RE: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Mike, That post must have taken place before my time on RCSE...and it was definitely worth ALL of the Delete Key efforts that I've endured over the years. What a great read...Any more out there like that, I'd sure like to see 'em before RCSE disappears! -Sheldon- 2008 Soaring Nationals Head Turnaround Troll -Original Message- From: Mike Lachowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:52 PM To: rdwoebke; RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE Ryan, here is the post from Dave Jones. _ The Shaggy Thermal Some time ago one of our flying friends, Jim, died. Rather sad really because he was such a character. It was typical of him that he stated in his will that he was to be buried with his Radio (fully charged) and his trusty Monarch HLG. Anyway, some few weeks later we had a seance and made contact with a strong presence that announced itself as Jim. He was always one to talk you leg off and he hadn't changed. The glass dashed madly across the board and nearly wore the letters out. The story that unfolded was astonishing and is here told and we have no way of verifying it. However here it is, in full, in Jim's own words. I have to tell you about soaring in the after life, it's certainly different. The first thing that I remember was falling down for miles into a dark pit with my Monarch and radio clutched in my hands. Eventually I came to a sudden stop in a clean white marble corridor. I was not alone for long, a chap in an Armani suit came along and spoke to me. Ah yes, Jim isn't it, welcome to our little kingdom. Where am I? Oh, there is plenty of time for curiosity, all the time you want, but to put you in your misery this is Hades. Hell! Rather an overworked image that, we prefer Hades, it's less threatening, and it rhymes better. So who are you, the Devil. There you go again, no my name is Mephistopheles, and I think that you will find it more correct, politically that is, to call him the Dark Lord, or when you get to know him Lucifer. Now come this way. We walked down this never ending corridor with white marble doors bearing notices in white paint. You know this isn't what I had in mind, it looks so clinical, cool and clean. Yes, good isn't it. We get a lot of corporate interior designers down here so we gave them a break from the Kitsch room. The Kitsch room? Of course you are new here. You see we don't go in for that fire and brimstone stuff, very old fashioned. No, we find that it is best to tailor the eternal environment to the client. So we have all of the Interior designers living in a house with flock Paisley wallpaper, plastic flowers, black vinyl covered chairs, flourescent T.V's. They wear bright nylon hawaian suits and plastic sandals, that sort of thing. That's not so bad? It is if you are an interior designer he said in an ominous tone and laughed. Look here's an interesting room, we keep all the Coke heads in here. He pushed open a door to a room stacked with white powder, mirrors, dollar bills and razor blades. Some figures were shuffling around in the distance. But you have given them everything that they want. Mephistopheles laughed. Yes, everything, absolutely everything, except. He waited expectantly for my question. Except what? Noses. Nice touch that, it was one of Lucifer's lighter moments. He closed the door and we walked on for hours. From time to time Mephistopheles would stop and open a door, it was horribly fascinating. There were Merchant Bankers trudging streets in ragged clothing with begging bowls, Heavy Metal freaks strapped to benches while Donny Osmond songs were played at 110 decibels, Nagging Neighbours in rooms whose walls were constantly being tapped, and too many more to mention now, another time perhaps. By now I was getting the idea of how the system worked and I was getting worried. We had reached the end of the corridor and were walking through a cave. Oh Jim, just ignore the decor around here, we haven't modernised it yet. What are these pits? Nothing very special, we call it the Bunyan section, it's so corny now. You see here, this one is for good intentions, that one up ahead, the huge one, is full of politicians promises. That one ahead is full of advertisers lies. We've already passed the pit of adulteries, quite an amusing one that, perhaps my favourite. You see that pile over there, Golf balls, the minor demons have great fun stealing them, childish really. We were passing the pit of politicians lies and Mephistopheles dragged his hand through the slimy surface. He stopped and held up several strips
RE: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
It has been a great time and many new friends found See you all out there in the thermals beyond!! Paul Sherman P.S. I need contact information for the Indiana boys as I have located a trophy that needs to be mailed to the new champion of the State. Hit me up at [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Thank you for many, many things learned and much entertainment. I haven't flown R/C seriously in 8 years, but still follow RCSE. I will treasure my RCSE beer bottles JR RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Well Mike, this is not a surprise in my book, but RCSE has been a great web cornerstone for a lot of years for RC soaring. I will admit that I spend a fair amount of time on RCGroups, and the pics and all are great. There is a lot of gobbledygook there just like there has been the same here, I guess it is just the web and the fact that folks can say about anything and they do, like some of our favorite filers have done here. To those that supplied RCSE to us and as in your case oversaw it's activities and maintenance, Thank You and Joe very much! Marc RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
OK, I understand the motives for shutting RCSE down. 10 years is a long stretch in internet lingo. Thanks to Mike for all his efforts in opperating it. So, the burning question now is Where shall we go? Seriously, I not savy on what's out there. (and let's not tell Gordy) Bill Swingle Janesville, CA - Original Message - From: Mike Lachowski To: RCSE Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE The time is now for the end of RCSE. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the 90's. I can't even remember when it started. Some of the online stuff goes back to around 1999, I know I have some stuff back to 1996 and that is definitely not the oldest stuff. Posts to the list have gone down, mostly stuff about events that are happening out there. There hasn't been too much serious discussion in a while and flame wars, well everyone has been civilized. The equipment that the list is running on is aging and it's kind of hard to get excited about a mailing list these days. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the early 90's. I can't even remember when it started. The computer guys at Airage want to shut the server down as soon as they can. It's not too cool to be running a Windows NT server these days. There are probably other security reasons to shut it down. I don't have a shut down date for RCSE, but expect it to be soon.So if you have any favorite memories, please post them to the list before it goes away. Maybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing. And sorry, RCSE won't cover the infamous challenge by Lucas to Joe. Thanks for the memories. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Bill et al There is a group RCSE at yahoo groups. I was thinking the same and wondering about creating a group and found that one. I like yahoogroups since I can get the forum as email but it does allow web viewing for those that prefer it. Veronica On 25-Aug-08, at 2:38 PM, Bill Swingle wrote: OK, I understand the motives for shutting RCSE down. 10 years is a long stretch in internet lingo. Thanks to Mike for all his efforts in opperating it. So, the burning question now is Where shall we go? Seriously, I not savy on what's out there. (and let's not tell Gordy) Bill Swingle Janesville, CA - Original Message - From: Mike Lachowski To: RCSE Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE The time is now for the end of RCSE. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the 90's. I can't even remember when it started. Some of the online stuff goes back to around 1999, I know I have some stuff back to 1996 and that is definitely not the oldest stuff. Posts to the list have gone down, mostly stuff about events that are happening out there. There hasn't been too much serious discussion in a while and flame wars, well everyone has been civilized. The equipment that the list is running on is aging and it's kind of hard to get excited about a mailing list these days. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the early 90's. I can't even remember when it started. The computer guys at Airage want to shut the server down as soon as they can. It's not too cool to be running a Windows NT server these days. There are probably other security reasons to shut it down. I don't have a shut down date for RCSE, but expect it to be soon. So if you have any favorite memories, please post them to the list before it goes away. Maybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing. And sorry, RCSE won't cover the infamous challenge by Lucas to Joe. Thanks for the memories. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to soaring- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to soaring- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Sorry to hear that RCSE is ending soon. RCSE is the ONLY reason I still subscribe to Model Airplane News. I feel that was the least I could do for giving us RCSE. My oldest issue of MAN is dated 1947 and I still have most issues since then. It has been many years since MAN has had anything of interest to me so I will not renew my subscription when it expires. MAN has been slicking up and dumbing down for years until it has sunk to little more than a picture magazine. When I need something to read, I go to the attic and bring down a few issues of MAN, Model Builder, RCM, or Air Trails to read. They are a lot more interesting than anything published today. Model Builder was the last really interesting model magazine. Chuck At 04:15 PM 8/25/2008, you wrote: The time is now for the end of RCSE. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the 90's. I can't even remember when it started. Some of the online stuff goes back to around 1999, I know I have some stuff back to 1996 and that is definitely not the oldest stuff. Posts to the list have gone down, mostly stuff about events that are happening out there. There hasn't been too much serious discussion in a while and flame wars, well everyone has been civilized. The equipment that the list is running on is aging and it's kind of hard to get excited about a mailing list these days. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the early 90's. I can't even remember when it started. The computer guys at Airage want to shut the server down as soon as they can. It's not too cool to be running a Windows NT server these days. There are probably other security reasons to shut it down. I don't have a shut down date for RCSE, but expect it to be soon.So if you have any favorite memories, please post them to the list before it goes away. Maybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing. And sorry, RCSE won't cover the infamous challenge by Lucas to Joe. Thanks for the memories. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
So Long Old Friend RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
I learned a lot over the years through RCSE, Great job Mike. I will miss it. Dennis Hoyle Mike Lachowski wrote: The time is now for the end of RCSE. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the 90's. I can't even remember when it started. Some of the online stuff goes back to around 1999, I know I have some stuff back to 1996 and that is definitely not the oldest stuff. Posts to the list have gone down, mostly stuff about events that are happening out there. There hasn't been too much serious discussion in a while and flame wars, well everyone has been civilized. The equipment that the list is running on is aging and it's kind of hard to get excited about a mailing list these days. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the early 90's. I can't even remember when it started. The computer guys at Airage want to shut the server down as soon as they can. It's not too cool to be running a Windows NT server these days. There are probably other security reasons to shut it down. I don't have a shut down date for RCSE, but expect it to be soon. So if you have any favorite memories, please post them to the list before it goes away. Maybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing. And sorry, RCSE won't cover the infamous challenge by Lucas to Joe. Thanks for the memories. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Amen brother. I heard about several great airplanes through RCSE. One of which is my all time favorite. Thank you John Roe for your input there. It was a great resource! Bill Swingle Janesville, CA I learned a lot over the years through RCSE, Great job Mike. I will miss it.
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Hrm , dumb question but why not update the server O/S? On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Mike Lachowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The time is now for the end of RCSE. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the 90's. I can't even remember when it started. Some of the online stuff goes back to around 1999, I know I have some stuff back to 1996 and that is definitely not the oldest stuff. Posts to the list have gone down, mostly stuff about events that are happening out there. There hasn't been too much serious discussion in a while and flame wars, well everyone has been civilized. The equipment that the list is running on is aging and it's kind of hard to get excited about a mailing list these days. RCSE has been around forever in Internet years, since the early 90's. I can't even remember when it started. The computer guys at Airage want to shut the server down as soon as they can. It's not too cool to be running a Windows NT server these days. There are probably other security reasons to shut it down. I don't have a shut down date for RCSE, but expect it to be soon.So if you have any favorite memories, please post them to the list before it goes away. Maybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing. And sorry, RCSE won't cover the infamous challenge by Lucas to Joe. Thanks for the memories. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
- Original Message From: Mike Lachowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] The time is now for the end of RCSEMaybe you can mention your favorite technical guru's discussion, flame war or Sal bashing == Well, this is a sad day, Mike. Although I suppose it had to happen. I still have a file of old flame wars, name-calling, and disputes, but reading them now, it seems sort of gratuitous to re-post any. However, here's one classic. Sal posted a gripe about Karlton in which he spelled the latter's name as Charlatan. When Karlton objected, Sal said it was an innocent mistake: ...my spell checker didn't recognize Karlton and changed it, and I didn't notice...
Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE
Ryan, here is the post from Dave Jones. _ The Shaggy Thermal Some time ago one of our flying friends, Jim, died. Rather sad really because he was such a character. It was typical of him that he stated in his will that he was to be buried with his Radio (fully charged) and his trusty Monarch HLG. Anyway, some few weeks later we had a seance and made contact with a strong presence that announced itself as Jim. He was always one to talk you leg off and he hadn't changed. The glass dashed madly across the board and nearly wore the letters out. The story that unfolded was astonishing and is here told and we have no way of verifying it. However here it is, in full, in Jim's own words. I have to tell you about soaring in the after life, it's certainly different. The first thing that I remember was falling down for miles into a dark pit with my Monarch and radio clutched in my hands. Eventually I came to a sudden stop in a clean white marble corridor. I was not alone for long, a chap in an Armani suit came along and spoke to me. Ah yes, Jim isn't it, welcome to our little kingdom. Where am I? Oh, there is plenty of time for curiosity, all the time you want, but to put you in your misery this is Hades. Hell! Rather an overworked image that, we prefer Hades, it's less threatening, and it rhymes better. So who are you, the Devil. There you go again, no my name is Mephistopheles, and I think that you will find it more correct, politically that is, to call him the Dark Lord, or when you get to know him Lucifer. Now come this way. We walked down this never ending corridor with white marble doors bearing notices in white paint. You know this isn't what I had in mind, it looks so clinical, cool and clean. Yes, good isn't it. We get a lot of corporate interior designers down here so we gave them a break from the Kitsch room. The Kitsch room? Of course you are new here. You see we don't go in for that fire and brimstone stuff, very old fashioned. No, we find that it is best to tailor the eternal environment to the client. So we have all of the Interior designers living in a house with flock Paisley wallpaper, plastic flowers, black vinyl covered chairs, flourescent T.V's. They wear bright nylon hawaian suits and plastic sandals, that sort of thing. That's not so bad? It is if you are an interior designer he said in an ominous tone and laughed. Look here's an interesting room, we keep all the Coke heads in here. He pushed open a door to a room stacked with white powder, mirrors, dollar bills and razor blades. Some figures were shuffling around in the distance. But you have given them everything that they want. Mephistopheles laughed. Yes, everything, absolutely everything, except. He waited expectantly for my question. Except what? Noses. Nice touch that, it was one of Lucifer's lighter moments. He closed the door and we walked on for hours. From time to time Mephistopheles would stop and open a door, it was horribly fascinating. There were Merchant Bankers trudging streets in ragged clothing with begging bowls, Heavy Metal freaks strapped to benches while Donny Osmond songs were played at 110 decibels, Nagging Neighbours in rooms whose walls were constantly being tapped, and too many more to mention now, another time perhaps. By now I was getting the idea of how the system worked and I was getting worried. We had reached the end of the corridor and were walking through a cave. Oh Jim, just ignore the decor around here, we haven't modernised it yet. What are these pits? Nothing very special, we call it the Bunyan section, it's so corny now. You see here, this one is for good intentions, that one up ahead, the huge one, is full of politicians promises. That one ahead is full of advertisers lies. We've already passed the pit of adulteries, quite an amusing one that, perhaps my favourite. You see that pile over there, Golf balls, the minor demons have great fun stealing them, childish really. We were passing the pit of politicians lies and Mephistopheles dragged his hand through the slimy surface. He stopped and held up several strips of decaying paper. I read them quickly; Peace in our time, Watch my lips, Full Employment, The Triumph of the Proletariat. He tossed them carelessly back into the pit. Up ahead the light flickered, we were entering Lucifer's office, to the right was a huge flaming pit, something else that hadn't been modernised. I would advise you to be polite, he can get nasty. Sure, anything you say. Imagine my surprise when I was walked up to a table and sitting there was the Dark Lord dressed like a Tax Inspector. Next case.
