The guy so eager to tell everyone else how to behave had me going....

Kerry,

 Many years ago I had a 4100 carb, brand new float,  sink  (at least I think that's what happened), and spewed fuel out the vent, ignited and burned the car down.

Sounds like that is not your problem but something to consider. 

In Minnesota we are at the end of a record breaking March, with 8 days in the 70s while average temperatures are typically in the high 30s to high 40s.  It is unbelievably nice here.  More, please...

Wouldn't it be terrible to live in California and enjoy such good weather all year long......

My niece just moved to Seattle and I heard today that she can expect almost 1 week of cloudy weather and heavy rain from a front that stretches across the entire northern Pacific! Can't say I didn't warn her about the Seattle area weather.

Yes, I didn't even mention the rain (because this is near Seattle) but that too has been nearly incessant.  I don't mind spring rain but 100 days of low-lurking grey clouds is hard on the psyche.

I was expecting our favorite local BC Super Shifters to perhaps convoy over to sunnier territory......

At times we put up with strange behavior from car guys because they have cool parts, or sometimes just because they are car guys and not inclined towards the ways and means of business or legal world.

But when such characters initiate counter suits all pretense of innocence is lost. Could be a criminal intent or could be a runaway ego, either way it is difficult to understand the apparent tolerance for this misconduct on the other forum.

I think the "good vendor" forum is great, and thanks Jay. 

Somebody put a lot of time and effort into that. Good job Howie, and has it been a long winter? 

We could start making jokes about how many skeletons are in your closet...... (groan). 

Thanks for posting this.  Not to make light of a tragic situation but it is an interesting combination that could explain some of life's other failings:


1) the young pilot was already nervous, which the article states might have blanked out creative thinking. In retrospect on bad situations one might wonder "what were you thinking" when in fact, that part of the brain might be shut down.
 
2) some of the Controls don't give feedback, so the young pilot might have been unaware he was pulling back.  Apparently the human mind is capable of blanking out a stall alarm so he might have similarly blanked out the notion he was pulling back on the stick. Very frustrating to read that part, but the article partially explains it as a human defense mechanism.
 
3) the senior pilot wasn't communicated the joystick position. Assumption is he had no idea the stick was pulled back and would have immediately recognized the error with with minimum feedback.


A bit humbling to read