johnhking1

Must be Levi's.

Does that let Jerry Lee Lewis off the hook.

Ithaca NY, Tompkins County is buying 12 new diesel busses. They have 8 electric busses that keep breaking down, hard to service, cant get parts and the company that built them is out of business. They plan to buy electric busses from a different company when the time comes to replace their new diesel ones.

We were in the path of the total eclipse but it was overcast. We did get a peak of the sun through thin clouds when it was about 25% covered. It was cool as things got dark to the west. When it got dark, we saw out door lights on some houses come on and a cell tower red light came on. It got dark as night for a little over 4 minutes, really cool. I could see a tower to the east with a white strobe. As darkness passed to the east, I could see that tower light change to red. Looking west, it looked like sunrise and east sunset. As the shadow completely passed east, I could see that tower light change back from red to white. Even though we couldn't see the sun, it was a pretty cool experience.

I better stock up on hammers and steak knives before a back ground check is required.

There was an An-2 based at my DZ for a number of years. When it first arrived, the local FAA told the owner, no jumping from that aircraft. Pinocchio told me that no one ever jumped out of that airplane here.

Yes, New York State has an 8% tax on automotive and aviation 100LL. If you are using it off road, for example farming, mowing, etc and aviation, you can file and get the tax refunded. If you are using a lot of gas, it is worth it but using your garden tractor, chainsaw, etc, flying cross country and stopping in New York to fill your plane, not really worth it so New York keeps your money. I buy off road diesel for my mower and there is no state highway use tax but there is federal highway tax. I file to get a refund on that. If you burned Jet A in your diesel mower, you could get a tax refund also.

I used to buy Jet A and 100LL in bulk from a supplier for my DZ. All the taxes were included in the price that I paid including state and local sales tax. I didn't sell any of the fuel but if I was in the retail business selling fuel, I wouldn't have had to pay the sales tax when I bought it but would have to charge sales tax on the selling price then pay that to the state. At the end of the year, I filed to get a refund on the state highway tax.

I believe that the tax increase would be on all jet fuel including jump planes.

It was Taylor Swift.

I can't help but think that whoever is elected, they won't finish their 4 year term for one reason or another.

President Biden gives the State of the Union address tonight. His recent public appearances haven't painted the best picture of him. We will see how he does tonight. "Three-quarters of voters, including half of Democrats, say they have concerns about President Joe Biden’s mental and physical health, according to the latest national NBC News poll." With people concerned about his age now, what will they think in 11 months at the inauguration if he is elected, in 2, 3, 4 years. I am not a Trump fan either but it is looks like these will be our choices.

The upcoming FAA Reauthorization Bill is likely to severely affect skydiving possibly putting some DZ's out of business and raising jump prices of those who are able to continue. If you aren't familiar with the bill or haven't taken action, click the link below to contact your representative. It is quick and easy. Thanks https://www.uspa.org/Call-To-Action

George Carlin sums it up in about 2 minutes. https://www.google.com/search?q=george+carlin%2C+the+world+will+shake+us+pff+like+a+bad+case+of+fleas&rlz=1C1PRFI_enUS786US788&oq=george+carlin%2C+the+world+will+shake+us+pff+like+a+bad+case+of+fleas&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTI1MzE5ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5e6a19b6,vid:6vGE73tTSVU,st:0

Possibly comparing the US to a banana republic is an insult to bananas.