At 08:04 AM 10/10/01, john wrote: >At 12:37 PM 10/9/2001 -0500, Ronn wrote: >>At 07:56 AM 10/9/01, john 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 ;-). >> >>Then you obviously know all there is to know about being "bombed", too . . . >> >>;-) >been bombed, smashed, flattened and paralyzed (that ouzo is powerful stuff)
No, thank you. I prefer to chew my licorice rather than drink it dissolved in flaming lighter fluid . . . I suppose, however, it might be good for a bad head cold that proved resistant to decongestants. -- 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)
