40,000 Plus Hits. Thank you all.

(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Brian Colwell" wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote

... and then the whole lot of us can go out and have a drink
because none of us really give a **** whether Mike's dead or NOT!!! :-)))

Dudley,
I will buy the first round !!!

I will buy the 10th through the 25th.

Damn, I'm good!

"Mike Marron" wrote in message
...
(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Brian Colwell" wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote

... and then the whole lot of us can go out and have a drink
because none of us really give a **** whether Mike's dead or NOT!!!
:-)))

Dudley,
I will buy the first round !!!

I will buy the 10th through the 25th.

Damn, I'm good!

No, you're good enough to be insulting, rude, and juvenile as hell, but not
nearly good enough to share a drink with. For that you need people who want
to share a bit of what you're all about; people who want to be around you a
bit longer than it takes to want to tell you off and get the hell away from
you.
No, you're not good Mike. Not by any standard I know of anyway.
I'll let you in on a little secret. If there's ANYTHING at all that people
in professional aviation, especially military aviation, covet more than
picking the people with whom they choose to drink, I don't know what the
hell it might be!!
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt

Subject: 40,000 Plus Hits. Thank you all.
From: "Dudley Henriques"
Date: 11/1/03 4:14 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: et


"Mike Marron" wrote in message
.. .
(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Brian Colwell" wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote

... and then the whole lot of us can go out and have a drink
because none of us really give a **** whether Mike's dead or NOT!!!
:-)))

Dudley,
I will buy the first round !!!

I will buy the 10th through the 25th.

Damn, I'm good!

No, you're good enough to be insulting, rude, and juvenile as hell, but not
nearly good enough to share a drink with. For that you need people who want
to share a bit of what you're all about; people who want to be around you a
bit longer than it takes to want to tell you off and get the hell away from
you.
No, you're not good Mike. Not by any standard I know of anyway.
I'll let you in on a little secret. If there's ANYTHING at all that people
in professional aviation, especially military aviation, covet more than
picking the people with whom they choose to drink, I don't know what the
hell it might be!!
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt


I'll drink to that. (grin)

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

I'll let you in on a little secret. If there's ANYTHING at all that people
in professional aviation, especially military aviation, covet more than
picking the people with whom they choose to drink, I don't know what the
hell it might be!!

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

"Mike Marron" wrote in message
...
(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

I'll let you in on a little secret. If there's ANYTHING at all that
people
in professional aviation, especially military aviation, covet more than
picking the people with whom they choose to drink, I don't know what the
hell it might be!!

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

Well , all I can say to this is that I'm certainly glad these "military
aviators" you're talking about aren't among the hundreds of Air Force, Navy,
Marine, and Civilian Test Pilots I deal with all year long. But then again,
no one, not even you, can expect to be liked and respected by
everyone...........can they Mike? :-)))
I'll just have to settle for what little "respect" I've managed to conger up
for myself through the years if it's ok with you.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt

"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
"Mike Marron" wrote:

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

Well , all I can say to this is that I'm certainly glad these "military
aviators" you're talking about aren't among the hundreds of Air Force, Navy,
Marine, and Civilian Test Pilots I deal with all year long.

Huh? I thought you said that you were retired? Damn, just when
you almost had me convinced that "Autocollimator" wasn't Kramer
afterall!

But then again, no one, not even you, can expect to be liked and
respected by everyone...........can they Mike? :-)))

Don't get me wrong, Dud. I do envy ya' your peacetime test-pilot
experience in high performance fighters and all that. It's just that
you and 99-percent of the most prolific posters on this happy group
assembled ("Autocollimator" included!) don't have the first clue
nor do you give a **** how actual combat kinda' royally ****s things
up forever thereafter.

I'll just have to settle for what little "respect" I've managed to conger up
for myself through the years if it's ok with you.

Fine by me, Dud. Ya' don't have to be a combat experienced fighter
pilot to gain my repect. The greatest compliment I've ever gotten was
from a self-employed ground courier whom witnessed me grease one
in at JAX just 10-minutes after the previous guy augered in killing
himself and all passengers onboard. Respect is a 2-way thing: you
respect me and I'll respect you, OK?

See inserts please;

"Mike Marron" wrote in message
...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
"Mike Marron" wrote:

Huh? I thought you said that you were retired? Damn, just when
you almost had me convinced that "Autocollimator" wasn't Kramer
afterall!

I am retired, and enjoying it immensely thank you. I'm also quite active in
that retirement (when my wife allows it that is :-) as a consultant to
various interests in the military fighter aviation community.
When I'm not doing that, I'm mowing the lawn and doing yard work as my
lovely bride of 37 years directs!!

Don't get me wrong, Dud. I do envy ya' your peacetime test-pilot
experience in high performance fighters and all that.

Why thank you Mike. That's quite kind of you, and I deeply appreciate it
believe me.
It was no big deal really; just some extensive research and development in
the early stages of energy maneuverability and fighter performance; research
testing in inertia roll coupling and departure for high performance jets;
acm and high angle of attack testing in the F14 ; you know....small stuff
like that.....stuff that keeps pilots who fly combat ALIVE in
combat.........nothing really important by YOUR standards I'm sure :-))

It's just that
you and 99-percent of the most prolific posters on this happy group
assembled ("Autocollimator" included!) don't have the first clue
nor do you give a **** how actual combat kinda' royally ****s things
up forever thereafter.

That's interesting. Can you possibly tell the group exactly how combat
f****d things up forever for YOU Mike?

Respect is a 2-way thing: you
respect me and I'll respect you, OK?

No Mike,I'm afraid that's incorrect. Respect isn't a two way thing. Mutual
respect is a two way thing.
God knows....if you're satisfied with the mutual respect you're generating
on this newsgroup, or even the respect you're gaining from individuals on
this newsgroup , then who am I to tell you you can do things better.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt


Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

Telling statement there as well, Mike. Your audience is dwindling, fast.

Gordon

nt (Gordon) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

Telling statement there as well, Mike. Your audience is dwindling, fast.

Frankly, Scarlett....

Mike Morron wrote:

(ArtKramr) wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

I'll let you in on a little secret. If there's ANYTHING at all that people
in professional aviation, especially military aviation, covet more than
picking the people with whom they choose to drink, I don't know what the
hell it might be!!

Lemme let YOU in on a little secret, Dud. Like I told ya' before the
REAL military aviators I've drank with would just as soon kick your
*phony* ass as get up in the morning.

were you this big an ass when you drank with them, or is it a new thing?

redc1c4,
(BTW, just 'cause you drank with them doesn't mean they liked you %-)
--
A Troop - 1st Squadron
404th Lemming Armored Cavalry

"Velox et Capillatus!"