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Dear Dale,

Congratulations! My hat is off to you an Mrs. Dale. You will be
happy to know there are a number of people who share your feelings....
and at least two who do not :-)

Of those who did not, they felt my remarks were in poor taste. Of
course, they've never had cancer.

On the other hand, I have received several private messages from
cancer survivors THANKING me for the article. Some even asked
permission to re-publish the article in their local cancer support-
group news letter.

So I hope you will understand my public 'thank you' to you, and
'Permission Granted' to them, even though it may not be in keeping
with the 'poor taste' crowd. But then, they never got the point to
begin with :-)

As for the gentleman who wanted to know just what the hell this has to
do with home-built airplanes, the best answer is: virtually
EVERYTHING, since we can't build airplanes and go flying in them when
we are rotting in our graves. Nor when we are wringing our hands as
we moan and mutter..... 'I'm gonna die... I'm gonna die... I'm gonna
die...' because when you get right down to it, ALL of us are gonna
die! The important thing is how we handle the time leading up to that
event.

-R.S.Hoover

Feel free to tell the "poor taste crowd" to go to the devil.

Oh, wait, that's redundant... they obviously already have...

Peter