Subj : SR13
To : Joe Delahaye
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Thu Jul 06 2017 07:37 am
On Wed Jul-05-2017 17:02, Joe Delahaye (1:249/303) wrote to Roger Nelson:
JD> Re: SR13
JD> By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 05 2017 06:55:53
RN>>>> I believe you're just being cranky.
JD>>>> I was when I had to use it <G>
RN>>> In what context?
JD>>> Both ways <G>, cranking the handle, and feeling it <G>
RN>> But it wasn't as bad as those prop-driven planes that had to be
RN>> cranked. (-:
JD>> Oh I dont know. One could take your head off, and the other could
JD>> knock you off your feet and kill you too <:(
RN> One of my friends didn't get out the way fast enough and the prop
RN> hit him in the head. Not too badly, though. It was a Thanksgiving
RN> Day and I refused to go up for a ride in the plane because I
RN> hadn't eaten yet. A good thing I didn't because although I didn't
RN> know it at the time, flying is addictive.
JD>> And a happy 4th to you.
RN> Thanks. Lots of fireworks in the neighborhood last night that put the
RN> city's display to shame.
JD> I didnt get to see any this year. Had I been closer to the Detroit
JD> River, I could have seen both the 1st and the 4th on both sides of
JD> the river <G>
For some observers, that would have been a unique sight.
