A Run in with a Star

[William L.Snow, PE]

Had a flight last week to MVY. Ran into Meg Ryan at the FBO. Nice lady.
Very beautiful and thin!
CAVU both ways. A very worthwhile trip.
WLS

[Kingfish]

Where'd you fly in from? I fly out there on occasion during the summer
on a Saturday or Sunday for breakfast with pals at the terminal's Plane
View restaurant. We usually go to MVY because ACK gets crazy on
weekends. BID has a decent airport diner too.

[Peter R.]

"William L.Snow, PE" > wrote:

> Had a flight last week to MVY. Ran into Meg Ryan at the FBO. Nice lady.
> Very beautiful and thin!

Did she look like the picture on the left here:

http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000258.html

--
Peter

[Jay Honeck]

> Had a flight last week to MVY. Ran into Meg Ryan at the FBO. Nice lady.
> Very beautiful and thin!
> CAVU both ways. A very worthwhile trip.

Just a quick & friendly reminder/request: PLEASE don't just post an
airport identifier when you're posting about an experience! This is a
worldwide forum, and I (along with thousands of others?) have no idea
where MVY is, without looking it up!

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

[Steve Foley]

The way I look at it is that if I don't recognize the ident, I probably
don't really care.

In case you didn't look them up, MVY is Martha's Vinyard, an island off the
coast of Masssachusetts. ACK is Nantucket, another island off the coast of
Mass, right next to MVY. BID is Block Island, a third island, but part of
Rhode Island, not Massachusetts.


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> > Had a flight last week to MVY. Ran into Meg Ryan at the FBO. Nice lady.
> > Very beautiful and thin!
> > CAVU both ways. A very worthwhile trip.
>
> Just a quick & friendly reminder/request: PLEASE don't just post an
> airport identifier when you're posting about an experience! This is a
> worldwide forum, and I (along with thousands of others?) have no idea
> where MVY is, without looking it up!
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

[Kingfish]

Jay H. whined, : )

>>>PLEASE don't just post an airport identifier when you're posting about an experience!<<<

Oops. Because I'm in Connecticut and am always flying out to the
islands I guess I assume most pilots know them. Then again when I see
an airport identifier I don't know I just look it up on Airnav.

[Thomas Borchert]

Kingfish,

> Then again when I see
> an airport identifier I don't know I just look it up on Airnav.
>

At least make it the correct identifier, which is KMVY. There are
countries outside the US, believe it or not.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Darkwing]

"Steve Foley" > wrote in message
...
> The way I look at it is that if I don't recognize the ident, I probably
> don't really care.
>
> In case you didn't look them up, MVY is Martha's Vinyard, an island off
> the
> coast of Masssachusetts. ACK is Nantucket, another island off the coast of
> Mass, right next to MVY. BID is Block Island, a third island, but part of
> Rhode Island, not Massachusetts.
>


Nantucket, home of Sand Piper Air and the Hackett brothers!

---------------------------------------------
DW

[Darkwing]

"Kingfish" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>>>>At least make it the correct identifier, which is KMVY<<<
>
> You're one of those "dot every i and cross every t" guys, huh?
>
>>>>There are countries outside the US, believe it or not.<<<
>
> I suppose. My world map is pretty old. Lighten up, Thomas. <g>
>

Maybe feelings of inadequacy? <grin>

---------------------------------------------
DW

[vincent p. norris]

>> In case you didn't look them up, MVY is Martha's Vinyard, an island off
>> the coast of Masssachusetts. ACK is Nantucket, another island off the coast of
>> Mass, right next to MVY......

I'll back up Jay's request. I visited both MVY and ACK while touring
New England five or six years ago, but couldn't remember the
designators. Guess I've landed at too many airports!

vince norris

[Thomas Borchert]

Kingfish,

> You're one of those "dot every i and cross every t" guys, huh?
>

Hey, I'm German ;-)

Actually, I have had numerous occasion to get a good laugh about an
American trying to program a GPS and complaining that "MVY just isn't
in the darn database".

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Thomas Borchert]

Kingfish,

> Then I entered KBID and all
> was well.
>

I guess we have made my point ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Morgans]

"Kingfish" > wrote

Then I entered KBID and all
> was well. This is what happens when you try to outsmart a machine. <G>

For being so smart, computers are really dumb. After all, we knew what you
meant. Why can't they read minds, like our wives are supposed to be able to
do?

Garbage in, garbage out. ;-)
--
Jim in NC

[Skywise]

"Morgans" > wrote in
:

>
> "Kingfish" > wrote
>
> Then I entered KBID and all
>> was well. This is what happens when you try to outsmart a machine. <G>
>
> For being so smart, computers are really dumb. After all, we knew what
> you meant. Why can't they read minds, like our wives are supposed to be
> able to do?
>
> Garbage in, garbage out. ;-)

I remember a secretary at a company I used to work for who kept
blaming the computer for various mistakes. "The computer made a
mistake". I told her, "computers are perfect, they do exactly what
they are told to do." It took a few days, but one day she came to
me and said she needed to eat crow, as she finally realized the
mistake she was making, and that the computer was in fact doing
exactly what she was telling it to do.

Brian
--
http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism
Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html
Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html
Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?

[Peter Duniho]

"Skywise" > wrote in message
...
> I remember a secretary at a company I used to work for who kept
> blaming the computer for various mistakes. "The computer made a
> mistake". I told her, "computers are perfect, they do exactly what
> they are told to do."

So long as one doesn't forget that the person actually using the computer at
the time isn't the only person who has given the computer instructions.

Some mistakes *aren't* user error. :)

[Jay Honeck]

> I remember a secretary at a company I used to work for

What's a "secretary"?

I vaguely remember seeing some as a young man, but I thought all of
them had been purged from the workforce? Are there any companies that
still have dedicted clerical staff?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> I vaguely remember seeing some as a young man, but I thought all of
> them had been purged from the workforce? Are there any companies that
> still have dedicted clerical staff?

Ahem. That should read "dedicated clerical staff"... Dang fingers...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Robert M. Gary]

Ran into Eva Longoria in San Diego last month while clearing customs.
Can't really say I met her but she ran right past me.

-Robert

[Robert M. Gary]

Is there an KMVY? I fly out of O61. There is no KO61, just O61. When I
file CANPASS into Canada I have to tell them I'm departing KSMF because
they can't access O61.

-Robert

[Thomas Borchert]

Robert,

> Is there an KMVY? I fly out of O61. There is no KO61, just O61.
>

Are you asking rethorically or do you want a quick educational session
in proper airport identifier usage as defined by ICAO and used
internationally, including local difference for the US?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Doug]

Yes but they don't call them secretaries anymore. Now they are
admistrative assistants.

[john smith]

In article . com>,
"Robert M. Gary" > wrote:

> Is there an KMVY? I fly out of O61. There is no KO61, just O61. When I
> file CANPASS into Canada I have to tell them I'm departing KSMF because
> they can't access O61.

Is that oscar six one or zero six one?

[John Gaquin]

"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
>
> At least make it the correct identifier, which is KMVY. There are
> countries outside the US, believe it or not.

.....none of which are likely to serve as origin for anyone making a vfr
sunday morning breakfast flight. MVY will do just fine. Ease up there,
Herr Thomas. An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure.

[Matt Barrow]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>> I vaguely remember seeing some as a young man, but I thought all of
>> them had been purged from the workforce? Are there any companies that
>> still have dedicted clerical staff?
>
> Ahem. That should read "dedicated clerical staff"... Dang fingers...

Blame it on your secretary.

--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

[Jack Allison]

Steve Foley wrote:

> In case you didn't look them up, MVY is Martha's Vinyard, an island off the
> coast of Masssachusetts. ACK is Nantucket, another island off the coast of
> Mass, right next to MVY. BID is Block Island, a third island, but part of
> Rhode Island, not Massachusetts.

Interesting...MYV (or KMYV) is the airport identifier for Marysville,
CA...very close to my home airport. I'm thinking what the heck is Meg
Ryan doing hanging out in Marysville? :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"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)

[Jack Allison]

Jack Allison wrote:

>
> Interesting...MYV (or KMYV) is the airport identifier for Marysville,
> CA...very close to my home airport. I'm thinking what the heck is Meg
> Ryan doing hanging out in Marysville? :-)
>
>
Um...MYV...MVY...they look so close. Funny.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"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)

[Robert M. Gary]

> Are you asking rethorically or do you want a quick educational session
> in proper airport identifier usage as defined by ICAO and used
> internationally, including local difference for the US?

I was just pointing out that not all US airports have "K" identifiers
available.

-Robert

[Thomas Borchert]

Robert,

Sorry, hadn't taken my pills before posting. You are right, of course -
and I've always wondered why they don't clean up the identifiers.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Thomas Borchert]

John,

Seems I sounded way more aggressive than I ever intended to. Sorry for
that.

> none of which are likely to serve as origin for anyone making a vfr
> sunday morning breakfast flight.
>

Well, if you're going to use your handheld VFR GPS on the flight,
you're gonna need the K.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Kingfish]

My only brush with celebrity came at Sikorsky Mem'l in Bridgeport CT
when I worked there in operations. Christopher Walken flew out to his
house on Block Island (RI) in a chartered Seneca V.

If you thought he looked creepy on screen, you should see him in
person.

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Kingfish" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> My only brush with celebrity came at Sikorsky Mem'l in Bridgeport CT
> when I worked there in operations. Christopher Walken flew out to his
> house on Block Island (RI) in a chartered Seneca V.
>
> If you thought he looked creepy on screen, you should see him in
> person.
>

1979 Farrah Fawcett GKY Arlington TX
1980 Linda "Wonder Women" Carter LIT Little Rock AR

At 17 and a newly minted PPL this was what made flying great.

[Montblack]

("Kingfish" wrote)
> My only brush with celebrity came at Sikorsky Mem'l in Bridgeport CT when
> I worked there in operations. Christopher Walken flew out to his house on
> Block Island (RI) in a chartered Seneca V.


I was (Minnesota Gopher / Washington Redskins NFL - kicker) Chip Lomiller's
swimming teacher when I was in high school. That's it!

Forgot one:
Sally Struthers and I chatted at a party two years ago. She was in a show I
helped build.

One more:
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart said "Hi" to me as we both waited on the
curb [for different rides] at the Hilton during last year's OSH, or was it
two years ago? I looked non-threatening I suppose, since I was holding a bag
of melting ice at the time.

[Necessary Aviation Content] ...Run in with a Star:
Burt Rutan last year at the Lindbergh Foundation Awards event at ANE. Eric
Lindbergh, too.


Montblack
Roger McGuinn (The BYRDS) signed a CD for me after we chatted.
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/
GREAT FREE music site ...Jose (Click the song names)

I listen using an iPod program download on my PC computer - works with fewer
glitches than most other formats.

[Ross Richardson]

OK, this thread has gone to a different level, so I get to say that I
had the whole group "The Association" come to my appartment after a
college concert. It was a dare and they said yes. I got the album
autographed and got H*** for the school interfering with their events.
Apparently they had an after concert event planned. This was back in 66
or 67.

Ross

Montblack wrote:

> ("Kingfish" wrote)
>
>> My only brush with celebrity came at Sikorsky Mem'l in Bridgeport CT
>> when I worked there in operations. Christopher Walken flew out to his
>> house on Block Island (RI) in a chartered Seneca V.
>
>
>
> I was (Minnesota Gopher / Washington Redskins NFL - kicker) Chip
> Lomiller's swimming teacher when I was in high school. That's it!
>
> Forgot one:
> Sally Struthers and I chatted at a party two years ago. She was in a
> show I helped build.
>
> One more:
> Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart said "Hi" to me as we both waited on
> the curb [for different rides] at the Hilton during last year's OSH, or
> was it two years ago? I looked non-threatening I suppose, since I was
> holding a bag of melting ice at the time.
>
> [Necessary Aviation Content] ...Run in with a Star:
> Burt Rutan last year at the Lindbergh Foundation Awards event at ANE.
> Eric Lindbergh, too.
>
>
> Montblack
> Roger McGuinn (The BYRDS) signed a CD for me after we chatted.
> http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/
> GREAT FREE music site ...Jose (Click the song names)
>
> I listen using an iPod program download on my PC computer - works with
> fewer glitches than most other formats.

[Darkwing]

"Doug" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Yes but they don't call them secretaries anymore. Now they are
> admistrative assistants.
>

or Executive Assistants.

-----------------------------------------
DW

[Jay Honeck]

> OK, this thread has gone to a different level, so I get to say that I
> had the whole group "The Association" come to my appartment after a
> college concert. It was a dare and they said yes.

Whoa! That's cool!

Didn't they make the songs "Windy" and "Cherish"?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> One more:
> Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart said "Hi" to me as we both waited on the
> curb [for different rides] at the Hilton during last year's OSH, or was it
> two years ago? I looked non-threatening I suppose, since I was holding a bag
> of melting ice at the time.

Hey, dang it, that's mine! Ford and Flockhart were eating breakfast at
the table next to ours, while my 15 year old son had conniptions,
realizing he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to "Han Solo"! (And I wouldn't let
him ask for an autograph...)

Oh, and I got to chat with Brett Favre at the Green Bay FBO in '04,
while he was waiting for his pilot and plane... (And, again, my
then-14-year-old son had conniptions, cuz I wouldn't let him ask for an
autograph!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Morgans]

"Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote
>
> I seen Jimmy Buffett, Reggie Miller and Alan Jackson all at KMQJ at
> somepoint in the last three years as well as a few B or C level celebs.

There we go again-----What the he** is KMQJ? Use the name, please?
--
Jim in NC

[B A R R Y]

Darkwing wrote:
>
>
> I seen Jimmy Buffett, Reggie Miller and Alan Jackson all at KMQJ at
> somepoint in the last three years as well as a few B or C level celebs.

If I don't know who the latter two are, are they still A lister's? <G>

[Darkwing]

"B A R R Y" > wrote in message
m...
> Darkwing wrote:
>>
>>
>> I seen Jimmy Buffett, Reggie Miller and Alan Jackson all at KMQJ at
>> somepoint in the last three years as well as a few B or C level celebs.
>
> If I don't know who the latter two are, are they still A lister's? <G>


They make a lot more than B listers!

--------------------------------------------
DW

[Gary Drescher]

"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>> I seen Jimmy Buffett, Reggie Miller and Alan Jackson all at KMQJ at
>> somepoint in the last three years as well as a few B or C level celebs.
>
> There we go again-----What the he** is KMQJ? Use the name, please?

Sorry Jim, but I don't see the point. If you're unfamiliar with the airport,
the name will likely be as meaningless to you as the identifier is. Plus, if
you're interested, you can instantly find the name, location, and
description just by googling the identifier.

--Gary

[Peter Duniho]

"Gary Drescher" > wrote in message
...
>> There we go again-----What the he** is KMQJ? Use the name, please?
>
> Sorry Jim, but I don't see the point. If you're unfamiliar with the
> airport, the name will likely be as meaningless to you as the identifier
> is.

First of all, that's a false assumption. I can't speak for every other
pilot, but I know that around here where I fly, there are a number of
airports that I know by name, but not by identifier. I don't even live in
an area where there's a huge number of airports. I can't imagine memorizing
the identifiers for every airport in Southern California, for example.

> Plus, if you're interested, you can instantly find the name, location, and
> description just by googling the identifier.

Secondly, this is an issue of courtesy to the reader (as is a number of
other things, such as correct spelling and grammar, quoting style,
formatting, etc.). The person writing the identifier presumably already
knows the name of the airport. It's trivial for them to write the actual
name instead of or in addition to.

Yes, the reader can look them identifier up, but it's more trouble and it
interrupts the flow of actually *reading* the post. Presumably, the point
of having written the post is to have it read, so it behooves the author to
make the act of reading as pain-free as possible, especially when doing so
involves practically NO additional effort on the author's part.

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised to see you of all people defending the practice
of writing coded Usenet posts. You always seemed more insightful than that.
:p

Pete

[David Dyer-Bennet]

"Peter Duniho" > writes:

> Secondly, this is an issue of courtesy to the reader (as is a number of
> other things, such as correct spelling and grammar, quoting style,
> formatting, etc.). The person writing the identifier presumably already
> knows the name of the airport. It's trivial for them to write the actual
> name instead of or in addition to.
>
> Yes, the reader can look them identifier up, but it's more trouble and it
> interrupts the flow of actually *reading* the post. Presumably, the point
> of having written the post is to have it read, so it behooves the author to
> make the act of reading as pain-free as possible, especially when doing so
> involves practically NO additional effort on the author's part.

Can you reliably look up the *name* of an airport? Seems like the
identifier is much more useful for that purpose. I'll bet common use
names for airports overlap.
--
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[Gary Drescher]

"Peter Duniho" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, the reader can look them identifier up, but it's more trouble and it
> interrupts the flow of actually *reading* the post.

In this case, the post was one sentence long, so there was no flow to
interrupt.

In other contexts, the name, location, runway length, airspace, or whatever
might be important to the point being made; mentioning the relevant details
would indeed be good style. But if the details are tangential--or, at the
other extreme, if so much information is relevant that a reader would need
to look some of it up any way--then the best single piece of information to
include is the compact, unique, instantly searchable identifier.

--Gary

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> "Peter Duniho" > writes:
> Can you reliably look up the *name* of an airport? Seems like the
> identifier is much more useful for that purpose. I'll bet common use
> names for airports overlap.


That is assuming that we have enough interest to go to the trouble of looking
the airport up. When I read a post about flying from point A to B, I like to
read the actual name of the airport as well as the city if it isn't obvious.
Just assume I live somewhere else and never heard of your airport. Frankly, if
it isn't on the east coast of the United States or is in the Bahamas or
Caribbean, I probably haven't.

The text of the posting may stimulate me to look up the approach plate or pick
up my copy of AOPA's Airport Directory... or it may not. In any case, I know
the local identifiers. I don't know the ones in the mid or far west.... except
for the huge ones like LAX, SFO, DEN, etc...

It should be a courtesy to others. Isn't the point of writing the post to get
others to read it?

To me, that's why I criticize those who don't trim quotations. If I have to
scroll down to read the new information, I probably won't read the post at all.
And wasn't the whole point to get others to read it? Try to make it easy for
them to do so.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Ross Richardson]

That's them!!!

Jay Honeck wrote:

>>OK, this thread has gone to a different level, so I get to say that I
>>had the whole group "The Association" come to my appartment after a
>>college concert. It was a dare and they said yes.
>
>
> Whoa! That's cool!
>
> Didn't they make the songs "Windy" and "Cherish"?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

[Gary Drescher]

"T o d d P a t t i s t" > wrote in message
...
> I agree with Pete. I have a much better chance of
> recognizing the name than the identifier. I'd recognize
> the name of every airport I know the identifier of, but I'd
> only recognize the identifier of a small number of airports
> I know the name of. I'd appreciate both name and
> identifier, but I'd take the name before the ID.

Hm, ok. Offhand, I can't recall reading a post where I cared what airport
corresponded to an identifier I didn't recognize, but didn't care enough to
want to look up more information about it anyway. Oh well, just a matter of
taste.

--Gary

[Peter Duniho]

"David Dyer-Bennet" > wrote in message
...
> Can you reliably look up the *name* of an airport? Seems like the
> identifier is much more useful for that purpose. I'll bet common use
> names for airports overlap.

Generally speaking, yes. There are exceptions, of course. That said, I
have no objection to including both. But if only one is going to be
included, it ought to be the full name, not the identifier. It's MUCH more
likely that if you don't recognize the *name*, that the airport is not
relevant to you.

Pete

[Peter Duniho]

"Gary Drescher" > wrote in message
...
> In this case, the post was one sentence long, so there was no flow to
> interrupt.

Of course there is. The flow from one post to the next is interrupted when
the reader has to switch to a browser and wait for a search on the airport
ID to complete.

> In other contexts, the name, location, runway length, airspace, or
> whatever might be important to the point being made; mentioning the
> relevant details would indeed be good style. But if the details are
> tangential--or, at the other extreme, if so much information is relevant
> that a reader would need to look some of it up any way--then the best
> single piece of information to include is the compact, unique, instantly
> searchable identifier.

If the actual identity of the airport is not relevant, why included ANY
information? Why not just write "an airport"?

You are really stretching here.

Pete

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>> One more:
>> Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart said "Hi" to me as we both waited on
>> the
>> curb [for different rides] at the Hilton during last year's OSH, or was
>> it
>> two years ago? I looked non-threatening I suppose, since I was holding a
>> bag
>> of melting ice at the time.
>
> Hey, dang it, that's mine! Ford and Flockhart were eating breakfast at
> the table next to ours, while my 15 year old son had conniptions,
> realizing he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to "Han Solo"! (And I wouldn't let
> him ask for an autograph...)
>
> Oh, and I got to chat with Brett Favre at the Green Bay FBO in '04,
> while he was waiting for his pilot and plane... (And, again, my
> then-14-year-old son had conniptions, cuz I wouldn't let him ask for an
> autograph!)
> --

The most unusual thing in that story is that Calista Flockhart was eating.

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Hey, dang it, that's mine! Ford and Flockhart were eating breakfast at
> the table next to ours, while my 15 year old son had conniptions,
> realizing he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to "Han Solo"! (And I wouldn't let
> him ask for an autograph...)
>
> Oh, and I got to chat with Brett Favre at the Green Bay FBO in '04,
> while he was waiting for his pilot and plane... (And, again, my
> then-14-year-old son had conniptions, cuz I wouldn't let him ask for an
> autograph!)


So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand, have met
June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Jay Beckman]

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" > wrote in message
...
> Jay Honeck wrote:
>> Hey, dang it, that's mine! Ford and Flockhart were eating breakfast at
>> the table next to ours, while my 15 year old son had conniptions,
>> realizing he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to "Han Solo"! (And I wouldn't let
>> him ask for an autograph...)
>>
>> Oh, and I got to chat with Brett Favre at the Green Bay FBO in '04,
>> while he was waiting for his pilot and plane... (And, again, my
>> then-14-year-old son had conniptions, cuz I wouldn't let him ask for an
>> autograph!)
>
>
> So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand, have
> met June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.

> Mortimer Schnerd, RN
>

I have four of these with my name on them...

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/59601766

Just sayin...

Jay B

[Peter R.]

Jay Beckman > wrote:

> I have four of these with my name on them...
>
> http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/59601766

I have three of these with my name on them (not necessarily the ones in the
picture):

http://www.margaretvisserphotography.com/children/boys.jpg


:-)

--
Peter

[Montblack]

("Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote)
> So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand, have
> met June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.


Cool!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004931/bio
June Foray - biography

"Her most famous voice characterization is Bullwinkle's Rocky the Squirrel."

[From the web]
That prompted her friend (and frequent employer) Chuck Jones to correct
folks. "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc," he proclaimed. "Mel Blanc
was the male June Foray."

http://www.broughtonmusic.com/content/content.php/gallery_bullwinkle/158/
June Foray and Bill Scott


Montblack
I met The Prairie Home Companion on-air talent. We were loading in a show
that we'd built for one of their side-line gigs. This one was a dental
convention. They're all in the new PHC movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420087/
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

[[email protected]]

In article >, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" > writes:
> Jay Honeck wrote:
>> Hey, dang it, that's mine! Ford and Flockhart were eating breakfast at
>> the table next to ours, while my 15 year old son had conniptions,
>> realizing he was sitting RIGHT NEXT to "Han Solo"! (And I wouldn't let
>> him ask for an autograph...)
>>
>> Oh, and I got to chat with Brett Favre at the Green Bay FBO in '04,
>> while he was waiting for his pilot and plane... (And, again, my
>> then-14-year-old son had conniptions, cuz I wouldn't let him ask for an
>> autograph!)
>
>
> So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand, have met
> June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.
>
>
>
So, June Foray, a fellow pilot, in a way. Did you ask her to say
"Moose and Squirrel"? (and I didn't need to look up the name to
recognize it - I'm a big fan of her work...

--
Lee K.Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Montblack wrote:
>> So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand, have
>> met June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.
>
>
> Cool!
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004931/bio
> June Foray - biography
>
> "Her most famous voice characterization is Bullwinkle's Rocky the Squirrel."



Finally, someone who truly understands relative contributions to Western
culture. She did all the female voices: Natasha, Nell, and even did Rocky the
Flying Squirrel (although Rocky was ostensively a male). Bill Scott did
Bullwinkle the Moose, Mr. Peabody, and most of the other male voices on the
show.

Stars just don't get any bigger than that.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Jay Beckman]

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" > wrote in message
m...
> Montblack wrote:
>>> So you haven't met anybody really important. *I*, on the other hand,
>>> have
>>> met June Foray and Bill Scott. Top that.
>>
>>
>> Cool!
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004931/bio
>> June Foray - biography
>>
>> "Her most famous voice characterization is Bullwinkle's Rocky the
>> Squirrel."
>
>
>
> Finally, someone who truly understands relative contributions to Western
> culture. She did all the female voices: Natasha, Nell, and even did Rocky
> the Flying Squirrel (although Rocky was ostensively a male). Bill Scott
> did Bullwinkle the Moose, Mr. Peabody, and most of the other male voices
> on the show.
>
> Stars just don't get any bigger than that.

> Mortimer Schnerd, RN

"Hmmm...think I need a bigger hat..."

"And now here's something we hope you'll REALLY like..."

;O)

Jay B

[B A R R Y]

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
>
> The most unusual thing in that story is that Calista Flockhart was eating.
>

That doesn't mean she was going to keep it. <G>

[john smith]

In article >,
B A R R Y > wrote:

> Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
> >
> > The most unusual thing in that story is that Calista Flockhart was eating.

> That doesn't mean she was going to keep it. <G>

Binge and purge... binge and purge...

[Jay Honeck]

> The most unusual thing in that story is that Calista Flockhart was eating.

I think Montblack will agree: She looked TERRIBLE. Like a starved
street person.

Ford was business-like but gracious, handling several cell phone calls
while they ate. He actually looked around the restaurant and talked
with his kid, while Flockhart had that classic "waitress gaze" (never
meeting your eyes), and spoke very quietly. She seemed very shy,
actually.

I suppose it was a weird thing, for them to simply sit in a restaurant?
Only one person interrupted their breakfast, asking for an autograph,
so hopefully they won't retreat back into their private rooms this
year. It's nice to see a man of his fame out rubbing elbows with his
fellow EAA members.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Montblack]

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
> I think Montblack will agree: She looked TERRIBLE. Like a starved
> street person.


Like I've got a dog in this fight! <g>


Montblack
To me she'd make the PERFECT date. "You gonna eat that?"

[Montblack]

("john smith" wrote)
>> That doesn't mean she was going to keep it. <G>

> Binge and purge... binge and purge...


Not so rare medical malady, afflicting millions - Partial Bulimia.

Binge and... binge and... binge and ...


Montback-for-seconds ...twice