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Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by pw6hv »

kolinko wrote: post #13
phinnaeus wrote: post #5

> A group of pilots who had run out of hot cross buns on Good Friday decided to fly to the closest open bakery on Rottnest Island. I can't believe that a bakery (the one bakery) on Rotto would be the closest open bakery...

I don't know about Australia, but in Poland, on Easter and Christmass, I can easily believe there would be no single bakery open in the whole country. Also, it was before google maps, so they couldn't just google nearest open bakeries. It might as well have been "nearest open bakery they were aware of". Funny how modern tech made the terms "closest open" and "closest known open" virtually the same.

I would have taken the yellow book and called every bakery listed there to check if they were open. I think sometimes the impact of technology is overstated :)

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by chrismorgan »

phinnaeus wrote: post #5

> A group of pilots who had run out of hot cross buns on Good Friday decided to fly to the closest open bakery on Rottnest Island. I can't believe that a bakery (the one bakery) on Rotto would be the closest open bakery...

In the state of Victoria, Good Friday is one of the two-and-a-half restricted trading days where shops aren’t allowed to open, except for a few categories, and, simplifying, small businesses: https://business.vic.gov.au/business-information/public-holi...>.

(In practice, almost all bakeries will be small enough they could open, but I think most won’t.)

I know South Australia has even more restrictions about when businesses can open, legal and customary. I imagine Western Australia to be more like South Australia in such ways than like Victoria, but I’ve not been there and don’t really know.

And that’s these days. Back in the mid ’80s, I’m almost surprised there was a single bakery open in the entire country.

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by amiga386 »

w10-1 wrote: post #20

It's a sickening feeling to realize that to justify spending $50-100K on a plane and $1K/mo on maintenance and storage, you need some excuse to actually fly the damn thing at least 30X each year at $100/hr. So no, it's not $100 and it's not a hamburger, but you gotta call it something in polite company.

The economics are more that an entrepreneur rents the airplane to several enthusiasts in the area, each of whom enjoy flying and each would pay $100/hr for the thrill of flying.

But sure, there are also sometimes rich people and/or hyperenthusiasts who buy their own planes at great cost.

There are similarly people who enjoy car racing, horse riding, sailing, train journeys, and give excuses for their itineries but it's really to spend time on their hobby.

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by defrost »

w10-1 wrote: post #20

It's a sickening feeling to realize that to justify spending $50-100K on a plane and $1K/mo on maintenance and storage, you need some excuse to actually fly the damn thing at least 30X each year at $100/hr. So no, it's not $100 and it's not a hamburger, but you gotta call it something in polite company.

In Western Australia a number of people have aircraft for a variety of reasons, let's assume you have a working aircraft that's break even on costs wrt whatever business you run with that aircraft.

The $100 refers to the additional cost of doing something extra over and above.

People here also have garage built no quite aircraft purely for the fun of it and the challenge of the build:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ejG5bLdJxfI

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ILbQHnHPnY

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by stavros »

djmips wrote: post #18

I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.

Finally, we managed to progress enough as a civilization that you no longer need to fly somewhere to get a $100 hamburger.

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

djmips wrote: post #18

I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.

There’s a number of “boutique burger” places around here, where the burgers start at $20, and most diners charge $16 for a normal burger. I hear that NYC can get downright crazy.

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by rcfox »

My friend got his pilot's license somewhat recently and I went on a $100 hamburger run with him. It was a lot of fun! I studied gliders when I was in air cadets as a teen, so I knew a little bit about what was going on, and he let me take control for a few minutes (both seats had controls), but I was too nervous to do very much.

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by bell-cot »

kolinko wrote: post #13
phinnaeus wrote: post #5

> A group of pilots who had run out of hot cross buns on Good Friday decided to fly to the closest open bakery on Rottnest Island. I can't believe that a bakery (the one bakery) on Rotto would be the closest open bakery...

I don't know about Australia, but in Poland, on Easter and Christmass, I can easily believe there would be no single bakery open in the whole country. Also, it was before google maps, so they couldn't just google nearest open bakeries. It might as well have been "nearest open bakery they were aware of". Funny how modern tech made the terms "closest open" and "closest known open" virtually the same.

"Closest open" was virtually the same as "closest known open", back when "flying" could only mean "I've got a fast horse".

Re: $100 Hamburger

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Post by rcxdude »

w10-1 wrote: post #20

It's a sickening feeling to realize that to justify spending $50-100K on a plane and $1K/mo on maintenance and storage, you need some excuse to actually fly the damn thing at least 30X each year at $100/hr. So no, it's not $100 and it's not a hamburger, but you gotta call it something in polite company.

Only a tiny minority of pilots own the aircraft they fly, and all the context I've heard of $100 hamburgers in is when someone needs to log a certain number of flight hours to keep their license current (in the UK you need to on average do a flight once every two months to keep your license)
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