Bob, take the chip off your shoulder and re-read my post. I know
exactly who you are and have probably been here as long as you have. I
was attempting to agree with you and expand a little further on the view
that somebody who won't post with their real name has "screwed up
priorities." I was not including you with that group since your
identity is known by everybody here who matters. If you have to
criticise me for something, let it be poor wording.

I think the years of endless flaming around here are starting to get to
you.

As far as betting one's life, if Bruce tells me how to set up my auto
conversion (for example, I'm not building one), I'd probably do less
checking up of that info than if it were posted by some anonymous Joe
Blow. The same goes for a handful of other people here, like John
Stricker, Jim Weir on avionics, or you for that matter on flying in bad
weather. If I were building an ultralight I'd take Chuck's word as
gospel. The point being that all of these people and others who I have
not mentioned specifically post using their real names, and have been
posting here long enough to convince me that they know a lot more than I
do about certain subjects. An anonymous poster is highly unlikely to
accomplish that.

On 11 Nov 2003 11:53 PM, .Barnyard BOb. posted the following:

It's strange that some here think absolutely nothing of
risking there arses in some pretty weird flying contraptions,
while others are totally petrified for anyone to know who
they are on the Net. Talk about screwed up priorities.

My response, is if you do not have enough faith in the information you
are posting to be willing to use your own name and expose yourself to
potential litigation (however unlikely), why should I bet my life on
that information by incorporating it into my homebuilt project? In
other words, don't bother posting it if you yourself do not have the
confidence in it to sign your real name.

Del Rawlins-
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Gimmee a break.
Even knowing my name...
would you bet your life on anything anybody sez here?

You got the rag on, DEL?
My confidence, name and life have never been a secret here,
but...you TECHNICALLY have a point, albeit a very small one.

I was going to say you are the only one who doesn't
know who I am, but there probably are a few others that
don't know who I am.... mostly WANNBEES or folks
that plain don't care. Like you until now?

I use to use my real name here all the time. Can't you
recall? Seems that the "Barnyard" thing has crept in
over time from the original Bob Urban, then Bob U,
the Unka Bob, etcetera. Don't you recall any of this
over the years or do you have selective memory?

FWIW....
Chuck knows me as well as Ron and Bad Water Bill.
Do you take issue with the BWB moniker since he
doesn't post his name with every post? You could
ask any of these three any time you gave a ****.
Then there is Jerry Springer, Rich S and on and on.
How about John Ousterhout and my mug plastered
on his web site or my Fly Baby posted on Ron
Wanttaja's web site? How about John Johnson,
Snowbird or Tommy Cooper or Dave Hyde? The
list is long since I've been here a goodly number
of years. I've been eyeball to eyeball with most
all the RAH regulars at any number of fly-ins...
especially the annual Pinckneyville fly-in.

Outside of these everyday sources, how hard is
it to find a 65 year old RV-3 certified commercial
pilot/owner living in the vicinity of Kansas City
and on the Dennis Fetter's Mini-500 **** list?

If worse comes to worse and you want to know
of me, you could ask Jaun or even Zoom...
or heavens to mergatroid.... ASK ME !!!!!!!

NOBODY is more accessible than I am
and that includes my credentials available
on the FAA data base. I never opted out
and have been criticized here in RAH for
not doing so.

I'm beginning to wonder if you can find your
own ass with your hand in your back pocket
or just have an ax to grind.

Sheesh.


Barnyard BOb -

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