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Woody wrote:

Unreal...... Lemme guess, you collect boatanchors, restore them, then
refuse to power them up? Someone once told me ham radio is a
'condition', not a hobby. I'm starting to think he was right. rb



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Get real, rb. If someone powers up a boatanchor, it will never end up
splattered all over a hillside somewhere. Get it?

Bill, W6WRT

Heh, I'm as real as it gets, brother.
So you do collect boatanchors? Do you also have an attic full of empty radio
boxes? I'm betting you do.
But that's your choice, now isn't it? And nothing wrong with it.

On the power-up thing,
I disagree, citing that it depends on how much power is applied to it.....
:-)
Or it could catch fire and burn to the desk... or the ground... or if it
were donated to a B-17 restoration, it could very
well end up splattered all over a hillside somewhere... LOL.

And yes, *I* get it.... enjoy what you have or what's the sense in having
it??
Moth-ball a vintage plane in Tucson, AZ or some museum, and I'll NEVER get
to see it. Fly it to my local fly-in and I do...
[said while gazing up at the photo of my daughter sitting left-seat in the
Texas Raiders 17g when it was HERE at a fly-in.]

Everything is disposable and it certainly doesn't transgress to the 'other
side'.

Use it or lose it; 'cuz cars are for driving, radios are for driveling into,
and an aircraft is for flying.

There's a fine line between being a
keep-the-box-because-it-matters-to-other-boxkeepers packrat, and preserving
history.

Do *you* get it??
rb


"Bill Turner" wrote in message
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ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Woody wrote:

Unreal...... Lemme guess, you collect boatanchors, restore them, then
refuse to power them up? Someone once told me ham radio is a
'condition', not a hobby. I'm starting to think he was right. rb



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Get real, rb. If someone powers up a boatanchor, it will never end up
splattered all over a hillside somewhere. Get it?

Bill, W6WRT

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Woody wrote:

There's a fine line between being a
keep-the-box-because-it-matters-to-other-boxkeepers packrat, and
preserving history.

Do you get it??
rb



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Absolutely, I get it.

You and the two or three posters who agree with you are self-centered
pigs who care nothing about preserving history. Your temporary
adrenaline rush is much more important, and the risk of splattering a
priceless aircraft means nothing beside your momentary thrills. How sad
that people like you are allowed to own such an aircraft.

A hundred or five hundred years from now, if your ilk prevails, people
will be saying "Gosh, I wish someone had kept a B-17G preserved
somewhere. I would have really loved to see the real thing".

I hope and pray there are not many like you.

Bill T.

Bill is 100% correct. He should negotiate and buy the plane from the
restorers for its priceless value, say $50-100 million, he can then
store it and show it to whomever he pleases! That is the American way!

Bill Turner wrote:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Woody wrote:



There's a fine line between being a
keep-the-box-because-it-matters-to-other-boxkeepers packrat, and
preserving history.

Do you get it??
rb





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Absolutely, I get it.

You and the two or three posters who agree with you are self-centered
pigs who care nothing about preserving history. Your temporary
adrenaline rush is much more important, and the risk of splattering a
priceless aircraft means nothing beside your momentary thrills. How sad
that people like you are allowed to own such an aircraft.

A hundred or five hundred years from now, if your ilk prevails, people
will be saying "Gosh, I wish someone had kept a B-17G preserved
somewhere. I would have really loved to see the real thing".

I hope and pray there are not many like you.

Bill T.



--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P

"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" wrote in message ...
Bill is 100% correct. He should negotiate and buy the plane from the restorers for its priceless value, say $50-100 million, he can then store it and show it to whomever he pleases! That is the American way!



He won't buy it. All the weenies that complain about somebody else spending
their own money to restore and use something will do nothing except huff and
puff like the litlle piggies.


I plug in my boat anchors. I heat my shop with an FRR 59 . I would never think
of just leaving it sitting there collecting dust and rusting away.





Bill Turner wrote:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Woody wrote:

There's a fine line between being a
keep-the-box-because-it-matters-to-other-boxkeepers packrat, and
preserving history.

Do you get it??
rb



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Absolutely, I get it.

You and the two or three posters who agree with you are self-centered
pigs who care nothing about preserving history. Your temporary
adrenaline rush is much more important, and the risk of splattering a
priceless aircraft means nothing beside your momentary thrills. How sad
that people like you are allowed to own such an aircraft.

A hundred or five hundred years from now, if your ilk prevails, people
will be saying "Gosh, I wish someone had kept a B-17G preserved
somewhere. I would have really loved to see the real thing".

I hope and pray there are not many like you.

Bill T.


--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P

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Spokesman wrote:

I plug in my boat anchors. I heat my shop with an FRR 59 . I would
never think of just leaving it sitting there collecting dust and
rusting away.



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Your boatanchor will not be destroyed by plugging it in and using it on
your bench at home. No problem there.

On the other hand, if it is one of a very few remaining, it might not
be a good idea to take it on a one-man kayak DXpedition across the
Bering Sea in winter.

Airplanes crash, especially ones flown and maintained by well-meaning
but inexperienced pilots and mechanics who are usually short of cash,
spare parts and time, and who, sooner or later, will feel the pressure
to fly it when they really shouldn't in order to keep an airshow
schedule.

Park it.

Bill T.

Airplanes crash, especially ones flown and maintained by well-meaning
but inexperienced pilots and mechanics who are usually short of cash,
spare parts and time, and who, sooner or later, will feel the pressure
to fly it when they really shouldn't in order to keep an airshow
schedule.

Park it.


Bill, have you considered a career in politics?

Exactly where would you suggest we park general aviation?
rb

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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** wrote:

Bill is 100% correct. He should negotiate and buy the plane from the
restorers for its priceless value, say $50-100 million, he can then
store it and show it to whomever he pleases! That is the American way!



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If I had the money, I would.

Bill T.

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** wrote:

Bill is 100% correct. He should negotiate and buy the plane from the
restorers for its priceless value, say $50-100 million, he can then
store it and show it to whomever he pleases! That is the American way!



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If I had the money, I would.


Then don't complain about what other people are doing!





Bill T.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Spokesman wrote:

Then don't complain about what other people are doing!



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And the Head Up the Ass award goes to.... Spokesman, who complains
about what other people are doing by telling them not to complain about
what other people are doing.

I'm sure the award went right over his head. Someone explain it to him,
please.

Bill T.