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The captain's chair
July 8, 2008
On our flight home from Paris on Sunday, we had a one hour stop over in Montreal. We were sitting in the emergency exit row, so during takeoffs and landings, the flight attendents sat directly across from us. They were very friendly and fun to talk to, and while we were waiting in Montreal they offered that we could take a look in the cockpit!
I got to meet the captain, who was one of only three female pilots in their fleet (of 100), and even got to sit in the captain's chair. Meanwhile, the first officer was entering the values of the flight plan into the onboard FMS, and he explained a little bit more about what he was doing. It was even more meaningful to me since the airline is one of our customers. It was so cool to see the fruits of our labour being used on a real aircraft by real people!
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Our new E-bike!June 4, 2008
Check out Veloteq's line of E-bikes. Here are the specs of our model. It runs at about 500 watts, so each hour, you're using 0.5 kilowatts of electricity. At a price of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, that translates to five cents per hour, or $2.00 per 1000 kilometers. That's right, we could drive to Ottawa and back for $2.00! Rain barrel
June 3, 2008
We've finally got our rain barrel set up here at home, and last night it rained enough to complete fill it. Is it ever heavy!
A rain barrel won't save enough water to be any help watering your lawn, but you can keep your plants well watered.
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