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Old August 20th 05, 05:57 AM
Jose
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Now if you start talking about listening to opera, or ice fishing, I'll
argue with you. Those are two things I simply don't understand, yet I
know people who love them dearly.

But those are entirely passive exercises...a whole different line of
conversation from something like piloting.


I would disagree that these are passive activities. True, in ice
fishing you sit around a lot while the fish nose your bait in the flag
trap. However, in piloting, you sit and wiggle the yoke every now and
then, and some people just sit back and let the autopilot fly the thing.

I don't know what goes into ice fishing (or any other kind of fishing
for that matter) but I bet it takes some study of the fish and their
feeding habits and such in order to be successful. There are legitimate
parallels.

Pretend somebody is extolling the "magic" of ice fishing to you. I can
intellectually understand how some people might feel this way, but I
don't "get it". By your admission, neither do you. What should they do
to help you see the light?

Because that is what you are asking w/r/t flying.

Jose
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