old timers look here must be 50+ years only
11-07-2016, 12:22 PM
#3276
Thats cool. I can go up to a 125 with my starter box and panel, its that GP field box with detachable power pack. I have an AGM battery in it and works pretty good. Charging it was a bear until I decided to Frankenstein it with bolts on either side connected to the battery. Now I can use my AGM battery charger without needing to run it through the panel.
11-07-2016, 12:40 PM
#3277
We used to have a TV set that would go out on us. I can remember that my dad would bring his Oscilloscope home from work and take the TV apart on the kitchen table to figure out what was wrong. After the first two times it happened he figured out it was the same part going bad, and after that he could get it fixed in about 30 minutes. I was so amazed in what my dad could do. He's where I got my love for RC from. We never did any RC flying, but we did just about everything else RC together. Boats, cars, tanks, etc.... we would do it. We could have more fun with a Cox .049 control line plane than should have been allowed. We lived out in the country and our back yard was about 2 acres of grass, so we had plenty of room. We saved a huge box that we got when we got when we bought a riding lawn mower and we would use that as a runway/landing area, sort of a carrier type landings area. I can remember summers that I couldn't wait for my dad to get home so we could eat dinner and then go out and spend the evening taking turns flying those little Cox planes. We had so much fun doing that. And when they would break we would glue then back together and keep going until you couldn't glue them together any more. We actually wore out several of those little engines we flew so much.
It's a shame that kids these days don't do things like that. Nowadays they just sit inside all day and night playing video games. Don't get me wrong, I was a HUGE computer geek. Heck, I was a computer geek before the term "computer geek" came into being. I owned some of the first commercially available computers that I would spend all night on. And I owned an Atari 2600 that I wore out several joysticks on. But I still would spend tons of time outside with my dad in the evenings flying control line with him. Or spend Sundays with him at the pond doing RC sailboat racing regattas. Just getting outside makes a world of difference.
Ok. I'll get off my soapbox now!!!!
Ken
It's a shame that kids these days don't do things like that. Nowadays they just sit inside all day and night playing video games. Don't get me wrong, I was a HUGE computer geek. Heck, I was a computer geek before the term "computer geek" came into being. I owned some of the first commercially available computers that I would spend all night on. And I owned an Atari 2600 that I wore out several joysticks on. But I still would spend tons of time outside with my dad in the evenings flying control line with him. Or spend Sundays with him at the pond doing RC sailboat racing regattas. Just getting outside makes a world of difference.
Ok. I'll get off my soapbox now!!!!
Ken
11-07-2016, 01:29 PM
#3279
I will second what Ken said , we as youngsters had both our inside (Lionel trains) and outside (model planes) tech based hobbies as well as of course the neighborhood stickball games and ice hockey as well as street hockey , lots of things to do both in the house and out . A balance of the two is what's missing when folks have one hobby only , like the video games that keep far too many indoors these days .
Anyway here's a fun little computer story for you all , my youngest sister called me telling me "my computer keeps shutting off , can you fix it ?" Now of course I don't really know much about computers per se but I told her that a lot of times when it outright shuts off like that it means it's getting too hot , and maybe there is dust in there blocking the fan . Well sure enough when I took the heat sink off of the processor and took the fan off of it , this is what I was greeted with . A few minutes with some compressed air and a bit of new thermal compound and the computer now runs perfectly without randomly shutting off . Heat , caused by dust , I'll bet is the #1 killer of electronics today and I try to blow the dust out of all my stuff on an occasional basis for that very reason .
Anyway here's a fun little computer story for you all , my youngest sister called me telling me "my computer keeps shutting off , can you fix it ?" Now of course I don't really know much about computers per se but I told her that a lot of times when it outright shuts off like that it means it's getting too hot , and maybe there is dust in there blocking the fan . Well sure enough when I took the heat sink off of the processor and took the fan off of it , this is what I was greeted with . A few minutes with some compressed air and a bit of new thermal compound and the computer now runs perfectly without randomly shutting off . Heat , caused by dust , I'll bet is the #1 killer of electronics today and I try to blow the dust out of all my stuff on an occasional basis for that very reason .
11-07-2016, 01:45 PM
#3280
Dust killed my Playstation 3.
When I was a kid we used to play baseball in the intersection. I remember fondly running to catch a ball, only to run smack dab into a stop sign. That bugger was shaking and bongin, and I was flat on my back laughing so hard I couldnt see. That and playing in the fire hydrant. We spent hour upon hours playing D&D in the back yard and swimming too.
When I was a kid we used to play baseball in the intersection. I remember fondly running to catch a ball, only to run smack dab into a stop sign. That bugger was shaking and bongin, and I was flat on my back laughing so hard I couldnt see. That and playing in the fire hydrant. We spent hour upon hours playing D&D in the back yard and swimming too.
11-07-2016, 04:45 PM
#3281
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I am 89 and built my first model in 1936. I also flew in the 1941 NATs. (AMA 3792) Have built 6 experimental homebuilt airplanes. My current plane is a WAIEX 2 place but have never stopped building models except for a WWll tour in the Philippines. Currently building a Dave Platt Spitfire. I need to get this finished before my kids take away my car keys.
11-08-2016, 06:23 AM
#3282
I am 89 and built my first model in 1936. I also flew in the 1941 NATs. (AMA 3792) Have built 6 experimental homebuilt airplanes. My current plane is a WAIEX 2 place but have never stopped building models except for a WWll tour in the Philippines. Currently building a Dave Platt Spitfire. I need to get this finished before my kids take away my car keys.
11-08-2016, 09:40 AM
#3284
Same here. Funny thing, in IL you would think there would be Democrats for every office, but in my area, they are all republicans on the ballot. Weird being that IL is democratic controlled.
11-08-2016, 09:47 AM
#3285
We had a good mixture with some Libertarians thrown in. The exception was County Court Clerk, which had no Democrat just a Republican and a Libertarian. We had a bunch of state questions for State Constitution changes on this ballot too. One of which won't stand up to a Federal court challenge but the pinhead morons are still willing to waste state money having it on the ballot, voting for it, and attempting to defend it in Federal court. A friend of mine in Maryland said there were no Libertarians on his ballot but he did have some Green Party candidates.
11-08-2016, 10:33 AM
#3286
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There aint no Clinton bumper stickers or lawn signs round here!
11-08-2016, 11:37 AM
#3287
There were a couple libertarians on my ballot along with term limits and to stop campaign funding from lobbyists, both were a oh hell yes from me, along with a really big OH HELL YES for pubic road funds to be used for JUST public road funds. I voted for the next 20 years, not the next 4, so hope it goes well.
11-08-2016, 12:07 PM
#3288
Ken
11-08-2016, 12:39 PM
#3289
My polling place opened at 6AM, and I was in and out in about 10 minutes too. I just hope that the votes get correctly counted, the scanner wasn't online when I voted and all ballots were placed in the ballot box.
11-08-2016, 12:40 PM
#3290
I work from home so going around 9 to 9:30 AM seems to work best for me. I get in vote for the unindited co-conspirators of my choice and get out with a minimum amount of wait. I prefer to vote the non- incumbent candidate, you get more crooks off the street that way. ;-)
11-09-2016, 07:08 AM
#3296
I hit McDonald's at ten to 6 this morning for an Egg McMuffin and a large cup of coffee, and then headed to my polling station. I got there at 6 and there were 10 people in line ahead of me. We stood outside and chatted and had a good time until they open the doors at 7. I admit I had to sit for a little while because I just had a knee replacement in September, but other than that we had a great time in line. But by the time the doors open the line was wrapped down and around the church and probably was at least 60-90 minutes or more of wait time. I had my ballot in hand at 7:10 am and was out at 7:15 am. My wife was royally pissed at me because she kept trying to get me to go with her to do early voting at the courthouse on Saturday thinking that she was going to beat the lines. We are self employed so we have to balance when we go as opposed to keeping the shop open. Since I told her I wasn't going on Saturday with her she decided to go on her day off on Friday instead and ended up standing in line for almost 3 hours to vote. She was pissed at me because I only stood in line for an hour and fifteen minutes. I told her all along to come with me Tuesday morning and get to the polling place as soon as the doors opened and beat the crowd, but she didn't believe me. Oh well!!!
Ken
Ken
Hi Ken , I'm one of those folks who showed up at 6:59 am for the polls which opened at 7:00 and I was done and in my car driving away by 7:15 . As to your knee , you have my utmost prayers for your healing , I remember back in September when you told me about it and I have often thought of you since then . I was almost 10 years older than you are now when I had mine done and I truly believe there is no more painful operation than knee replacement .
11-09-2016, 08:50 AM
#3299
I do believe , that as much as folks at any other time in our history did for better or worse , once the sting of the election begins to fade , folks will accept (or "love to hate") Trump as much as they did Obama and Nixon and every other elected President we've ever had .
11-09-2016, 10:06 AM
#3300
I believe that he will run the office much the same way he runs business. Hire the best to fill the cabinet, and negotiate with congress as if he were looking to build a resort or golf course. When it comes to foreign relations, he may do well, or he may not, but at the very least, he wont bow to anyone. He can go very far mainly because of his love of this country and his admiration for those who serve. Everyone who I had a choice to vote for said that they would work to support the troops and VA and fix what is broken with it, and I am hoping this time, they mean it. At the very least, SCOTUS is safe from leaning to much in one direction the next 20 years. This was my biggest concern with this election, I was looking out for the next 20 years, not the next 4.
I laugh because the media and pollsters are stumped at how this happened. There was a graph on the NYT website that showed HRC at 80% and Trump at 20%, at the other end of the graph, HRC was at <5% and Trump at 95%. It made an X in the middle. I can tell you how this happened, We the people are fed up with run of the mill lifetime politicians, thats how.
Oh PLEASE get Term Limits Trump, PLEASE!!! That would make for the largest change that will correct the down slide our country has taken. Also I think their bias had something to do with it, I mean, after all, a few of them were so shell shocked they were in tears, and not happy tears.
Oh this was the most enjoyable election I have ever seen. Now it is even more entertaining as HRC supporters implode all over FB and MSN. LOL, very entertaining yes.
He can go very far mainly because of his love of this country and his admiration for those who serve. Everyone who I had a choice to vote for said that they would work to support the troops and VA and fix what is broken with it, and I am hoping this time, they mean it. At the very least, SCOTUS is safe from leaning to much in one direction the next 20 years. This was my biggest concern with this election, I was looking out for the next 20 years, not the next 4. I laugh because the media and pollsters are stumped at how this happened. There was a graph on the NYT website that showed HRC at 80% and Trump at 20%, at the other end of the graph, HRC was at <5% and Trump at 95%. It made an X in the middle. I can tell you how this happened, We the people are fed up with run of the mill lifetime politicians, thats how.
Oh PLEASE get Term Limits Trump, PLEASE!!! That would make for the largest change that will correct the down slide our country has taken. Also I think their bias had something to do with it, I mean, after all, a few of them were so shell shocked they were in tears, and not happy tears. Oh this was the most enjoyable election I have ever seen. Now it is even more entertaining as HRC supporters implode all over FB and MSN. LOL, very entertaining yes.