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[herbie]

Where's the pic of the dog and did you adopt it?

[TominMO]

Originally Posted by herbie

Oh shoot, sorry Spot! I’ve lost 2 very good dogs, a border collie and a black lab and I’ve thought about getting another but don’t know if I could take the loss again, they become so close to you after time

Over time, you will probably come to the idea that the joy of having a pet far outweighs the pain of their loss. The way I look at it now, I know that I provided them with a really good life and when it is their time, well that's that. After a short period of grieving, time to get another buddy and give him/her a great life too..

[Emerikol]

Originally Posted by herbie

Where's the pic of the dog and did you adopt it?

We did adopt him, but we couldn't fit the crate in the plane, and didn't want to have him spooked by a plane ride with strangers. I'm driving out tomorrow to pick him up in person. I'll get some pictures then!

[herbie]

Very cool!

[Emerikol]

http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...1&d=1653843569
http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...1&d=1653843569
http://www.chinariders.net/attachmen...1&d=1653843569

Meet Merlin!

[TominMO]

From your sig:
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.

[Emerikol]

Originally Posted by TominMO

From your sig:
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.

That was one thing I always took with me in my flight training days. There are two types of flight instructors: One (usually the younger one who just got his instructors ticket, is just building time to go to the airlines, and just watched Top Gun for the four-hundredth time) would demonstrate a stall by standing the airplane on its tail, and the subsequent break over would float everyone six inches above their seats. The other (invariably the retired guy who instructs to keep his skills sharp and share a genuine passion of flying with the next generation) would demonstrate a stall in a much more real-world scenario. Reduce power, gently pull the yoke back until the airspeed bleeds off, and the break would be very gentle and easily recoverable. Personally, I always tried to demonstrate the second type of stall as often as I could. Sometimes you'd get an advanced student who really grasped the hows and the whys, and you could do an accelerated stall and all the forces at work would make sense to them, but that's really the only time there's any value to such aggressive and exaggerated maneuver demonstrations.

[TominMO]

Forgot to say, congrats on the new family member BTW.

Another saying I like to remind myself of is that 4WD helps you to go, but it doesn't help you to stop. Every winter I see 4WD SUVs on the side of the road, where overconfident drivers overdrove the road conditions.

[Emerikol]

Thanks! So far he's been settling in just fine.

My personal opinion is that 4WD is only good to get you stuck further away from help...

[TominMO]

Originally Posted by Emerikol

Thanks! So far he's been settling in just fine.

My personal opinion is that 4WD is only good to get you stuck further away from help...

In my entire life I have only ever needed 4WD two times:
1. when snow was so high the bumper was being used as a plow. Subaru Loyale with all-season tires.
b. driving on a mountain back road in former Yugoslavia, trying to get to the Romanian border in a foot of snow. 4WD Toyota Tercel wagon with snow tires.

[herbie]

[QUOTE=Emerikol;378142][url]http://www.chinariders.net/attachment.php?

Meet Merlin!

Hey merlin, looks like an awesome dog!

[cheesy]

Merlin looks an awful lot like my grand pup, Anna, who is staying with us this holiday weekend. Her and Buster are almost best buds.

[Emerikol]

Merlin is supposed to be a black lab/border collie mix. I think there's got to be some boxer in there somewhere because everytime he drinks, we need to mop the floors... Regardless, he's been great so far. There've been a couple inevitable accidents in the house, but we put him right out, clean up the mess, and everything is fine. We're really happy with him, and he seems to be really happy to be here with us.

[wheelbender6]

Originally Posted by TominMO

From your sig:
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.

Back when I was flying, my mantra was "A Superior Pilot becomes an old pilot by avoiding situations that require his Superior Skills".

[2LZ]

One of our "adopted kids" (local kids who adopted us?) graduated with her RN on Saturday with a 4.0. Sooooo proud of her. She's been in SF the last 2.5 years, going to nursing school full time and working two jobs to support herself through the process. It's youngin's like her that give me hope for the future.