LordFerret

This one I'll take it? http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to-fly-in-the-militarys-crazy-v-22-osprey-1705859325 Yes, good article. We've got a family friend (RIP) who was a helicopter pilot (and decorated combat pilot in two wars), who once crashed one of his helicopters in the Pine Barrens of southern NJ... was quoted as saying (that) unlike an airplane, a helicopter is trying to kill you every second. Awesome similar quote about the Osprey in that article lol.

In pre-v1.0 versions I had a rover that used mono-propellant engines in a similar manner. The engines were mounted fore, aft, port and starboard, on top of the rover's Science Jr. (upper-most part) so that they could be used as an assist in acceleration (uphill), braking (downhill), and in an emergency - to keep the rover from flipping/rolling over. Not entirely a successful idea, but it did help me salvage a few 'too fast' rover road trips.

...or ferret!

Anything and everything, including cakes from scratch. Desserts are my favorites, of course! Being a bachelor most of my life, I've learned to cook... it was either learn or starve lol.

Been there. Done that. Lost the data. :/

I think you'll find your answer on that in here (just search for 'magnetometer')... https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2igklm/hi_i_am_alan_stern_head_of_nasas_new_horizons/

Wow. That just brought back a memory. Thanks. lol ...protects the astronaut from meteorites?????! LOLZ!

For those of you in the area (and even those of you not), Fleet Week 2015 started earlier this week in NYC. There was an awesome flyby of the Airforce Thunderbirds just a little bit ago. If you're in the area, anywhere near the area, near the waterfront ... plenty to see. http://www.northjersey.com/news/thunderbirds-flyover-today-is-part-of-nyc-fleet-week-1.1340902 http://www.fleetweeknewyork.com/fleetweeknewyork/events.html I'm sure by the end of today, going into the weekend, you'll also be able to find plenty of event footage online - YouTube & LiveLeak & such.

Coast Guard to the rescue. Of course they should recover it... aren't they just polluting the ocean otherwise?

Made from the blood of a Kraken? Edit- ...just saw this on the web lol.

I should have mentioned, I started out in Cub Scouts. Somewhere, I've still got the manuals ... circa late 1950's & early 1960's. Someone mentioned pinewood derby. I have to laugh. I've been to many a derby, and I've always been able to tell who built what just by looking at it ... meaning did 'dad' build it or the scout lol. Maybe things are different now? I have a lady friend who had two sons in Cubs, and I 'helped' them build their cars... supervised only, they did it all themselves. I was also asked by all the den mothers at the race to officiate, be the 'official' timekeeper ... only because my watch had a stopwatch function LOL! The most fun I had with this group of Cubs however was when we built model rockets! I was quite into model rocketry back then (1988-89?), so being involved with them was a lot of fun. Launch day at the park was spectacular, every single Cub's rocket flew great! I even launched one of my own, a D-engine Nike. Fun times.

That's what I was referring to, he's in a tree or bush nearby. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_blue_tit#Breeding A better link... http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-blue-tit.html

Yes, and I almost married her.

If Blue Tits are like most other nesting birds (I'll assume they are), then the male isn't far away. Many species, the male is out gathering food for the female sitting the nest; Some species, the male will sit the nest for a while to allow the female to go out for a bite to eat. If you go outside near the nest/birdhouse, listen, you'll likely hear warning calls made by that male alerting its mate and/or to draw the threat's attention away from the nest.

I've been staring at screens (one kind or another) all my life. I find it most helpful to look away often, and I don't mean at the wall in front of you on the other side of the desk either ... look out the window, towards infinity. I find that helps best (for me anyway). Same deal for you bookworms out there.

I'm wondering... did all of you Scouts start with Cub Scouts? Or did you go right into Boy Scouts?

I think I only made it to 'Seaman'. Eventually I got wrapped up with other things... high school, Crew team (which was right next to the Sea Scout base lol), etc. I remember that membership was waning, not too many were interested in it. In searching the web, I found this article... sad to see.

I have 2 families nesting currently in the birdhouses I've put up. One is a pair of House Sparrows, the other is a pair of House Wrens. There's a lot of Black-capped Chickadees in the area too... last year I had a family of them in the house the Sparrows are in - stiff housing competition around here. I put plenty of food out daily, year round; seed, bread, suet; And water. Nesting materials too... pieces of straw, small fabric scraps, snips of yarn, even a little lint from the clothes dryer, and they use it. I don't have anything as colorful however as your Blue Tits, just single solid-colored species like Goldfinches, Cardinals, and Blue Jays.

Gads... no... second class at least, maybe made first class... I really don't remember. I never made Eagle, I know that. I spent more time at the Sea Scout base than I did with my scout troop (even before I was in Boy Scouts), and switched over to Sea Scouts early at age 11? or 12. My dad and three of his friends started (and ran) the Sea Scout unit I was in; They started it after they came home from the Korean War... they were all scouts in the 1930's-40's, and Navy during the war. Navy family!

Was a Boy Scout (1960's), and then a Sea Scout (early 1970's).

Wow! Excellent! Bookmarked. Thank you! Actually, I think a Mod should sticky this.

Not sure. In aviation, the term used when dropping tanks is "jettison" ... which to me is different than "staging". The definitions of both terms (in their respective meanings) are also different.

Vimana of course, where the elite would live.

Humf! And what's wrong with Country music?!?!! lol Having many Georgian friends (Republic of), I celebrate the Orthodox Christmas with them (their calendar). So, the Alilo (áƒÂლილáƒÂ) is heard as well as the 'Lord's Prayer' or 'Our Father' (მáƒÂმáƒÂრჩვáƒâ€Ã¡Æ’œáƒÂ) ... which I think is one of the most beautiful things I've heard, the church sung in being the ancient Dmanisi Monastary. Alilo - áƒÂლილრ'Our Father' - მáƒÂმáƒÂრჩვáƒâ€Ã¡Æ’œáƒ I also like this, it kind of grew on me (though not religious)... Chveneburebi, a kind of funny/humorous Georgian folk song. Does anyone like Tigran Petrosyan?

My experience has seen that most programs do not do a full uninstall. It is not uncommon for files and folders to be left behind, stuff that contains user data and/or settings ... under the premise that you might one day want to re-install. And not only are files and folders left behind, so are registry entries. Some of the worst offenders for doing this are big names, like Microsoft and McAfee and Norton and AOL (just to name a very scant few). Manually editing the registry to remove such junk is possible (I do it all the time), but I would not recommend it unless you really know what you're doing. Instead, there are utility programs (some free) which can scan and clean the junk from your registry for you - usually providing a list of suspect stuff and then asking you if any of it was recently uninstalled. CCleaner by Piriform, yes, is one such utility; Another I've used in the past was jv16 PowerTools. I've not used jv16 in a while, so I guess I'll have to check it out again - nice to see it's still around.