On Wed Jul-05-2017 17:02, Joe Delahaye (1:249/303) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    JD>   Re: SR13   
    JD>   By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Wed Jul 05 2017 06:55:53    
      
    RN>>>> I believe you're just being cranky.   
      
    JD>>>> I was when I had to use it    
      
    RN>>> In what context?   
      
    JD>>> Both ways , cranking the handle, and feeling it    
      
    RN>> But it wasn't as bad as those prop-driven planes that had to be   
    RN>> cranked. (-:   
      
    JD>> Oh I dont know.  One could take your head off, and the other could   
    JD>> knock you off your feet and kill you too <:(   
      
    RN> One of my friends didn't get out the way fast enough and the prop    
    RN> hit him in the head. Not too badly, though. It was a Thanksgiving    
    RN> Day and I refused to go up for a ride in the plane because I    
    RN> hadn't eaten yet. A good thing I didn't because although I didn't    
    RN> know it at the time, flying is addictive.   
      
    JD>> And a happy 4th to you.   
      
    RN> Thanks. Lots of fireworks in the neighborhood last night that put the   
    RN> city's display to shame.   
      
    JD> I didnt get to see any this year.  Had I been closer to the Detroit   
    JD> River, I could have seen both the 1st and the 4th on both sides of   
    JD> the river     
      
   For some observers, that would have been a unique sight.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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