Too many pilots in the cockpit spoil the landing...

Icebound wrote:

An OWT involves a solution for a problem. The solution is scientifically
lacking or the problem does not exist.

And every few years, some scientist studies an old wives' tale for kicks and
figures out why it's true. At that point, it ceases to be an OWT.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:
And every few years, some scientist studies an old wives' tale for
kicks
and figures out why it's true. At that point, it ceases to be an OWT.

Can you cite one, Gerge?
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

Can you cite one, Gerge?

I'll give you two. There was an OWT to the effect that you could tell it was
going to rain if the frogs started making a lot of noise. Another one went that
it was going to rain if a silver maple turned its leaves up and showed the
bottom side. Turns out that the reason for this is that both the frogs and the
leaves are sensitive to humidity changes. Before about 1980, these were old
wives' tales, however. After some researcher did some work on it, they are
scientifically verified facts.

One OWT that appears to be true by my observation is that, if hornets build
their nests low, it's going to be a rough winter. I'd really love it if someone
could prove that one and figure out the cause.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

"Dan Luke" writes:

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:
And every few years, some scientist studies an old wives' tale for
kicks
and figures out why it's true. At that point, it ceases to be an OWT.

Can you cite one, Gerge?

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