Winds

"Susan" wrote:
Oh well...the world would be way too boring if we were all kind!

Easy there, Susan. This is a pilots' newsgroup, after all. Such narrow
communities often have their own styles of gallows humor - doctors and cops
are the same. Sorry if you found some of the posts disturbing; I'm sure that
wasn't the intent.

Your question was a reasonable one and you got fair answers. What happens
after that is the kind of newsgroup noise that afflicts almost every thread.
It's usually harmless and half the fun of usenet.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" c172rgATbellsouthDOTnet wrote in message
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"Susan" wrote:
Oh well...the world would be way too boring if we were all kind!

Easy there, Susan. This is a pilots' newsgroup, after all. Such narrow
communities often have their own styles of gallows humor -

I have to agree with Susan here. I was surprised to see the turn the thread
took considering the nature of her original post. Joking about horrific
crashes or parts falling off seems awfully insensitive when it's directed
toward someone who is afraid of flying. You could say that the jokes weren't
directed towards Susan, but you know she would be reading the thread, so in
effect they were.

Flame me if you must, but this newsgroup is a great forum for us pilots. But
we should be sensitive to those who aren't, as if they were our passengers.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

I agree.

It's Ron's fault. Bad Ron.

Sorry Susan. Stick with us. This is a great newsgroup.

Ask another question ...we'll be good. Ron! :-)

(running, but not ducking ....bam, bam, bam, bam)

--
Montblack


"Trent Moorehead"
snip
Flame me if you must, but this newsgroup is a great forum for us pilots.
But
we should be sensitive to those who aren't, as if they were our
passengers.

If I can put my 2 cents in all the way from Down Under - don't worry
Susan, it's just us pilots have a strange sense of humour. Lack of O2
at altitude I suspect!


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bex
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