CAVU and I'm Grounded!

"Jay Honeck" writes:

Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it
suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!!
Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one
slipped
by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there.
*sigh*

You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been
checked in 24 months?

Turn the stupid thing off and go fly!

(I'm REALLY grounded. The weather here is CAVU, my plane is fully fueled
and 30 seconds away -- and the danged hotel is full... I can't get away for
NUTHIN'...)

That's not grounded. You've just got the wrong priorities. Now me, I
was grounded for several weeks getting some things taken care of on
the plane while we had typical early spring Northern California
weather: absolutely clear (probably 150+ miles viz), temps high 60s,
gentle breezes. You could see the snow on the Sierra peaks and all
the way over to the coast ranges.

If the only thing wrong with the plane was some paperwork, screw
it...I would have been flying.