Agreed. When I pointed that out, I was called what? An idiot? I don't
remember. Not important.

I am here for enjoyment, and enlightenment, and when a person interrupts
that, I don't need them.

Well, Jim, I always try to remember where I am, and to keep a thick skin
along with a good sense of humor. Usenet ain't for wimps.

Shoot, I was called far worse than "idiot" in that thread, but, hell, Weir
has called me worse than that on a GOOD day. ;-) In the end it's good to
always remember that we're all here for the same reason: A love of
aviation.

Nothing should obscure that.

Dudley can be a passionate, mouthy, profane, goofy-as-hell, arrogant dolt --
but he also happens to know stuff about many aspects of aviation that I
don't know, and can never personally experience. He is also passionate
about what he knows, and is willing to stand up for what he believes --
which is a helluva lot more than I can say for a lot of the mealy-mouthed
folks I've met here over the years.

What he says may be wrong as hell, but I'll defend to the death his right to
say it.

As a result, I won't killfile him, and would, in fact, still offer him a
beer if he were to land at my airport. We might beat each other half to
death, if that were to actually happen, but, in the end, I will have learned
a thing or three that I couldn't have learned from anyone else.

Sometimes you've got to take a lot of bad to see the good.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"