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The small GA airport in the town Stefan and I grew up in had this tire testing center right next to it. In addition to a circular track and a sort of race track layout, it also had a long …

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Fortunately, our mom was not a helicopter mom. My brother became a helicopter pilot anyway, so I’m not sure if the correlation hinted at by Jason is actually works that way. I’m very much a fan of letting my kids …

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Well, by now I guess we’ve all gotten used to face masks. But it sure was a weird feeling, wearing a mask in public for the first time. The first time I left my house after lockdown, to do some …

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I was on a fire contract in Arkansas in the early 2000’s where not a whole bunch was happening. It was a slow season with a lot of rain. We spent most of the time finding a hangar for the …

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