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    [N/A] Free weekday in London, UK later this month - Suggestions? Warnings?

    Will have a day to myself (i.e., can do or see stuff that would bore the GF..) Setting aside big or art museums for the moment, any fun suggestions, must sees? Wide interests, military (have seen the WW2 'War Rooms' some years ago), aviation (duh!), history, classic and tube audio, used books...
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    Missing SKU @ Sporty's

    Always a pleasure dealing w/ Sporty's- getting the [dead tree] catalog spurs thoughts of flying & whatnot. After a bit of a pause, one roosted in my mailbox some weeks ago, and I happily checked through it, and discovered an item missing - the 'Mile High' Club pin. Weird. There are TWO kinds...
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    N/A ? Finding particular police / DA Auction in Florida/ POA Braintrust

    Trying to help a friend recover her grandmothers jewellery - LONG story short; Her cousin ended up with grandmothers rings etc. Just convicted for 2nd time on same stupid fraud scheme, will be doing time. Epic dumbA**.... She has the case #and basic location - but she is in the Northeast...
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    any weed-wacker heads that actually, like, y'know, WORK?

    Constantly looking for the elusive unicorn-like dual string head for a mid-range gas weed-wacker, and I find myself buying sh*t at HD or Lowes that never feeds or stays together. I am about to drop one of the units I have off at a local service shop for a tune-up / service - Like to ALSO get a...
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    Identification chart (from xkcd)

    Pretty accurate. its #1824 https://xkcd.com/
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    Plane down @ DXR Danbury, CT

    3 injured: prayers to all. http://lewisboro.dailyvoice.com/news/plane-crashes-on-takeoff-at-danbury-airport/717815/?utm_source=breaking-email-news-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-lewisboro-19341
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    Renter's Insurance / Insight / Opinion / Rants / Recomendations?

    I have had AOPA Renters' insurance for the last several years (renting LSA for the moment..), and wondering before I re-up, what other source should I consider? I started to do some searching the other day, but had to use the conveyor belt to take off on my 1500nm Cross-country before I could...
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    Bent plane @ Sky Acres 44N

    http://lewisboro.dailyvoice.com/news/plane-crashes-at-airport-in-hudson-valley/705889/?utm_source=breaking-email-news-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-lewisboro-14420
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    Sorta Aviation: The evils of Google Maps /earth.....

    Most . Efficient. Time. Suck. Ever. 40.596940, -97.568668 - Airport in Nebraska 34.921571, -118.528417 - NW of Mojave Airport / Spaceport WTF IS That?? Hella private strip - looks like 1 mile +/- - and look at the fuel tank! (bottom center) 38.325539, -116.274097
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    pilot on AA flight passes away.

    Good data for efficacy of the first class medical... http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/american-airlines-pilot-dies-phoenix-boston-flight-article-1.2385926 Stupid phone (user)
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    phenom w/ family of Bin Laden crash in UK; puzzled press

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/01/aviation-experts-bin-laden-plane-crash-cause I dunno, pilot error? Landing long? Text implies that this plane ("State of the art"), should land itself. Jeez. Also the field has "PAPIs", another apparently magical auto-land device. Guess the...
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    plane down near KPOU Pougkeepsie NY / all ok

    http://lewisboro.dailyvoice.com/news/plane-crashes-wappingers-falls-both-passengers-uninjured
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    First long X-C in a while - pointers sought / anything I am missing?

    Just polling the collective brain trust for pointers / items I may have missed. Planning a flight this Saturday to visit a friend - KDXR - KBFD ( Danbury Ct. to Bradford Regional / NW PA. ) 234 nm one way. Will be flying with my brother, who has taken lessons but never tested for the PPL. So...
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