An Open Apology to R.A.P.

I sat in the shadows for a long time attempting to ignore the resident
troll, hoping against all odds that he would go away. When I could no longer
restrain myself, I started feeding the troll against my better judgement.
It is apparent that I have done nothing constructive in that regard and,
in my attempts, have probably offended a number of you whom I consider to be
excellent aviators, if not going as far as alienating some of you as well.
I earned my PP ASEL in 1975 and have never stopped learning. Along the
way, I have written more than a few aviation related articles published in
both regional and national magazines. I've made my bones and I've earned my
airman's title and the right to comment on matters of aviation - when I have
something to contribute or need your learned experience. It simply galls me
that someone like Mxsmanic can violate our treasured status day in and day
out and continue to survive, even thrive.

I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the
posts on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out what
kind of spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my real
flying colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason alone, I am
going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

With apologies and regrets,

Casey Wilson
PP ASEL
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

P.S. - Mxsmanic is NOT a pilot, has NEVER flown an aircraft and is NOT
qualified to
issue competent information regarding any aspect of the operation of any
aircraft.

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
news:s5xzh.614$hp4.248@trnddc02...
I sat in the shadows for a long time attempting to ignore the resident
troll, hoping against all odds that he would go away. When I could no
longer restrain myself, I started feeding the troll against my better
judgement.

No apology required. There's very little left here worth reading anyway.

On 2/10/2007 11:38:49 PM, "Casey Wilson" wrote:

when I have
something to contribute or need your learned experience. It simply galls me
that someone like Mxsmanic can violate our treasured status day in and day
out and continue to survive, even thrive.

Get yourself a newsreader that has powerful filtering, such as one that
deletes author and any posts with that author in the reference field (the
branch of a thread spawned by the author) and you will NEVER again see said
author or replies to it.

I have moved onto NewsMan Pro, which does this perfectly but is a payware
product sure to turn off many. Others here attest to Outlook Express'
advanced filtering, although the fact that OE renders HTML should give one
pause. In any case, you owe it to yourself if you desire to forever be
liberated.

FWIW...

--
Peter

With apologies and regrets,

No apology necessary Casey. I hope you reconsider dropping off as I've
always enjoyed reading your posts. Still, if enough is enough for you
then here's to wishing you blue skies and a nice tailwind. Keep flying
and writing.

While it can be hard to ignore the troll fodder of which you speak, a
simple press of the 'k' key in Thunderbird takes care of such threads
for me. Now, if I could just do so for sub-threads, that would be even
better.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

"Casey Wilson" wrote:
I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the
posts on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out
what kind of spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my
real flying colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason
alone, I am going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is
that Msxmanic will undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having
won.

Rats.

I hope to get a pilot certificate soon and would appreciate it if not all
the qualified people not be run off this group. I don't claim to speak for
others in my situation, but I'd hazard a guess I'm not alone in that worry.

("Casey Wilson" wrote)
I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the posts
on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out what kind of
spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my real flying
colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason alone, I am going
to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

With apologies and regrets,


I don't get the swan dive?

I really don't.


Montblack
I have arrow keys and a mouse that scrolls...

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
news:s5xzh.614$hp4.248@trnddc02...
I sat in the shadows for a long time attempting to ignore the resident
troll, hoping against all odds that he would go away. When I could no
longer
restrain myself, I started feeding the troll against my better judgement.
It is apparent that I have done nothing constructive in that regard
and,
in my attempts, have probably offended a number of you whom I consider to
be
excellent aviators, if not going as far as alienating some of you as
well.
I earned my PP ASEL in 1975 and have never stopped learning. Along the
way, I have written more than a few aviation related articles published in
both regional and national magazines. I've made my bones and I've earned
my
airman's title and the right to comment on matters of aviation - when I
have
something to contribute or need your learned experience. It simply galls
me
that someone like Mxsmanic can violate our treasured status day in and day
out and continue to survive, even thrive.

I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the
posts on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out what
kind of spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my real
flying colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason alone, I am
going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic
will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

With apologies and regrets,

This is a sad attitude to take. I was beginning to think this whole anti
mxmanic is more about ego than anything else. The above post convinces me.
No one has to earn a right to comment on anything , especially on an
internet newsgroup. and as for "treasured status" that smacks of snobbery.
Is status really so important to you? is that why you fly? . Most people
that fly do so because they find it an incredibly rewarding experience. The
cost is such that most of us wouldnt be able to justify it if it wasnt. But
most of us ( I hope) realise that flying a light airplane is not that big a
deal if you are prepared to put in a lot of hardwork and money. Most
ordinary people could do it if they wished to ( at the risk of hurting your
ego I think most people dont care to ) . Maybe even mxmanic could, or
perhaps he is one of the minority who couldnt, it doesnt really matter.
What is abundantly clear is that mxmanic has an insatiable interest in
aviation, so why shouldnt he use this newsgroup? No one is obliged to answer
him. Nobody should accept blindly what he ( or you or me or anyone else )
says about flying. I dont know this guy at all but did you ever wonder
why somebody would spend most of their spare time on a computer simulating
flying or writing to this newsgroup?. What if you were to find he had a
debilitating illness, perhaps even a terminal one that prevented him leading
a normal life, or prevents him from actually flying a plane for real. .
Would you feel a bit different. a bit ashamed perhaps?

I like to lurk around the space groups and occaionally ask questions and
even dare to have the temerity to try to answer some of them. Should I
refrain from doing this because I am not an astronaut? or an astrophysicist?

terry
ppl downunder

In article s5xzh.614$hp4.248@trnddc02, says...
I sat in the shadows for a long time attempting to ignore the resident
troll, hoping against all odds that he would go away. When I could no longer
restrain myself, I started feeding the troll against my better judgement.
It is apparent that I have done nothing constructive in that regard and,
in my attempts, have probably offended a number of you whom I consider to be
excellent aviators, if not going as far as alienating some of you as well.
I earned my PP ASEL in 1975 and have never stopped learning. Along the
way, I have written more than a few aviation related articles published in
both regional and national magazines. I've made my bones and I've earned my
airman's title and the right to comment on matters of aviation - when I have
something to contribute or need your learned experience. It simply galls me
that someone like Mxsmanic can violate our treasured status day in and day
out and continue to survive, even thrive.

I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the
posts on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out what
kind of spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my real
flying colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason alone, I am
going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

With apologies and regrets,

Casey Wilson
PP ASEL
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

P.S. - Mxsmanic is NOT a pilot, has NEVER flown an aircraft and is NOT
qualified to
issue competent information regarding any aspect of the operation of any
aircraft.

Good bye.

--
Duncan

For that reason and that reason alone, I am
going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

For those who have seen the recent movie, "Letters from Iwo Jima",
this post is the equivalent of the Japanese soldiers huddling in a
tunnel and blowing themselves up, rather than dying in combat.
Pathetic, really.

I hope this is some sort of a Casey-spoof, because -- if not -- it's
about the dumbest thing I've ever seen written here.

And I've seen a LOT of dumb things here.

:-(
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Casey Wilson wrote:

I realized today that I have been recently scanning down through the
posts on R.A.P. not to learn something new, but instead to find out what
kind of spew the troll is serving up. I feel I owe the rest of my real
flying colleagues an apology. For that reason and that reason alone, I am
going to retire from the newsgroup. My biggest regret is that Msxmanic will
undoubtedly, in his maniacal way, gloat over having won.

No need for that. Just killfile him as many of us have done and then
you only have to see him when some other idiot replies to his post. Any
by killfiling him it automatically removes you from the idiot category! :-)


Matt