X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:38:58 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with ESMTP id 1320345 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:15:40 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.207; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.572.31f5ed4 (32914) for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:14:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <572.31f5ed4.31fb67c4@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:14:44 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Oshkosh race results X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1154092484" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5318 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1154092484 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/27/2006 9:36:57 A.M. Central Standard Time, 5zq@cox.net writes: 10. The sun was in my eyes. Hmmmm, the first leg was west-bound in the morning? 9. My fingers are too fat to correctly enter GPS coordinates for the finish line. Hmmmm, Garmin has a new GPS (for Motorcyclists) that accomodates entries with gloves on. 8. Temporary amnesia. If that was true, you wouldn't remember it. 7. Temporary insanity If that was true, you wouldn't admit it. Maybe it's permanent. 6. Sudden incapacitation. Sleep during the flight is not "sudden". 5. Wrote the coordinates way too small. When was you last flight medical? Is this type size too small? 4. Reading glasses not strong enough. OK, that answered the last point, but you have to look outside to see the difference between a lake and a printing plant. 3. Pre race jitters. Limit your coffee intake. 2. I thought the finish line really was in the middle of the lake. It used to be. Old habits are hard to break. And the #1 reason for finishing so slow... Flicker vertigo. Yeah, polishing the back of the prop will do that...... Bill (now residing in the hangar) Bill, What happened to CRM? All those years of training? How will Sue ever believ e you again? What excuses will you use next year? Remember, oratorical self deprecation does not make a Lancair faster. Scott -------------------------------1154092484 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 7/27/2006 9:36:57 A.M. Central Standard Time,=20 5zq@cox.net writes:
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6. Sudden incapacitation.
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4. Reading glasses not strong enough.
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3. Pre race jitters.
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Bill (now residing in the hangar)
Bill,
 
What happened to CRM?  All those years of training? How will S= ue=20 ever believe you again? What excuses will you use next year?  Remember,= =20 oratorical self deprecation does not make a Lancair faster.
 
Scott
 
 
 
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