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rickofudall
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
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Location: Udall, KS, USA
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 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:24 pm Post subject: wing transport suggestions |
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Wow, things have really changed. When I was a moderator on the canard aviators forum (not on Matronics) I advocated adding photos. I got personal attacks with lots of swearing and several members literally wished me dead. You guys are lightweights. :-}
Rick
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:32 AM Pfatchantz <Pfatchantz(at)protonmail.ch (Pfatchantz(at)protonmail.ch)> wrote:
[quote]one way to do pics if they are just for show and tell..Herb
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On Monday, February 17, 2020 11:46 PM, Rick Neilsen <neilsenrm(at)gmail.com (neilsenrm(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
[quote]Charlie
One last time then I'm done. Technology has advanced to the point that photo storage and down loading photos is really a non issue. We are now in the video age where video storage and video down load speeds are a concern like photos were maybe as far back as 8-10 years ago. I share your concern for Matt having to store extremely large photos but photo level storage is dirt cheep. I just built a 9TB RAID 5 media server from a NAS box for $400 that could hold app. 9 million 1 MB photos. Matt needs to update his guidelines.
I'm sure you are a wonderful supporter of our Kolb list and Matt's efforts, thank you. I'm not sure what you were really trying to say but you might have seen my name on the contributors list for the last 30+ years? How long has the list been going?
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:07 PM Charlie England <ceengland7(at)gmail.com (ceengland7(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
[quote]Look, I share your frustration with poor resolution in photos. But there's a difference between a grainy 50KB image and a high res 1MB image (which will fill a computer screen at HD resolution). Jumping to a 10MB image gets you nothing on your screen (except possible frustration with having to scroll to see the whole image), and does indeed cost our generous host more money. Here you go; copied from the FAQ email that Matt sends all of us about once a month:
| Quote: | Here are some rules for posting enclosures. Failure to abide by these rules
could result in the removal of a subscriber's email address from the Lists.
1) Pay attention to what you are posting!! Make sure that the files
you are enclosing aren't HUGE (greater that 1MB). Remember that there
are still people checking they're email via dial up modem. If you post
30MB worth of pictures, you are placing an unnecessary burden on these
folks and the rest of us, for that matter.
2) SCALE YOUR PICTURES DOWN!!! I don't want to see huge 3000 x 2000
pictures getting posted that are 3 or 4MB each. This is just
unacceptable. Use a program such as Photoshop to scale the picture
down to something on the order of 800 x 600 and try to keep the
file size to less-than 200KB, preferably much less.
Microsoft has a really awesome utility available for free that allows
you to Right-Click on a picture in Explorer and automatically
scale it down and resave it. This is a great utility - get it, use it!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Look for the link "Image Resizer"
3) !! This would seem to go without saying, but I'll say it anyway. Do not
post anything that would be considered offensive by your grandmother.
And you know what I'm saying; I don't want to see anything even
questionable. !!
4) REMEMBER THIS: If you post a 1MB enclosure to a List with 1000 members
subscribed, your 1MB enclosure must be resent 1000 times amounting
to 1MB X 1000 = 1 Gigabyte of network traffic!! BE CAREFUL and
BE COURTEOUS!
Also see the section below on the Matronics Photo and File Share where
you can have your files and photos posted on the Matronics web server
for long time viewing and availability.
If you don't like the rules,...well, perhaps this is the wrong sandbox.
In addition to a town of 200K 10 miles away from me, there's a town of about 1500 3.5 miles away that has fiber to the home, but that doesn't help anyone in the area where I live. That's also the case for at least 30% of the rest of the citizens in the USA, as well. Yes, like you, I've seen the commercials for sat based internet, but apparently unlike you, I actually know some people who've tried it. It's great, if you want to download 3 or 4 emails at 4:00 AM on a Tuesday. Then you're out of high speed data for a week or two.
I share your frustration with abbreviated weather coding. And I've been around since the 100 baud days, too. But I've seen reports that there are still weather stations around the world that are still running on teletype grade equipment, and the reason for maintaining the archaic weather codes are to support them. I realize that doesn't fit the rather common US citizen's attitude of "I've got mine; up yours". I guess we should just let those who still depend on teletype delivered weather do without, right? Of course, that teletype speed station might be actually *sending* useful info to *us*...so we'll make allowances for those...
I wasn't aware that there's a high fatality rate from not being able to see detail in an image posted on an internet email list. Dying from not being able to see a picture really is a 1st world problem.
'We' might be well past worrying about a 1MB photo (I've got a 10M/s cell connection now), but that doesn't mean *everyone* is.
Somebody politely and gently pointed out an easy way to *respect the rules of this email list*, not unlike politely asking a smoker to move to the no-smoking section. Some smokers would respond to those requests by calling the non-smoker rude, and of trying to take away their 'freedom' and 'rights'.
Again, since you're so free with spending other people's money, how much have you donated (ever) in support of this list?
Charlie
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On 2/17/2020 2:34 PM, Rick Neilsen wrote:
[quote]Well I guess I ruffled a feather. In the summer I live 30 miles from any town over 10,000 people and just got 10MB cable internet last summer. There are options for satellite that are getting less expensive every year. I know it can be difficult to get real internet but there are other options if you look around and talk to people.
I have been around since the days when weather reports were distributed by teletype at a blazing speed of 103 baud. Back then they developed a short hand to deal with the slow speeds. When dial up internet got to 48K baud there was no need for the short hand but it continued. Today they are still sending some weather reports using the shorthand and people occasionally die due to the confusion of improper decoding and most people and weather stations have internet speed well more than the 10MB or ten million baud. The point is we are well past the point where we need to be concerned with a 1 MB photo. There are always going to be people that don't want to move forward
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smedley
Joined: 04 Feb 2020
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Location: Hatfield PA
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:59 am Post subject: RE: Old Firestar |
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Hello,
My name is Ed Bonsell. I built a Firester in 1986+87. I flew it around SE Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2000 when it damaged in a hanger fire. After 20 years I started putting a few pieces back together. Maybe it will fly again.
Hope you all have a fine day.
Ed
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williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:44 pm Post subject: wing transport suggestions |
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Ed- Keep us all posted with your progress. The List has been a bit slow lately. I had a Firestar of about that vintage- no serial number, and a 5 rib wing. Crashed it, rebuilt it, ran out of money for the hobby and gave it away. Loads of fun.
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Bill Sullivan
Tarboro, NC
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 02:59:56 PM EST, smedley <smedley945(at)gmail.com> wrote:
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "smedley" <smedley945(at)gmail.com (smedley945(at)gmail.com)>
Hello,
My name is Ed Bonsell. I built a Firester in 1986+87. I flew it around SE Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2000 when it damaged in a hanger fire. After 20 years I started putting a few pieces back together. Maybe it will fly again.
Hope you all have a fine day.
Ed
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rickofudall
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:03 am Post subject: wing transport suggestions |
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Bill, I always wondered what happened to your Firestar but I thought it would be insensitive to ask (I am SUCH a sensitive guy, just ask my wife :-}) I'm about to start rebuilding my Mk III, I know how expensive it will be, but I want to fly it again so badly I'll find the money somehow. Best to you and thanks for being a friend on FB.
Rick
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 3:47 PM william sullivan <williamtsullivan(at)att.net (williamtsullivan(at)att.net)> wrote:
| Quote: | Ed- Keep us all posted with your progress. The List has been a bit slow lately. I had a Firestar of about that vintage- no serial number, and a 5 rib wing. Crashed it, rebuilt it, ran out of money for the hobby and gave it away. Loads of fun.
do not archive
Bill Sullivan
Tarboro, NC
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 02:59:56 PM EST, smedley <smedley945(at)gmail.com (smedley945(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "smedley" <smedley945(at)gmail.com (smedley945(at)gmail.com)>
Hello,
My name is Ed Bonsell. I built a Firester in 1986+87. I flew it around SE Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2000 when it damaged in a hanger fire. After 20 years I started putting a few pieces back together. Maybe it will fly again.
Hope you all have a fine day.
Ed
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=494895#494895
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:24 am Post subject: wing transport suggestions |
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Rick- My wife retired, so we couldn't afford to stay in Connecticut. Sold the house to a flipper, and sold or gave everything away. Paid cash for a nice place in North Carolina, and love it here. Still have the 52 acres and a cabin up on a mountain in northern Vermont, and spend summers there. I was considering putting in a landing field there, but money got tight. Cheap food, gas, and utilities here in NC.
Lots of open fields here, and there is an airport in town. Might do it again, if the money is right.
My Kolb was getting some damage from ice falling off of trees, and the chimney cleaner was drooling over it. I gave it to him, with it's trailer and all of the special tools and chemicals.
I am still very interested in the List.
Bill Sullivan
Tarboro, NC
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On Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12:03:45 PM EST, Richard Girard <aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com> wrote:
Bill, I always wondered what happened to your Firestar but I thought it would be insensitive to ask (I am SUCH a sensitive guy, just ask my wife :-}) I'm about to start rebuilding my Mk III, I know how expensive it will be, but I want to fly it again so badly I'll find the money somehow. Best to you and thanks for being a friend on FB.
Rick
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rickofudall
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:02 am Post subject: wing transport suggestions |
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Similar life courses. My girl friend (now my wife) hated Seattle. I loved it, but hated the traffic. I'm from Kansas so I suggested we go there. She had nine years with the VA but couldn't get hired in Seattle but when she applied for a position at the Bob Dole VA in Wichita they hired her over the phone. I took her to Wichita then went back to Seattle to get my house ready to sell. The listing came out at 10 a.m. and it sold by 3:00 p.m. the same day. We found a place just outside Wichita with 5 acres in an airport community for 1/3 what the Seattle place sold for so I was able to buy a Mk III too. Been here 14 years now and except for missing hang gliding in the Cascades I've never regretted it.Take care,
Rick
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 11:29 AM william sullivan <williamtsullivan(at)att.net (williamtsullivan(at)att.net)> wrote:
| Quote: | Rick- My wife retired, so we couldn't afford to stay in Connecticut. Sold the house to a flipper, and sold or gave everything away. Paid cash for a nice place in North Carolina, and love it here. Still have the 52 acres and a cabin up on a mountain in northern Vermont, and spend summers there. I was considering putting in a landing field there, but money got tight. Cheap food, gas, and utilities here in NC.
Lots of open fields here, and there is an airport in town. Might do it again, if the money is right.
My Kolb was getting some damage from ice falling off of trees, and the chimney cleaner was drooling over it. I gave it to him, with it's trailer and all of the special tools and chemicals.
I am still very interested in the List.
Bill Sullivan
Tarboro, NC
do not archive
On Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12:03:45 PM EST, Richard Girard <aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com (aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
Bill, I always wondered what happened to your Firestar but I thought it would be insensitive to ask (I am SUCH a sensitive guy, just ask my wife :-}) I'm about to start rebuilding my Mk III, I know how expensive it will be, but I want to fly it again so badly I'll find the money somehow. Best to you and thanks for being a friend on FB.
Rick
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