Posted on 01/10/2023 9:03:19 AM PST by grundle
“As does *any* vehicle. :)”
I was being sarcastic in reference to the above posters that recommend that the dude just run out and get a plane.
See my later post asking what the life expectancy is for a novice pilot flying a tail-dragger in the north bush country.
I know—hence the smiley face at the end...
“I knew a licensed A and P that never got any pilot ratings, “
There is a difference between a license and a rating.
He never got a pilot license, and therefore no pilot ratings. Surprisingly, no one ever turned him in (that I know of), and several local instructors knew his status.
When I visited Alaska, a guide told me “40% of Alaskans have pilot licenses, and the rest just fly their plane without one”
““I live a 10-hour round trip from the nearest grocery store.”
English as a second language.
I understand your issue with the above sentence. It is stylistically problematic - but, strictly speaking, grammatically... possible.
A better sentence would be:
I live 5 hours (in each direction; by car) from the nearest grocery store.
But the original sentence conveys the same information in a more-compact fashion - and is, perhaps, more attention-getting.”
D-Bag Grammar nahzees
The two phrases are nothing alike.
“a 10-hour round trip” is not the same as “5 hours (in each direction; by car)”.
The first expresses a bigger, more monumental effort than simple travel time. The second, your weak, d-bag effort, expresses nothing other than time, leaving out the important point of effort, as well as the magnitude and imagery of the excursion.
Ya might know grammar, but ya ain’t a writer.
You wish
I always thought you were a man here
Funny
I grew up flying out of cow pastures and hayfields with my dad; tree lines, power lines, up hill, down hill, side hill.
He hit cow with a cessna 310K on a night landing rollout. Grass strip in a harvested cornfield. Fortunately, he was almost stopped. One blade on the right prop was slightly bent. Prop shop had him back in business two days later.
His best brood cow lost her tail, but worse had a back leg tendon cut. She became hamburger for us.
Lol!
We didn’t have cows in the cane fields but one wing was out over the canal and tall trees at the end near the road.
I was flying in a club out of Lakefront but the drive was awful.
A one-plane club opening came up about two miles from my house. I tooke the check ride and the pilot told me to:
1. Do not put it into the adjacent canal used by the seaplanes
2. Say under the NAS controlled airspace on takeoff.
I reserved the plane for a flight the next week. Three days later I was informed the plane was not available. Someone had violated #1.
“A better sentence would be:
I live 5 hours (in each direction; by car) from the nearest grocery store.”
My 8th grade grammar teacher would say a better sentence would be:
I live five hours by car from the nearest grocery store.
Rogue software at site.
Beware.
Licenses be dammed when one is that far out in the bush. I guess you’ve never been that far from civilization.
If you can make tea, you can brew your own beer.
It’s storing it that’s an issue.
Bet the total amount they pay is high. Saw a few YouTube episodes of shopping in AK and prices are through the roof.
“Licenses be dammed when one is that far out in the bush. I guess you’ve never been that far from civilization.”
Slow down. He was commenting on the difference.
“Bet the total amount they pay is high. Saw a few YouTube episodes of shopping in AK and prices are through the roof.”
Watermelons are high here in Florida where we grow them. Whitehorse, YT?
See #92
I know now butt out.
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