Mooney advertisement from Facebook

[Shadrach]

A friend forwarded this to me. Made me laugh. Probably a joke but could be legit…

[Mooney Dog]

Happy wife...

Happy life...

[DXB]

[RLCarter]

I saw that on FB, reminded me of an ad in Cycle News back in the 80’s…Headline read “You like sex? Then said so do I, the wife says it goes or the motorcycle goes…then detailed the bike for sale….. it was a current model with less than 1000 miles……

[mike_elliott]

  On 9/2/2021 at 12:52 AM, Shadrach said:

A friend forwarded this to me. Made me laugh. Probably a joke but could be legit…

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This is Scott Cutlers (of Zork, Compaq computer fame) He had the plane before he got the wife. She knew or should have known....

[steingar]

If she really loved him she'd accept the airplane.  The guy is in an abusive relationship and should get out right away. I wish I was kidding.

[mike_elliott]

No he is not. Scott is a geek. He has MIT and Rice .edu email addresses. This is him being funny. He teaches how to be a chief technology officer at Rice. He invented ZORK, the real mans computer game. He did not do well in high school humor class, however

[mooniac15u]

Here’s the original post from Facebook and a couple comments from the OP clarifying that it’s a joke. 

[201Mooniac]

  On 9/2/2021 at 2:14 PM, mike_elliott said:

No he is not. Scott is a geek. He has MIT and Rice .edu email addresses. This is him being funny. He teaches how to be a chief technology officer at Rice. He invented ZORK, the real mans computer game. He did not do well in high school humor class, however

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Actually Scott is quite a funny guy, I wouldn't doubt he did well in humor class

[exM20K]

  On 9/2/2021 at 5:13 PM, 201Mooniac said:

Actually Scott is quite a funny guy, I wouldn't doubt he did well in humor class

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And he had that awesome write-up of his goose strike over KAVP one night, IIRC.  digging for the pics....

-dan

[Hank]

  On 9/2/2021 at 10:24 PM, exM20K said:

And he had that awesome write-up of his goose strike over KAVP one night, IIRC.  digging for the pics....

-dan

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Is he the one with the goose buried in the vertical stabilizer with one wing and one leg hanging down on each side? 

[201Mooniac]

  On 9/2/2021 at 10:29 PM, Hank said:

Is he the one with the goose buried in the vertical stabilizer with one wing and one leg hanging down on each side? 

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I don't recall the position of the goose but yes, he took a big hit to his vertical stabilizer.

[markgrue]

I was offered the same option.  I am not married and I have 3 airplanes...

[PT20J]

Still the price is interesting. I have a low time (1450 hr) really clean 1994 M20J with a 250 hr factory rebuilt IO-360-A3B6, original interior, original paint, Aspen PFD, GNS 430W, GTX 345 ADS-B in and out. Jimmy Garrison appraised it at $170K for insurance. I’m having a complete glass retrofit including G3X and GFC 500 done and asked Jimmy what it would be worth and he said maybe $190 but not many buyers at that price. 

[amillet]

So, your $75K avionics upgrade only increases the value by $20K? 

[ArtVandelay]

  On 9/3/2021 at 11:38 PM, amillet said:

So, your $75K avionics upgrade only increases the value by $20K? 

He’s replacing an Aspen with the G3X, so upside is not going to be as much if you replaced steam with glass. Upside of gfc 500 depends on how capable the existing autopilot is.

[PT20J]

  On 9/3/2021 at 11:38 PM, amillet said:

So, your $75K avionics upgrade only increases the value by $20K? 

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I think so. There is an upper limit to what people are willing to pay for a particular old airplane. At some point it makes sense to spend a little more for a newer long body. My plan is to keep the plane for ten years and at that point it would be more difficult to sell if I kept the GNS and KAP 150. And this way I get to enjoy the newer stuff. But I thought long and hard about putting $80K into a $170K airplane. 

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[amillet]

Well, that makes me feel better about the first year depreciation on the $80K truck we just took delivery of after a 4 month wait from ordering 

[jetdriven]

Given the current airplane market, it’s probably easier to find a new wife than a new plane, just saying….

[mike_elliott]

  On 9/5/2021 at 12:01 AM, jetdriven said:

Given the current airplane market, it’s probably easier to find a new wife than a new plane, just saying….

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Good ones of either are hard to find and you have to "jump" on them when you do. Most will be above your initial budget, but if you get the right one, will work out in the long run.

[dlthig]

  On 9/5/2021 at 2:44 PM, mike_elliott said:

Good ones of either are hard to find and you have to "jump" on them when you do. Most will be above your initial budget, but if you get the right one, will work out in the long run.

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Airplanes or women?

[dlthig]

Missed your "either". I agree. Sometimes it's difficult to know a good one when you stumble across them. 

[MikeOH]

  On 9/5/2021 at 2:44 PM, mike_elliott said:

Good ones of either are hard to find and you have to "jump" on them when you do. Most will be above your initial budget, but if you get the right one, will work out in the long run.

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Just remember, it's the maintenance costs that will eat you alive!!