The
Prez Sez
Hi Folks,
June is here,
and with it our annual Father's Day Fun Fly, which is held the day before
Father's Day (Saturday the 18th). Mick Fox is working to put drinks
and lunch together for us (for a small fee) and knowing Mick I'm sure that
we'll have a raffle of some kind. Now for the specifics:
1. For those
who want to help with the organization, record keeping and set up we'll
need you at the field by 0700.
2. Pilots
should be registered ($10 each), set up and ready to fly by 0745.
3. First flights
are at 0800 sharp, please. If we don't start on time, we'll be flying
in the major heat of the day, or perhaps even in rain.
4. The events
are: Climb and Glide (the sanctioned event), the poker hand, the bomb drop,
and one final event to be named on the morning of the event.
5. Prizes
are distributed from the entry fees, so the more folks that enter, the
more in prizes.
6. Aircraft
must be "fun fly" type aircraft, .99 or less in displacement. The
CD has the final say about what is a fun fly plane and what is not.
No electrics, no gliders are permitted (got to keep it fair). You
must fly all events with the same airplane, unless you crash that plane;
then see the CD.
7. Remember,
the event is intended to be FUN, so have fun and don't grumble of you lose
an event; only one person can win each event.
That's the
gist of the events and the rules for them.
Now for some
fun. Have you ever had a day like this?
Mailing
List Humor
by
Vegar Dalsrud
It all begins
by someone asking a simple question. Let’s, for example, take How to change
your glow plug?
One helpful
and knowledgeable person will respond with a clear and nice procedure on
how to change the plug. Seven persons will post half answers like unscrew
it, etc. Fifteen will comment on the first one and share similar methods
on how they would perform the plug change.
Six persons
will point out the dangers of changing plugs and advice against it.
Thirteen people
will point out spelling mistakes in the initial question. Twenty-four persons
are there to flame the spell checkers. Thirty-five persons complain to
the moderator saying that this discussion is inappropriate on this list.
Nine persons flaming the spell checker flamers for also making spelling
mistakes.
Seventeen people
claim this is a raptor list and ask that the discussion to be continued
on the glow plug list. Fifty-six persons defend the discussion on the list,
because we all use glow plugs, and it is therefore relevant on the raptor
list. Seventy-six persons will debate where to buy the glow plugs, which
brand is the best, and which are crap.
One person
starts to quote the Bible’s references to glow plugs. Eighty-nine persons
tell him to respect the beliefs of others and take the religious crap to
the preaching list. Thirty-five people complain about the language being
used
in the anti-religious posts.
Eight people
post URLs where glow plugs can be seen. Fifteen posting that the URL did
not work and giving new URLs. Six posting links they found in the URLs
which defend having the discussion on this list.
Nineteen persons
repost all the messages and URLs on the current topic, including all headers,
signatures, and ads, and then add I agree! to the top of the post.
Twenty-seven
people are threatening to sign off the list because they do not like how
this thread is developing. Seven persons quote the I agree! post, adding
Me too! Four people suggest to search the archive for glow plugs. Six people
point out that the archive is not searchable and suggest to move the list
to another list provider.
Fifty-four
persons send E-mails off-list to the people who agreed with them and patting
each other on the back. Five people actually sign off the list in frustration.
One guy changing
his glow plug.
from CRRC Flight-Log
Charles River
Radio Controlers, Inc.
Jan Kansky,
editor
Until next
month, stay cool and have fun.
Bill.
Club
Meeting
The
next meeting of the MMRCC is scheduled for June 2, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. The
meeting will be held at the Northrop Grumman facility. Personnel are required
to sign-in and sign out for security purposes.
See you at the meeting. Will |
