OSH '05 Comments

A day rental on those scooters is 55 USD. I would have to believe that
the price keeps down some of the lazy from renting them.

I've got a bigger problem from all those scooter ads on "The Price is
Right." My Medicare money is going to paying for those things every day
as they "do everything they can to get you your free scooter."

RST Engineering wrote:

More ... MUCH more ... later. It is good to be home.

Glad you made it without incident.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

RST Engineering wrote:

The EAA Board selected two other individuals for the Board, but they
really
came with excellent credentials. I do NOT believe that the "old boy"
network was at work in this year's elections.

Jim

Classy reply Jim
John

walking the immense distances OSH requires -- were given carte blanche to
go anywhere and everywhere with impunity.

I didn't think Blanche was using a carte (ducking)...

Ooo, that's bad.

Had anyone heard from Blanche? We had breakfast with her right before we
departed on Sunday morning, and she was stuck waiting for weather...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
walking the immense distances OSH requires -- were given carte blanche to
go anywhere and everywhere with impunity.

I didn't think Blanche was using a carte (ducking)...


Ooo, that's bad.

Had anyone heard from Blanche? We had breakfast with her right before we
departed on Sunday morning, and she was stuck waiting for weather...

Waiting for something different than the weather we all took off in? I
headed back to DSM but it sounded like y'all were making pretty good
time. That was a heck of a tailwind you had. OTOH, I was barely keeping
up with trucks on the freeway!

"PPT33R" wrote

The one thing that really ****ed me off this year (and I will proceed
to rant about) was the invasion of the 'obese scooter people'. I don't
ever remember getting run down by OSP in the past at OSH. There is now
a large 'scooter rental' right inside the gates.

Your rant is off base. First, the rental has has been there the 6 years I
have been. Second, what do you have against overweight people?

Granted, some people
actually NEED these things to get around, but I didn't see any,

You didn't look hard enough.

and I
doubt they would hold an airman's certificate.

The show is not just for certificated people. All who enjoy aviation are
invited.

They were ALL George
Costanza wannabes (recall the Seinfeld episode with the 'great scooter
chase'), and I don't think ANY were paid EAA Members.

Again you are wrong. I myself know of an 80 plus year old EAA'er that
injured himself WATER SKIING, and he didn't appear to be that old, or be in
need of a scooter.

So, EAA won't let
me ride my bicycle from the far end of the North 40 to the Forum
Pavillions,

Nope. Lord of Lord, can you imagine what would happen if just one bike from
each plane on the north 40 was let loose on the grounds? -shudder-

but OSP can run people down in the exhibit hangars and go
wherever the hell they want?

If you have a problem with the actions of "a" scooter rider, then "educate"
that one person, and stop blaming the whole subset of scooter riders.

You can ride your bike or scooter to the gate where the North 40 joins the
grounds, and walk from there, just like "everyone else" on foot.

It makes NO sense to me,

See above.

I am more afraid
of the 300lb'er not looking where they are driving their scooter.

Come now, are you a man or a mouse?

I made a comment to EAA about this, it really bothered me. If you have a
note from your doctor, OK, but just being lazy ****es me off.

I one year soon, will be unable to see what I want to see, without a scooter
(bad back; two surgeries with no improvement), but do not qualify for a
doctor's note. There is a difference to be made about the ability to get
around, and the ability to get all of the way around OSH.

If the
invasion of the OSP continues, it will eventually be enough to dissuade
me from attending in the future...

Far be it from me to dissuade anyone from attending OSH, but if you think
you are so above everyone else that is not allowed to ride bikes, and are so
afraid of a few scooters, ...
don't let the screen door hit you on the way out.
--
Jim in NC

"Paul Tomblin" wrote

Think about people like me next time you dismiss somebody as "really
aren't handicapped" just because you can't see anything wrong with them.

Thanks, Paul. My thoughts exactly. As far as your pain goes, I am one of
you.
--
Jim in NC

"
I think the problem comes in when you have folks who are able to get
around, even if it's painful, but then there are those who really can't
get around even if they want to.

So who will judge who will get what accommodation? You? I hope not.
--
Jim in NC

As for pain, learn to live with it. It has become my special friend,
and it can be yours. I had a very low pain threshold before I went on
this campaign to singlehandedly destroy my body through misuse, but now
I live with it every day, once I learned to grow up and get over it.

How dare you? HOW DARE YOU JUDGE?

People have different problems, different bodies, and differing needs. How
DARE you say to another person, "learn to live with it." If You were right
next to me right now, I would reach over and kick your ass as many times as
I could, until stopped by somebody, or by pain.

Get a life, get a whatever, but most of all,
GET A CLUE!
--
Jim in NC

"Sylvain" wrote in message
...
Jonathan

in the spirit of bringing it a little bit back on topic :-)

you wouldn't believe how few airports have handicap
parking spots for aircraft (actually, the only time
I remember I had such a spot reserved was on an AFB,
believe it or not, these guys are great :-)

one of these days I would really like to go to OSH;
snag is, it looks like it involves an awful lot of
walking (as pointed out by another poster) and I heard
that scooters and such were not allowed on the grounds;

anyone out there who has mobility limitations has gone
to OSH (flying that is) and could tell me about it?

--Sylvain

Bring it on! There is parking, scooters are allowed, and charging will be
tricky, but I'm sure, doable.
--
Jim in NC