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  • in reply to: Club LZ Volunteers Needed #17122

    Gene does an incredible amount of work for our club ; I don’t

    think he is thanked or respected , nearly as much as he should be.

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Woof – Spicy Morning #17041

    @ Thomas

    Santa Anna winds scare me much more when flying a HG or PG , rather than

    when in a heavy sailplane ; our light wing loading, makes us quite vulnerable

    like a butterfly  ! :(

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Artificial Grass PG Packing Area #16804

    @ David :

    I agree to that .  Could even go further to place a 30-min parking limit ; violators must do 50 push-ups !

    Yea — it takes me :30 min to break down my Atos.

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Artificial Grass PG Packing Area #16791

    Jerome wrote :

    …The root of the problem may be that a pilot feels validated to park their gear if there is no immediate need for others to use their space for packing. The combination of shade and a clean surface is inviting for parking gear. They become a trend setter showing “it is OK to park here”. Conflict happens when the space is needed. …

    I was a little curious as to why the PG’s get to fold up their $h!t in the shade near  sunset ; and the HG’s have to sweat in the sun ? I guess , if your a PG pilot , that it appears perfectly reasonable ; I fly Both PG and HG , and it doesn’t appear reasonable at all to me !!!

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Pranking Crow #16751

    LOL ; that was Funny !!!!

    Bille

    in reply to: Wave Leading Edge #16719

    Really Cool design ; just makes flying safer !!

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Cost-Effective Surfacing of the LZ #16691

    @ David

    Grab my email off the club list ; I can give you the guy’s number. He seamed reasonable so probably get a better bulk price.

     

    Bille

    in reply to: Cost-Effective Surfacing of the LZ #16689

    Davis W said :

    The cheapest option is used turf with logos (partial logos from sports fields) at $.70 a square foot. Looks like a rough guesstimate of the SW quadrant of the LZ is around 20,000 square feet, so comes out to $14k. Compared to the water cost, that seems to pay for itself in under 8 months.

    EDIT :

    Found out  the service-life of a used baseball field with a soccer field combo, with minimum markings will be near 20-years. They want .68 cents a foot + shipping.

    It’s in Bakersfield

     

    Bille

     

     

    in reply to: Board Meeting – September 17 2022 #16649

    A Big favor please :

    I can not make the Sept 17 Board Meeting , and i would appreciate is someone could bring up a point that does affect everyone :

    HG pilots that land just short of tied down gliders near the shade-structure, for no other reason than they don’t want to walk across the PG landing aria, after they land. I actually Lost a very nice flying Atos, because some lazy A$$ didn’t want to walk his glider back from the HG landing aria . Yea — he crashed into my Atos because he didn’t have the cognitive resources to determine that his abilities were not up to par, to attempt such a landing. This affects ALL pilots , (both HG and PG) and it is just down-right dangerous !!!

     

    Thanks : Bille Floyd

    in reply to: And the Rain Came Down. 9-11-22 #16638

     Gene took rookie down to the 750; too windy for him there too. (Good decision to not fly.)

    Gene took me to Regionals on Sept 7 , near sunset ; had a Great flight. Next

    day it rained ; I left to Las Vegas .

    Sure had a Great time ; hanging with you CSS Skanks !!!

     

    Bille

     

    Bille @ CSS

    in reply to: Is CSS a current USHPA Chapter? #16513

    Getting kinda Agro here gentlemen ; try just washing it ALL away :

    in reply to: Still no financial report for shade structure #16446

     

    Jonathan said :

    You see Linda, even at night it is shadowy.

    As you were

    I have spent some Alone-time with Linda ; she is a Smart, articulate

    and a totally Awesome woman , and I’m Proud to call her a Friend !!!

     

    Bille

    in reply to: SOLD: Ozone / Buzz Z6 / Size MS (75-95 kg) / Low B #16418

    Great price !!

    At 90kg in a swimsuit ; I’m too heavy for it, or I’d buy it . :(

    Bille

    in reply to: 7/16/22 Meeting Observations #16356

    Jerome said :

    We all have to be careful when relying on our memories, as studies showed humans adjust memories for personal comfort or to align with a social group.

     

    Jerome is correct !

    I view it like a bit of a spin-off from functional fixedness ; as it relates to a cognitive bias in problem solving .

     

    Bille

    in reply to: 7/16/22 Meeting Observations #16354

    Jeff said :

    The problem is, two weeks after you start it, you’ve forgotten the real content or why the heck you went there in the first place?

     

    If your talking about Linda ; she is Not stupid.

    Some of you that think Linda is to be taken for a Fool ; ya might wanna

    rethink your strategy .

    Just saying … …

     

    Bille