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Commercial Items Identified on my Commute

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I see a lot of interesting commercialitems on truck on I-75. When you make the commute many times you start to see the same items over and over again. Sometimes it is huge equipment tires, sometimes heavy equipment of different types. I see these huge blocks of aluminum going North. I think about what the mill must look like and where it is going. And how much aluminum foil a block like this will make. Using the Tesla Full Self-Driving (supervised) allows me to look for these things on the highway. The FSD also helps me through the crazy stop and goes. Easily over 70MPH and then sudden traffic at dead stops, frequently. I see accidents every trip. It is amazing there aren't more. A side note- aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. The reason why is that the foil is folded as it goes through massive rollers. The shiny side is the side that faces the steel roller. The dull side faces itself - aluminum.
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Summer is definitely here. Flying in the afternoons is bumpy. It is good practice. I feel good about a tough crosswind landing today at KLZU. A cold front dropped in the area which makes the flying a true multi-dimensional experience. One minute you are climbing, the next descending the next getting pushed to the left or right. And of course your airspeed and ground speed are benefactors. Breakfast in South Carolina, work on the boat in the afternoon. We will launch the little boat with its annual repairs complete. Gracie the cat actually likes being carried like a log. Weird.