At 07:56 AM 10/9/01, you wrote: >At 02:23 AM 10/9/2001 -0500, Ronn wrote: >>><snipped> >>>your friend is absolutely right; anything can be bombed if the attackers >>>are willing to pay the price. >>>btw, just to nitpick a bit ;-), when a Naval Aviator (please don't call >>>them pilots) lands aboard a carrier, that is called a "trap", not an >>>arrest. however, the cables stretched across the after part of the >>>flight deck are called "arresting gear". >>> >>>john >>>(flight deck troubleshooter, VAW-121 aboard USS Eisenhower, 1979-1980) >> >> >>An "arrest" is what the SPs perform after a night of liberty . . . >> >>;-) >been on both sides there ;-). > >john
Then you obviously know all there is to know about being "bombed", too . . . ;-) -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
