[Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....

[James F. Ryan III]

From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> Jim, I've never met you, but after 14 years of SHO ownership, and
attending
> a lot of SHO events for probably 12 years or so, I know a lot of the SHO
> folks personally.

I couldn't even attend last year's covention 'in my own backyard - NJ to MD'
because I was on the other side of the country.  And I still haven't met any
of my fellow NJ SHOTimers - Ken Epperly, Frank Costa, Ian Fisher, Mike
Humbert, Mike Urbain, and others.  My job as an Electrical Controls Engineer
takes me to projects all over the country for a good portion of the year.

> Yes, we have a fair amount of Tavern-type talk with OT
> subjects, but frankly that is absolutely OK with me. It is PRIMARILY the
> interaction with other SHO folks that has kept me in a SHO for so many
> years, and not the quality/quantity of tech info on the lists (although
that
> has also been very helpful).

Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Where in my e-mail did I say that I don't enjoy the OT
posts?  My point, which I guess you missed, was that it would be a shame for
me (or anyone else) to miss some really good technical info merely because
someone didn't change the Subject line.

I don't care to read OT posts about the Super Bowl, hamburgers, or Iraq.
However, I do enjoy reading OT posts about subjects that interest me.  It's
through these OT posts that I have met, as an example, other aircraft pilots
like myself.  However, noone chimed in during a recent car stereo post where
I mentioned that I play the drums.  So I guess I'm the only musician on the
list (with partial loss of hearing).

"You'll have to speak a little louder next time, I'm a bit deaf in this
ear" - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie quote.

My favorite is the list-member who has "Avoid the clap - Jimmy Dugan" at the
end of each post.


Jim Ryan
'91 Plus  white/mocha
lots of mods
home in NJ for the weekend
back to TX tomorrow night
Texas - not a vegetarian-friendly state
    they put meat in their vegetables and meat in their meat