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    Windows 10 Help

    What softwares is one using that would break with Win11? I'm using several softwares that were created in the Vista/7 days that still work without issue. A couple programs that were developed in the 95/98 days that have no need for updating such as a radio propagation software I use from VoA...
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    Military Helo Rotorwash

    That's good to hear and I must have misunderstood what was being passed to us on the Coast Guard side. When I was leaving there right at two years ago, the annual airshow that is held there sounded like it was going to be their last. COVID wasn't to blame as they did a pretty good job of a...
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    I mean, occasionally Marines would be issued these knives soooo....
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    God help them if you can still find a stick shift...not trying to drift the thread but that could easily be a whole other debate.
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Now that we're talking about it, I might ask my supply guy to punch in the NSN and see if I can get one.
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Best knife ever made, in my humble opinion. They're getting hard to find at a reasonable price. My dad had a few of them over the course of his career.
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    Windows 10 Help

    It's funny to me how with every Windows release, there's a population of folks who refuse to move to the next iteration. It wasn't that long ago the Win7 loyalists refused to the death to move up to 10. Honestly, I don't blame them...Win10 was awful at its release. Win11 fixed most of the...
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    Military Helo Rotorwash

    Well, you've got Blackwater...or whatever they call themselves these days right there in your backyard. Fantastic, professional operators but they definitely give zero f's.
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    Military Helo Rotorwash

    Yeah, they went on the chopping block during the last round of BRAC. They've been in the process of closing up shop for years. I forget when the last day of operations is but it's soon. Most, if not all of them are moving down to JAX. All those years of encroaching neighborhoods finally got...
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    GPS approach downgrade

    Not likely. chemgeek is suggesting that there's a coincidental failure in the aircraft at the same time a major geomagnetic storm is causing problems to otherwise perfectly-functioning equipment.
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    GPS approach downgrade

    What FORANE said...we're in the middle of a massive geomagnetic storm courtesy of that little fireball that gives us life. The likes of which haven't been seen since 2005. Pretty much anything that uses a radio signal is degraded is some way. Hell, last night the UPS battery in my office...
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    Military Helo Rotorwash

    A NASA report might help. You could always voice your concerns to the controlling entity. In your area, there are only 3 bases that are home to air operations...NAS Oceana (closing soon), NAS Norfolk, and AFB Langley (maybe Eustis as well but unlikely). It's possible there are aircraft coming...
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    Military Helo Rotorwash

    Well, in the case of the Hampton Roads area there are plenty of military airfields for them to play at. I don't understand why they need to occupy a public-use field for such training...mind you this is coming from a military guy. I don't really understand the hovering, though. Are they just...
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Funny, I have a similar story. A few years back, the Coast Guard ship I was assigned to made a port call in Panama City, FL. Me and a handful of guys from the crew stumbled into the Coyote Ugly bar there (I'm not a fan but the group I was with wanted to go there) but given that it was a...
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Ever since I was a Boy Scout, I've religiously carried a pocketknife with me. I utilize it multiple times a day. Once I started working for the Coast Guard, it became an indispensable part of my uniform. I notice nowadays that it seems a more regional thing which makes sense to an extent...
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