The
same reason French battleships have rear view mirrors……to see the
battle.
Chat
Daniel
Kevin,
That is a great story and I agree with most of
it, but please, next time tell us those guys referring to Americans as
wimps are from somewhere other than FRANCE!
MINE COD!
I am reminded of a story about a French military
rifle for sale. The ad read: “French military rifle for sale. Never
fired. Dropped once.”
:>)
Bill B
From: Lancair
Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Kevin Stallard
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:11 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: RV10 Accident Report
I
served a mission for my church right out of high school. I was sent to
Canada, Montreal for two years. While I was there I served with two
different missionaries from France. Both said basically the same
thing, and it went something like this:
“American’s
are wimps. If someone directs a remark to an American that happens to
point something out that they are doing is wrong, they get offended.
Instead of looking at things pragmatically, they take everything
personally.”
We
spend so much time trying not to hurt feelings, that we get so tied up
we can’t deliver the message.
The
comment from Mr. Dye’s remarks where he would phrase some way of
pointing out something dumb was:
“Hey Bill,
you might already be aware of this, and I don’t want to sound like a
know-it-all, but that fuel line looks awful short to me – when the
engine moves, it could pull that end right off!”
I
think that illustrates our fear for saying things how they are. We
have got to knock it off. It would have been better phrased:
“Hey
Bill, What the hell’s this? Who put this together, a lawn mower repair
man? I thought you were better than this. You got a death wish or
something?”
Or
“Hey
Bill, how did you get in here, it’s 300 over cast and you told me the
other day that you aren’t proficient. What are you thinking? That was
stupid.”
That’s
what real friends do/say.
I
for one am sick of hearing people complain about how this insurance
company requires this or that from a builder/pilot to fly your ship
with coverage.
I’m
sick of it because it is MY insurance company who is putting MY
premiums on the line for your sorry butt.
Call
me mean, call me course, but I tell what is meaner and courser, is when
you are so caught up in yourself that you leave behind a family, a
wife, sons and daughters that need you with them, supporting them and
loving them. It’s hard to do when you’re spending quality time with
worms under 6 feet of dirt.
Or
even worse, you deprive another family of one of their loved ones.
Remember,
the opposite of love is not hate, it is apathy. Beware of the person
who never says anything to you, stay close to the one that is riding
your ass. He just may save your life.
Let’s
have fun out there, but let’s look out for each other folks, and
forgive quickly those who offend you. At least they cared enough to
actually say something.
Kevin
Truly
unbelievable. A string of bad judgement that defies comprehension.
This
comment caught my attention: "By all accounts, Dan was regarded as a a
pretty sound person"
The
following was also taken from the RV list and is quite germain: