The Joy Of Usenet: A message from 'Anonymous'

Here's a message posted to my blog from the brave Mr "Anonymous":

That's sad. I may be jinxing things by saying this, but Mary and I have
never, ever faced anything like that, despite years of hosting the
rec.aviation party at OSH (known as the "HOPS Party", by the way, for
"Homebuilt, Owning, Piloting, and Student" -- it's always held on the
Wednesday during OSH -- more on that later), thousands of posts over the
last decade, and being as open and honest about who we are as can be.
Heck, with one click of my signature line, you can see my 800 number and
CALL me on MY nickel. (Which, delightfully, over the years many of you
have! It's been a great pleasure to speak with many newsgroupies, and
several have become good friends.)

Don't call today, though -- I'm not there! (We're off to look at an old
Ercoupe here shortly...)

I have never -- not once -- been faced with an impolite, rude, crude or
scary person in "real life" because of my participation on these groups,
although many have stayed at our hotel. On the contrary, I have met some of
the nicest, most knowledgeable people thanks to these groups -- and
(although the trolls have tried their best to ruin it) I expect that to
continue.

Sure, things can get pretty boisterous around here, and a good, heated
argument breaks out from time to time (as our recent back-and-forth XM
thread will attest) -- but generally pilots are a cut above the rest of
humanity (in my observation) and don't stoop to this sort of crap.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"