Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Beware coronavirus.  
In 2015 Bill Gates alerted the world to the threat of a pandemic.

Stewart Myrent

I received additional info today about Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash.  It turns out that I was partially right, that, because he was a celebrity, he probably took more helicopter flights than the one I had taken.  It turns out that the helicopter was Kobe's very own, privately-owned helicopter.  It was not operated by any commercial helicopter company.  Also in SoCal, in the LA area, it is much easier to get around, flying above all the bumper-to-bumper traffic, as long as you can avoid that last helicopter trip.  But, still, how many people can afford their very own helicopter?  Another example of good luck being way better than being unimaginably wealthy.

Paul Richard Hain

I'm a private pilot.  The heli was flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). He was flying in Class G airspace that has a few restrictions.  He had to remain clear of clouds and have one statute mile of visability.  The pilot request a Special Visual Flight Rule clearance to proceed, presumably because of less visability and fog.  This is a very dangerous choice.  He was flying into rising terrain with limited visability. The SVFR clearance was granted.  He was now flying below radar contact that he requested to guide him to their destination.  In conditions like he was in, the pilot should have been flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) which require a pilot to fly using cockpit instruments rather than visual sight.  The pilot may have experienced vertigo, complete sensory disorientation and then lost control of the heli.  They were so low in altitude there was no room to regain control.  Crash!  A terrible tragedy.

Minimum Visual Flight Rules flying is very dangerous even for the best pilot.  The pilots decision-making lead to the accident.  Diverting back to better conditions, landing and renting a car from Hertz would have ended the day happy.  Weather is always what you see out the windscreen.  If you can't see anything you are headed for oblivion.

Alan A. Alop

Stewart Myrent

Alan, thank you for passing on "This Modern World", by Tom Tomorrow, which I don't remember seeing before.

Paul Richard Hain

Ah, ah, ah, Alan.  Rules.  Objective rules apply.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Get a grip, Paul.  
It's time for a good laugh.
Every day the Sargeant-at-arms says: "Senators will remain silent on pain of imprisonment,"
yet the Senators talk (quietly).

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Lots of moving parts.

We're in a new moment.  
 

Coronavirus is a public health emergency in the U.S.
The virus is spreading 'round the world faster than expected.

David St. Pierre Bantz

Swedish pancakes this morning; filling is lingonberry, aka low bush cranberry in Alaska. I first tasted these from Judy Kerstetter's mom and have been a fan since. Made these in my mom's acient cast iron griddle.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Yummy... Swedish pancakes are a favorite of my Larson grandchildren... we also eat them with lingonberries, but have never rolled them... yours are whetting my appetite...

 to David
 from Lin Yutang
"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods,
 but in the lap of our cooks."

Donald Henry Kuehn

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL? 

 Go Chieeeeeeffffs!

DK

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

We have lived in Arlington Heights, IL for over 40 years.  Jimmy Garoppolo grew up here.  Sorry, Don, but I'm rooting for Jimmy and the 49ers!

Theodore John Forsberg (Forsberg)

Yo David- great minds cook alike- had my Swedish pancakes with local maple syrup- my ligonberries are for thanksgiving turkey. My iron pan was my Grandmothers ( mor mor for the Swedes out there) and I can not even guess how old it is. 

Stewart Myrent

I was not even going to post, but the lure of the Swedish pancakes, with LINGONBERRIES, were too much to pass up.  I remember getting Swedish pancakes, filled, of course, with lingonberries, probably 40 or 50 years ago, & I believe I used to get them at IHOP, but I'm not sure. They were wrapped, just as your beauties were, David & they were great!  If anyone also remembers, or knows, if IHOP carried the Swedish pancakes, please let me know, so I can worry slightly less, about my sanity.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Congrats, DK.

Hats off to Big Red and the Chiefs!

It's good to see OK open emotion -

the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat -

the fun of competition and championships

that comes with sports and sporting events -

appropriate venues for competition

(with referees and open review)

(and in golf, an honor code).

Lots to celebrate in Kansas City.

Donald Henry Kuehn

#15

Enough said.  

DK

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

DK, you're so PC.  
#15 is the Magic Man.
 

There's so much confetti on the field, players are making "confetti angels."
 

Stewart, maybe Walker Brothers ?  ?  ?
Have you been to Al Johnson's in Door County?
                                 in Sister Bay, Wisconsin 

Stewart Myrent

Janis, it may have been Walker Bros., as I still take my daughter there for brunch.  I'll have to ask next time I'm there, if anyone remembers Swedish pancakes (with you know what kind of berries).  I worked tonight & heard most of the Super Bowl on the radio.  Sounded like a good game to me, although I had 0 rooting interest in either team.  But Don, you must be thrilled, for more than the obvious reason.  I heard on the radio 2 things: (1) it had been 50 (that's right - 50) yrs. since the Chiefs had won a Super Bowl, and (2) they are the first & only team to come back from double-digit deficits in all 3 of their playoff games.  One other thing I heard on the radio - the network felt compelled to apologize to listeners for some foul language displayed by a few of the Chiefs players.  Although I barely remembered hearing any of it.  Is it because I speak similarly fairly often, or does it indicate that I am becoming immune to such speech & barely notice it?  But congrats on a great Super bowl victory, nevertheless.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," said Dumbledore.  
from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"  -- J.K. Rowling
 

Listen to what people say, but watch what they do.

Stewart Myrent

Alan, appreciated your remarks & I personally am getting a little uncomfortable, with the rhetoric that is being tossed about so frequently today.  I don't understand it, but I do consider myself to be a rational person, with a fairly good understanding of the English language.  So, what I am getting at, is, what am I missing here?

Alan A. Alop

I always appreciate your comments Carol, wherever they appear.

Vic Stroetzel

If my message offended anyone, i sincerely apologize. i will go back to sleep.

the best to everyone.

vic

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Who are the role models you'd like your grandchildren to emulate?
Vic, I googled John Doar, am inspired by his life and career.

I hope the sun shines gently all day,
I am in Parkland, Florida, for a day of commemoration.  

❤️❤️❤️ and 💐💐 to all.🌹

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I do not understand how now when information is more available to us than at any time in history, somehow truth has less value.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Another classmate has chosen to leave the website.  
Carol Kretschmar - same as Steve Hirschtick - has terminated her presence among us.  
Carol brought great energy to our class and to the Forums.  
Carol, as is Steve, will be sorely missed.

I'm trying to remember the cycle of life Carol posted:

Success was not wetting one's pants,
It was having friends,
Driving a car,
Having sex,
                Earning a living,
and in reverse order:
                            Having sex,
                            Driving a car,
                            Having friends,
                            Not wetting one's pants.

Carol has a quick wit,
which she readily shared with us.

Lurkers, now is the time to reach out to Carol.