"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message
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Don't really care one way or another how anyone feels about me as I
don't come here to make friends ( or enemies for that matter. ) Just
trying to spread some manners and a little niceness, I don't have to
though. I'll just stick to doing that with my kids. Maybe they will
start a trend where folks can actually be courteous to each other
instead of the direction most kids ( an adults ) seem to be headed now.
Also trying to gain a little knowledge from this group. It never hurts
to learn, especially from history. Been lurking for quite a few years
now, so I know how various groups behave. I sleep well at night.

What a refreshing change to run into some folks who are capable of disagreeing
with you without being disagreeable about it. This is one of the few NGs where
you stand a fairly good chance of having exchanges with folks who might not see
things your way, but will still be able to get their point across without
feeling obliged to turning the air blue in order to make their points.

On some other NGs where alleged adults hang out, masculinity is measured by the
number of cuss words used per hundred, and the higher the batting average, the
more masculine you presumably are. Pretty sad that men old enough to be
grandparents are still behaving the way they obviously did when they were in
grade school, completely untouched by the maturation process.

Anyway, we don't have too many of that ilk around here, so make yourself at
home, and ask away.....especially about things aeronautical. You may or may not
always get answers to your questions, but we do have a pretty knowledgeable
group here on the subject of aviation, so you stand a pretty fair chance of
becoming enlightened, if that's your intent.

And, for whatever it's worth, stay away from politics.....it seems to bring out
the worst in everybody. (^-^)))

George Z.