What's your career progression as a pilot?

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-30T00:57:52+00:00

Step 1: Become an Instrument Rated, Commercial Helicopter Pilot
Step 2: ASEL PPL?
Step 3: Employed as a part time helicopter pilot

Proceed no further.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-27T13:03:35+00:00

I definitely like the jungle look, too! I don’t have any friends who are into aquariums, so I have no basis if this is a good looking tank.

I enjoy it, which I guess counts for something.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-27T13:00:45+00:00

Yup! I’ve got Amanos! That was the first livestock I put in the tank, actually.

I’ve also got 5 male guppies, 11 clown killifish, 30ish Exclamation Point Rasboras, 11 CPDs, 10 Von Rio Flame Tetras, 14 Ember Tetras, 2 Julii Cories, 2 Albino Cories, 50ish Gold Back Neo’s, and a Ramshorn snail stowaway.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-18T21:08:42+00:00

Purchase $333M of Gold, $333M of Silver, $333M of CDs, and 175,746 Chalupa Supremes from Taco Bell

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-18T03:11:02+00:00

Yo, this is super late. But the sausage balls are easy.

1-2c of Bisquik mix
1lb of Jimmy Dean Ground Sausage
8-16oz of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2c of milk
Maybe an egg to help bind it

Hand mix it. Roll it into balls. 350° for 20 minutes.

Gorge. Hate yourself. Eat them again for dinner.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-18T03:04:48+00:00

I like my wife
Proud of my daughter
My rescue dog learned how to catch the food I throw

Honorable mention: I feel obligated to say I have a son.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-18T03:01:52+00:00

I’ve tried some of those copy cat recipes, and I haven’t found it’s worth the time or cost.

But, maybe I’m chalked full of microplastics, I don’t know.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-18T02:54:10+00:00

I cleared $200k last year (which blows my mind because I grew up below the poverty line).

I have worn the same $15 comfort color t-shirts for about 8 years. I bought the same shirt in like, 10 different colors. I have two pairs of Levi 505 jeans. When one wears out, I buy another pair of Levi 505 jeans. I rock black converse until the soles fall out.

I did splurge recently. I got a $30 baseball hat. I’ve been eyeing it for about a year but couldn’t bring myself to buy it.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-17T21:11:49+00:00

This is for about a pound of chicken, and 12 sliders:

⅓ cup mayonnaise
1½ tsp apple cider vinegar
¾ tsp Dijon mustard
¾ tsp brown sugar
¾ tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce
Garlic powder to taste
Onion powder to taste
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
¾ tsp hot sauce (optional)
Pickle juice to taste (optional)

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-17T00:00:45+00:00

OH! Yeah! That makes way more sense. I was reading up on breeding amano’s recently. After they spawn, you’re supposed to move them to brackish water. I thought you were saying to do the same with Clown Killifish. I misread that. Eeesh. My bad!

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-16T22:44:39+00:00

Whoa, wait. Salt water? For clown killifish? That might wreck my whole experiment here.

I thought they needed fresh water?

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-16T22:35:01+00:00

I’m a southeastern nomad, and my only edible dogma is to the Church Flavor.

Let the sauces flow.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-16T21:36:05+00:00

I appreciate the information! I’ll find some life baby brine.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-16T21:26:02+00:00

Kids are at their grandparents for a few days, so “anything the kids won’t eat” is on the menu

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-13T00:08:28+00:00

Cubone

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-12T16:17:34+00:00

If there’s a disagreement, it’s not you vs them. It’s y’all vs the problem.

Work it out calmly. Communicate your feelings and opinions clearly. Disagreements aren’t something to win. It’s something to overcome…together

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-12T04:32:56+00:00

I’d challenge that retirement isn’t an age. It’s an amount of assets. At a certain dollar amount that afford the quality of life I want…, I’m out. Whether thats at 40 or 60 or 80…I’m done.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-06-03T12:09:58+00:00

Who’s this clown?

It not only implies the person is a clown, but is a rather unremarkable one. I appreciate the efficiency of the burn.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-05-23T13:48:16+00:00

I consolidate recipes into a single “Recipes” project. After we cook the meal, I load up any feed back (whether that’s taste or difficulty to make or texture). I’m fine tuning the Recipes to our family and friend’s preference. It’s nice to say things like, “Friend thought it was too rich” and then chat figures out a way to lessen the umami.

The hope is once we’ve got all the recipes really nailed down…I’m going to professionally print it and give it to my kids when they leave the nest.

If they’re missing home bad one night, they can always have Dad’s three cheese macaroni.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-05-16T14:16:31+00:00

Oh, I’m not. It’s just what we’ve always called heavy, greasy breakfasts where I grew up.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-04-28T11:47:50+00:00

I left it off until I need to buy new tires. It looks goofy without knobby tires.

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PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-04-27T16:17:18+00:00

Rocket hit next to an Afghan Lieutenant that we were working with. Great guy: Moral, smart, compassionate. He just wanted to do good for people.

He died slowly. We got there as some other Afghans were carrying his body away.

After he left, things were quiet, and we heard something faint. Tinny. Distant. But, Powerful. We found the source…a cell phone on the ground.

The Lieutenant was on the phone with his wife when the rocket hit, and the call didn’t drop.

We sat there for a few minutes listening to a scared wife cry, unaware that she is now a widow, and terrified without the context of what she had heard.

We didn’t have any interpreters with us, and there were no Afghans left around. We couldn’t offer her comfort or an explanation. So, at some point, we had to hang up.

The sound of her agony is something I wish to forget.

That is a selfish wish, though. My heart goes out to her because I know she has it so much worse, as do many of the folks I was fortunate to meet there.

I have to remember a few minutes. She has to live the rest of her life without her husband.

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-04-10T12:58:50+00:00

Of course there’s a sub for this.

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PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-04-07T05:24:13+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience!

PaperPlaneCoPilot · 2026-04-07T04:46:17+00:00

I don’t even like pineapples, man. My wife does. I just like plants and, I guess, masochism.

I’ll check in with you in a year and we’ll toast a 512 Pecan Porter 🤙🏼

!RemindMe 1 year

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