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Gloom
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, "El Maximo" wrote: Wrong again. Airline pilots still get laid on a frequent basis. By "getting laid on a frequent basis", did you mean "screwed"? |
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"Maxwell" wrote in message
... drivel snipped How would you know, you have clearly never done it. Gee, what else have you given advice on from a position of having no experience? I think the last count was several hundred thousand items. |
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:11:37 +0000, B A R R Y wrote:
john smith wrote: Digital? CDC? Univac? Honeywell? Data General? It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts... Swell. You guys have found a new layer of gloom with which to depress me. - Andrew |
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B A R R Y writes:
It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts... Or Stepford. |
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El Maximo writes:
Not happening yet.... Airline captains don't make what they used to. Wrong again. Airline pilots still get laid on a frequent basis. So do convicts in prison. |
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john smith writes:
By "getting laid on a frequent basis", did you mean "screwed"? Two different things. The first is disappearing, the second is becoming the norm. |
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Jay Honeck writes:
This is not the case, in my experience. I've heard it called all sorts of things, from "breath-taking" to "terrifying" -- but never "boring". Select a completely random cross-section of the population and take them up, and see what they say. Especially after the novelty wears off, I daresay many of them will very rapidly get tired of flying rectangles in the sky. |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... I can pick your statement apart the same way. Obviously we're referring to priorities in cartoon form. It is the purpose of business to provide for a good way of life (for all), not the other way around. Often those who are already battling alligators in the swamp forget this, and see business as its own justification. This thinking leads to the strip malling of America. That was my only point. Sorry, we jumped from micro to macro here, and I didn't keep up. In the larger sense, I certainly agree with you. However, it's easy to make the point that there really is no "macro-economics" -- our economy is really just a bunch of individuals trying to make the best possible decisions for their families. In the end, THAT can result in the "strip-malling of America" -- but I haven't heard of any better alternatives to capitalism. Families do tend to complicate things. I've met an awful lot of happy single people that used to be unhappy, until they changed careers to do what they wanted to do. I've met an awful lot of unhappy people with families that couldn't change careers because they had a family to support. On another subject, demographics, the following was posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt. It is great news, but kinda demonstrates the graying of GA... "It is a real pleasure to announce that one of our local EAA homebuilders, Frank Varnum, made his first flight in his new RV4. N13MJ's first flight was uneventful. No leaks. No problems. Frank, 90 years old, and his little brother Gordon, 87, built the RV over the last several years. No beginner, Frank has about 25,000 hrs, and started his airline career as a co-pilot in a Boeing Flying boat for Pan Am. I think he was flying 707's across the pond when he retired, about the time I graduated from 6th grade. He is a kick to talk to. The EAA flight advisor that did the safety brief is 88. (as an aside, the flight advisor was chief instructor for the Army Air Corp, at Luke Field during the war, while my father was there as a cadet) I have a couple of pictures, but so far have been unable to get them to post to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation. I'll keep trying, and let you know." |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
... Jay Honeck writes: This is not the case, in my experience. I've heard it called all sorts of things, from "breath-taking" to "terrifying" -- but never "boring". Select a completely random cross-section of the population and take them up, and see what they say. Especially after the novelty wears off, I daresay many of them will very rapidly get tired of flying rectangles in the sky. You're backpedaling again. You specifically mentioned people with an interest in aviation. Try to keep up with you B.S., huh. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
news So do convicts in prison. Do you know this from personal knowledge, or are you extrapolating again? |
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