Why Airplanes Fly - Voids Above A Planar Sheet

addendum (as we academics are apt to say)

Some time ago someone pointed out Mx on his blog was telling his fans
of just having enough money to buy a happy meal at McDonalds, a
regrettable situation for a 40 some year old ex patriot to find
himself in, in the city of lights. So it occurs to me that when he's
talking with pilots here whose airplanes drink at least 10 Big Macs an
hour there may be some envy in play.

I've had private clients who were depressed because they were
intellegent but not successful.

The real reason for not flying or traveling or being stuck at his
keyboard is likely because he doesn't have the resourses to do
otherwise. If he presented differently we might actually have sympathy
for him.

Tina wrote:
addendum (as we academics are apt to say)

Some time ago someone pointed out Mx on his blog was telling his fans
of just having enough money to buy a happy meal at McDonalds, a
regrettable situation for a 40 some year old ex patriot to find
himself in, in the city of lights. So it occurs to me that when he's
talking with pilots here whose airplanes drink at least 10 Big Macs an
hour there may be some envy in play.

I've had private clients who were depressed because they were
intellegent but not successful.

The real reason for not flying or traveling or being stuck at his
keyboard is likely because he doesn't have the resourses to do
otherwise. If he presented differently we might actually have sympathy
for him.



I've been pushing a theory somewhat close to this for some time with no
result...not even a data point :-)
DH

--
Dudley Henriques

Mr Dudley, lack of data or even a single datum has not been a factor
in this newgroup, especially when reading the typings of Mx.

Tina wrote:
Mr Dudley, lack of data or even a single datum has not been a factor
in this newgroup, especially when reading the typings of Mx.

Tina; PLEASE!! I'm either Dudley to my friends and the entire world or
Mr. Henriques to Mxemanic.
For you, I'll settle for a simple "Dudley"

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
Mr Dudley, lack of data or even a single datum has not been a factor
in this newgroup, especially when reading the typings of Mx.

Tina; PLEASE!! I'm either Dudley to my friends and the entire world or Mr.
Henriques to Mxemanic.
For you, I'll settle for a simple "Dudley"

--
Dudley Henriques

Oh heck Dudley,

She is just deferring to your (old) age!!! A very polite lady, raised
correctly by her parents to respect the elderly. You worked for it, you
earned it, enjoy it!!!! :-)))))))))))))

Uhhhh, FWIW, I get the same treatment on a daily basis!!! sigh

regards,
Paul

Paul Riley wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
Mr Dudley, lack of data or even a single datum has not been a factor
in this newgroup, especially when reading the typings of Mx.

Tina; PLEASE!! I'm either Dudley to my friends and the entire world or Mr.
Henriques to Mxemanic.
For you, I'll settle for a simple "Dudley"

--
Dudley Henriques

Oh heck Dudley,

She is just deferring to your (old) age!!! A very polite lady, raised
correctly by her parents to respect the elderly. You worked for it, you
earned it, enjoy it!!!! :-)))))))))))))

Uhhhh, FWIW, I get the same treatment on a daily basis!!! sigh

regards,
Paul



It's AWFUL!!! I was out getting my wife something at the mall just last
week and a beautiful young girl dropped a small package on the floor as
we were waiting to check out. I bent down and picked it up for her.
"Thank you SIR" she said. God..it's tough growing old!!!!!!!
D

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Paul Riley wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
Mr Dudley, lack of data or even a single datum has not been a factor
in this newgroup, especially when reading the typings of Mx.

Tina; PLEASE!! I'm either Dudley to my friends and the entire world or
Mr. Henriques to Mxemanic.
For you, I'll settle for a simple "Dudley"

--
Dudley Henriques

Oh heck Dudley,

She is just deferring to your (old) age!!! A very polite lady, raised
correctly by her parents to respect the elderly. You worked for it, you
earned it, enjoy it!!!! :-)))))))))))))

Uhhhh, FWIW, I get the same treatment on a daily basis!!! sigh

regards,
Paul

It's AWFUL!!! I was out getting my wife something at the mall just last
week and a beautiful young girl dropped a small package on the floor as we
were waiting to check out. I bent down and picked it up for her.
"Thank you SIR" she said. God..it's tough growing old!!!!!!!
D

--
Dudley Henriques
Hi Dudley

You should be thankful. If your wife heard that she said anything else (like
"thanks, honey), you could be in trouble, BIG TIME!!!!
:-))))))))))))))))))))))

Believe me, I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got a "thanks sweetie" one time,
wife with me. The third degree on that one would have to be heard to be
believed!!! :-)))))))))))))))))))))

Paul

Tina writes:

So it occurs to me that when he's
talking with pilots here whose airplanes drink at least 10 Big Macs an
hour there may be some envy in play.

I can't even imagine how someone would go about drinking a Big Mac.

The real reason for not flying or traveling or being stuck at his
keyboard is likely because he doesn't have the resourses to do
otherwise.

While there are many things I would do if I had more money, travel is not
among them, and even with unlimited money, I'd still spend a lot of time in
front of the computer.

Most people (particularly older people) don't realize that computers are not
an end in themselves, but merely a means. A computer is a tool that opens the
door to all sorts of intellectual activities, just as electricity is a tool
that opens the door to all sorts of activities both physical and intellectual.

No doubt someone fretted over the time spent by people on the telephone when
it was first invented, and somebody probably worried about the degree to which
electricity was used by a few pioneers in the early days ("You wired your
entire home with electricity?? You must be obsessed with it!").

If I did have adequate funds, I'd probably invest in a full-motion simulator,
since I could fly it without a license and it would require no travel.
Getting a real license is exceptionally difficult in my circumstances (money
being only one of several obstacles), and I don't really desire to actually go
anywhere in a plane, I just like flying for its own sake. Also, some of the
aircraft I like best are so large and awkward and expensive to operate that
even with unlimited funds it would still be too much of a pain to fly them for
real.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Tina writes:

So it occurs to me that when he's
talking with pilots here whose airplanes drink at least 10 Big Macs
an hour there may be some envy in play.

I can't even imagine how someone would go about drinking a Big Mac.

The real reason for not flying or traveling or being stuck at his
keyboard is likely because he doesn't have the resourses to do
otherwise.

While there are many things I would do if I had more money, travel is
not among them, and even with unlimited money, I'd still spend a lot
of time in front of the computer.


Now there's a surprise.


Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:
I'd still spend a lot
of time in front of the computer.


Now there's a surprise.

Only because he's now surgically welded to the lounging chair his
enormous girth requires.

He, of course, neglected to measure the width of the doorways leading to
the outside and is now sequestered under a pile of decaying pizza boxes
and alternating copies of Playgirl and Cosmo.

We should be so happy, to be his one and only window into the world.
Were it not for us and the utter spite with which he must utter his
mindless rantings, he'd have expired long ago. The man now runs purely
on stupid (a curiously and common energy source amongst the detritus of
his obsession).

TheSmokingGnu