(1023) In the curious position just now of a surfeit of feature vids exceeding straight politika, though that continues of course. (1114)

 

11. Just a bit of housekeeping – time sensitivity

• Either the material has vastly increased or I’m ageing faster but it’s taking far longer now, plus the eyesight is showing not good signs.

• Summer almost certainly will disrupt the blog(ging) due to govt action and I’ve been warning about that … it starts in June, through to late August … it’s an unknown-unknown which may well mean the end of this blog, at least for some time.

• Another reason it’s taking longer to compose posts includes the WP/ipadair composing set up being iffy in some ways and playing up on me behind the scenes … even this post has unnecessary issues. Plus the ageing etc. already mentioned, inc. eyesight more at a premium now.

• Things being laid on me externally … those within our camp are fine, such as our patrons’ drops, our readers … they keep us running, they’re our lifeline (more more more please). Some though I just can’t currently take on … for example, a good friend for decades is shaping to lay a proofreading job on me which I’m not sure I can take on right now … proofing non English native speaking books can double or triple the time required and this is not the time … summer might be better, shall see. Spirit is willing but the flesh …

• Related to that … I’ve started proofing my own “semi-fiction” as I have a feeling I’m not going to be able to after August … I can go at a fair pace with that … and I’d need to.

• RL house/abode issues are also crowding in, which lil ole me needeth not … govt yet again! Nor do any of us here need such things.

Why lay all this on those dropping in here to read these rantings? Forewarning really … I daresay you’ll also have added commitments … health related, vacances etc.

One thing it’s confirming, underscoring, is that the linear blog format is best, rather than a complex page layout … WYSIWYG, then it drops off the page, no archiving except that it’s its own archive … NOWP as well.

10. IYE (the real one) re-emerges

Hope you are all having a lovely May so far. 🙂

Old newspaper clippings about Giant bones and skeletons being found in the United States, Mexico, and elsewhere late 1800’s and early 1900’s

Fwiw, I’m a one man band. Not in the pay or thrall to any ooman. 😉

9. Airline safety

Years back, after some crashes, tails falling off etc., I ran a few posts at N.O. on Airbus being unsafe … camel designed by a committee etc. … which caused a few readers, e.g. Ivan, to be incensed.

I can’t recall if it was the A-380 or some other, plus the stories seem to have died away … maybe it was not the A-380 after all, so don’t go quoting me. Anyway, then the Boeing issues started, seen at the end of this blurb:

It’s worth noting that the DC-10 was the first airliner produced after the McDonnell and Douglas aircraft corporations merged. The management from McDonnell directed that the plane be produced on a tight budget. This saw technology being recycled from the DC-8 and various aspects of production of the DC-10 being contracted to other companies. 

This included the production of the fuselage that was contracted to Convair, who was forbidden from directly contacting the FAA even over safety concerns.

Hold on, two aerospace companies merging and then facing controversy over building their planes for cheap? Where have we heard that before…

I also saw this, this morning: