small airplanes are dangerous

"John Theune" wrote in message
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"JimTheBoatMan" wrote in
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I often worry about all the small airplanes flying around my house.
Shouldn't
they be regulated better. I mean can these guys just fly all over with
out the government knowing about it. One of my friends told me that
they can just leave and go where ever they want without telling
anybody. I think somebody should be watching them every minute because
it could be somebody dangerous in there. Why do they need those things
anyway?




I ofton worry about those small boats floating around near my house. I
think they should be regulated more. I mean those guys can just sail
anywhere they want to. I understand that they can just leave and go
anywhere they want. I think that they should be watched every second
because they might be transporting dangerous people in them. Why do we
need boats anyway?

Everytime I see one of those U-Haul, Penske, Ryder, et al, rental vans
driving down the street or parked at the curb I break into a cold sweat
wondering how much ammoniuon nitrate and diesel oil is loaded aboard.
[Well, not really.....]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:11:02 GMT, "Casey Wilson"
wrote:


"John Theune" wrote in message
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"JimTheBoatMan" wrote in
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I often worry about all the small airplanes flying around my house.
Shouldn't
they be regulated better. I mean can these guys just fly all over with
out the government knowing about it. One of my friends told me that
they can just leave and go where ever they want without telling
anybody. I think somebody should be watching them every minute because
it could be somebody dangerous in there. Why do they need those things
anyway?




I ofton worry about those small boats floating around near my house. I
think they should be regulated more. I mean those guys can just sail
anywhere they want to. I understand that they can just leave and go
anywhere they want. I think that they should be watched every second
because they might be transporting dangerous people in them. Why do we
need boats anyway?

My troll o meter just broke.


Everytime I see one of those U-Haul, Penske, Ryder, et al, rental vans
driving down the street or parked at the curb I break into a cold sweat
wondering how much ammoniuon nitrate and diesel oil is loaded aboard.
[Well, not really.....]

Boats? Trucks?

I worry about cars, even the small ones.
My Daughter was about a 100 yards from the bomb that went off in Bali
last year. That car was smaller than our subcompacts here in the
states.

We're gonna have to keep all the cars out of the cities and towns.

Now think about how much a farmer can haul in a grain wagon and they
have access to the right chemicals to do all sorts of things. I'd sure
hate to live next to one of them. Oh, and we need to keep those big
trucks and grain wagons out of the towns.


Any one see the Penn And Teller Show on personal safety? They pretty
much pointed out the futility of so much worry. Of course they gave
the press and government a bit of the credit for sensationalizing it.

That was the same show where they pointed out that PETA was
contributing to "The Animal Liberation Front" (had the tax returns to
prove it), and that PETA is using the guy who firebombed Michigan
State's lab as a spokesperson who spends his time going around to
grade schools talking to our kids and grand children. A guy who has
been convicted numerous times and has done time for felonies.

Now, wasn't that a refreshing thought?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger Halstead wrote:

Now think about how much a farmer can haul in a grain wagon and they
have access to the right chemicals to do all sorts of things.

Both nitroglycerin and gunpowder use materials that are readily available to anyone
(are you *really* sure that guy buying charcoal is actually planning a cookout?).

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:17:08 +0000, G.R. Patterson III wrote:



Roger Halstead wrote:

Now think about how much a farmer can haul in a grain wagon and they
have access to the right chemicals to do all sorts of things.

Both nitroglycerin and gunpowder use materials that are readily available to anyone
(are you *really* sure that guy buying charcoal is actually planning a cookout?).


Umm. Don't you actually mean black powder? Gunpowder or smokeless
powder is much harder to make and more powerful to boot.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:58:40 -0500, Greg Copeland
wrote:

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:17:08 +0000, G.R. Patterson III wrote:



Roger Halstead wrote:

Now think about how much a farmer can haul in a grain wagon and they
have access to the right chemicals to do all sorts of things.

Both nitroglycerin and gunpowder use materials that are readily available to anyone
(are you *really* sure that guy buying charcoal is actually planning a cookout?).


Umm. Don't you actually mean black powder? Gunpowder or smokeless
powder is much harder to make and more powerful to boot.

Black powder is gun powder. Both black, and "smokes" are just
different kinds. Basic smokeless is derived from guncotton which is
not difficult to make, but to get the characteristics of the various
"progressive" burning smokeless powders is a science.

Unless confined, smokeless powder just burns. It takes a tight
confinement and pressure for it to burn faster hence the "progressive"
description. You can stick a match in a spoon full without losing
your eyebrows. Do not try with black powder :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

"Roger Halstead" wrote in message

You can stick a match in a spoon full without losing
your eyebrows. Do not try with black powder :-))

Saw the results when a teenage kid tried to pour a pound of gunpowder on a
campfire at a campground in Oregon once a few years back.

The "do not try" cannot be overstated.

OTOH, my dad blew two of his fingers off when he was twelve and although
he's an accomplished marksman and avid hunter, they wouldn't take him when
he tried to enlist and then they determined him ineligible for the draft.

Uh...blahblahsomethingtodowithflyingblahbeforefull topicaldeflection...

-c

Greg Copeland wrote:

Umm. Don't you actually mean black powder?

Black powder *is* gunpowder.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.