Hello From Port Aransas, on Mustang Island, TX

Jay Honeck wrote:
Just checking in to rec.aviation for the first time in...I don't
remember when.

Anyone still here? How's everyone been?

I still check in. Have been trying out POA. Was "interesting" to see your
last thread there get closed. I've browsed some of the older posts and
threads and haven't got any clear idea what the admin's criteria is.

(I still think you've been naive in your attitude toward pilots.)

So what happened with the courtesy car?

Yeah, yeah -- tell it to the judge... :-)

I've gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the moderators over there.
I know one of them personally, and one of the others tangentially, and
I never expected them to act the way they did. Cutting off an on-
ongoing thread (for no apparent reason) is no better than having no
moderator at all.

The car is back at the airport. I rode my cycle over there today, on
my way to the post office. The car looks fine. Dunno if it's got any
gas in it.

That's the next pilot's worry! ;-)
--
Jay

--
Jay Honeck
Port Aransas, TX
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856

On Oct 22, 8:01*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
Just checking in to rec.aviation for the first time in...I don't
remember when.

Anyone still here? * How's everyone been?

I still check in. Have been trying out POA. Was "interesting" to see your
last thread there get closed. I've browsed some of the older posts and
threads and haven't got any clear idea what the admin's criteria is.

(I still think you've been naive in your attitude toward pilots.)

So what happened with the courtesy car?

Still here, although it's hard to find serious conversations about aviation.

I've gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the moderators over there.
I know one of them personally, and one of the others tangentially, and
I never expected them to act the way they did. Cutting off an on-
ongoing thread (for no apparent reason) is no better than having no
moderator at all.

That's the problem with all moderated forums. Good moderators are very, very
rare, and a bad moderator is orders of magnitude worse than no moderator at
all.

Yup, I've got to agree. Most of the time, it's MUCH nicer over there
-- but this sudden change of censorship has me worried.

So what's up in the simulation field? I left the Kiwi back at our
Iowa City hotel, so I haven't flown the sim in almost 7 months!

Did I hear that Microsoft is resurrecting the Flight Simulator
franchise?
--
Jay Honeck
Port Aransas, TX
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856


On Oct 22, 10:30*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Still here, although it's hard to find serious conversations about aviation.

I've gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the moderators over there.
I know one of them personally, and one of the others tangentially, and
I never expected them to act the way they did. *Cutting off an on-
ongoing thread (for no apparent reason) is no better than having no
moderator at all.

That's the problem with all moderated forums. Good moderators are very, very
rare, and a bad moderator is orders of magnitude worse than no moderator at
all.

Jay Honeck writes:

Did I hear that Microsoft is resurrecting the Flight Simulator
franchise?

Rumors only. If it comes back, it will probably be as a game.

On Oct 24, 10:16*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jay Honeck writes:
Did I hear that Microsoft is resurrecting the Flight Simulator
franchise?

Rumors only. If it comes back, it will probably be as a game.

Oh dear :-)

On Oct 23, 5:16*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jay Honeck writes:
Did I hear that Microsoft is resurrecting the Flight Simulator
franchise?

Rumors only. If it comes back, it will probably be as a game.

Don't bet the house on it. :-)

Dudley Henriques

Don't bet the house on it. *:-)

Ooooo! OOoOooo! Inside information! Buy Microsoft!

:-)

Seriously, I hope they bring it back, bigger and better. It's a great
tool, and great fun, to boot.
--
Jay Honeck
Port Aransas, TX
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856


On Oct 23, 7:33*pm, Dudley Henriques
wrote:
On Oct 23, 5:16*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

Jay Honeck writes:
Did I hear that Microsoft is resurrecting the Flight Simulator
franchise?

Rumors only. If it comes back, it will probably be as a game.

Don't bet the house on it. *:-)

Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques writes:

Don't bet the house on it.

I don't worry about it too much. I'm still on FS9 and it runs just fine. It
would take huge improvements in realism (not just eye candy) to make me
consider a newer version.

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Jay Honeck wrote:

Yeah, yeah -- tell it to the judge... :-)

I've gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in the moderators over there.
I know one of them personally, and one of the others tangentially, and
I never expected them to act the way they did. Cutting off an on-
ongoing thread (for no apparent reason) is no better than having no
moderator at all.

Outside of the spin zone, when a thread starts getting into
the personal insults (and someone complains) then a thread
is likely to be closed.

It doesn't matter if the insults are deserved or not.

I realize that the POA MC doesn't explain that very well,
but observing a few closed threads makes it pretty clear.
The flow seems to always go like this: a discussion goes
on for a number of posts, then there are some back-and-forth
insults (real or perceived, deserved or not), someone complains,
the thread is closed, and finally the participants complain
that the thread was closed.




The car is back at the airport. I rode my cycle over there today, on
my way to the post office. The car looks fine. Dunno if it's got any
gas in it.

That's the next pilot's worry! ;-)

I'm glad the car is back.