58 years ago, Max Conrad set an official world record flying a Piper Aztec for "Speed Around the World Westbound" (class C1d) that still stands today. Max flew 14 legs in rapid succession, with his ability to keep going without much sleep. The route he flew back then is no longer feasible due to the political situation and instability across parts of Africa. Max's record has therefore been nicknamed the "unbeatable record".
That will most likely change tonight. As I am writing this post, Bill Harrelson is flying his home-built Lancair 4 from Puerto Rico to Ontario, CA, from where he started a week ago on December 8. It is the last of five super-long legs of Bill's westbound around-the-world flight. His longest leg on this trip was over 32 hours.
Bill, a retired captain for American Airlines, already holds two official FAI world records, for "Distance" and "Speed around the World over both the Earth's Poles". His final leg to Ontario, CA is relatively short (by the standards Bill has set during this trip). He is facing strong headwinds this evening flying towards California; however, barring mechanical issues, he will land in Ontario late tonight. When he does, he will have flown more hours in a week the than I fly (as a hobby pilot) in a typical year. He will also have beaten the unbeatable record.
Bill is supported by a ground crew (6 people) who monitor his flight and provide advise 24/7, working in three shifts. You can follow Bill's flight in real-time on Spidertracks: https://go.spidertracks.com/public/zqpilot
I did an interview with Bill a few months ago, after his polar around-the-world flight. You can see it here:
Bill: All the best for the remaining hours of this adventure. Great job!
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I just stumbled upon this, fellow is trying to beat a world speed record flying westbound in a Lancair!
Right now he's on his way from Honolulu to Jakarta.
Live tracking is on his site. 185 knots....mostly over open ocean. Oh man.
Some warnings: Apologies for bad formatting. I looked these up on a website, so I may be wrong on some of them. For the songs that modulate, I won’t list them multiple times. I will list them in the key they start in and then put the key changes in parentheses. I also skipped the demos, live recordings (except Cigarettes and Valentines), and side projects like No Fun Mondays, etc.
Ab MAJOR: Armatage Shanks, Do Da Da, Dry Ice, Oh Love, Sassafras Roots, Waiting, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?, Brutal Love, You Lied, Strangeland
Ab minor: Only of You
A MAJOR: Are We The Waiting/St. Jimmy, Church on Sunday, Give Me Novacaine, Homecoming, Extraordinary Girl, Pollyanna, Poprocks and Coke, Redundant, The Forgotten, The Grouch, Too Dumb To Die, Shoplifter, Sugar Youth, Holy Toledo!, Going to Pasalacqua, Stop When The Red Lights Flash, Fell For You, Don’t Leave Me, Dreaming, Missing You, Words I Might Have Ate, Maria, 16, See You Tonight, Warning, Fashion Victim, Outsider (Mike’s part is in F# major), Lazy Bones, Last Night on Earth, Let Yourself Go (modulates to D major for choruses)
A minor: Espionage, Kill the DJ, Bang Bang (the “I want to be a celebrity martyr” bridge is in A major, and the “I want to be a soldier on the screen” bridge is in E minor), Makeout Party
Bb MAJOR: 2000 Light Years Away, Chump, Coming Clean, Westbound Sign, Emenius Sleepus, Panic Song, Barb’s Uvula Who?
Bb minor: Best Thing In Town, Misery
B MAJOR: Cigarettes and Valentines, Fire Ready Aim, Geek Stink Breath, Know Your Enemy, Last of the American Girls, Macy’s Day Parade, Oh Yeah!, One For The Razorbacks, Peacemaker, Reject, When I Come Around, Too Much Too Soon, Castaway, Brat, Baby Eyes, The Static Age (modulates to C major for the instrumental interlude, then modulates to D major for the final verse and chorus), Horseshoes and Handgrenades, Last Ride In (modulates to E major, then gradually modulates back to B major), Angel Blue
B minor: Fuck Time, Troublemaker, Uptight, Working Class Hero, Hitchin’ A Ride (choruses pass through both B minor and B major), Christian’s Inferno (switches between B minor and D major)
C MAJOR: 99 Revolutions, Desensitized, Ha Ha You’re Dead, Minority, Judge’s Daughter, Troubled Times, Walking Alone, Sweet 16, 409 in Your Coffeemaker, Drama Queen, Rotting, Rest, Sick of Me, On T.V.
No songs in C minor
C# MAJOR: 21st Century Breakdown, Before the Lobotomy, Brain Stew/Jaded, Back in the USA, F.O.D., Having A Blast, J.A.R., Jesus of Suburbia, See t
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
A little light reading to digest a big Thanksgiving meal, but hopefully an interesting peek back into one of the not-so-long ago 'mall wars' in Northwest Columbus. Starting before the suburban boom when Sawmill Road and 161 was a mostly 2-lane crossroads, visionaries foresaw the suburban expansion and laid the groundwork for thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses to be built from 161 to the Delaware County line via annexation and zoning changes between Sawmill Road and the railroad to the east.
This article is a culmination of some idle-time research, specifically into the failed effort to bring an enclosed mall, the Sawmill Place Mall, to the northeast corner of Sawmill Road and SR-161, to the site where the present day Sun Center is located.
Most of the timeline and details come from The Columbus Dispatch Archives and online county records. Numbers, especially around square footage and acreage of various project change, but I tried to stay as true to current numbers in the sources when they were published. I de-emphasized the competing mall efforts to some degree, but wanted to include details where they were pertinent, especially as Tuttle Crossing won out. Details are always subject to correction, these are second-hand sources.
So, here is a brief history of, in timeline format, the northwest corner of 161 and Sawmill Road and the long, but failed pursuit to build Sawmill Place Mall.
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January 1971
F&R Lazarus & Co (Federated Department Stores) announces the recent purchase of approximately 400 acres at the northeast corner of 161 and Sawmill Rds, with, in addition to other developments, plans for a major regional shopping center to be developed on approximate 100 acres.
Key to the development is annexation into the City of Columbus, which is required to extend necessary water and sewer services. Some Perry Township residents immediately begin efforts to oppose the annexation to stop development, lawsuits begin to be filed.
December 1972
The first traffic signal, a flashing light, for the 161-Sawmill intersection is announced.
March 1973
Columbus annexes the land and ~2000 additional acres to the north, allowing for significant commercial and residential development in the area mostly bounded by Sawmill Rd and the C&O Railroad, from 161 to the Delaware county line.
December 1973
Columbus City Council approves zoning changes to the land to allow for development, Federated announces that a 210,000 sqft
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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Started listening to Trance at the beginning of 2019
#54 Tilt - I Dream (Tilt's Resurrection Mix)(1999)
#53 Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Soha Vocal Mix)(2005) Down Bad
#52 Gaia - Aisha (Original Mix)(2011) Down Bad
#51 John Askew - Shine (Original Mix)(2014) Never Gets Old
#50 Y.O.M.C. - Oasis (2015) Lockdown Banger
#49 Rex Mundi feat. Susana - Nothing At All (Original Mix)(2009) Down Bad
#48 Richard Durand & Christina Novelli - Save You (Extended Mix) (2019) Lovely
#47 Super8 & Tab - Helsinki Scorchin (Original Mix)(2006) Banger
#46 DIM3NSION & Dj Nano - Santa Monica (Extended Mix) (2019) Banger
#45 Perry O'Neil - Wave Force (2004) Meditative
#44 Mark Otten – So Serene (Menno De Jong's Heading South Dub Mix)(2005) Hard Seltzer and Camel Menthols
#43 Gareth Emery feat. Annabel - You'll Be OK (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)(2020) Cute
#42 Super8 - Get Off (Original Mix)(2006) Banger
#41 Matt Darey Feat Kate Louise Smith "See The Sun" (Dan Stone Rework)(2015) Classic
#40 Will Rees & Rhys Elliott - Infinite (2021) the More you listen, the more you fall in love.
#39 Ørjan Nilsen - Amsterdam (Original Mix)(2012) Not the other popular Amsterdam
#38 The Noble Six - Firewalker (Extended Mix)(2017) Timeless Masterpiece
#37 Airbase - Escape (Original Mix)(2006) Extremely Underrated
#36 Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (DJ Tiesto Mix)(2002) 2nd Last Song I cried to two weeks after my best friend passed away
#35 [The Noble Six - Oddworld (2016)](https://www.youtu
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This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
