"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Why can't you
grumpily nitpick some arcane point in my post--I mean, just to fit in?

It has been raining in the Northeast for a week, and between that and
the spring thaw all my grass airports are closed. That could explain
some of the posts.

We in the Northwest have all been out flying, which explains why the local
flame wars have subsided a bit :-) It's been the sort of CAVU week that we
know happens fro mtime to time, and people from outside assume happens
never. I chose Friday evening to knock some rust off with 3 and a hold, and
just had to lift the shades for a few minutes so I could take in the sunset.

After we landed, I stood on the apron and took advantage of the low horizon
to the west (except for the Olympics). There, in a ragged line left to
right, were the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, all visible
at once. That won't happen again until 2035.

-- David Brooks