Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:13:55 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2888252 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:31:00 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.172.2356ae46 (4410) for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:30:50 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <172.2356ae46.2d0b8d8a@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:30:50 EST Subject: Of Flames, Flame Shields and Other Gibberish X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1071264650" X-Mailer: Thailand for Windows sub 280 -------------------------------1071264650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Fellow Aviators, Et Al =20 Recent communications amongst and betwixt LML=E2=80=99ers seem to indicate=20 expectations of disdain characterized by phrases such as =E2=80=9Cflame suit= on,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9Casbestos in=20 place,=E2=80=9D etc. Some lurkers remain so because of aversion to steamed=20= heat or=20 YELLING. Sometimes, feathers (not you Lorn) are ruffled, riffled and even=20 rifled =E2=80=93 playground sensibilities are bruised and abused. Service=20= backgrounds are=20 pilloried (Navel ROTC was the best I could do), IQs are implied as lower=20 (counted on toes only) or higher (fingers can participate in the enumeration= ) and=20 other hi-jinks (such as my high-key is higher than your high-key). Oh why,=20= oh=20 why, can=E2=80=99t the whining stop when the turbine is shut down? =20 Perhaps we should don full face masks and chain mail to protect ourselves=20 from the pain of e-mail? Or, perhaps we should try not to take critical rev= iews=20 and commentary so personally. Any lawyer will tell you that retort is cheape= r=20 than tort. =20 ATC once said to me =E2=80=9CUh, mumble mumble=E2=80=A6 Where the mumble are= you going?=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93=20 obviously irritated by me simply trying to get somewhere near my destination= ,=20 alive! Wouldst I shrivel from such an implied attack on my pilotage,=20 parentage and/or personage? =E2=80=9CNay=E2=80=9D, I say to myself. Hungry= for attention amid so=20 many professionals, I reply =E2=80=9CRepeat.=E2=80=9D Later I would learn t= hat more could be=20 gained by saying =E2=80=9CPlease Repeat=E2=80=9D or, better yet =E2=80=9CSta= nd-by.=E2=80=9D If I was feeling=20 moody, tense or miffed I would say =E2=80=9CMake sure you save the tape.=E2= =80=9D Sometimes=20 I would just say =E2=80=9CI can=E2=80=99t take this crap,=E2=80=9D then I wo= uld push the xmit button=20 and really let my feelings be known, =E2=80=9CCancel my flight plan now.=E2= =80=9D =20 =20 You might ask, What the hell is he getting at?=E2=80=9D =20 Well. Thunderclouds and ice or sticks and stones may break my bones but word= s=E2=80=99 ll never hurt me! Na Nah Na Nan Na! =20 Some questions have answers and some questions that don=E2=80=99t have answe= rs are=20 questionable. But unasked questions have unanswered answers which are=20 unquestionably questionable. (Paraphrasing D. Rumsfeld in an unknown way) =20 In other words if you don=E2=80=99t ask, no one tells and we are all left in= the dark. =20 We need the LML lurkers and sometimes contributors to come forth and=20 procreate. Oops - no, I mean proselytize their projects, raise issues of bu= ilding and=20 flight =E2=80=93 question, inform, etc. But don=E2=80=99t stand on the side= line because you=20 might be wrong. I might be wrong, but everyone has knowledge and informatio= n=20 that can be shared with others and be a benefit to all. =20 Now, about this high key stuff=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6. =20 Shields up, force fields energized, head down bum up, hope I can learn from=20 any retort, comment, criticism, yada, yada =E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6 =20 Scott Krueger Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We= =20 also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some=20 things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don= 't=20 know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld -------------------------------1071264650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

Fellow Aviators, Et Al

 

Recent communications amo= ngst and=20 betwixt LML=E2=80=99ers seem to indicate expectations of disdain characteriz= ed by=20 phrases such as =E2=80=9Cflame suit on,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9Casbestos in place,= =E2=80=9D etc.  Some lurkers remain so because of=20 aversion to steamed heat or YELLING. = =20 Sometimes, feathers (not you Lorn) are ruffled, riffled and even rifl= ed =E2=80=93=20 playground sensibilities are bruised and abused.   Service backgrounds are pilloried (= Navel=20 ROTC was the best I could do), IQs are implied as lower (counted on toes onl= y)=20 or higher (fingers can participate in the enumeration) and other hi-jinks (s= uch=20 as my high-key is higher than your high-key).  Oh why, oh why, can=E2=80=99t the=20= whining stop=20 when the turbine is shut down?

 

Perhaps we should don ful= l face=20 masks and chain mail to protect ourselves from the pain of e-mail?  Or, perhaps we should try not to t= ake=20 critical reviews and commentary so personally. Any lawyer will tell you that= =20 retort is cheaper than tort.

 

ATC once said to me =E2= =80=9CUh, mumble=20 mumble=E2=80=A6 Where the mumble are you going?=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 obviously= irritated by me simply=20 trying to get somewhere near my destination, alive!  Wouldst I shrivel from such an imp= lied=20 attack on my pilotage, parentage and/or personage?  =E2=80=9CNay=E2=80=9D, I say to my= self.  Hungry for attention amid so many=20 professionals, I reply =E2=80=9CRepeat.=E2=80=9D =20 Later I would learn that more could be gained by saying =E2=80=9CPlea= se Repeat=E2=80=9D=20 or, better yet =E2=80=9CStand-by.=E2=80=9D=   If I was=20 feeling moody, tense or miffed I would say =E2=80=9CMake sure you save the t= ape.=E2=80=9D  Sometimes I would just say =E2=80= =9CI can=E2=80=99t take=20 this crap,=E2=80=9D then I would push the xmit button and really let my feel= ings be=20 known, =E2=80=9CCancel my flight plan now.=E2=80=9D =20

 

You might ask, What the h= ell is=20 he getting at?=E2=80=9D

 

Well. Thunderclouds and i= ce or=20 sticks and stones may break my bones but words=E2=80=99ll never hurt me!   Na Nah Na Nan Na!

 

Some questions have answe= rs and=20 some questions that don=E2=80=99t have answers are questionable.  But unasked questions have unanswe= red=20 answers which are unquestionably questionable.  (Paraphrasing D. Rumsfeld in an un= known=20 way)

 

In other words if you don= =E2=80=99t ask,=20 no one tells and we are all left in the dark.

 

We need the LML lurkers a= nd=20 sometimes contributors to come forth and procreate.  Oops - no, I mean proselytize thei= r=20 projects, raise issues of building and flight =E2=80=93 question, inform, et= c.  But don=E2=80=99t stand on the sid= eline because=20 you might be wrong.  I might b= e=20 wrong, but everyone has knowledge and information that can be shared with ot= hers=20 and be a benefit to all.

 

Now, about this high key=20 stuff=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6.

 

Shields up, force fields=20 energized, head down bum up, hope I can learn from any retort, comment,=20 criticism, yada, yada =E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6

 

Scott Krueger
Sky2high@aol.co= m
II-P=20 N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)

"...as we know, there are known knowns;= =20 there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; tha= t is=20 to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unkn= own=20 unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld

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