For Bertie

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:42:05 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:37:26 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote in
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Stories from us "older folk" have their place in aviation. The same
story can be funny for a forum or it can be a much needed reminder that
has the potential to save lives.

I find them enjoyable and informative reading. It would be valuable
indeed if these and similar stories were all posted in one place, so
they would have meaningful titles and wouldn't disappear under all the
follow up articles and other flotsam in rec.aviation.piloting.

What would it take to get you and John, and whoever else has a few
yarns to spin, to post these gems to rec.aviation.stories? Then we
could set the follow ups to rec.aviation.piloting, so comments and
corrections to them would still be possible.

How can I say this the right way???

I have spent the better part of my life directly and indirectly
associated with saving the lives of people who fly airplanes.

With all due respect to Usenet, for the "self deprecating" side of the
equation, I find Usenet the perfect venue for old stories, but for
presenting anything having a lasting effect on the flight safety side of
the equation, I would find any venue referring to an input from me as "a
few yarns to spin" the last place on earth I would go thinking that this
input would help the flight safety issue :-))

I understand that point of view. But, I'm confused by your posting
valuable, safety related information over the years. That seems to be
contradictory.

Hardly. The fact that I might post useful information has absolutely no
relationship whatsoever to any self perceived expectation that what I
post will actually help anyone reading it on Usenet. If that is the
result, I consider that pure chance.

More than likely, the person reading it will be much more concerned with
his/her opinion that I'm a self absorbed Narcissistic know-it-all who
simply posts on Usenet to bolster my over inflated opinion of myself.

Perhaps it will be read by the person who, after my suggesting to him
that stall should be thought of as a function of angle of attack rather
than airspeed, wrote an email to me suggesting that both myself and my
family would be better off if we all died in the crash that would surely
be the result of anyone taking the advice I had posted :-)

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll post a "story" on Usenet from time to time,

Great! That's what I was asking.

Are you aware that the rec.aviation.stories newsgroup exists just for
that purpose? See for yourself; here's the charter:


CHARTER:

A home for one of the greatest strengths of rec.aviation --
longer postings of stories and experiences, including
descriptions of cross-country trips, "I learned about flying from
that", airshow reports, and so on.


but I expect no useful result from this venue on the flight safety
issue.......perhaps someone telling me to "f**k off once in a while, or
someone with a plastic stick on their desktop "correcting me" by telling
me that something I've been doing for fifty years and teaching people
who teach others whatto do for fifty years is all wrong, but little more
than that.

I can understand your frustration and low expectation; Usenet seems to
have significantly devolved since the general public gained access to
it. Unfortunately, it's going to take participants with vision and a
sincere desire to elevate the content of this newsgroup to effect any
change for the better.

Totally useless venture in my opinion, but admirable nonetheless. You
have my blessing :-)

Usenet is self-governed without a central authority; that's both the
egalitarian beauty and anarchical bane of Usenet. It's predicated on
the noble notion that individuals are capable of governing themselves,
and seek to apply their creativity toward improving it.

Nuff said!! The very essence of failure on a bun!! :-))

Perhaps I'm tilting windmills, but I feel the responsibility to make
an effort to raise the newsgroup's signal-to-noise ratio is incumbent
on its participants. And I suspect that there is a silent majority
who would agree. Unfortunately, there is a vocal minority who feel no
such responsibility. But personally, I've got to make the effort.

Go for it Don Quixote. Another great "story" BTW :-)))

What you choose to do is up to you.

You obviously don't know my wife.

--
Dudley Henriques