Where is everyone?

At this point I'd take the $3.14 a gallon... I just filled up today for
$3.59 for 87 unleaded. I still gave a wink to the Hummer guy next to me
as I topped off my Accord. :-)

I sold my partner my share of our Mooney a few months ago and I honestly
haven't missed it a bit. I gave aviation a fiar shot for over 6 years
and came to the conclusion that the expense wasn't worth the reward.
Then again it has only been a few months without flying. I am reserving
the right to change my mind at any time.

I do know that if I do go back to flying that renting will be the way to
go for me. I sure can do a lot with the 15 AMU's a year I was spending
on owning. YMMV

Jon

Matt Whiting wrote:
Now at $3.14 I pay $38/week.

Jon Kraus wrote:
At this point I'd take the $3.14 a gallon... I just filled up today for
$3.59 for 87 unleaded. I still gave a wink to the Hummer guy next to me
as I topped off my Accord. :-)

I sold my partner my share of our Mooney a few months ago and I honestly
haven't missed it a bit. I gave aviation a fiar shot for over 6 years
and came to the conclusion that the expense wasn't worth the reward.
Then again it has only been a few months without flying. I am reserving
the right to change my mind at any time.

I do know that if I do go back to flying that renting will be the way to
go for me. I sure can do a lot with the 15 AMU's a year I was spending
on owning. YMMV

I would agree if renting was an option. However, of the three airports
within 35 miles of my house, none currently have aircraft available for
rent. The one sold its last rental 172 to a friend of mine and the
owner hasn't replaced it yet. I believe he will, but at the moment
renting isn't even an option. Sigh...

Matt

Then again it has only been a few months without flying. I am reserving
the right to change my mind at any time.

If you can go "a few months" without flying, you were never addicted.

Probably a good thing, with prices rising. At some point, we addicts
will have to make some hard choices.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Then again it has only been a few months without flying. I am reserving
the right to change my mind at any time.

If you can go "a few months" without flying, you were never addicted.

Probably a good thing, with prices rising. At some point, we addicts
will have to make some hard choices.

That is true. I love to fly, ride motorcycles, shoot, and several other
things, but I am addicted to none of them. I can, and have, gone two or
more years without doing any one of them as circumstances of college or
work dictated. Being addicted to anything is a bad deal and causes poor
decision making. This is true whether the addiction is to your job,
your hobby or a drug.


Matt

That is true. I love to fly, ride motorcycles, shoot, and several other
things, but I am addicted to none of them. I can, and have, gone two or
more years without doing any one of them as circumstances of college or
work dictated. Being addicted to anything is a bad deal and causes poor
decision making. This is true whether the addiction is to your job,
your hobby or a drug.

Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. Being addicted to flying has caused me
to:

- Make strange career choices (Example: Giving up a 20+ year career in
newspapers)
- Induce my wife to give up her career as a Medical Technologist
- Fly every few days for almost 13 years
- Put away far less $$ for my future grandchildren's beer fund than I
otherwise would have
- Create a crazy, aviation-themed hotel in Iowa (of all places!), just
so I can hang out with pilots all day long
- Give up golf
- Spend my summers at a tin shack on a hot asphalt taxiway, rather
than fishing at a cabin on a cool lake

God help me, it's also made me the happiest guy alive. What can I
do?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
That is true. I love to fly, ride motorcycles, shoot, and several other
things, but I am addicted to none of them. I can, and have, gone two or
more years without doing any one of them as circumstances of college or
work dictated. Being addicted to anything is a bad deal and causes poor
decision making. This is true whether the addiction is to your job,
your hobby or a drug.

Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. Being addicted to flying has caused me
to:

- Make strange career choices (Example: Giving up a 20+ year career in
newspapers)
- Induce my wife to give up her career as a Medical Technologist
- Fly every few days for almost 13 years
- Put away far less $$ for my future grandchildren's beer fund than I
otherwise would have
- Create a crazy, aviation-themed hotel in Iowa (of all places!), just
so I can hang out with pilots all day long
- Give up golf
- Spend my summers at a tin shack on a hot asphalt taxiway, rather
than fishing at a cabin on a cool lake

God help me, it's also made me the happiest guy alive. What can I
do?



Drink two cool beers tonight, and plan flight for in the morning!!!!!!!

Maxwell writes:

Drink two cool beers tonight, and plan flight for in the morning!!!!!!!

If he drinks beers tonight, he should not fly earlier than tomorrow evening.

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Maxwell writes:

Drink two cool beers tonight, and plan flight for in the morning!!!!!!!

If he drinks beers tonight, he should not fly earlier than tomorrow evening.

Bzzzz Wrong answer! Try looking up the regulations.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Maxwell writes:

Drink two cool beers tonight, and plan flight for in the morning!!!!!!!

If he drinks beers tonight, he should not fly earlier than tomorrow
evening.


Clueless as usual. At least you are consistant. Alway the village idiot.

Jay Honeck wrote:
That is true. I love to fly, ride motorcycles, shoot, and several other
things, but I am addicted to none of them. I can, and have, gone two or
more years without doing any one of them as circumstances of college or
work dictated. Being addicted to anything is a bad deal and causes poor
decision making. This is true whether the addiction is to your job,
your hobby or a drug.

Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. Being addicted to flying has caused me
to:

- Make strange career choices (Example: Giving up a 20+ year career in
newspapers)
- Induce my wife to give up her career as a Medical Technologist
- Fly every few days for almost 13 years
- Put away far less $$ for my future grandchildren's beer fund than I
otherwise would have
- Create a crazy, aviation-themed hotel in Iowa (of all places!), just
so I can hang out with pilots all day long
- Give up golf
- Spend my summers at a tin shack on a hot asphalt taxiway, rather
than fishing at a cabin on a cool lake

God help me, it's also made me the happiest guy alive. What can I
do?

Why do you want to do anything? :-) If it works for you...

For me, that would be the unhappiest of existences. I'm a "variety is
the spice of life" person. If I'm not involved in five things at any
given time I feel completely deprived, and I live to have a different
five every few years. Such a one dimensional life would drive me
absolutely nuts.


Matt