Bill, and all Coupers,
You can all rest assured that I have a perpetual smile on my face. I
guess
I've got to figure how to put a smiley face on my e-mails. General rule:
you can
take me serious about 10% of the time, unless I'm talking about Harleys.
Then I'm
dead serious. And then I don't get mad, I get even.Larry William W Ducharme wrote: > Larry, no offense taken. Just what I'd hoped would be a friendly > reminder that the written word often times doesn't reflect the true > intentions of it's deliverer. In other words, it's hard to see if your > laughing through my monitor. > > As a Texas resident (Flat Lander) I'm sure your mountain flying skills > are better than mine. In Texas you can fly at 10 ft AGL and clear > pretty much anything the state can throw at you. If you haven't heard, > they are thinking about changing the Texas license plate slogan to > "Come See Our Tree". :') > > > Larry wrote: > > > > Sorry if I offend you Bill. Sometimes though, people bring out the worst in > > me, and I do like to stir the pot. It makes for some great reading. If you > > think this site is for information only, that's OK. But, I believe that > > there are far more that listen in for the entertainment and social aspect. > > If you read carefully, you'll see that I'm not always negative, I just stand > > a ways left of center. Case in point: Coments on brake lites, and flying > > being better than sex. I believe that if you count, you'll see that lots of > > people responded to these subjects, and you seem to be the only one that has > > been offended. I admit, that when I read about someone scaring the bejesus > > out of a young lady, I don't have a lot of good to say about him. I will > > also say, that my coments regarding just such a subject were received > > favorably by more than one of the listeners. And lastly, flying isn't just > > about the mechanics of keeping a Coupe Airworthy. Flying is about flying. > > We can all learn from the mistakes or wisdom of other pilots. Those of you > > who fly flat land need to hear about flying mountains. You can make up your > > own mind as to who is wise, and who is ignorant. Here in Utah, 90 percent > > of the Aviation accidents involve flatlanders who can't cope with > > mountains. A safety officer from the NTSB once spoke at our flying club. > > His coment when asked what the single most important thing we could do to > > cut down on accidents in Utah was, "Build a 30,000 ft. wall between Utah and > > California." Now, while the last thing I want to do is offend californians > > (I lived there as a youth), the point was well taken. People who don't know > > how to fly mountains crash in them. > > > > Larry > > > > PS I will try to be less negative, and more humorous in the future. > > > > William W Ducharme wrote: > > > > > Like Tom and Doug's planes, my Alon stalls at 38 power on, 48 power off, > > > just like it says in the book. But, I'd submit that what's important is > > > knowing what the stall speed of "your" coupe is. No two planes are > > > exactly alike especially after 30 to 50 years. > > > > > > On another note; > > > Larry, is it my imagination or do you always have something negative to > > > say? No matter what a person posts you always seem to have an answer > > > and generally it's contradictory. I've seen, and I suspect others have > > > seem, the pattern in your comments. > > > > > > Please, stick to aviation and think about what you write before you > > > submit it. Be positive and don't get personal. Give advise, only when > > > your certain of the answer, otherwise hold your thoughts. There are > > > people looking to this group as a source of reliable information. Your > > > comments are frankly chasing people away. > > > > > > -- > > > Bill DuCharme > > > N6554Q > > -- > Bill DuCharme > N6554Q
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