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[pct-l] TYPOES REPAIRED....a jet was buzzing by
- Subject: [pct-l] TYPOES REPAIRED....a jet was buzzing by
- From: sue.kettles at comcast.net (sue.kettles@comcast.net)
- Date: Wed Jan 18 10:52:01 2006
I also love seeing and hearing the jets fly over so low. I love the silence and solitude of the wilderness, but theres something about that power and ability that mesmorizes me. I talked to an F14 pilot once who said it is the best rollar coaster ride available, and he actually gets paid to fly it. I
-------------- Original message --------------
From: calliger@infolane.com
> Sorry about the typoes...would you believe a jet can a little
> low and buzzed me? :-)) ;-)
>
> Well..I might consider equating a happy jet jockey
> going to the ground to buzz me to my fiance's snoring!
>
> How you ask? Well..glad you did!! LOL
>
>
> I used to be greatly bothered by her snoring 'till one day I
> realized how lucky I am to have her, how lucky I am to be
> with her, and how lucky I am to be here and be able to hear
> her...
>
> now..it is sort of a music that I smile to and fall back
> to sleep..
>
> Isn't attitude everything thought? We are here and able to hike
> our own hike becasue of those jets! (and the strength of our
> country and freedom...I hiked in Hungary and was searched and
> asked for my passport no less that 6 times in a week!!-
> AND this was AFTER the Communists left!!)
>
> However, do not get me wrong, I am not a war-monger..in fact just the
> opposite!-- but our country and way of life was founded on
> the power of our resolve and weapons and army to throw off the
> British rule of dominion and terror and persecution..You will love
> the Church or we will kill you kinda stuff!! So today those
> jets that buzz me are an extension of all that!
>
> Semper Fi!
>
> PPS_
>
> AND...by the way..if you dont like then leave!!! (LOL)
>
>
> > I wonder what a well aimed and timed rock (or even a piece of gravel)
> > would do to a jet engine.
> >
> > ----------
> > Tortoise
> >
> > I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
> > Using Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
> >
> > hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> > > I remember 40 years ago hiking on the PCT in the Sierras and the jets
> coming down to buzz us. We would have to lay flat on the ground to try to
> miss the shock wave coming at us. Of course, they did this on purpose when
> they caught backpackers out in the open. Ha, ha, ha.
> > >
> > > Then they would duck down in the Kern River trench to do a high speed
> escape. Too much.
> > >
> > > Just memories of the trail of a by gone era.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Switchback
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l From rjcalliger at yahoo.com Wed Jan 18 11:45:40 2006
From: rjcalliger at yahoo.com (Richard Calliger)
Date: Wed Jan 18 11:53:13 2006
Subject: [pct-l] TYPOES REPAIRED....a jet was buzzing by
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Message-ID: <20060118174540.50767.qmail@web32705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
One of those guys in a Phantom saved my life in the war!~ and I got
an awesome ride in one later!!
R
sue.kettles@comcast.net wrote:
I also love seeing and hearing the jets fly over so low. I love the silence and solitude of the wilderness, but theres something about that power and ability that mesmorizes me. I talked to an F14 pilot once who said it is the best rollar coaster ride available, and he actually gets paid to fly it. I
-------------- Original message --------------
From: calliger@infolane.com
> Sorry about the typoes...would you believe a jet can a little
> low and buzzed me? :-)) ;-)
>
> Well..I might consider equating a happy jet jockey
> going to the ground to buzz me to my fiance's snoring!
>
> How you ask? Well..glad you did!! LOL
>
>
> I used to be greatly bothered by her snoring 'till one day I
> realized how lucky I am to have her, how lucky I am to be
> with her, and how lucky I am to be here and be able to hear
> her...
>
> now..it is sort of a music that I smile to and fall back
> to sleep..
>
> Isn't attitude everything thought? We are here and able to hike
> our own hike becasue of those jets! (and the strength of our
> country and freedom...I hiked in Hungary and was searched and
> asked for my passport no less that 6 times in a week!!-
> AND this was AFTER the Communists left!!)
>
> However, do not get me wrong, I am not a war-monger..in fact just the
> opposite!-- but our country and way of life was founded on
> the power of our resolve and weapons and army to throw off the
> British rule of dominion and terror and persecution..You will love
> the Church or we will kill you kinda stuff!! So today those
> jets that buzz me are an extension of all that!
>
> Semper Fi!
>
> PPS_
>
> AND...by the way..if you dont like then leave!!! (LOL)
>
>
> > I wonder what a well aimed and timed rock (or even a piece of gravel)
> > would do to a jet engine.
> >
> > ----------
> > Tortoise
> >
> > I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
> > Using Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
> >
> > hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> > > I remember 40 years ago hiking on the PCT in the Sierras and the jets
> coming down to buzz us. We would have to lay flat on the ground to try to
> miss the shock wave coming at us. Of course, they did this on purpose when
> they caught backpackers out in the open. Ha, ha, ha.
> > >
> > > Then they would duck down in the Kern River trench to do a high speed
> escape. Too much.
> > >
> > > Just memories of the trail of a by gone era.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Switchback
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > pct-l mailing list
> _______________________________________________
> pct-l mailing list
> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> unsubscribe or change options:
> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
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