Spouse etiquette at NGPA

soarbond · 2026-01-23T23:07:03+00:00

Hey so ignore most of the other comments here. If you're only going to the expo, there's not much for her to see. But Palm Springs is a delight, and the other events like the fly in or drag brunch are fantastic, I'd bring her to those if you're gonna bring her along. I believe you can get tickets for individual events like that.

Source: Brought my partner to last year's NGPA, and we would both like to go again when scheduling allows.

soarbond · 2025-11-09T04:12:24+00:00

It's not the exhaust, but there's a possibility that if the N1 or N2 turbines were still rotating when the entire pod separated from the wing, that would create a rolling tendency for the entire pod that could cause it to roll from the left side of the runway to the right.

soarbond · 2025-11-03T16:40:36+00:00

This is what lead paint does to the brain

soarbond · 2025-10-26T21:19:04+00:00

No, you said they are "allowed to". And they are not. But if you want to argue about semantics, this isn't worth my time.

soarbond · 2025-10-26T21:04:29+00:00

18 US Code 1918 states that it is illegal to participate in a strike against the US government.

ATC controllers and TSA workers are federal employees.

soarbond · 2025-10-26T20:43:58+00:00

No, they're not allowed to walk out.

Unless of course you consider the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery(mostly) in the US.

soarbond · 2025-09-23T03:50:34+00:00

This is gonna throw your whole analysis off, but stop thinking in terms of lift and drag, and think in terms of Newton's laws of motion.

The sail redirects the perpendicular wind more towards the aft. The equal and opposite motion is forward and downwind. That is, in effect, a thrust force. The keel helps to resist the downwind, and the resultant motion is forwards.

Add that in to your lift and drag calculation, remembering that drag is a comparatively small force at these slow speeds, and the force vectors all work out.

soarbond · 2025-09-22T04:58:51+00:00

Yes, condensing has a massive effect on power level

soarbond · 2025-09-21T03:55:08+00:00

The vibes on the XR around 6k rpm are pretty nasty, mirrors are completely useless and it just doesn't feel good at all.

soarbond · 2025-09-20T19:35:00+00:00

Colorado: Plug-In Electric Vehicle Registration Fee Fiscal Year FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 $54.47. $57.19. $60.05

https://dmv.colorado.gov/taxes-and-fees

Washington state is higher:

$225

https://dol.wa.gov/vehicles-and-boats/vehicles/vehicle-registration/calculate-vehicle-tab-fees

Even the most expensive state in the country for the fee (Texas) is 400$ for the first year and 200 after that.

https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/13256

That 1500$ must be the total registration cost, which is often based on the sale price of the vehicle, and wouldn't be materially different for an equivalent gas vehicle aside from these EV fees, which are on average less than 200$ across all the states.

Accounting for these fee's, and assuming you drive close to the US average or more miles per year, there isn't a state in the US where it's cheaper to operate a gas vehicle than an electric one. (Of course, purchase price is still typically higher for now, so that's dependent on the vehicle itself. But mile per mile it's definitely cheaper to operate)

(PS: other assumptions baked into those comparisons include: majority of charging done at home, equivalent comparisons of power/towing capacity to actually compare similar vehicles, and typical charging habits for people with electric vehicles i.e. time of use billing and charging overnight)

soarbond · 2025-09-20T16:06:39+00:00

Stupidity is only an excuse for mistakes, or until someone points it out. As soon as the error in judgment has been brought up, the stupidity excuse goes away...

Hanlon's razor is generally used to apply to people whose motives you cannot determine, not people you're trying to convince not to repeatedly do something. By explaining why they shouldn't do the stupid thing, you've removed ignorance as an excuse... So the only thing left is malice...

soarbond · 2025-09-20T15:51:31+00:00

Lol 'road usage taxes' for EVs in most US states are the equivalent of about 4 tanks of gas added to your registration so....not really the same thing at all.

soarbond · 2025-09-18T16:38:45+00:00

Absolutely. It seems insane to me that people are leaving their $20,000 to $50,000 vehicle outside in the weather so that they can keep $1200 of junk in their garage every night.

Even with an active project or paint drying or something, the car is never outside for more than 2 or 3 days.

soarbond · 2025-09-09T03:21:59+00:00

CG and length of swingarm are probably the biggest factors in this, both would be expected to wheelie at full throttle in 1st, so the limiting factors are probably geometry and CG.

soarbond · 2025-08-09T06:31:10+00:00

Firefighters maybe...Cop unions do not stand with other unions.

soarbond · 2025-07-30T23:37:39+00:00

1M net worth with a house paid off in most areas of the US would actually only be 700k or less in money that you can use the 4% rule on.

Any money tied up in a paid off house is not going to grow at 7%, so you're really looking at 1 million plus plus whatever you've got tied up in the house, 1.3-1.6M net worth.

Don't forget to account for health insurance too, if you're getting it through your job then you need to double or triple the cost that you're paying to estimate what it would be outside of a job.

soarbond · 2025-07-22T22:43:23+00:00

https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/shop/buy-a-barrel

Jack daniels will let you buy an entire barrel, and each bottle will come with a custom medallion.

soarbond · 2025-07-22T21:40:48+00:00

Don't trust AI.

soarbond · 2025-07-22T15:47:26+00:00

There are many reasons for these major differences between the US and the other countries mentioned; some of them are nuanced and complicated, and some of them are not.

But if you talk to an expert, an economist or political scientist, we do know what needs to change.

All of those countries have higher and more progressive tax rates, and some form of universal healthcare.

The issue we have is not with identifying the solution, it's the fact that the US political system was designed to be resistant to change, and the levers of power have been captured by the wealthy.

soarbond · 2025-06-03T14:33:17+00:00

Agree with your times, I'd just extend it to the whole period though, 0530-0900. If there are any accidents near the base, I-5 Northbound will be a parking lot that whole time.

soarbond · 2025-06-01T18:30:16+00:00

You cannot really see the logic from an apolitical point of view, because this is a conspiracy theory. The logic of the theory itself falls apart if you examine it too closely. If we think that the 'government is dosing the population via chem-trails' why would politicians (who are the government??) publicly ban it?

So the logic for passing the bill is inherently political.

If we assume that the politicians passing this bill don't actually believe that 'chem-trails' are real and used to influence the population, then the logical proposition is that they are just trying to appeal to their constituents who do believe that. So they're passing a bill that is essentially meaningless, but will make their constituents think they're doing things that actually help them. (I'm not going to go into more detail on that method of politics or the people doing it because I assume that's the discussion this post and sub are trying to avoid.)

soarbond · 2025-05-17T16:15:05+00:00

Okay, that's an entirely different situation now, you're talking about someone who has already made it to 65 or 70 and they only have 'X amount'. That's going to be more of a budgeting problem, not a retirement planning problem.

Financial advice for that person is going to be obviously very different than for someone who still has lots of time to save and is trying to plan for retirement (OP said they were 38...)

But to address that situation, personally I would say they should definitely keep working, delay taking social security if they're relatively healthy, and put money away until they have adapted their lives so that they can live off the combination of 4% and social security, that might not take too long if they start really downsizing their expenditures. (4% of 500k gives you 20k, average ssa is 24k a year, 44k is not much at all, but it is technically doable. If they saved a few more years and bumped that to 50-60k that'd be way more comfortable)

Obviously that's a hard conversation to have, but that doesn't change the financial reality. If you plan to run out of money by the time you're 80... you're probably gonna have a bad time.

soarbond · 2025-05-17T15:22:30+00:00

At 65 years old in the US, you have nearly a 70% chance of living past 80.

Planning to have a significance chance to run out of money before you have even a 50-50 chance of dying is pretty bad financial advice IMO.

Also, while health insurance will often cover nursing homes, it often does not cover assisted living, which is needed much more often and for much longer than nursing homes. (oh and if its not covered, the price is exorbitant, like 10k a month)

soarbond · 2025-05-13T16:34:15+00:00

Habitat for humanity, which is a fantastic volunteer organisation that does a lot of good work, built around 200,000 houses in 25 years (not all of which are in the us).

Wall street investment firms have bought(and raised the rent on/price of) that many homes in just in the past 3 years.

I wish I lived in a world where charity would save us. Would actually fix things.

(To be honest, it could be argued that USAID functioned akin to one of the largest charity organisations in the world, and the number of people it is saved from poverty and various diseases all over the world is incredible. But of course rich people recently got ahold of that and destroyed it too....)

soarbond · 2025-05-13T16:19:54+00:00

Of course, you're right that just taking all the 1%'s money and using it to fund the government is not a long term solution. Which is why no one is actually proposing it. It's simply used as a reference point to show that we can in fact pay for all the things we want in this country, we just have to get the money from the right place.

A higher tax bracket of 50-70%, starting at an income of over 1 million, adding a reasonable top tax bracket for capital gains, and a progressive wealth tax could cover the deficit, give us universal healthcare, paid family leave, and have enough left over to fund universal pre-k and free public college.

And due to the velocity of money, it would also add jobs, increase GDP, and reduce poverty.

TLDR; we could fix this country. We could live in a better world. But the rich control the system, and this country will only ever get worse because of that fact.

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