(Grumble) Hangar rash

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Or should I say flagpole rash. I just found out one of the line guys was
dragging my plane around with a tug and managed to snag the flagpole,
leaving a nice flagpole shaped dent in the leading edge of the left wing.
I
told Mike to just tie the guy to the flagpole, and I will bring in some
wood
to set him on fire tomorrow morning.

The heck of it is, this flagpole is right next to the building. There were
no other planes on the ramp. It was Sunday morning, very quiet, and
nothing
was going on. He wasn't trying to maneuver around any obstacles or
anything.
So he smacks the flagpole.


Be glad he was only pulling it with a tug.

Tom

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“Any drinking or substance abuse problems?”

“Mr. Memphis, believe me, it would be a lie if I didn’t tell you some years
back, Bob Lee had a problem with the bottle and had some wild times. He’s
always in pain, you know, because of the way he was hurt in the war. But I
believe Bob Lee has found himself in some way. All he wants from life is
freedom and to be left alone.”

“What about medals? Has he ever said anything about medals? Are medals
important to him?”

“To Bob Lee? Let me tell you something, son—were you in the war or
anything?”

“No sir, I wasn’t.”

“Well, son, the only people that are interested in medals are the ones that
are fixing to run for office some day. I went from one side of Burma to the
other with General Merrill’s Marauders in 1943 and 1944, and the only man I
ever saw who wanted a medal or cared about a medal later became the only
governor of Colorado to be impeached.



Stephen Hunter, “Point of Impact”, Bantam Books, 1993