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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:56:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Bryan Winberry <bryanwinberry@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: bryanwinberry@bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Ernest,
I think that story captures the true meaning of the holidays.  As I was rea=
ding, I think a tear fell....from laughing!!

Happy Holidays to all here on the forum.

Bryan Winbery


--- On Wed, 12/24/08, Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 2:58 PM
> Ed Anderson wrote:
> >
> > Before my grandchildren descend on this household
> later today I just=20
> > want to take the opportunity, while I have it, to wish
> all my =E2=80=9CRotary=E2=80=9D=20
> > friends a Great Holiday. I truly enjoy our
> =E2=80=9Cconversations=E2=80=9D. Though=20
> > there are a number of you I have not personally met
> =E2=80=93 yet, I think=20
> > truly kindred spirits indeed are those who undertake
> this endeavor.
> >
> I would like to wish everyone the merriest of Christmases,
> and to that=20
> end I would like to pass along this heat-warming internet
> story that was=20
> recently passed on to me. May you always land heads-up and
> wheels down.
>=20
>=20
> In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after
> graduating from=20
> Northwestern University.
>=20
> On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull
> elephant=20
> standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant
> seemed distressed,=20
> so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one
> knee,=20
> inspected the elephant=E2=80=99s foot, and found a large piece of
> wood deeply=20
> embedded in it.
>=20
> As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the
> wood out with=20
> his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its
> foot. The=20
> elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious
> look on its=20
> face, stared at him for several tense moments.
>=20
> Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being
> trampled.=20
> Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and
> walked away. Peter=20
> never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
>=20
> Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago
> Zoo with his=20
> teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one
> of the=20
> creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and
> his son,=20
> Cameron, were standing. The large bull elephant stared at
> Peter lifted=20
> its front foot off the ground and then put it down. The
> elephant did=20
> that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while
> staring at the man.
>=20
> Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help
> wondering if=20
> this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage,
> climbed over=20
> the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked
> right up to=20
> the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant
> trumpeted again,=20
> wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him
> against the=20
> railing, killing him instantly.
>=20
> Probably wasn't the same elephant.
>=20
>=20
>=20
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