Cool or sick?

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Admittedly, I didn't think it was all that cool either, though.
Scrapyard
planes on the ground don't get me all that excited...

but a Gulfstream 5 is a lot cooler than a 172. If he wanted to be
really scary he coulda just put a Piper Traumahawk in his front yard.

Oh Man!

I remember the Tomahawk rether fondly--except for the anemic angle of climb.

Peter

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Kingfish" wrote in message
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[...] I'm just not comfortable with what I see as
sensationalizing something as terrible as a jet crash. Some things
shouldn't be taken lightly IMO.

Some people take very seriously the possibility of being doomed to an
eternity of walking the planet as an undead construct, sent neither to
hell
nor heaven. These people are not comfortable with Halloween celebrations
that sensationalize or take lightly that possibility.

Perhaps we should eliminate Halloween altogether, to ensure that we avoid
offending anyone who is uncomfortable with terrible things being
portrayed,
lightly or otherwise.

Pete


I think that Kingfish was referring to my post regarding the origin of
Halloween.

Personally, I'd be satisfied if we just spent less on it. IMOH, Halloween
just doesn't justify two months of preparation--for those of us not in the
Carnival biz.

Peter

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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Personally, I'd be satisfied if we just spent less on it. IMOH, Halloween
just doesn't justify two months of preparation--for those of us not in the
Carnival biz.

None of our holidays do. All of the major holidays, and most of the minor
ones, have been turned into enormous marketing sieges, designed to maximize
public consumption of goods we don't really need.

That's one of the reasons that, at least from a creativity and personal
effort points of view, the display in question actually scores relatively
high on the "cool" scale. Most people's approach to "celebration" of a
holiday is to waste a significant amount of money on the same crap everyone
else is wasting their money on. At least these guys did something
different.

I don't see the post right now, but I believe someone else mentioned all the
lighted Christmas yard decorations. I've had about as much of the same trio
of reindeer, snowmen, and Santa Claus wire "sculpture" with Christmas lights
on them as I can stand. What a waste...I mean, if you're going to do a
public display, at least put some *thought* into it, rather than just
following lemming-like into the pit of wasted money and materials.

And that's about as short as I can make that rant. Be thankful (in about a
month ) that I didn't say *everything* on that topic that I could think
of to say.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
. ..
Personally, I'd be satisfied if we just spent less on it. IMOH,
Halloween
just doesn't justify two months of preparation--for those of us not in
the
Carnival biz.

None of our holidays do. All of the major holidays, and most of the minor
ones, have been turned into enormous marketing sieges, designed to
maximize
public consumption of goods we don't really need.

That's one of the reasons that, at least from a creativity and personal
effort points of view, the display in question actually scores relatively
high on the "cool" scale. Most people's approach to "celebration" of a
holiday is to waste a significant amount of money on the same crap
everyone
else is wasting their money on. At least these guys did something
different.

I don't see the post right now, but I believe someone else mentioned all
the
lighted Christmas yard decorations. I've had about as much of the same
trio
of reindeer, snowmen, and Santa Claus wire "sculpture" with Christmas
lights
on them as I can stand. What a waste...I mean, if you're going to do a
public display, at least put some *thought* into it, rather than just
following lemming-like into the pit of wasted money and materials.

And that's about as short as I can make that rant. Be thankful (in about
a
month ) that I didn't say *everything* on that topic that I could think
of to say.

Pete


I really don't like the plane crash theme.

Still, all of your points are well taken.

Peter

But, speaking as a single father, I can tell you the great thing about
Halloween, and what makes it my favorite time of year, is that cobwebs are
socially acceptable.

Personally, I'd be satisfied if we just spent less on it. IMOH,
Halloween
just doesn't justify two months of preparation--for those of us not in
the
Carnival biz.

I remember the Tomahawk rether fondly--except for the anemic angle of climb.

I learned in a Tomahawk, and then tried a 150. Talk about anemic...

Jose
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it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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I don't see the post right now, but I believe someone else mentioned all
the
lighted Christmas yard decorations. I've had about as much of the same
trio
of reindeer, snowmen, and Santa Claus wire "sculpture" with Christmas
lights
on them as I can stand. What a waste...I mean, if you're going to do a
public display, at least put some *thought* into it, rather than just
following lemming-like into the pit of wasted money and materials.

Nawh, just throw some of the small lights up in the bushes... They're not
visibile when they're not lit, so if you forget to take them down until
March, no one will notice... Plus, if you use the white ones, they just look
like landscape lighting... Oh, you might want to take them down before you
decide to trim your bushes with a hedge trimmer...

"Jose" wrote in message
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Now, if he had a few witches on brooms crashed into trees, being pursued
by a ghost in a C-172, which also crashed into a tree, that would work.

Nawh, a witch on a broom being sucked into a jet intake or impaled through
the windshield... Maybe label the aircraft "Transylvania Air"...

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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Halloween today is a reason to have a party that has an overall Horror
theme. Just like St. Patrick's Day is a day to have a party with a green
or
Irish theme

Damn, I thought it was just an excuse to be able to serve green beer...

in article , Peter Duniho at
wrote on 10/24/06 10:47 AM:

"Kingfish" wrote in message
ups.com...
[...] I'm just not comfortable with what I see as
sensationalizing something as terrible as a jet crash. Some things
shouldn't be taken lightly IMO.

Some people take very seriously the possibility of being doomed to an
eternity of walking the planet as an undead construct, sent neither to hell
nor heaven. These people are not comfortable with Halloween celebrations
that sensationalize or take lightly that possibility.

Perhaps we should eliminate Halloween altogether, to ensure that we avoid
offending anyone who is uncomfortable with terrible things being portrayed,
lightly or otherwise.

Pete

It's helpful to look at how other cultures celebrate death. In Mexico they
have "The Day of the Dead", wherein Mexicans put on costumes so macabre that
they make our own get-ups look quaint by comparison. In Britain they have
"Guy Fawkes Day", wherein children go door to door collecting pennies to
construct a "Guy", a dummy that they burn in effigy (Fawkes was actually
hanged, but whatever, think of what they're recreating).

In America, by contrast, children mostly dress as superheroes, princesses
and Disney characters, their sole aim being to stuff as much candy into
their mouths as they can possibly get away with. In this context, I find the
display in question to be missing the spirit of the occasion. Not that I'd
deny them the right to have it.