Various minor items

This is the 12th post since the boss emailed and said he wanted to revive Carpetbloggers from a dormant to an active or at least a semi-active blog.

I think its time he writes something.

Part of the problem is knowing what type of blog this will be. Will it be one which reviews all the news and posts links here? Will it be a glorified Xanga site where we only write about the small goings on in our daily lives? Will it be something in between? Newsey but more commentary on the news then links and how the news relates to our (the writers) lives?

Other thing I got to ask the boss on, how to check the site meter to see if ANYONE is visiting? If you are visiting, do me a favor please, leave a comment, even if its just "I came here by mistake and won't be back", would be appreciated. Of course if you were a regular or semi-regular visitor that would be better but given the number of blogs out there, that is asking a lot.

I was going to ask if anyone could shed light on why the B-36 was accepted while the YB-35 wasn't. Both were piston airplanes in the age of jet fighters (post WW2) and both were basically obsolete before the B-36 entered service in 1949. Actually the YB-49 was more advanced then either, but being a new design, there were lots of problems and the program was killed before they could be fixed. Any ideas?