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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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Sad event today. Mike Patey crashed Draco. For followers it really is quite a loss even without anyone getting hurt. I am not surprised that Mike has taken complete responsibility. I am glad he survived just because, but also so he had the opportunity to say so.
I am getting my flying current. Time flies (ha!). I have some specific flying goals. Given my geographic diverse lifestyle, things like flying as a private pilot become a lower priority. In Georgia, I have planes to fly. Currently I am a part owner of 4 planes (looking to buy more). I think we have well over 60 members. Aeroventures LLC . I miss the club. Here in California things are way different with a capital "different". One the ways things are positively different is that I have ready-access to a fantastic flight school. It is only about 2 miles away from my work and home. Sunrise Aviation Academy with chief instructor: Michael Church from MDI Films on Vimeo .