"...every plane that ever took off returned to the ground. Whether all parts of the aircraft arrived at the same time and/or in the same place and the aircraft was usable for an immediate turnaround is where the judgements on good and bad landings come in. As in any professional field, opinions vary to some to degree.

Ahhh... but what about "Flight 19"? That was 5 aircraft that "disappeared".

 

[mikeoso]

I've owned 4 wheel drive vehicles all my life and live by something I heard an experienced off-roader tell me when I was just a young kid - for most people, 4 wheel drive is an excuse to get stuck somewhere you should have been smart enough not to drive into in the first place. 4 wheel drive is a tool that can be valuable in the hands of an experienced operator, and downright dangerous in the hands of a novice who think it bestows superhuman capability...same could be said for chainsaws and most power tools.

paraphrasing the above...My dad was a WWII paratrooper. His comment on Jeeps was that, like parachutes, they are a very good way to get into places you should stay out of.

 

[GwenOnBass]

My inner [parachute/jeep] does a pretty good job keeping me out of places I shouldn't be on the whole.