[ATM] Re: Sucker rod, etc.

["David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>]

Gary,

The boxes chock full of the magazines represented about two hundred pounds
of weight- the airplane would have climbed a lot more briskly on one
magneto, minus the weight of those two hundred lbs of mnagazines; the plain
fact is that the STUPID GUY AT THE CONTROLS had the responsibility of making
sure that the magneto selector was on "BOTH"; idiot me, I didn't.

I do think God looks out for fools, drunks, and airheaded blondes (I have a
friend who is one of these, truly, and no one else in the world will save
her from her idiocy) and guys who will not be responsible behind the yoke
(or stick; I have owned both kinds) of airplanes. Once, over Tulsa,
Oklahoma, I FELT SOMEONE TAPPING on my left shoulder. When I looked, a large
Beechcraft was bearing down on me, same altitude, intersection course, TWO
SECONDS AWAY FROM ME.

Here I still am.

Davey

P.S. I am going to write up the wonderful, huge Lazy Susan bearing platform
right away. I am afraid to do this; Dobsonian builders might want to trade
their teflon azimuth bearings for this one (probably not- never did anything
that remarkable in my life)-

Be well, Gary-

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GARY FUCHS" <gary@rcn.com>
To: <scarab2@cox.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Sucker rod, etc.


> Hi Dave,
>
> I don't think I'm going to find any of that in our scrap
> yard...not too many oil wells around here! And no TIG
> equipment or experience! Though I do know someone who
> does. Hmm.
>
> I do live just a few miles away from Bethlehem, PA though.
> The old steel works site is still there. I don't know how many
> hundreds of acres covered with huge buildings and pieces of
> giant rusting equipment. Sort of sad.
>
> The "lazy susan" idea sounds interesting. Anything you write
> on it, pictures, etc, I'd of course be interested in seeing -
> please copy me on any of these things even if I don't
> specifically ask. And don't worry about bandwidth - I have a
> pretty speedy cable hookup.
>
> Maybe I missed something about how the Sky and Tels
> almost killed you - were they in the cockpit with you? And if
> so why? Was it to pass the time on a long flight?
>
> Take care,
>
> Gary
>


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