Stock market indices are in record territory
Posted By RichC on April 29, 2013
Visiting with Katelyn and Drew – the newlyweds
Posted By RichC on April 28, 2013
We drove Brenda’s parents home to western New York last week and opening the farmhouse after a week or so of staying with us in Cincinnati. They were glad to finally get home from Florida. Brenda and I then hitched up the trailer and headed up to Columbus for Saturday. Our project was centered around moving a couple larger items out of Katelyn’s apartment and getting them into their townhome. The weather was perfect (for an uncovered trailer) and the day with our newlyweds was very enjoyable.
Katelyn and Drew fixed us a deluxe breakfast when we arrive and then opened a few more of their wedding gifts and cards in front of us before we started moving (and painting). Drew had put some of the collected photos from several social sites on a USB drive and gave us a slide show on the bigger screen — we also enjoyed hearing about their first night in downtown Cincinnati and their minimoon to Hocking Hills (not too many details). What a great time they had; they seem very happy.
minimoon — November 3, 2012 Urban Word of the Day
Short trip after a couple gets married in place of a full honeymoon.
My friends are taking a minimoon right after they get married. They are going on their actual honeymoon trip in a few months.
NYC 9/11 debris – aircraft part – found over a decade later
Posted By RichC on April 26, 2013
The part, which police believe came from one of the two commercial airliners destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, was discovered Wednesday by surveyors inspecting the rear of 51 Park Pl., several blocks from ground zero. The surveyors called 911 to report the debris with a “clearly visible Boeing identification number,” the New York Police Department said in a statement.
The I-71 Cleveland Ohio skyline
Posted By RichC on April 25, 2013
The trip driving into Cleveland Ohio never really gets old, although after winter the roadways could use a little cleaning up.
Simple carburetor for Volkswagen aircraft conversions
Posted By RichC on April 25, 2013
This is really just an archive of a message to the guy who purchase my project. He indicated that the parts have successfully been permitted into China and inquired on what carburetor he should put on the engine. The Aerovee kit was tested with an Ellison but it was my intent to use an AeroInjector (previously AeroCarb) on the 4 cylinder air-cooled Volkswagen based engine based on simplicity.
Simplicity in form and function! Utilizing what hydraulic and pneumatic engineers call the "perfect flow passage"
the AeroInjector (formerly known as AeroCarb) achieves outstanding performance versatility! AeroInjector body parts are precision machined from solid 6061 aluminum billets.
There are only two moving parts… no float bowls or secondary jets to complicate things. A fine adjustment metering needle provides clean burning, smooth running, outstanding response, and fuel economy. Spigot or flange mounts easily adapt to popular aircraft and auto conversion engines. AeroInjector’s intake design accepts air filters or carb heat ducts.
The AeroInjector is available in 2 sizes and with any combination of spigot (top left) or flange (left) intake manifold and air box/air filter mounts, serving engines producing 30-125 horsepower.
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A good phone, not a great phone – Walt Mossberg
Posted By RichC on April 24, 2013
The Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone … not a “must have” upgrade for Android users.
It has a bigger screen, higher-resolution camera, and good battery life, but Walt Mossberg tells us that the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 is "a good phone, not a great phone, and it’s not a game-changer."
What was the biggest news from Apple
Posted By RichC on April 23, 2013
In Tuesday’s conference call Apple had reasonably positive news, or at least as expected news. The fact that they are increasing their dividend and hinted at something new in the second half of 2013 wasn’t all that surprising, but they are obviously convinced AAPL stock is a good investment.
Management announced it was increasing its stock buyback program by an incredible $50B to $60B.
Aerial slideshow from Katelyn and Drew’s Wedding day
Posted By RichC on April 23, 2013
After the big wedding weekend (4/13/2013), my daughter Katelyn and husband Drew, no longer fiancé Drew, left the Savannah Center in a helicopter for a short flight looping counter-clockwise from West Chester, Ohio. They circles south over downtown Cincinnati, the Ohio River and then looped back north over Kings Island, Mason, our house in Liberty Township (about 3 minutes into the video) and Katelyn’s Lakota East High School. The weather was perfect for the flight and the photos came out great … although Brenda thinks Drew should have been focused on his bride!
Spring as sprung and flowers are blossoming everywhere
Posted By RichC on April 22, 2013
Although we were hoping the tulips would be in bloom for Katelyn and Drew’s wedding (tulips for the “Dutch” Oostra … not that it mattered), they didn’t quite start blossoming until the other day. In fact everything is now blooming and the smells are fantastic.
Even the less desirable “flowers!” (below) 
Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.