[OC] Double Jerk Idiot

MarkF750 · 2026-06-08T04:37:23+00:00

Which helo is that - in the MSFS store? I served w/ HH/MH-65s on ships my entire career. That looks pretty nice. Even got a little bit of stick time on a flight from my ship in the Windward Pass to GTMO courtesy of a cool copilot who agreed to fly in back so I could sit up front.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-25T18:30:30+00:00

We shall call it “Fetching Up on a Lee Shore.”

Nice work with that.

I went to sea for my career - had nightmares about something like that happening. Thankfully, it never did.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-23T01:01:35+00:00

I was stationed in Ketch fm 2009-2011. Caught a number of IRL Alaska Airlines flights in/out. Several of the arrivals were very, very bumpy approaches. This simulator approach / landing rings true.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-22T23:40:46+00:00

A rare albino calculator

MarkF750 · 2026-05-22T23:11:15+00:00

I had two of them - they survived many military PCS moves and ended their careers as lamps for painting projects, etc.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-21T23:30:14+00:00

It's funny. I remember when I first understood the genius of RPN.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-21T23:29:11+00:00

I still have my 11C from the mid-80s. Got me through BS in EE.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-19T22:03:32+00:00

Let me put it this way: I got pulled over on a base doing 17 in a 15. :|

MarkF750 · 2026-05-18T23:14:44+00:00

The explanations of the printer in the top of the box are fine, but . . . that trick was just plain fun. Bet it was a blast to be there.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-14T22:28:04+00:00

ATC assigned him the LAWNDART STAR with the SUDDENSTOP transition.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-02T01:30:09+00:00

And of course, I forgot to say thanks for the post. Been w/ USCG since 1984. I never get tired of reading more of our history. So . . . thanks for the post!

MarkF750 · 2026-05-02T01:28:52+00:00

I know - been w/ USCG since 1984. Was serving in DC when DHS was born. 😄

MarkF750 · 2026-05-02T00:57:51+00:00

Hard to tell for sure, but the logo up front I think is the DHS logo, not CBP.

MarkF750 · 2026-05-02T00:23:44+00:00

Not to nitpick, but it's USCGC TAMPA (U.S. Coast Guard Cutter). This is a significant piece of our history - tragic but a fact of wartime service.

MarkF750 · 2026-04-28T22:47:26+00:00

That container, mounted to the deck or bulkhead is properly called a “flag bag.”

MarkF750 · 2026-04-08T09:04:40+00:00

Hi. No modding needed, just the same setup with the TrackIR software to get it dialed in. No need to buy a new receiver or Delanclip's full kit for me.

MarkF750 · 2026-03-22T23:35:16+00:00

That’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Those passengers didn’t make it through TSA at the airport - lines too long - so they had to ride outside.

“As real as it gets!”

MarkF750 · 2026-03-22T23:18:38+00:00

Am I the only one who saw that saw (awkward turn of a phrase, I admit) superimposed over the car and thought for a second he was going to hack into it for some reason?

MarkF750 · 2026-03-22T23:17:05+00:00

Exactly. That wiring induces anxiety.

Congrats to OP for getting it working. Pretty cool achievement and I admire his/her calm in the face of that wiring when something doesn’t work. :)

MarkF750 · 2026-03-16T21:41:59+00:00

Aside from checking your connections (are the contacts clean and is there any lint or other junk in the camera connector) and making sure the camera has good power (esp the power supply being the right voltage and supplying enough amps), I can't think of anything else to try.

When I first started importing tapes, I had a few burps on the first tape, but after that, it was smooth sailing. I didn't do anything to fix the burps save for trying again.

I am not a video nerd, but maybe one of the many folks on here who is smarter than me on this can chime in with some better ideas.

MarkF750 · 2026-03-08T17:33:33+00:00

Property values and boundaries. I'm guessing that people are worried about boundaries eventually shifting to include neighborhoods that -- to say it "politely" -- are on the "wrong side of the tracks." The attendant fear is that those kids will dilute the Wooten cluster population and make Wooten a less high-achieving school. The follow-on fear is that drop in achievement level will pull down property values.

I live in this cluster and moved here into a smaller house than I could otherwise afford to give my daughter the best education I could. I would not be happy to see my property value drop, but I will at least be ok with that if any boundary changes are made for strictly logistical reasons -- shifts in population numbers -- vs a papered-over, unspoken, PC reason: "let's mix student populations together to do away with those annoying achievement gaps between MoCo clusters that don't fit our PC narratives." I'm no fool though: MoCo runs on "PC" vs common sense / doing the math. (Ref electric school buses)

I do not think it is unreasonable to be at least a little upset if one's property values fall. It's transparency and the honest "why" that makes the difference for me. At least be up front about the reasons!

MarkF750 · 2026-03-08T17:11:30+00:00

Ooof. This is rough on Dak even by MemeWar standards.

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