I wrote an OT comment on a Czech blogger’s Pickled Wings post about the retirement of a jet trainer in favor of a turboprop trainer.

The software I use or my odd browsers often prevents me from successful commenting on WordPress sites.

Wonder if that’s true for my blog? They expect us to all use spyware Chrome browser. I expect. Most standard.

I knew this after losing a few comments. When the browser tab freezes, icon whirling, but no action ever, you know the tab is toast and so is your comment.

Login to WordPress- again- is a doom loop that eats my comment every time. Damn you, WordPress.

So I’m signed in enough to ‘Like’ the post, but commenting login (again) fails hard. So I like him and ‘Like’ him but no comment.

https://pickledwings.com/2026/05/20/sayanora-snowbirds/
Check it out if you want great pics and well written and intelligent histories of sometimes quirky European aircraft and air forces.

I’ve reused and recycled my usual diatribe against military close formation stunting in past comments online. And will, probably. Hopefully to change opinions, not to win the web. But it belongs on my own site, not comment hijacking.

As with all writing, editing and rewriting is never wasted. And Valuable Training.

I’ve often enjoyed Kevan’s posts and high quality aircraft photography. He’s not AI but instead knowledgeable, current, and writes well.

So, thanks grimlins of bad software, you saved me again.

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I’m finding things are manifesting themselves lately to help me, even though I detest asking for help from anybody most of the time, no doubt some ‘stinkin’ thinkin’.

The more love and attention I show to things around me, the more love rebounds to me. The more I give away somehow the more I get.

The black cat down the street comes out when I call her (him?) for pets. I can pet the friendly lonely pit bull on the corner behind the fence barking, tail wagging. I bend my neck down to let her (him?) lick my face.

A Hummingbird flew right in front of me this morning and hovered, inspecting me.

If I think of a thing I think I need, there it is, lately. More magical even than compound interest?

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