Bullying desguised (badly) as precaution

I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love where I
live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home, it
has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely -- but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street who
lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be hard to
forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so that they must
park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road effectively one-lane,
especially in the winter when the plows can't get around them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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

In closing, getting your pilot's certificate will be unlike anything
you've
ever accomplished before -- I urge you to do it! That certificate, for
me,
is far more significant and meaningful than my high school diploma, my
college degree, or any award or title I've won, before or since.

How does it compare to the title of Husband? (just on the off chance that
Mary is looking in g )

Well, it's on a different plane of existence (oooo, sorry!), but if we're
gonna go down *that* road...

I think the title of "Dad" is best of all!

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

I think the title of "Dad" is best of all!

Took the words right out of my mouth Jay!!

There are two titles, privileges, honors, and responsibilities that we will
carry to our graves, that of pilot, and that of father.

Jim

My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land that is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat runways! May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely -- but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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

W P Dixon wrote:

Biggest thing here is finding enough land
that is flat enough.

Hey, there's plenty of flat land there. It's all vertical, though. :-)

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec would go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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

Now Now Jim,
I am sure we all wish we had the problem of how big to build our hangar!
Remember , the bigger ..the more toys it holds!!!! Just think of all
the fun stuff you get to buy to put in it. New rollaways.....more
tools....alittle project plane so you have something to really tinker on. Oh
and did I mention MORE TOOLS!!!!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with
doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec would
go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal
situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of
his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our
home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the
street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't
be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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

LMAO!!! Yep, if I did all that, I'd definately need a rollaway!
Jim

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Now Now Jim,
I am sure we all wish we had the problem of how big to build our
hangar!
Remember , the bigger ..the more toys it holds!!!! Just think of all
the fun stuff you get to buy to put in it. New rollaways.....more
tools....alittle project plane so you have something to really tinker on.
Oh
and did I mention MORE TOOLS!!!!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with
doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec
would
go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal
situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of
his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle
gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land
that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat
runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash
living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our
home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating
nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from
the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the
street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't
be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres
or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love where
I
live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home,
it
has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely -- but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street
who
lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be hard
to
forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so that they
must
park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road effectively one-lane,
especially in the winter when the plows can't get around them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

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


Possibility of a fly-in B&B?

I'd have to do some of that also, but at least it's sand land. We've got
some pretty big front end loaders, dump trucks, a motor grader and a
scraper, but no dozer. It may take me awhile, but it would be as much fun
as being a little kid in a sand box!!
Jim

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"George Patterson" wrote

Hey, there's plenty of flat land there. It's all vertical, though. :-)

I have often thought about getting a chunk of land around here (Western
NC)
and getting a big ol' dozer. I could then spend a good chunk of spare
time
chopping off two hills and filling in the middle, to make a runway.

That is one of the only ways to have a runway around here, unless you pay
a
fortune for flat land, OR get it in the middle of large populations, OR on
a
flood plain, where the next worse thing to flooding is frequent morning or
evening ground fog.

It helps that I like earth moving equipment! ;-)
--
Jim in NC