Ghost Ship

[Jay Honeck]

The silver plane sits lightly on the tarmac, gazing skyward at that cocky
angle that makes taxiing a Stearman such a chore. It is clearly ready for
flight.

It's been sitting there for three days, as I write this.

Full of gas, fabric freshly redone, immaculately painted -- all dressed up,
with no where to go. The wind makes it moan, the struts singing as if it
were straining against an unnatural force, gravity. Gently rocking in the
breeze, like a disconsolate orphan, crying.

You see, this Stearman isn't leaving any time soon. Its owner flew into
Iowa City on Easter Sunday, to meet a friend. Probably made all sorts of
promises in order to sneak away from his family on such a fine holiday. The
friend had recently acquired an aerobatic Christen Eagle, and both men were
eager to see what it could do, on this, the first nice day of the spring.

Within minutes, both lay dead in the wreckage, having augured into a corn
field south of Iowa City. Witnesses say that they got into an unrecoverable
tail slide too close to the ground. Rumors of engine problems and aft CGs
abound, but no one really knows what happened.

Many of us fly ghost ships nowadays. My plane, for example, is 31 years
old, and has had many owners. Some were good for Atlas, some were not --
but many have passed on. In my mind's eye their ghostly fingers alight
gently on his paint, reliving all the good times, stroking his flanks,
feeling the dings in his propeller. Maybe even resting their hands on his
yoke, as I carefully cart my young family cross country.

The big silver plane is so different, yet somehow the same. Born during a
great World War, the Stearman has had so many more owners, so many more
pilots. How many hands have gripped those controls, cheating death and
dancing in the clouds? How many have passed away?

How many were killed during the war?

There's no way to know, of course, and in some strange way, those deaths
were, I don't know, *expected*. After all, those boys were training to
fight a war, and possibly to die -- and many did. These recent deaths
seems so much worse to me, somehow, having happened as they did in such
idyllic times, leaving behind a broken family and a ghost ship to sit on an
empty, wind-swept ramp, waiting for an owner who shall never return.

Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder how long that beautiful Stearman, that ghost
ship, will sit, waiting, grating on my soul...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[jsmith]

Someone needs to put it in a hangar.

[Grumman-581]

Sounds like there might be a Stearman up for sale soon...

[Franklin Newton]

Eloquent words Jay

[Jay Beckman]

Nice...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

[George Patterson]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder how long that beautiful Stearman, that ghost
> ship, will sit, waiting, grating on my soul...

Sounds like the only thing for you to do is buy it, Jay. Call it an extension of
your Stearman suite.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

[Jack Allison]

Nicely put Jay.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Buying Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

[Steve Foley]

Good point.

Jay, if you can find a hangar to put it in, I'll kick something in for the
rent. I'm sure others will too.



"jsmith" > wrote in message
...
> Someone needs to put it in a hangar.
>

[Steve Foley]

Good point.

Jay, if you can find a hangar to put it in, I'll kick something in for the
rent. I'm sure others will too.



"jsmith" > wrote in message
...
> Someone needs to put it in a hangar.
>

[Jim Burns]

Talk about a write-off opportunity!!
Banner towing in a Stearman advertising the Inn!
Sometimes life's greatest opportunities are visible only through the tears
of others.
Jim

[Eduardo K.]

In article <PhA2e.119272$Ze3.17266@attbi_s51>,
Jay Honeck > wrote:
>
>It's been sitting there for three days, as I write this.
>

And once again reading your stories almost makes me cry.

You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.



--
Eduardo K. | Some say it's forgive and forget.
| I say forget about forgiving just accept.
http://e.nn.cl | And get the hell out of town.
| Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank

[kontiki]

I just today read about that accident... very sad to hear. I hope
the Stearman finds a good home.

My airplane is 45 years old... when I fly it I have thought about
all those that have flown her before me and how she brought us all
safely to our destinations. I don't take it for granted and I take
good care of her.

Well written Jay.

[[email protected]]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Many of us fly ghost ships nowadays.
>

A somewhat-related thread ran on the Stearman Restorer's Forum a few
months ago. There were many stories told that helped remind us all of
the responsibility we carry and the debt we owe to those that flew 'em
before us....

"We pulled up to the pumps at a quiet little airport after my very
first check-out flight, and people just started appearing from no place
(and they weren't looking at me, that's for sure). An elderly
gentleman asked a few questions about the airplane, then admitted that
he'd learned to fly in a Stearman in 1943. He couldn't believe it when
I offered to let him sit in the airplane, but we found a step-stool and
helped him to get up onto the wing. After that, he slithered into the
seat like he'd been doing it every day for the last 60 years, he pulled
on my leather helmet ("It's exactly like the ones we used to wear!"),
then he proceeded to sit, and smile, and talk, and remember... and
shamelessly shed a few tears.

That experience honestly changed me, and it changed the way that I look
at the Stearman. The paperwork might claim that I own that airplane,
but there are thousands of people out there that own a piece of it just
as surely as I do. The airplane always seems to draw a crowd wherever
it goes, and I feel extraordinarily lucky to be able to share a little
of it with them."

-Dave Russell
N2S-3

[Blueskies]

"George Patterson" > wrote in message news:oCC2e.35242$ed6.21957@trndny06...
> Jay Honeck wrote:
>>
>> Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder how long that beautiful Stearman, that ghost ship, will sit, waiting, grating on my
>> soul...
>
> Sounds like the only thing for you to do is buy it, Jay. Call it an extension of your Stearman suite.
>
> George Patterson
> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

Just don't put it up on a pole...

[Robert A. Barker]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:PhA2e.119272$Ze3.17266@attbi_s51...
> The silver plane sits lightly on the tarmac, gazing skyward at that cocky
> angle that makes taxiing a Stearman such a chore. It is clearly ready for
> flight.
>
> It's been sitting there for three days, as I write this.
>
< Great story snipped >

> Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder how long that beautiful Stearman, that ghost
> ship, will sit, waiting, grating on my soul...
> --
> Jay Honeck

> Jay:
How come you are not writing for some publication?
Perhaps you are,if so I would like to know which one so
I can be sure to catch your writings.

Bob Barker N8749S
>

[John Gaquin]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
>
> Many of us fly ghost ships nowadays....

Well done, Jay. Had many similar musings years ago flying DC-3s.

[Jay Honeck]

> How come you are not writing for some publication?
> Perhaps you are,if so I would like to know which one so
> I can be sure to catch your writings.

Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!
The hotel takes all my waking hours (well, most of them) for now...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Andrew Gideon]

Jay Honeck wrote:

> Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!
> The hotel takes all my waking hours (well, most of them) for now...

If you think of the prose production as a form of advertising, then it make
the idea less crazy.

- Andrew

[Jay Honeck]

>> Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!
>
> If you think of the prose production as a form of advertising, then it
> make
> the idea less crazy.

For some strange reason, Mary doesn't regard my sitting at my desk for
hours, gazing thoughtfully into space as "work."

Especially when there is wallpaper to be hung, gutters to be cleaned, the
pool to be painted and filled, a leaky hot tub...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Corky Scott]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:39:59 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>For some strange reason, Mary doesn't regard my sitting at my desk for
>hours, gazing thoughtfully into space as "work."

Heh heh, she'll change her mind when you pick up the royalty check for
your millionth copy of your best seller "Ghost ship", memories from
the Good War...

Corky Scott

[George Patterson]

Eduardo K. wrote:
>
> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.

Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer that they
be rare.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

[StellaStarr]

George Patterson wrote:
> Eduardo K. wrote:
>
>>
>> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
>
>
> Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
> that they be rare.
>
> George Patterson
> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.


Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
that matter the racks of new books.

The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
well as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
place)

I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
R.A.P.

We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!

[Jay Honeck]

> I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
> in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
> sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
> R.A.P.

Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!

We could have...

- Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")

- Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")

- Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")

- Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers, please!")

- Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot, Marty,
will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")

- Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
you?")

- Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
Scotch!")

- Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
beer we're talking about here!")

- Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank an
ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...? I
have...but that's another topic..."

- Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery back
before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")

- George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman type
("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
drink it, the better it gets...")

- Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it thusly.
Electrify the hull!")

Wow, this could go on and on!

Who can add more suggestions? :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"StellaStarr" > wrote in message
news:7fp3e.125904$r55.81596@attbi_s52...
> George Patterson wrote:
>> Eduardo K. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
>>
>>
>> Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer that
>> they be rare.
>>
>> George Patterson
>> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
>
>
> Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for that
> matter the racks of new books.
>
> The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as well
> as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first place)
>
>
> We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!

[Jim Burns]

Ok, in my best Henry Fonda voice....
"Well folks... we all saw it coming.... but I do believe that it's finally
happened....never doubted that it ever would, just didn't think it would be
this quick... yep, Jay's finally lost it, but on the bright side he may just
have stumbled into a new career... unless it's just the fun loving and
severely beer deprived Gilligan type coming out in him!

Jim

Let me know when the Alexis Inn and Mystery Theatre opens!
Have you ever considered hosting a Mystery night? have a meal catered in,
get a local actors group to help out?



"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GFx3e.7100$kT5.4698@attbi_s21...
> > I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
> > in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
> > sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
> > R.A.P.
>
> Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!
>
> We could have...
>
> - Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")
>
> - Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")
>
> - Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
> doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")
>
> - Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers,
please!")
>
> - Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot,
Marty,
> will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")
>
> - Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
> you?")
>
> - Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
> Scotch!")
>
> - Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
> beer we're talking about here!")
>
> - Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank
an
> ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...?
I
> have...but that's another topic..."
>
> - Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
> not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery
back
> before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")
>
> - George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman
type
> ("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
> drink it, the better it gets...")
>
> - Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
> served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it
thusly.
> Electrify the hull!")
>
> Wow, this could go on and on!
>
> Who can add more suggestions? :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
> "StellaStarr" > wrote in message
> news:7fp3e.125904$r55.81596@attbi_s52...
> > George Patterson wrote:
> >> Eduardo K. wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
> >>
> >>
> >> Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
that
> >> they be rare.
> >>
> >> George Patterson
> >> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
> >
> >
> > Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
that
> > matter the racks of new books.
> >
> > The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
well
> > as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
place)
> >
> >
> > We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!
>
>

[Jim Burns]

Cecil Chapman as the Ron Howard/Opy character ("Hey Paw!! Those Lazy 8's
sure are slow! Barney fell plumb asleep after the very first one!! So Paw,
you gonna buy me a beer when I get my Commercial cert!?")

Sorry Cecil... couldn't resist! Keep up the good work!
Jim


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GFx3e.7100$kT5.4698@attbi_s21...
> > I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
> > in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
> > sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
> > R.A.P.
>
> Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!
>
> We could have...
>
> - Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")
>
> - Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")
>
> - Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
> doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")
>
> - Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers,
please!")
>
> - Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot,
Marty,
> will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")
>
> - Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
> you?")
>
> - Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
> Scotch!")
>
> - Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
> beer we're talking about here!")
>
> - Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank
an
> ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...?
I
> have...but that's another topic..."
>
> - Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
> not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery
back
> before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")
>
> - George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman
type
> ("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
> drink it, the better it gets...")
>
> - Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
> served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it
thusly.
> Electrify the hull!")
>
> Wow, this could go on and on!
>
> Who can add more suggestions? :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
> "StellaStarr" > wrote in message
> news:7fp3e.125904$r55.81596@attbi_s52...
> > George Patterson wrote:
> >> Eduardo K. wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
> >>
> >>
> >> Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
that
> >> they be rare.
> >>
> >> George Patterson
> >> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
> >
> >
> > Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
that
> > matter the racks of new books.
> >
> > The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
well
> > as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
place)
> >
> >
> > We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!
>
>

[Martin Hotze]

On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 14:06:30 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:

>- Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers, please!")

Do I have to speak with an accent like Aaaarnold, or what? (hopefully not)

.... and cancel the 'please' :-)


#m

--
It's not like I'm a terrorist or a hair dresser or anything.
http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/03/16/issues-with-immigration/trackback/

[Matt Whiting]

Jim Burns wrote:

> Ok, in my best Henry Fonda voice....
> "Well folks... we all saw it coming.... but I do believe that it's finally
> happened....never doubted that it ever would, just didn't think it would be
> this quick... yep, Jay's finally lost it, but on the bright side he may just
> have stumbled into a new career... unless it's just the fun loving and
> severely beer deprived Gilligan type coming out in him!
>
> Jim
>
> Let me know when the Alexis Inn and Mystery Theatre opens!
> Have you ever considered hosting a Mystery night? have a meal catered in,
> get a local actors group to help out?

Yes, this is obviously what carb deprivation does to one's mind. :-)

Matt

[George Patterson]

StellaStarr wrote:
>
> I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
> in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
> sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
> R.A.P.
>
> We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!


And when he runs out of ideas there, Jay can produce dime-store romances.
Nothing quite like allowing young women to believe they'll meet Prince Charming
at the Alexis to boost revenuw. :-)

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

[Montblack]

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
> - Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")


Sir Thomas More would have killed ya?
("The King wants a divorce Thomas.")
("Would he settle for a beer instead? It's got a good head on it.")

Falstaff. Hmm. I'll have to wait for the movie to find out if this is a good
thing. <g>

In the meantime...

http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/

(On the web page)
Falstaff is now brewed under contract by Pabst at the City Brewery (formerly
G Heileman) in La Crosse, WI.

I worked at the Hamm's Brewery, which at the time was owned by Olympia.
Olympia/Hamm's was bought out by Pabst, which quickly sold the Hamm's
Brewery off
to Stroh's (1983). Stroh's eventually sold out (after I was gone - 1999?)
back to what was left of Pabst(?), who owns G Heileman brands, which
contracts Falstaff.

Oh, just give me the damn cape!!

We shall focus on "An endearing rogue," the rest is so much blah, blah,
blah, blah :-)


Montblaff

[John Ousterhout]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>>I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
>>in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
>>sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
>>R.A.P.
>
>
> Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!

This sounds like fun, just like a game many of us played as kids.

"I believe that Mr. Montblack was killed with a Mustang Piston Rod in
the Hot Tub by Dudley Henriques."

- J.O.-

[George Patterson]

John Ousterhout wrote:
>
> "I believe that Mr. Montblack was killed with a Mustang Piston Rod in
> the Hot Tub by Dudley Henriques."

Dudley would never use something as sacred as a P-51 part to commit murder.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

[Grumman-581]

"Jim Burns" wrote in message ...
> There's a lot of history in that old cape!

Wasn't that what Monica said about the blue dress? <snicker>

[jsmith]

Sounds like "amateur night" entertainment during the RAP Pre-AirVenture
Pool Party at the AlexisPark Inn...

Jim Burns wrote:
> Ok, in my best Henry Fonda voice....
> "Well folks... we all saw it coming.... but I do believe that it's finally
> happened....never doubted that it ever would, just didn't think it would be
> this quick... yep, Jay's finally lost it, but on the bright side he may just
> have stumbled into a new career... unless it's just the fun loving and
> severely beer deprived Gilligan type coming out in him!
>
> Jim
>
> Let me know when the Alexis Inn and Mystery Theatre opens!
> Have you ever considered hosting a Mystery night? have a meal catered in,
> get a local actors group to help out?
>
>
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:GFx3e.7100$kT5.4698@attbi_s21...
>
>>>I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
>>>in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
>>>sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
>>>R.A.P.
>>
>>Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!
>>
>>We could have...
>>
>>- Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")
>>
>>- Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")
>>
>>- Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
>>doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")
>>
>>- Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers,
>
> please!")
>
>>- Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot,
>
> Marty,
>
>>will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")
>>
>>- Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
>>you?")
>>
>>- Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
>>Scotch!")
>>
>>- Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
>>beer we're talking about here!")
>>
>>- Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank
>
> an
>
>>ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...?
>
> I
>
>>have...but that's another topic..."
>>
>>- Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
>>not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery
>
> back
>
>>before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")
>>
>>- George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman
>
> type
>
>>("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
>>drink it, the better it gets...")
>>
>>- Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
>>served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it
>
> thusly.
>
>>Electrify the hull!")
>>
>>Wow, this could go on and on!
>>
>>Who can add more suggestions? :-)
>>--
>>Jay Honeck
>>Iowa City, IA
>>Pathfinder N56993
>>www.AlexisParkInn.com
>>"Your Aviation Destination"
>>"StellaStarr" > wrote in message
>>news:7fp3e.125904$r55.81596@attbi_s52...
>>
>>>George Patterson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Eduardo K. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
>
> that
>
>>>>they be rare.
>>>>
>>>>George Patterson
>>>> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
>>>
>>>
>>>Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
>
> that
>
>>>matter the racks of new books.
>>>
>>>The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
>
> well
>
>>>as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
>
> place)
>
>>>
>>>We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!
>>
>>
>
>

[Jim Burns]

> Oh, just give me the damn cape!!
>
> Montblaff

There's a lot of history in that old cape!

Jim

[Montblack]

("John Ousterhout" wrote)
> This sounds like fun, just like a game many of us played as kids.
>
> "I believe that Mr. Montblack was killed with a Mustang Piston Rod in the
> Hot Tub by Dudley Henriques."


And then he'd try telling investigators that there was someone else
involved. Police don't believe him though, as he was the only one they saw
standing over the body.


Montblack :-)

[Martin Hotze]

On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:43:26 GMT, Grumman-581 wrote:

>Wasn't that what Monica said about the blue dress? <snicker>

Yeah, Bill liked the dress from the first time he spotted it.

*aheeem* :-)

#m
--
It's not like I'm a terrorist or a hair dresser or anything.
http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/03/16/issues-with-immigration/trackback/

[Jay Honeck]

> On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:43:26 GMT, Grumman-581 wrote:
>
>>Wasn't that what Monica said about the blue dress? <snicker>
>
> Yeah, Bill liked the dress from the first time he spotted it.
>
> *aheeem* :-)

Groan. That is *terrible*!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

>> "I believe that Mr. Montblack was killed with a Mustang Piston Rod in the
>> Hot Tub by Dudley Henriques."
>
>
> And then he'd try telling investigators that there was someone else
> involved. Police don't believe him though, as he was the only one they saw
> standing over the body.

Dudley as the Peter O'Toole-type? With a splash of Harrison Ford, and a
pinch of Darth Vader?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Falstaff. Hmm. I'll have to wait for the movie to find out if this is a
> good
> thing. <g>

Personally, I think you've been type-cast...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Montblack]

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
>> Falstaff. Hmm. I'll have to wait for the movie to find out if this is a
>> good thing. <g>
>
> Personally, I think you've been type-cast...


Yeah, I request Thomas More from A Man For All Seasons and end up cast in
the Cardinal Wolsey part ......played by Orson Welles!!

Wine's ready - let's drink!


Montblack
"My dear fellow! This isn't Spain ... this is England!"
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Winner of six Academy Awards - including Best Picture

[Bob Fry]

"Jay Honeck" > writes:

> - Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
> served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it thusly.
> Electrify the hull!")

No, no. More like a philosopher:

"Hmmm....What is the purpose of beer, to enjoy life more, or to forget
its woes and cares? And why is beer more suited for this, than wine
or distilled spirits? Yes...I think Bush did it."

[Jay Honeck]

> No, no. More like a philosopher:
>
> "Hmmm....What is the purpose of beer, to enjoy life more, or to forget
> its woes and cares? And why is beer more suited for this, than wine
> or distilled spirits? Yes...I think Bush did it."

*snort!*

I knew you would...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Steve Foley]

Don't forget the Innkeeper - Norman Bates :)


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:GFx3e.7100$kT5.4698@attbi_s21...
> > I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
> > in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
> > sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
> > R.A.P.
>
> Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!
>
> We could have...
>
> - Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")
>
> - Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")
>
> - Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
> doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")
>
> - Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers,
please!")
>
> - Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot,
Marty,
> will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")
>
> - Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
> you?")
>
> - Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
> Scotch!")
>
> - Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
> beer we're talking about here!")
>
> - Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank
an
> ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...?
I
> have...but that's another topic..."
>
> - Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
> not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery
back
> before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")
>
> - George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman
type
> ("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
> drink it, the better it gets...")
>
> - Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
> served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it
thusly.
> Electrify the hull!")
>
> Wow, this could go on and on!
>
> Who can add more suggestions? :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
> "StellaStarr" > wrote in message
> news:7fp3e.125904$r55.81596@attbi_s52...
> > George Patterson wrote:
> >> Eduardo K. wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.
> >>
> >>
> >> Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
that
> >> they be rare.
> >>
> >> George Patterson
> >> Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
> >
> >
> > Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
that
> > matter the racks of new books.
> >
> > The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
well
> > as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
place)
> >
> >
> > We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!
>
>

[Jay Beckman]

"Steve Foley" > wrote in message
news:PrV4e.58$Xm3.49@trndny01...
> Don't forget the Innkeeper - Norman Bates :)
>
>

I can see it now:

"You must be tired from your long flight to Iowa. I bet a nice hot shower
would fix you right up...MuHaHaHa..."

:O)

Jay B

[Jay Honeck]

> "You must be tired from your long flight to Iowa. I bet a nice hot shower
> would fix you right up...MuHaHaHa..."

We've updated that scene to include hot tubs in the suites...

;-)

The music is still the same, though...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Bob Fry]

Don't they have lots of Birds in Iowa?? Swirling around in circles,
circling, waiting,....

"Jay Beckman" > writes:

> "Steve Foley" > wrote in message
> news:PrV4e.58$Xm3.49@trndny01...
> > Don't forget the Innkeeper - Norman Bates :)
> >
> >
>
> I can see it now:
>
> "You must be tired from your long flight to Iowa. I bet a nice hot shower
> would fix you right up...MuHaHaHa..."
>
> :O)
>
> Jay B