Parenting your parents

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 03/06/2018 at 15:01 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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I just got an alert that my dad (age 69) was doing 134mph and engaged in fast acceleration and hard braking.

If he keeps this up, I’m going to take his flying club privileges away!

PartyPooper2012 > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:05

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You should try to be like your daddy. If you don’t want to go 134 mph, you are wrong

Ash78, voting early and often > PartyPooper2012 03/06/2018 at 15:06

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Funfact: He has gone 155 in his daily driver, a 2004 VW R32.

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:06

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Hard braking? That confuses me - and tell him to hang up the phone (it’s not like you can hear it over the prop noise anyways) :) :)

Ash78, voting early and often > WilliamsSW 03/06/2018 at 15:08

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Emergency landing practice, most likely. When he flies solo, he always tries to work on proficiency stuff like that.

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:15

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Wise move - I always did a lot of that, it’s fun AND great practice.

Although there was one time I crossed the fence clean at 60kts in a 182 which wasn’t so smart...

Party-vi > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:15

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When Garmin GPS units were a thing, my dad grabbed mom’s Garmin from her car, turned it on, and tucked it in the tank bag on his ZZR1200 and set a max speed of 143mph. He put it back in her car and waited a couple of days until she noticed her maximum speed was damn near 150mph. He caught major shit for that one but it was worth it to see the look on her face when she brought that Garmin in and asked him “WHEN THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN!?”

Chariotoflove > Party-vi 03/06/2018 at 15:24

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I like your dad.

E90M3 > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:33

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I’m glad my parents never had something like this in my car when I was teen.

Years later, I had my dad in the M3 and he was like I bet you can’t light up the tires.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:35

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I didn’t know Bessemer had an airport! It’s a fellow Yooper!

PartyPooper2012 > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:38

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allegedly... on a closed course.... professional driver. do not attempt....

RIGHT? RIGHT!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:46

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That’s the racket I’ve been hearing all afternoon.

MoCamino > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 15:50

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At first I wasn’t thinking “plane” - I was envisioning my dad in the 2002 Vette he used to have. Now that I think of it, I need to put something on his iPhone that will tell me when he’s out hot rodding. :) 

Ash78, voting early and often > Future next gen S2000 owner 03/06/2018 at 16:12

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Not quite...this one’s in Alabama. Just outside Birmingham (also not the Michigan one!).

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Future next gen S2000 owner 03/06/2018 at 16:12

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Different Bessemer, slightly warmer and much less snowy.

KEKY - Bessemer Municipal Airport
900 Mitchell Field Road
Bessemer, Alabama 35022
(205) 428-9292

Future next gen S2000 owner > Ash78, voting early and often 03/06/2018 at 16:34

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I reject your reality.