Seems like the way to go. What car?

The days of having to put together a kit are long past (although you still can if you want). I’m not really sure what equipment is currently available, but when I was active about 15 years ago, there was a proliferation of dual-band “handy talkies” (what the rest of the world would call a “walkie-talkie”, but any…

Yup, it’s pretty cool. I never got equipment for the appropriate frequency bands, but it’s the same reason why ham operators can talk around the world with 5 watts of power. 

I’m sure water vapor content affects things, but it’s primarily due to ionization of the ionosphere:

That’s just called listening to the radio in the Bible Belt.

If this election year were a TV show, I’d only be hate-watching it at this point. It jumped the shark a long time ago. This is basically the equivalent of bringing back that lame bad guy from last season. If I were watching this on Netflix, my eyes would be rolling so hard. My wife and I would be looking for an…

I am so torn about this idea.

Get out of here with your reasonable response!

On my Roadmaster:

Yup.

Yeah, it should really be on the “10 Awesome Cars” list, but close enough...

My experience with Chrysler minivans is from the 2nd generation, rather than the first as pictured, but close enough...

One of these days someone will actually make a decent Captain Marvel hoodie in guy sizes. At which point they can have all my money.

Because of course there is.

Um, what?

Any special tricks to making sure you get on the right train? Or is there only one train that goes back and forth? I live in St Paul and been thinking it might be a good time for a little trip down the river.

About the time the fifth one comes out, they will announce a sixth one that will be called Slightly Unusual Beasts and Where to Find Huge Piles of Cash.

I figured there was a reason. The upkeep angle is pretty obvious, but I had no idea there was that little metal on the exterior of newer planes. Thanks for dropping the knowledge!

I think that planes look better when it’s just the bare aluminum with the livery over top instead of a white base. You don’t see that any more, but it’s classy as all get out.

And that was what I needed right now. Went to bed cranky, woke up cranky, been cranky.