A reluctance to take the controls

Morgans wrote:
I have spent all of my energy that I want to on him, for a while. Somebody
else will need to take up the fight.


No fight is necessary; let him die from neglect. I nuked him and never see his
posts. I've also gone and added a few of his supporters to the blocked senders
list as well. I figure if they're that far off in their assessment of him,
their judgement is obviously suspect. Why would I want to read any of their
crap? I couldn't come up with a reason so WHOOSH.... away goes trouble down the
drain.

Numbnuts will hang around as long as people respond to him. I am fairly certain
that all but the most thickheaded have finally figured him out. It's just a
matter of time before he decides it's more rewarding to post to
soc.muslim.ideology in order to engage some of those warm folks for some of his
exchanges of ideas. I have no doubt they would react even more enthusiastically
than we have to his endearing style of interogation.

Just let him go. He isn't worth the heartburn. And start nuking the folks who
answer him as well. Don't rail against them... just make them disappear from
your computer.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Jay,

You simply have a nasty habit of converting any thread into personal
attacks.


Where exactly did he do that? I just can't see it in his posts.

FWIW and IMHO, he is also absolutely right in his assessment (sp?) and
his argument makes complete sense. But I guess for you that's just
another example of them in-the-wool liberals ganging up on you.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I love to fly, but I'm mis-wired. Not perfect like you.

Jay Honeck wrote:
I guess you're right. I just think people who don't love to fly are
mis-wired...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

randall g wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:47:47 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote:


Jay Honeck wrote:

Maybe instead of "make a pot..." I should have said "vote Democratic",
or "get an instrument rating".


I've voted for Democrats, and I'll get the IR someday.

Why not get it today? You are missing an opportunity that few people
(even fewer than those who get a chance to take the wheel of an
airplane) get to experience. I just can't understand any pilot who
wouldn't want to earn their instrument rating as soon as regulations
allow. I guess such pilots are just mis-wired. :-)

Matt



You and Pete are both being unfair. I am sure you realize that obtaining
the IR is a very non-trivial task and requires considerable personal
time and effort. This is not always possible for a recreational pilot
and once you have your PP you are very aware of the further effort
required for the IR.

You missed the point entirely. The comment wasn't about getting the IR
rating, it was about people having different interests and motivations
and that not implying that you are "mis-wired" as Jay suggested. The
point is that even Jay has aviation related things that aren't important
enough for him to pursue even though they would be an opportunity to do
something that few people get to do. That was the point.

Jay often seems unable to understand that not everyone who thinks
differently than him is weird or somehow lacking in some way. I enjoy
aviation, motorcycles and firearms, but I know a lot of people who would
rather spend a day walking through a museum or an art show. I can't
fathom why anyone would want to spend a day looking at paintings, but I
don't describe such people as mis-wired.


Matt

On 26 Nov 2006 21:28:37 -0800, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

the focal point
of an otherwise interesting thread.


This is not an interesting thread. This thread persists because you
don't understand what people are saying to you. You see the words,
but obviously don't get it.

z

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote

Just let him go. He isn't worth the heartburn. And start nuking the folks
who answer him as well. Don't rail against them... just make them disappear
from your computer.

Thanks for the reality check.

Done.
--
Jim in NC

"Bob Noel" wrote

actually, mx is a repeat offender. I killfiled it back in 2002.

No joke? (well- yeah g)

Same screen name?
--
Jim in NC

In article ,
"Morgans" wrote:

actually, mx is a repeat offender. I killfiled it back in 2002.

No joke? (well- yeah g)

Same screen name?

I think so, but I simply killfiled anything with "Mxsmanic" contained
in the author field.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Danny Dot wrote:

I have found that children ALWAYS take the controls and attempt to fly. It
is only adults that make no attempt to attempt to fly.

Danny Dot
www.mobbinggonemad.org


I've had a couple of Young Eagle flights where the kids did not want to
handle the controls. I was quite suprised since they had an obvious
interest in flying given that they signed up for the event -- and in
each case they enjoyed their flight. But a couple of them just wanted to
observe rather than pilot the aircraft. I continue to hope that the
next time these kids had the opportunity to fly that they would feel
less inhibited and take the controls.

I've never had a child who knew me (my kid's friends, family members,
etc) refuse the chance to fly the plane. So perhaps for the reluctant
ones it is a matter of being too polite or a misguided sense of not
wanting to impose on the adult flying the plane.

Steve

Steve Schneider writes:

I've had a couple of Young Eagle flights where the kids did not want to
handle the controls. I was quite suprised since they had an obvious
interest in flying given that they signed up for the event -- and in
each case they enjoyed their flight. But a couple of them just wanted to
observe rather than pilot the aircraft. I continue to hope that the
next time these kids had the opportunity to fly that they would feel
less inhibited and take the controls.

Some people enjoy being in the air but have no desire to actually
pilot the plane themselves.

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