On 30 Mar 2007 11:59:26 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Once again, I'm not a real pilot.
Yesterday my daughter was confronted at school by
some (6th grade) classmates, they said her father was
not a real pilot.

Oh, hell, the world is full of idiots.

I've been told I'm not "really" a hotelier because we only have 28
suites...
I've never even rented a room out so I guess I don't qualify there.

I've been told I wasn't "really" a newspaperman because I worked the
business side of it...

I'm a published author, but when I went back to college they didn't
like the way I wrote so I had to take English 11 and 112.
I offered to write an article for the daily paper as I had the
background and had written articles for magazines. The editor, with
out bothering to check told me that they didn't want articles written
the way they teach in college.


I've been told that I'm not "really" a pilot because I'm not
instrument rated...

I'm rated, but I don't fly the big iron.


I've been told I don't ride "real" motorcycles cuz I don't ride a
Harley...

I did .. for years and now have the bad back to prove it.
I'd rather have a good back.


The list goes on and on. I learned a long time ago not to define my
success (or failure) by what others think.

In the end only we can decide whether we are a success or failure.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com