It’s Not Worth Showing Off

[MikeD]

Furthermore, this frame is 37 years old ! This last owner apparently just acquired it in late April.
The maintenance on a 37 year old Helo must be quite demanding. @MikeD Where are you ?

It depends. There’s lots of operators of Hughes/MD 500Es, and even older C/Ds, namely a lot of powerline servicing companies. Mesa PD here in the metro Phoenix area flies 500E and 530F models.

The missing tail on the helo, would have to determine whether that was pre-impact or post-impact damage, which would assist in narrowing down whether there was a loss of control due to pilot input, aerodynamic, or mechanical causal factors, in terms of why there would have been a horizontal rotation or spin.

 

[///AMG]

Isn't snapchat the one where you can send dick pics to girls you know and the post disappears? That is the only thing that I think I know about this social media. But I could be confusing it with another.

 

[derg]

Furthermore, this frame is 37 years old ! This last owner apparently just acquired it in late April.
The maintenance on a 37 year old Helo must be quite demanding. @MikeD Where are you ?

Donning his sport coat to help his realtor parents close a real estate deal!

(super duper inside joke between @MikeD and I. No, his parents are cardiac physicians and not realtors)

 

[killbilly]

On the contrary, I hope I'm right about this but I've noticed a shift toward a balance, at least in the form of book stores.

For a while there amazon, B&N and Borders were massacreing the local book store.... but... today around me there are four or five well traveled book shops and a sense of community has grown up around them. Amazon is big but isnt even really a book store anymore, Borders is gone, B&N is still around but I can't remember the last time I've been there, but I visit my local book shop regularly.

In the magazine space I can tell you that I can never be bothered to read online magazines, but always read print versions when they come in... I think we may eventually find that balance, too, if a magazine survives.

I’d always hoped that the transition to digital would allow for more long-form journalism pieces; like what the New Yorker, Time and The Economist do.

Mrs. Killbilly allowed me to do a cold read on one of her investigative pieces and I was surprised that it was around a thousand words when it could have been 10x as long and I asked her about that, given the digital formats and not being limited by column inches anymore.

She shrugged and said it doesn’t matter. The limitation are coming from the reader. Most readers don’t seem to want to read long form pieces anymore. She pointed out that her friend at a major network usually only has 22 seconds to tell her stories.

I didn’t believe this. So we timed the evening news and I was dumbstruck. I knew the segments were short but…damn.

I’ve lamented this often enough in the past so I’ll just say that we have seen the enemy and it is us.

 

[Richman]

Can't speak to operating that helicopter and its characteristics, but a couple of mouse clicks and it appears that canal is around eight and a half feet deep, give or take a little for recent rainfall and whatever the management authority is doing with water levels. Not good for survivability and rescue operations.

It's 8 1/2 feet deep, alright, but that's just the snakes, bugs and other noxious critters. The water is extra, and goes on top.

 

[sorrygottarunway]

On the contrary, I hope I'm right about this but I've noticed a shift toward a balance, at least in the form of book stores.

For a while there amazon, B&N and Borders were massacreing the local book store.... but... today around me there are four or five well traveled book shops and a sense of community has grown up around them. Amazon is big but isnt even really a book store anymore, Borders is gone, B&N is still around but I can't remember the last time I've been there, but I visit my local book shop regularly.

In the magazine space I can tell you that I can never be bothered to read online magazines, but always read print versions when they come in... I think we may eventually find that balance, too, if a magazine survives.

One of my favorite free bathrooms in NYC next to union square. Now you need to have purchased something a present it to a guard to access the restroom.

 

[Richman]

One of my favorite free bathrooms in NYC next to union square. Now you need to have purchased something a present it to a guard to access the restroom.

I’m old enough to remember pay stalls at the airport, and the change machine only have 95 cents for a dollar.

 

[mightynimbus]

I came here to say this. I'm not here for your fruity pebble french toast, I'm here for a poached egg. Makes me nauseous each time I watch an influencer (or Yelper) destroy a restaurant because a dish doesn't have a 'good flavor profile.' Whatever that even means.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzBNRaVq1kg



and SouthPark was next level on the topic. NOT SAFE FOR WORK


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlR_ccnZww

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I almost got deaded. So I thought I’d engage in a felony.






View: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/t1sZAAOW3NQ

 

[trafficinsight]

I’d always hoped that the transition to digital would allow for more long-form journalism pieces; like what the New Yorker, Time and The Economist do.

Mrs. Killbilly allowed me to do a cold read on one of her investigative pieces and I was surprised that it was around a thousand words when it could have been 10x as long and I asked her about that, given the digital formats and not being limited by column inches anymore.

She shrugged and said it doesn’t matter. The limitation are coming from the reader. Most readers don’t seem to want to read long form pieces anymore. She pointed out that her friend at a major network usually only has 22 seconds to tell her stories.

I didn’t believe this. So we timed the evening news and I was dumbstruck. I knew the segments were short but…damn.

I’ve lamented this often enough in the past so I’ll just say that we have seen the enemy and it is us.

That isn't to say I don't read *anything* online, of course. Just that an online only "magazine" doesn't hold my attention at all like a print version does.

 

[killbilly]

That isn't to say I don't read *anything* online, of course. Just that an online only "magazine" doesn't hold my attention at all like a print version does.

I get it - there’s a tangible grab there.

My comment was just more on how short our attention spans have become.

 

[Bob Ridpath]

Admitting that I'm old and generally a Luddite, I'm honestly not sure what type of creature an 'influencer" might be.

I write/share thoughts online in two places: FB and here. Sometimes people appreciate what I write; sometimes they don't. Rarely I may try to add some wisdom (i.e., use a stepladder not a wobbly stool to change a ceiling lightbulb) but mostly it's just about my life and experience, and how I try to get through both.

Never ate at a restaurant, or even checked a review, because of what some stranger wrote, although the community here has some weight with me after years of annoying you with dog and food pictures. It's like "talking" for me and learning about something I love but never pursued for different reasons.

I mean, it would be nice, I guess, to get paid for my opinion but I can't see how it's worth very much (donations happily accepted, BTW).

Me: "Hello, stranger. Tell me about yourself."
Them: "Hello, I'm a social influencer. I tell people about my personal taste in clothes and restaurants and stuff."
Me: "But what do you actually do?"
Them: "I have a million followers."
Me: "Must be a long line behind you. I won't be joining it."

 

[BobDDuck]

I’d always hoped that the transition to digital would allow for more long-form journalism pieces; like what the New Yorker, Time and The Economist do.

Mrs. Killbilly allowed me to do a cold read on one of her investigative pieces and I was surprised that it was around a thousand words when it could have been 10x as long and I asked her about that, given the digital formats and not being limited by column inches anymore.

She shrugged and said it doesn’t matter. The limitation are coming from the reader. Most readers don’t seem to want to read long form pieces anymore. She pointed out that her friend at a major network usually only has 22 seconds to tell her stories.

I didn’t believe this. So we timed the evening news and I was dumbstruck. I knew the segments were short but…damn.

I’ve lamented this often enough in the past so I’ll just say that we have seen the enemy and it is us.

Trying to get "long form" travel writing published mostly means 1500 word limits. It's ridiculous, but there no market between that, and an 80,000 word book.

 

[Richman]

Trying to get "long form" travel writing published mostly means 1500 word limits. It's ridiculous, but there no market between that, and an 80,000 word book.

Irony is I think digital media has made getting published even harder.

 

[BobDDuck]

Irony is I think digital media has made getting published even harder.

It's flooded the market. Everyone can have a blog (guilty) which means there is less demand for published works. Also, with a few exceptions, traditional published content hadn't made a great jump to digital consumption.

 

[derg]

I’d always hoped that the transition to digital would allow for more long-form journalism pieces; like what the New Yorker, Time and The Economist do.

Mrs. Killbilly allowed me to do a cold read on one of her investigative pieces and I was surprised that it was around a thousand words when it could have been 10x as long and I asked her about that, given the digital formats and not being limited by column inches anymore.

She shrugged and said it doesn’t matter. The limitation are coming from the reader. Most readers don’t seem to want to read long form pieces anymore. She pointed out that her friend at a major network usually only has 22 seconds to tell her stories.

I didn’t believe this. So we timed the evening news and I was dumbstruck. I knew the segments were short but…damn.

I’ve lamented this often enough in the past so I’ll just say that we have seen the enemy and it is us.

”Enough words about the giant asteroid, I need to know what it is an how to feel and is it the R or D’s fault, all in the headline”

 

[roundout]

"can someone just tell me how to feel so I can go back to doing the crossword or looking at imgur?"

 

[invadertim]

On the contrary, I hope I'm right about this but I've noticed a shift toward a balance, at least in the form of book stores.

For a while there amazon, B&N and Borders were massacreing the local book store.... but... today around me there are four or five well traveled book shops and a sense of community has grown up around them. Amazon is big but isnt even really a book store anymore, Borders is gone, B&N is still around but I can't remember the last time I've been there, but I visit my local book shop regularly.

In the magazine space I can tell you that I can never be bothered to read online magazines, but always read print versions when they come in... I think we may eventually find that balance, too, if a magazine survives.

Yeah, there are more local shops, but how many are really a coffee shop that also sells books? How many are just selling religious books or California voodoo self help crap? I don’t believe books are totally going away, but as they once were? Going away, perhaps already gone…

 

[trafficinsight]

Yeah, there are more local shops, but how many are really a coffee shop that also sells books? How many are just selling religious books or California voodoo self help crap? I don’t believe books are totally going away, but as they once were? Going away, perhaps already gone…

Mine all fly pride flags and don't allow drinks inside so... I dunno...

 

[WacoFan]

Donning his sport coat to help his realtor parents close a real estate deal!

(super duper inside joke between @MikeD and I. No, his parents are cardiac physicians and not realtors)