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BWB remembered
"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
... "BobR" wrote in message ... On Jul 14, 11:26 am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monk" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.rotorcraft,re c.aviation.piloting Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:43 AM Subject: BWB remembered I was cleaning out my emails and came across this little beauty from BWB. Thought I'd share. bwbill wrote: I took my brother’s small boy Christopher with me to a shopping mall the other day and I lost him for awhile. He approached a uniformed policeman and said, "I've lost my uncle Billy." The cop asked, "What's he like?" Christopher replied, "Jack Daniels and women with big tits". -Bill I must have missed something, who is BWB and what happened?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - BWB aka. Badwater Bill Phillips was a long term participant in the rec.aviation.homebuilt newsgroup and was either loved, hated with a passion, or some combination of both at the same time. He was a builder, a flyer, a boastful and arrogant sob, a great friend, and generally a real character. His greatest claim to fame would be considered by some as his unique ability to stir up controversy and he did a lot of that. While others would call him the friend you would always want to have if you needed one. Bill and his wife were involved in a crash of his Lancair last year. Bill was killed and his wife seriously injured. Many of us have some fond memories of Bill while others not so fond. Each will carry our own opinions while at the same time regretting his passing. He will be missed. Thanks for the info, sorry to hear about his passing. Sounds like he was a perfect fit for Usenet. Well, some might argue that but I think it's a good bet that no one who was round when BWB was here would ever consider this place boring! :-) |
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BWB remembered
Thanks for the info, sorry to hear about his passing. Sounds like he was a
perfect fit for Usenet. Yep, he was. Nearly a decade ago, in the pre-troll days when rec.aviation.piloting was still vibrant, I hosted a photo page for each rec.aviation poster to use. Participants could send me pix of their aircraft, along with a short biography, and I would post it on my website. In this way, we could all see what each other was flying. Hundreds of participants sent in pix of their plane, or maybe of themselves with their first plane and their current plane, along with a paragraph or two of background. Badwater Bill sent me something like THIRTY photos, pictures of all the planes he had ever owned or flown, and a mini-novel biography. His listing was easily ten times the size of everyone else's -- but it was fascinating stuff. To say he was a character is an understatement. But what a character! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Yep, he was.
Nearly a decade ago, in the pre-troll days when rec.aviation.piloting was still vibrant, I hosted a photo page for each rec.aviation poster to use. Participants could send me pix of their aircraft, along with a short biography, and I would post it on my website. In this way, we could all see what each other was flying. Oh my god !! Was it really that long ago ?? Is the site still active? Cheers: Paul N1431A 2AZ1 |
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Was it really that long ago ??
Is the site still active? Hi Paul, Nah, I took the site down last year, after many months of inactivity. There was simply no longer any point to it, since most of the people pictured there had long since left rec.aviation for the greener pastures of moderated chat rooms, where cretins like the trolls that have decimated these groups are quickly and efficiently eliminated. T-minus 36 hours for OSH departure. Hope to see some of you there! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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BWB remembered
On Jul 24, 8:05*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Was it really that long ago ?? Is the site still active? Hi Paul, Nah, I took the site down last year, after many months of inactivity. There was simply no longer any point to it, since most of the people pictured there had long since left rec.aviation for the greener pastures of moderated chat rooms, where cretins like the trolls that have decimated these groups are quickly and efficiently eliminated. T-minus 36 hours for OSH departure. *Hope to see some of you there! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Well, I won't be there again this year but I will be taking off several days to work on my plane so I will be thinking about it quite a lot. I hope the time will be better spent working on my project than looking at everyone else's. Have a cold beer and enjoy. Bob |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ETsam.798059$yE1.59008@attbi_s21... Was it really that long ago ?? Is the site still active? Hi Paul, Nah, I took the site down last year, after many months of inactivity. There was simply no longer any point to it, since most of the people pictured there had long since left rec.aviation for the greener pastures of moderated chat rooms, where cretins like the trolls that have decimated these groups are quickly and efficiently eliminated. That's really a sad commentary, because it really shows that people who should know better are much to easily trolled. I really wish that problem was confined to usenet, in which case it would only be either interesting or annoying--depending upon one's viewpoint on a given subject at any given time. Unfortunately, it appears to be a small part of a much larger problem. ):-( T-minus 36 hours for OSH departure. Hope to see some of you there! I'll have to miss it, yet again, this year; so have a great time, look at a few extra airplanes and talk to a few extra people! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Peter |
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"Peter Dohm" wrote in message ... snip That's really a sad commentary, because it really shows that people who should know better are much to easily trolled. I really wish that problem was confined to usenet, in which case it would only be either interesting or annoying--depending upon one's viewpoint on a given subject at any given time. Unfortunately, it appears to be a small part of a much larger problem. ):-( snip ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in life and spirit. Happy landings, |
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"Private" wrote
ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in life and spirit. You are certainly correct about that. Bob Moore |
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Robert Moore wrote:
"Private" wrote ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in life and spirit. You are certainly correct about that. Bob Moore I like that too, I just wish you (or me) could think of a single word to replace "meaning" without the 2nd connotation of "understanding/definition of". |
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"Jerry Wass" wrote in message . .. Robert Moore wrote: "Private" wrote ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in life and spirit. You are certainly correct about that. Bob Moore I like that too, I just wish you (or me) could think of a single word to replace "meaning" without the 2nd connotation of "understanding/definition of". I also would like a better or at least less ambiguous word, and am open to suggestions. I was (as I am confident you understood) wishing to use the adjective usage to communicate- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean 4 : lacking dignity or honor : base 5 a : penurious, stingy b : characterized by petty selfishness or malice c : causing trouble or bother : vexatious synonyms mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests having such repellent characteristics as small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity mean and petty satire. ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit an ignoble scramble after material possessions. abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility abject poverty. sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness a sordid story of murder and revenge. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mean#Adjective_2 mean (comparative meaner, superlative meanest) Positive mean Comparative meaner Superlative meanest 1.. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious. Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose. 2.. Miserly; stingy. He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children. 3.. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind. It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own. 4.. Low in quality; inferior. [edit] Synonyms a.. (causing or intending to cause intentional harm): cruel, malicious, nasty, spiteful b.. (miserly; stingy): See also Wikisaurus:stingy c.. (acting without consideration of others): selfish, unkind d.. (inferior): cheap, grotty (slang), inferior, low-quality, naff (UK slang), rough and ready, shoddy, tacky (informal) [edit] Derived terms a.. meanie b.. meanness c.. meany |
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