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[Reef Runner]

--Pete, on 04 April 2011 - 01:39 PM, said:

My contribution may be delayed a bit. It now looks a though I'm going in for surgery Apr 21, to remove a small cancer from my left kidney. The doctors say it was caught early, is a generally successful surgery, requires no chemo or radiation, and has a fairly fast recovery time. So, I'm treating it as a nuisance rather than a catastrophe. But you wouldn't believe the number of pre-op appointments needed to satisfy everyone involved.

So, I'm gonna be fairly busy for the next little while. (And I'm NOT gonna be pre-stretching any heavy LPG or Spectra line anytime soon.) But even if I won't be able to fly any fun (hard-pulling, that is) kites soon, I expect to get to Grand Haven by May 20-22.

Hey Pete,
I wish you the best, my friend................take care, and keep us informed as to how things go.................
We're pulling for you

[--Pete]

Yer makin' more of it than I am. As far as I'm concerned, the worst part is all the time spent on CYA conferences that the doctors/hospitals require.

Have I ever mentioned that I like the Jimmy Buffett quote in your sig? I use a different JB quote as one of my Random Sigs.

[Reef Runner]

--Pete, on 04 April 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

Yer makin' more of it than I am. As far as I'm concerned, the worst part is all the time spent on CYA conferences that the doctors/hospitals require.
Have I ever mentioned that I like the Jimmy Buffett quote in your sig? I use a different JB quote as one of my Random Sigs.

Didn't mean to make a big deal, just wishing you the best................as for the J Buffett quote, that came from his book, "A Pirate Looks at Fifty". Great beach reading. Buffett has always been one of my favorites, so far as his music goes, plus, he's a pretty good story teller................

[--Pete]

And I appreciate your good thoughts. Thank you.
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Reef Runner, on 04 April 2011 - 03:28 PM, said:

--Pete, on 04 April 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

...the Jimmy Buffett quote in your sig...

... Buffett has always been one of my favorites...

My Buffett quote is:

"The best navigators are not always certain of where they are,
but they are always aware of their uncertainty."


Another quote on navigation (I can't remember who said it):


The well-trained navigator draws lines on the chart and where they cross he stabs his pencil and says "Here we are!"
The experienced navigator draws the lines and where they cross he draws a generous circle and says, "We might be somewhere in here."


And yet another:


...I studied with diligence Neptune's laws,
and these laws I tried to obey... [Joshua Slocum]


This was cribbed from Slocum's book "Sailing Alone Around the World". The book was published in 1900, when there were no things like GPS or even Loran. He took a 37' yawl and left from the east coast of North America, sailed alone, eastward around the entire world and returned to his home port.


I have taken the lines from a paragraph of prose, trimmed them and picked the line-break. The result is poetry of the highest order. (Read them out loud; several times, if necessary.)


(You can get this book very cheaply from Dover Books.)


One can do worse than order their life from quotations from serious navigators.

[stroke survivor]

--Pete: Good that you're looking at this as a pain in the neck!!! Just another of life's little inconveniences we can overcome!!

Best Wishes and hope to see you out flying sometime!!!

[Guru4tru]

Hey Pete!!

You'll be OK!!

Keep It Up!
Duane

[stroke survivor]

Update - spool on back order!! Gonna have to wait on any new postings till it comes in and I make up my next set!!

[Reef Runner]

stroke victim, on 05 April 2011 - 07:43 PM, said:

Update - spool on back order!! Gonna have to wait on any new postings till it comes in and I make up my next set!!

Got Line Yet ? I made-up two sets last week......both came out within 1/2" of the target length ! Lucky, I suppose !

[stroke survivor]

Nope, line still on back order!! Glad your measurements worked out so closely!! Nice thing - weather allows me to pick from the linesets I already have!!!

Update - line now in stock!! Mine is on the way!!!! I'll post in when I make up some sets!!!

[Reef Runner]

stroke victim, on 14 April 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

Nope, line still on back order!! Glad your measurements worked out so closely!! Nice thing - weather allows me to pick from the linesets I already have!!!

Update - line now in stock!! Mine is on the way!!!! I'll post in when I make up some sets!!!

No problem....no rush.......!