New blood

[Peter Duniho]

Okay, rather than replying to the individual arrivals' threads, I felt
compelled to start this new one. Is it just me, or is there a palpable
feeling of freshness around here? A certain simmer notwithstanding, it
seems to me that in the recent month or so, we've gotten at least three
other new "faces" in the newsgroup.

I, for one, am extremely happy to see those new pilots. Not only for the
good news of their training and/or checkrides, but also for the broadening
of the quality of this newsgroup that their presence is sure to bring.

Three may not seem like a lot, but when it comes down to it, it's not like
we have a huge number of regular posters here anyway (just a good bunch of
prolific individuals :) ). Three more people represents a significant
increase in the number of active newsgroup posters (which I'm guessing to
number only around 20 or 30), and I may easily have missed one or two other
new names (and my apologies if I've done so).

It's my sincere hope that we can avoid scaring them off :), and that they
will be with us for a long time to come. I expect this newsgroup, already a
decent one in its own right, to be better for it.

Amen?

Pete

[Thomas Borchert]

Peter,

You're right.

> Amen?

Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]]

Thomas Borchert wrote:
> Peter,
>
> You're right.
>
>> Amen?
>
> Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)


You guys will argue about anything. <G>




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

[kontiki]

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

>
> You guys will argue about anything. <G>
>

hehe, ain't it the truth.

[Steve Foley]

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message
...
> Thomas Borchert wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> You're right.
>>
>>> Amen?
>>
>> Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)
>
>
> You guys will argue about anything. <G>

NO WE WON'T!!!!!!



>
>
>
>
> --
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN
> mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
>

[Kevin Clarke]

Put the civil back in civil aviation?
A novel concept!

KC

>
> It's my sincere hope that we can avoid scaring them off :), and that they
> will be with us for a long time to come. I expect this newsgroup, already a
> decent one in its own right, to be better for it.
>
> Amen?
>
> Pete

[Jay Honeck]

> >> You're right.
> >>
> >>> Amen?
> >>
> >> Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)
> >
> > You guys will argue about anything. <G>
>
> NO WE WON'T!!!!!!

I beg to differ...

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

[Gene Seibel]

Thomas Borchert wrote:
> Peter,
>
> You're right.
>
> > Amen?
>
> Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)
>
> --
> Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Is that a high wing "So say we all" or a low wing "So say we all"? ;)

I agree, it's nice to see new blood.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:42:47 -0500, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
<mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote:

>Thomas Borchert wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> You're right.
>>
>>> Amen?
>>
>> Let's settle on: "So say we all" ;-)
>
>
>You guys will argue about anything. <G>

No, we won't. :-)

Ron Wanttaja

[Thomas Borchert]

Gene,

> Is that a high wing "So say we all" or a low wing "So say we all"? ;)
>

Is anybody actually watching the new "Battlestar Galactica"? ;-) Great
series.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[rps]

Peter Duniho wrote:
> ...
> I, for one, am extremely happy to see those new pilots. Not only for the
> good news of their training and/or checkrides, but also for the broadening
> of the quality of this newsgroup that their presence is sure to bring.

It's always nice to welcome (at least virtually) new pilots here. As
they continue their education via experience and additional training, I
hope they increase the number of piloting-related postings here as
compared to simulator-related postings, which really ought to be moved
to rec.aviation.simulators.

If the other rec.aviation.* newsgroups are not as active, perhaps we
should collapse them again to just rec.aviation. (As an aside, I
believe the person who originally convinced us to expand rec.aviation
to rec.aviation.* in the late '90s recently passed away in a crash.)

[Peter R.]

Thomas Borchert > wrote:

> Is anybody actually watching the new "Battlestar Galactica"? ;-) Great
> series.

Yes, I am.

--
Peter

[Al G[_1_]]

"Peter Duniho" > wrote in message
...
> Okay, rather than replying to the individual arrivals' threads, I felt
> compelled to start this new one. Is it just me, or is there a palpable
> feeling of freshness around here? A certain simmer notwithstanding, it
> seems to me that in the recent month or so, we've gotten at least three
> other new "faces" in the newsgroup.
>
> I, for one, am extremely happy to see those new pilots. Not only for the
> good news of their training and/or checkrides, but also for the broadening
> of the quality of this newsgroup that their presence is sure to bring.
>
> Three may not seem like a lot, but when it comes down to it, it's not like
> we have a huge number of regular posters here anyway (just a good bunch of
> prolific individuals :) ). Three more people represents a significant
> increase in the number of active newsgroup posters (which I'm guessing to
> number only around 20 or 30), and I may easily have missed one or two
> other new names (and my apologies if I've done so).
>
> It's my sincere hope that we can avoid scaring them off :), and that they
> will be with us for a long time to come. I expect this newsgroup, already
> a decent one in its own right, to be better for it.
>
> Amen?
>
> Pete
>

AMEN.

I particularly enjoy the folks who have just soloed, and those with fesh
ink. As Dudley said: "How many times today have you dug out the ticket and
looked at it?"

Keep them coming guys.


Al G

[Larry Dighera]

On 7 Nov 2006 08:28:28 -0800, "rps" > wrote in
om>:

>If the other rec.aviation.* newsgroups are not as active, perhaps we
>should collapse them again to just rec.aviation.

I don't see any advantage to doing that.

[Thomas Borchert]

Peter,

> Yes, I am.
>

So I hope my try at a little inside joke was funny...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Peter R.]

Thomas Borchert > wrote:


> So I hope my try at a little inside joke was funny...

Your little frackin' joke? It was good for a frackin' chuckle. :)

--
Peter
Frackin' A.

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
...
> Gene,
>
>> Is that a high wing "So say we all" or a low wing "So say we all"? ;)
>>
>
> Is anybody actually watching the new "Battlestar Galactica"? ;-) Great
> series.
>

I am. For those that saw the original and either liked it or thought it was
silly, the new version has very little in common with the original and this
season has even less.

[Thomas Borchert]

Peter,

> Your little frackin' joke? It was good for a frackin' chuckle. :)
>

Frack, man, the frackin' toasters were all over us. ;-)

To the lurkers: It's really a surprisingly deep story, even if we don't
make it seem so.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Thomas Borchert]

Gig,

> I am. For those that saw the original and either liked it or thought it was
> silly, the new version has very little in common with the original and this
> season has even less.
>

You mean, there are people that haven't seen the original???

I agree with you. I view it as something completely new. And it's pretty good,
IMHO. Although I'm sure glad they finally got off that frackin' planet. That
was boring.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
...
> Peter,
>
>> Your little frackin' joke? It was good for a frackin' chuckle. :)
>>
>
> Frack, man, the frackin' toasters were all over us. ;-)
>
> To the lurkers: It's really a surprisingly deep story, even if we don't
> make it seem so.
>
> --
> Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
>

And it gave us a great frakin' curse word we can use in mixed company.

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
...
> Gig,
>
>> I am. For those that saw the original and either liked it or thought it
>> was
>> silly, the new version has very little in common with the original and
>> this
>> season has even less.
>>
>
> You mean, there are people that haven't seen the original???
>
> I agree with you. I view it as something completely new. And it's pretty
> good,
> IMHO. Although I'm sure glad they finally got off that frackin' planet.
> That
> was boring.
>

Let's be careful here there are some of us that have the show Tivo'd and
haven't fully caught up.

That said, they are telling the same story but it's like the original was
the version made for kids and the new version is for adults. The original
had to have black and white, good and evil. The current is a hole metric
buttload of shades of grey.

[Dan Luke]

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:

>>
>> Is anybody actually watching the new "Battlestar Galactica"? ;-) Great
>> series.
>>
>
> I am. For those that saw the original and either liked it or thought it
> was silly, the new version has very little in common with the original and
> this season has even less.

I never saw the original. The new one is one of the best things on tv.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Judah]

"Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net> wrote in
:

> That said, they are telling the same story but it's like the original was
> the version made for kids and the new version is for adults. The original
> had to have black and white, good and evil. The current is a hole metric
> buttload of shades of grey.

The primary purpose is the same, as are a few other points like the history
of mankind, the cursewords, the measurement units, and the nicknames. Oh,
and of course, Richard Hach...

But the first one was much more of a Star-Trek like series with short, mini-
plots about the characters' adventures. They really didn't have all that much
to do with Earth or Cylons, that was just the justification for the stories
(as opposed to "Boldly go where No Man has gone before.")

The new one is much more of a miniseries/soap opera revolving around the
characters, and around the primary goal of finding Earth and battle with the
Cylons. The shades of grey are because it's more Drama vs. Family/Comedy.

I'm not sure which one I like better. I like them both - I liked watching
the reruns of the original series that they started played on Sci Fi when the
new one first came out, too. But they are two VERY different shows...

[Thomas Borchert]

Dan,

> I never saw the original.
>

Well, you gotta like "cheesy", but then the original is a lot of fun.
Also, it's amazing how our image of "future" has changed in only 30
years or so.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Sylvain]

Dan Luke wrote:
> I never saw the original.

Think 'Starsky and Hutch' (the original tv serie) but
with spaceships and cheesy special effects...

The new serie is indeed neat (but please, don't spoil
it for me, I don't have a tv, and wait for season 3 to
come up on DVD :-)

--Sylvain

[Andrew Gideon]

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:40:26 -0800, Al G wrote:

> As Dudley said: "How many times today have you dug out the ticket and
> looked at it?"

<Heh> I'm past the 500 hour mark, and I still do that. But I'm more
likely to check out the airplane keys on my key chain now.

I read an article in some magazine recently about the new DA-40. The
article started by speaking of this as a good trainer, being purchased by
many schools because of the increasing number of "new student starts".

That was good to read.

- Andrew

[Blanche]

Gig 601XL Builder <wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net> wrote:
>
>"Thomas Borchert" > wrote in message
>> Gene,
>>
>>> Is that a high wing "So say we all" or a low wing "So say we all"? ;)
>>>
>>
>> Is anybody actually watching the new "Battlestar Galactica"? ;-) Great
>> series.
>>
>
>I am. For those that saw the original and either liked it or thought it was
>silly, the new version has very little in common with the original and this
>season has even less.

Forget "frackin"...the original had a great expletive: felgercarb!

[Bob Noel]

In article >, Blanche >
wrote:

> Forget "frackin"...the original had a great expletive: felgercarb!

isn't is falbercarb?

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

[Blanche]

Bob Noel > wrote:

>Blanche > wrote:
>
>> Forget "frackin"...the original had a great expletive: felgercarb!
>
>isn't is falbercarb?
>
>--
>Bob Noel
>Looking for a sig the
>lawyers will hate

Nope -- check Wikipedia, or even www.felgercarb.net

(I'm *not* kidding about the website!)

[Bob Noel]

In article >, Blanche >
wrote:

> >> Forget "frackin"...the original had a great expletive: felgercarb!
> >
> >isn't is falbercarb?
>
> Nope -- check Wikipedia, or even www.felgercarb.net
>
> (I'm *not* kidding about the website!)

hmmmm, now I'm going to have to find the original series and *listen* to
it.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net> wrote
>
> And it gave us a great frakin' curse word we can use in mixed company.

How about Farscape? (A show that died too soon, IMHO) It had a great cuss word
too.

Was it Frell, Frelled?
--
Jim in NC

[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:55:08 -0500, "Morgans"
> wrote in >:

>How about Farscape?

How about Odyssey One?

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:55:08 -0500, "Morgans"
> > wrote in >:
>
>>How about Farscape?
>
> How about Odyssey One?

You've got me on that one. I don't recall that one.
--
Jim in NC

[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 23:32:43 -0500, "Morgans"
> wrote in >:

>
>"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
>> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:55:08 -0500, "Morgans"
>> > wrote in >:
>>
>>>How about Farscape?
>>
>> How about Odyssey One?
>
>You've got me on that one. I don't recall that one.

I guess I didn't recall it correctly. The correct name of the TV
series is: Odyssey 5

The show's concepts are thought provoking and the FX are well done for
TV. Here's some more information:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318236/
http://odysseyfive.quickseek.com/
http://www.play4me.com.au/product/odyssey_five_complete_series_665128_218631.html

http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Odyssey_5
While on a mission aboard the space shuttle Odyssey, five
astronauts witness the sudden and violent destruction of the
entire planet. They survive the onslaught and come across an alien
entity, an inorganic being known as The Seeker. The Seeker informs
them that he has been on a search for contact with other worlds
since the destruction of his own planet. Each time, he arrives too
late and the planet is already destroyed.

He offers them the opportunity to have their consciousness sent
back in time five years in an attempt to discover the source of
the tragedy and prevent it. Once back on Earth in the past and
their old bodies, they discover that the likely villains are a
race known as Synthetics, an artificial intelligence developed by
humans and accidentally released over the internet.

As they try to prevent the horrifying future they must deal with
the issues they lived through before. They alter their past
decisions hoping their knowledge of the future will make for a
better outcome.

[CRaSH]

Larry Dighera wrote:
>an artificial intelligence developed by
> humans and accidentally released over the internet.
>


OMG! Mx!! d:->))