Thank you Jay, for taking the time to post such a positive message, and I'm
fairly certain you are probably right about Jim and I getting along with
Usenet out of the equation.
I certainly wish you and everyone else on the newsgroup the very best of
luck at Oshkosh and I know all of you will enjoy your fellowship there.
I'm sorry that I won't be able to join in.
Best as always,
Dudley

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:aGHne.8953$nG6.2616@attbi_s22...
Listen Dudley, I posted, I thought, a very civil question. I think it
would
be way cool to get to fly the heavy stuff, even for a person such as
yourself, with lots of experience in other types. *Big Snip*

Look, guys, I know both of you (Jim "in person"; Dudley "on the phone")
and I can vouch for the fact that both of you would hit it off immediately
"in-person."

Therefore, I hereby invite you both to attend our barbecue cookout party
at OSH '05, held on Wednesday after the airshow at our campsite in the
"North 40". This will be our third annual, and each one has grown a bit
more from the previous years. (See for pix.)

Jim will be there with "GOG" (God's Own Grill), helping with the cooking
duties -- and I sure hope you can make it, Dudley!

(And don't give us any of that "I can't make it" stuff. I *know* you've
got friends all over with whom you could hitch a ride...and, if not, I'll
bet you ten bucks we could find someone here flying to OSH with an empty
seat! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"