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Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one
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"Viperdoc" wrote: Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one during the holiday rush? Amen. Xmas shopping? That's what the web's for. -- Dan "Almost all the matter that came out of the Big Bang was two specific sorts; hydrogen, and stupidity." -Robert Carnegie in talk.origins |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
... Flying to Houston to see the folks. Haven't made up my mind if I'll land at Sugar Land or Hobby. Hobby is closer to Mom's and has more ILS approaches, but Sugar Land has fewer ground hassles and spam cans don't get vectors all over the county to get there. I used to have my plane based out of Hobby... It's not that bad of an airport for GA... I was based over on the south side of the airport at FletchAir and it was usually a short taxi to a midfield 12R (at Kilo) or 04 (at Juliet) for takeoff... Landings usually ended with a turnoff at Kilo from 12R or 12L, from Hotel on 18/35, or from Juliet or Mike on 04/22... The way the weather has been lately, you probably won't need an ILS approach anyway... Traffic near SGR sucks due to road construction if you are heading south on TX-6... Seems that there always is a train at the intersection of TX-6 and US-90 every time I go that way... Another option might be AXH... I base my plane there... There's also Manvel (nice grass strip) and Pearland... If you are renting a car, some of the airports are going to be easier to arrange that at than others... |
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:30:18 GMT, Viperdoc wrote:
Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one during the holiday rush? 'cause there is an Apple Store? #m -- Enemy Combatant http://itsnotallbad.com/ |
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:30:18 +0000, Viperdoc wrote:
Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one during the holiday rush? The key word here is "voluntarily", of course... What I've found that works for me is to make a trip out of it to one of the outlet malls instead... I'll sit in my vehicle with my laptop... I'll either work on something that I would have been doing at the house, or I'll find an open WiFi connection and connect to the internet... Grace and Kaitlyn will shop and periodically they will give me a call to pick up the things that they have purchased... I don't have to walk around stores that I have no desire to even be in nor do I end up having to carry a bunch of packages / bags that they have bought... I'm so good at it that they actually think that I'm being *considerate*... Damn, do I have them fooled... evil-grin -- "Is it possible for the voices in my head to use email from now on?" |
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Martin Hotze wrote: Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one during the holiday rush? 'cause there is an Apple Store? excellent point! -- Bob Noel Looking for a sig the lawyers will hate |
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"Grumman-581" wrote: Flying to Houston to see the folks. Haven't made up my mind if I'll land at Sugar Land or Hobby. Hobby is closer to Mom's and has more ILS approaches, but Sugar Land has fewer ground hassles and spam cans don't get vectors all over the county to get there. I used to have my plane based out of Hobby... It's not that bad of an airport for GA... I was based over on the south side of the airport at FletchAir and it was usually a short taxi to a midfield 12R (at Kilo) or 04 (at Juliet) for takeoff... Landings usually ended with a turnoff at Kilo from 12R or 12L, from Hotel on 18/35, or from Juliet or Mike on 04/22... The way the weather has been lately, you probably won't need an ILS approach anyway... Traffic near SGR sucks due to road construction if you are heading south on TX-6... Seems that there always is a train at the intersection of TX-6 and US-90 every time I go that way... Another option might be AXH... I base my plane there... There's also Manvel (nice grass strip) and Pearland... If you are renting a car, some of the airports are going to be easier to arrange that at than others... Cheapest fuel at HOU: $4.22. Fuel at SGR: $3.58. Even when I cancel IFR early, I always get a bunch of vectors going into HOU. And at Wilson (used to be Fletcher), there's only one choice of rent car companies and security gates to deal with. Going into SGR, I can take a pretty straight shot VFR under the south shelf of the Class B. SGR has any kind of rent car you want and it's easy to drive out of. That Hwy 6 traffic can be tough, though. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Eye candy. Pure and simple. "you have fun shopping hun, I'll just sit here
in this massage chair and watch the girls walk by, er' I mean take a nap until you get back." Jim "Viperdoc" wrote in message . com... Why would any self respecting male voluntarily go to any mall, let alone one during the holiday rush? |
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:45:59 -0600, "Dan Luke"
wrote: Cheapest fuel at HOU: $4.22. Fuel at SGR: $3.58. Where you flying in from and what part of town are you heading towards? If I'm flying in from the NE, I usually refuel over at Anahuac (T00) -- current price for 100LL of $2.97... If your destination is more towards the south of Houston, Brazoria Country / Angleton (LBX) might even be an option with fuel at $2.99... Even when I cancel IFR early, I always get a bunch of vectors going into HOU. And at Wilson (used to be Fletcher), there's only one choice of rent car companies and security gates to deal with. I haven't been there since Fletcher sold out, but back when I used to be based there, I could just walk through the hangar with my gear (including a shotgun) and no one would bother me... I also had the combination for the side gate in case no one was in the front office to unlock the front door after hours... Going into SGR, I can take a pretty straight shot VFR under the south shelf of the Class B. SGR has any kind of rent car you want and it's easy to drive out of. As always, you have to make compromises on convenience and cost... Since you say that you are flying straight across south side of the Class B, that must mean that you're coming in from the east, possibly somewhere else along the Gulf Coast... There are probably better airports for your intended destination, but they might not have rental cars available at that airport... Personally, if I'm over on the east side of the Houston area, I try to fill up at T00 or T90... T90 often has cheaper fuel than T00, but they don't update their prices on AirNav that often... Hell, if you look at the Chambers County web page, you'll see that the last time they updated those prices was back on 5/16/2003... http://www.co.chambers.tx.us/offices/airport.html They don't have anyone over at T90 right now, but I called T00 and they said that the county has the prices the same at both airports at the present time... |
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Jim Burns wrote: Any plans on flying somewhere for the holidays? Jim 20 minute flight over to visit my parents on Lake LBJ. www.airnav.com/airport/44te Cheers, John Clonts Temple, Texas N7NZ |
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