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Sure, we've got room for another 'Thinking about..' thread, right!? Somewhat a spin-off of my previous Thinking about moving and renting out current house thread, we have decided to stay put where we are for the time being. With that in mind, we're willing to continue to invest in our current...

We're almost to the stage of life where we have outgrown our current house (boys are getting to the age where sharing a room isn't cool - even with a custom bunk-bed setup). Also, it turns out the middle school we're zoned for isn't a slam dunk like the elementary school was. We have one with...

My 10 y/o son has built a few different space-related LEGO kits lately (including a Curiosity Mars Rover) and wants to display them in his room. I was thinking of printing a wall poster (this one) as a backdrop to a shelf I'll build to put them on. Any suggestions for a reliable source for...

If we can find some time between baseball and soccer, my wife and I would like to try to fly down to see some spring training baseball. Looking at potentially making a game or two in Tampa/Venice area. Any suggestions for where to (GA) fly into that we can easily snag a rental car?

Haven't been IFR current in a few years now and want to get back on the saddle. Have a couple of nights per week where I'm sitting in the truck for an hour or so waiting for the kiddos to get done with some sort of activity, so I figured I should probably put the time to good use. Anybody have...

We will be making a weekend drive from ATL area to central (Arrington) Virginia area this weekend. Anybody got any hot tips on family (11 y/o and 9 y/o boys) friendly stops along the way to break up the drive? I've been to Norfolk/VA Beach for work, but that's a bit east of our route and don't...

The 14 y/o in this video flew an ultralight from SC to OSH. Pretty impressive feat. And yes, her dad was always nearby.. And yes, the route was mostly planned for her.. And yes, it's not like she flew around the world non-stop.. But still, pretty cool that she stuck with it to get it done when...

Got a couple of automated notifications about weather last night. Did it get as bad as anticipated? Saw a note about possible 1-2" hail and then 40mph gust front, etc.

Coming into AUS this evening for a meeting north of town tomorrow. I always felt like I *should* do something the few times I've been to Austin, but so far I've only ever hopped on the toll road northbound from the airport. Any to-do's that I should consider checking out this evening?

Looking at getting back into backcountry exploring/offroading/overlanding now that the kiddos are old enough to tolerate and potentially enjoy it. Was looking at putting the trusty ol' Bearcat CB back into the Jeep or truck, but after some research, it looks like most folks have made the move to...

I'll combine the mantra of Ted's threads with the recent tool thread. I have accumulated enough crap useful mission critical tools that they're overrunning my current storage. Several years ago I built a pair of the standard EAA wooden work benches. They are very sturdy, but don't do much for...

Not really aviation related (although we will be taking the aluminum mailing tube to get there). My brothers-in-law are taking my father-in-law to the Army/Navy game on Saturday for his 75th birthday. Looking for a decent place to take him for dinner one night. Not looking for super showy "coat...

Didn't want to hijack the other thread. We're doing a long European vacation over Christmas break this year. While there, we'll be spending Christmas with a family friend (and her family) in Cologne. We'll also be staying at a friend of THAT friend's house as they will be out of town at the...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2022/10/09/texas-pete-hot-sauce-lawsuit-false-advertising/8229619001/ Yeah.. I double checked - this isn't something from the Onion.

Here's another international travel thread for you folks... Looks like I will be travelling to southern Malasyia in a few weeks for work. First trip to that area (actually, first international trip at all - other than Canada). Will be doing some work (assuming the address on the project...

I may have the opportunity to take our family of four (including two boys age 11 & 9) to Europe over Christmas break this year. Looking at the roughly 3 weeks when the boys are out of school (12/17/22 ~ 1/8/23). We had hoped to do this trip early next summer and spend a whole five weeks but some...

When I took my boys to KidVenture this year, Siemens had a big presence. They also had some signage around the area talking about how EAA Members have a choice to use the Siemens 3D modeling software instead of SOLIDWORKS. Does anyone have the details on what they were talking about? Is Siemens...

Curious how many folks here use the service that delivers and sets up a camper for you at Scholler and how you would rate your experiences. Just weighing options for future trips.

Any idea what closed the airport? They're stacked up out in the holds right now.

We'll be flying up Monday. TBD on whether we'll go all the way in Monday evening or stage out somewhere and head in first thing Tues morning. Looking for suggestions 1-2 hrs hours out to stop overnight. Looking for somewhere with easy access to hotel so we don't have to deal with setting up and...