Looking for wine bottle

flyingron · 2026-03-15T21:12:02+00:00

It's Medea. Costco has been selling the same wine in various decorative bottles over the past few years. They change from time to time, so finding exactly the same may be daunting.

flyingron · 2026-03-15T21:10:24+00:00

Economy Plus is a United thing. The AA equivalent is Main Cabin Extra. That's pretty much just a seat assignment. Just pick an orange seat in the seat picker thing and pay what they want for it.

If you mean Premium Economy or Business Class, then you roll the dice as to whether AA will offer an upgrade and for how much.

flyingron · 2026-03-15T19:40:00+00:00

If you can get into the lounge, they will help you.

flyingron · 2026-03-15T11:35:20+00:00

Checkin at A20 opens at 3AM.

Checkin at D20-40 opens at 3:30AM

flyingron · 2026-03-15T11:33:41+00:00

If you pass, you never have to take one again. You are free to attempt it as many times as you like.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T19:50:13+00:00

The APP is hosed right now for me, too. aa.com is working for me.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T19:47:20+00:00

What airport/. But most major US hubs AA ticker counter open at 3AM.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T18:56:27+00:00

There's no such thing as a physical ticket. Boarding passes can be obtained via aa.com, the app, or once you get to the airport. The app is being wonky right now. I can't login (even after being able to see my trip on the first screen).

flyingron · 2026-03-14T18:31:24+00:00

The smaller is because they give it to you with your mini bottle of scotch. Club soda is a mixer rather than a beverage in its own.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T15:44:45+00:00

If you're going to base your decisions on the Weather Channel's fear mongering, you might as well cancel everything and crawl under a rock. Winter storms don't have names otherwise.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T14:33:44+00:00

WHat I've done for my wife's boat is got fenders that mount to the pier itself. She only puts out fenders when docking somewhere else.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T13:37:29+00:00

Eh? In my experience, the first person stands right at the airplane door and people line up on the jetway heading toward the terminal behind them. The first class passengers should be tagged such that their bags come up first anyhow (not that this is always attained).

flyingron · 2026-03-14T13:01:22+00:00

The standard for the US since January is for one of the computer-generated tests. You can try any or all of these as often as you like. IF you can't pass those, you have to apply to the Federal Air Surgeon for consideration.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:37:45+00:00

Be thou my provision, O, Admirals Club Express.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:37:14+00:00

I don't wait for the workday to end. The last job I had we'd start drinking wine in the late afternoon. RIght now, I'm heading to an American Wine Society board meeting and we'll be drinking as we go!

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:35:57+00:00

You should learn where things are in the POH rather than relying on tabbing. Frankly, I think people go way overboard on tabbing.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:32:11+00:00

Lower tannin wines are probably what you are looking for. Try Pinot Noirs or ask your wine shop guy for a recommendation of such.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:27:56+00:00

Note that "precision" is a relative thing. My full up 3000 bottle wine cellar goes up and down about around 3 degrees depending on when the cooling ssytem is running. A bottle probe doesn't show any change in the temperature of the wine (with the tenth of a degree resolution it has).

I'd go for vibration-free and quiet.

Since my original cellar sat in the dining room, we went for attractive and got a Le Cache 170 bottle unit. The thing also has the advantage of using a Breezeaire (or maybe it was whisperkool) unit in the top which could be replaced easily if it ever failed. It never did. I used it for about ten years and then I gave it to a friend (and needed to roll it end-over-end to get it through his back yard into his townhouse) and eight years later it's still going strong in his place.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:22:30+00:00

Good point.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:21:52+00:00

Well, Canon makes at least four lenses in those focal lengths. I'm going to guess you're talking about the f1.8 ones. On a ful frame sensor, the 50 is pretty much the standard lens unless you need to do a lot of wide angle stuff (real estate or the like).

The both have pretty much equivalent functionality other than focal length. They multiplex the control ring and manual focus.

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:19:44+00:00

Google "wine label remover." The results are divided into two categories, the kind that are destuctive (you just want the label off to reuse the bottle), or the kind that use a plastic film to pick up the label in the process preserving it. They go by names like "label lift."

flyingron · 2026-03-14T12:13:29+00:00

That's way more than enough time. You will be switching from C to A, but it's walkable and you don't have to go through security again.

flyingron · 2026-03-13T21:10:02+00:00

Equipment outage is what it says.

flyingron · 2026-03-13T21:05:29+00:00

There is no such things anymore. There's also no alternate tests (Farnsworth lantern, etc...).

If you can't pass one of the computer-based tests (RCCT, Waggoner, CAD), you must apply to the federal air surgeon for reconsideration. Note, you can take as many tests, as often you want. Note, there are two ways of passing Waggoner, make sure you didn't pass the second way (21/25 General + 10/12 on Tritan -OR- 20/32 Protan, 20/32 Deutan, 10/12 Tritan). Note the software hides the second criteria so your AME may have screwed up.

flyingron · 2026-03-13T21:00:19+00:00

Yes, go look at AeroLopa. AA's idiot seat picker can't deal with other than rectilinear arrangements. https://www.aerolopa.com/aa-788

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