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I go here and there. Sometimes I take pictures while I’m there.
3/3

Aaaaaanyways…. That’s how I ended up flying a Grumman Tiger into JFK in the early 00s.

They waived most of the fees for a quick gas-n-go. We cleared Customs and then scooted up the Hudson to park at TEB.

It didn’t work out with the girl.
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
2/3

That’s when I found out that, last minute, I couldn’t get US Customs to meet me at any of the airports right along the border, or at Teterboro, where I planned to park for the day.

She was really cute, and I didn’t want to disappoint her.

A conundrum. I made some frantic calls.
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Short 🧵 1/3

Years and years ago, when I still had a share in this Grumman Tiger, I was dating a cute girl up in Ottawa.

I asked her, spur of the moment, if she wanted to go down to New York City for a day date, and she agreed.

#avgeek
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Got to do a little general-aviating this evening (as a passenger, though I got to do most of the flying up in cruise).

First time in a Diamond - a bit of an improvement over the dilapidated C172s that I’m used to.

#avgeek
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
As a foreigner I find it bizarre that your elections are overseen by elected (partisan) officials and administered at the state level, with different rules from place to place.

Maybe it’s just what I’m used to, but I prefer paper ballots overseen by a non-partisan elections agency.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Some more pics from my afternoon walk in Paris

#travel
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Went out looking for some aurora… alas
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Some more snaps from my stroll in Paris the other day
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A young musician playing outside the Louvre a couple nights ago.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Lots of visits to London this year.

New Christmas tree ornaments from Portsmouth and Greenwich.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Pretty much every single president since Ulysses S Grant has had a dog while in office.
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Heh… someone has been planning to go on a killing spree, but they haven’t been able to scrape together the $3 they’ll need to get on the murder bus.

“Sure, I wanna go nuts with this chainsaw, but how am I supposed to get on that bus without the proper change?”
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’ve hit my head on more than one occasion when getting the seasonal decorations out of the crawl space.

Now I go in there ready for action.. either against that wooden beam or against a colonial uprising.
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An autumn evening stroll in Paris

#travel
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hold on everyone!

#avgeek
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It was a loooong night.

Winter wonderland at the airport.

#avgeek
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fa la la la la

❄️
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Eglinton Crosstown LRT
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Some early wintery weather.

It’s still hovering just above freezing, but if the temperature drops I may need to shovel the driveway before work.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Off to work tomorrow after a few weeks of vacation.

I might be coming back just in time for the first spray of the season.

#AvGeek
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Workers of the world unite
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Delays at a lot of the major US hubs as the Republican Party continues to demonstrate their utter inability to govern.

Also some airspace closures across Florida between the Atlantic and the Gulf of… ahem… Mexico, according to the FAA’s website.

#Avgeek
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Vince Gilligan? Rhea Seehorn?
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM