Other Interests, Idea’s & Thoughts

Read about Dave’s interests beyond RC and aviation, including history, philosophy, economics, transportation, campers and personal commentary.

Remember Back In The Day & Fructose

(Warning, the following post weirdly isn’t sure if it’s about green politics, recycling or man made sugars.) Back in the day, before the anti-capitolists hijacked the movement (they call it green now), we actually did recycling. Almost everybody...

Spam Email Turns Out True

I get so many “forward this to everybody” emails. When you investigate the outragous claims, almost without exception they are false. A great site for this is Snopes.com. I’m reprinting this here, I enjoyed the follow on history lesson and there are...

Too Stupid to be Entrusted With Children

In our society there is a certain segment of brain damaged individuals who think they need to exert command and control over everything. Apparently there are 49 states that won’t even allow a child to bring or apply sunscreen at school without a doctors note....

Health of Trade Shows & Skunk Wurks Project For Toledo!!!

I have a strong conviction; if we want strong trade shows, vendors need to make sure they show people something new at the show. In todays world of instant internet communication, the moment some new product becomes available, it’s announced and the word is...

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

I wrote previously on the subject of “Confirmation Bias”. Sometimes it is difficult to discover the answer to a technical problem because the person bringing you the problem has a hitch, assumption, or faulty logic step in their diagnostic process. Often...