Recent content by pbpullman

OK...now that I have your attention with a seemingly idiotic question, I was wondering what the chances of pulling this off might be if you were already a fixed wing pilot with a few thousand hours. Instruments, systems, and engines are roughly the same...so is navigation. If you had a...

I know the yolks contain cholesterol, but I eat plenty of fiber and other healthy foods and exercise, so I doubt cholesterol is a problem for me. But I also heard that cooking he yolks converts the cholesterol into free radicals, and aren't these hazardous? I eat eggs, in one form or another...

At a yard sale I found a lot of 8 Motorola Radius GM-300 CB radios, and one Motorola Max Trac CB radio. I also found a power supply rated at 13.8 volts and 12A continuous, 15A @50% duty cycle. I used this power supply to test all the radios, and all the GM300s were dead. However, the Max Trac...

I know 90 year olds that can run marathons. These are the guys that have made a committment to living healthy decades ago. But why do some people (like Patrick Swayze) who are also healthy (so I've heard) suddenly get mowed over by cancer? Did he have a genetic disposition to cancer? Is cancer...

Like Michael Douglass in "The Game". He was an investment banker, right? Obviously you don't start out at that level. But for a guy fresh out of school with a FOUR year degree in finance or business, if I played my cards right, how far could I go , and what kind of money might I expect to make?