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Still 30mph winds here.

Ted, we used to live close to NAS El Centro and a good friend was a couple miles east of the runway. Got to see the Blue Angels practice a lot.

Speaking of ATC, when I was flying my first cross country solo in a C152 I was flying into Cedar Rapids, back in 1987 and I was on downwind when the controller came on and told me to fly short final behind the DC10 and in front of the 737 making a straight in approach. I made it very short so I could land long after where the DC10 touched down. I don't mind being upside down in an airplane, but I do protest at being upside down at 30 feet altitude!

Upgrading the engine in the race car will just continue the cycle of upgrades! Not that there is anything wrong with that.

We attended a funeral today of a friend and neighbor. He was 60 years old and he bikes 20 miles a day, rode his adventure bike to work unless it was less than 26* out and was a member of the Ski Patrol for 25 years. His kids have stayed over at our house with our kids. I guess you never know, no matter how healthy you are. A good friend died at 41 a few years ago when he had a heart attack.