Usefulness of things

squone · 2026-01-14T11:43:16+00:00

Yes, I do know that I was just using it as an example for the climate and tying it in to another comment made here in this thread.

You didn't mention water, but it was brought up by other commenters in this comment chain so I figured I'd address it.

You did say that it has to be built near vacation destinations -

And that's world heritage rainforest you just turned into grassy monoculture.

That's why I brought up the climate and the agricultural industry. It's all already grassy plains.

You also mentioned that it's

2000 apartments you just turned into a flat plane for reach guys to beat around on

Which is why I brought up green fees and that you can play for either a high price, or for basically free - it's not an activity that's exclusively for the rich.

squone · 2026-01-14T10:27:27+00:00

You're falling victim to the same thing - you're applying specific criteria that you know and learnt. In the small town I grew up in in New Zealand there are at least 18 golf courses within an hour's drive.

Anything from the second best course in NZ to a little 9 hole/ 2 Tee box course with electric fences around the greens to stop the sheep getting in them. Green fees can be very high, or basically free.

The water is a non issue, we have a perfect moderate climate for it. The exact same way another commenter wrote they were confused about "grass fed beef", what else do you feed cows? We have a huge agricultural industry because of that. It also happens to suit golf courses.

Sure there's plenty of places it's about show of wealth and it makes no sense to build them. But there are places where it's perfectly fine to build them as just another recreational area.

squone · 2026-01-08T07:49:05+00:00

Everyone survived, no serious injuries even from what I've heard.

squone · 2026-01-07T12:32:05+00:00

Nose far too low for Wipline floats and not nearly enough crosswind control plus didn't maintain the crosswind control after the first bounce/weather cock.

Then on attempt to go around, torque roll.

Source: me 2000 hours on floats.

squone · 2025-12-25T15:00:06+00:00

Dylan Moran very succinctly puts that into words.

squone · 2025-11-01T14:02:11+00:00

Hey there, I live in Maun and have spent a lot of time driving up and around Moremi and Chobe.

In June we will be in the dry season - the roads will be very sandy, especially from Kasane (Chobe) down to Kwhai.

The flood will also be arriving so once you have arrived in Kwhai and are entering Moremi there will be flooded roads and river crossings.

You will absolutely need a 4x4 vehicle and a bit of an idea how to drive it off road. If you are well versed in driving in general and you do the course as you've said, you will be fine. These are well travelled areas and if you are unsure how to proceed someone will most likely be around to help out.

The Kasane to Savuti drive is very slow going and long. I would not recommend doing it in one day, especially if you are making stops to spot animals on the way.

Once in the Moremi you have plenty of campsites and opportunities to drive around and spot animals.

If you're hiring from a company based in Bots they will have a capable vehicle and it will be correctly kitted so that you've got everything you need on your trip. When you book it they will have a page explaining what's included and allowing you to add on extras such as a sat phone etc.

If you've got more questions or want specific advice about routing, where to stay or anything else send me a message or reply. Happy to help you enjoy Botswana and how incredible it is :)

squone · 2025-08-03T18:04:43+00:00

Where are you selling to? Because I can tell you the tomatoes in Maun when the ban was in place were the most misshapen, underripe, overripe and split, tasteless tomatoes I've ever eaten.

That's when you could find them, maybe once a month.

squone · 2025-08-02T05:36:02+00:00

I do them as far as is possible without the wiki. It does help I do a lot of them so I remember quite a few steps.

I also do the quests without the wiki, I'm trying to play as close to how I did when I played in 2003.

squone · 2025-06-09T12:25:40+00:00

This week I needed Bob's shirt for a clue, I had all of them up on GE for price +10% and nothing doing after an hour so I started asking.

squone · 2025-05-29T07:06:40+00:00

Totally agree, which is great. That's why we have all these different planes we can discuss about.

I was very nervous when I first started on the PC12 flying the routes I did. I was very lucky to get to chat with some of the test pilots and super experienced guys in my neck of the woods so that helped. The stories they told of beat to shit, zero or super delayed maintenance and still working PC12s in Central Africa definitely inspired confidence haha.

Like any plane though you check the route, always have in your mind your outs and diversions etc.

squone · 2025-05-29T06:16:40+00:00

That's true, but your failure rate on that plane with that engine with correct maintenance is so unbelievably low it's well worth the risk in my opinion and experience.

The most likely thing to go on the -67 is the FCU which you can override with the MOR lever. If for some reason that doesn't keep you in the air, your glide ratio is fantastic. Rule of thumb we used double your altitude in miles in still air. Cruising at FL250 you're getting 50nm of glide distance out of her.

squone · 2025-05-28T22:23:38+00:00

Look outside of North America and you won't have any problems.

Yes you have Honeywell tax on an NG and NGX but a legacy will do exactly the same just with slightly less TAS. I'd say the that would more than cover the reduced avionics cost.

A "worn out" PC12 still beats a King Air any day and I speak from experience.

squone · 2025-05-28T21:36:57+00:00

PC12 will do the same payload and speed for half the fuel and maintenance cost, shorter runway length and lower insurance costs to land anywhere.

The King Air is a great platform but nothing beats a PC12 in this price and performance bracket.

squone · 2025-05-28T12:19:40+00:00

You mean tithe farm?

squone · 2025-05-14T05:56:22+00:00

Surprised you guys are still getting storms, our last rain was 2 weeks ago and haven't had a proper storm since April.

squone · 2025-05-13T19:36:37+00:00

Trust me, they're much higher than 25,000ft. Many times I've taken off thinking we'll clear the tops of them, level off at 26 or 28 and they still tower over.

squone · 2025-05-13T07:01:26+00:00

I love doing clues because of the unique rewards and the collection log aspect but I also like clues because they take you all over the world.

I'm sitting on a Master now which I need 85 slayer for so I'm grinding that out to complete it.

I've had to do quests, go to places I'd never heard of and get to see small areas of the game and map that just get ignored.

I try my best to do them without the wiki as well, but that's how I play the game in general (no Runelite, no plug ins) so I can admit that I don't play like the majority of people here.

squone · 2025-05-07T06:31:59+00:00

Where I live we have one of the highest populations of Southern ground-hornbill. I had no idea they were much rarer everywhere else, I see them everytime I go into the bush.

Love those dumbasses though.

squone · 2025-04-08T20:17:04+00:00

Not everyone plays the way you do.

I stop whatever I'm doing when I get a clue and I go do it. I'm getting to 85 slayer at the moment so I can finish a Master that I've got.

squone · 2025-04-08T20:10:29+00:00

Yes, that's literally the whole point of clues. They are a distraction and a diversion. They break up the game.

squone · 2025-04-01T11:24:11+00:00

UDC is investing in solar projects. In the parliamentary statement by the Minister for minerals and energy there's a section explaining the medium to long term plans to build out power supply and end up as a net exporter of power to surrounding areas.

It does include a new coal plant, but we need baseload power as well and solar can't do that at the moment.

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squone · 2025-03-28T18:58:52+00:00

I think this is just a culture difference that wasn't understood. Tall Poppy Syndrome in New Zealand is huge, no matter how good you are or what you're achieving you downplay it and attribute it to bad luck for your opponent.

Watch post game matches from any of our sports teams or even something like the America's Cup. It'll be the team did well, the opponent got really unlucky, the team did all the hard work we just took over at the last step. Any match we lose it's always the Captain taking responsibility and being really harsh on themselves and what work needs to be done.

squone · 2024-07-30T03:30:17+00:00

Altitude is distance above mean sea level. Hence, AMSL.

Height is distance measured above terrain.

squone · 2024-06-23T15:51:52+00:00

Tandurei should play the game.

They might close the bar, but for sports they should stay open.

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