My last post

[mar]

Lately, I've been thinking.

I think I need a break.

This'll be my last post for awhile. Though I'll continue to check in and see what's going on in the business I won't be posting.

I'll be doing more reading--more reading of posts--and hopefully more reading of books.

I've noticed in the last year or so I stopped responding to aviation posts and only engaged in political arguments.

This is a symptom. The disease is boredom. I've grown bored with aviation and my lack of participation in the aviation arena proves it.

So...I'm gonna take a hiatus and use the time to work on a couple things that need improvement.

I hope that occasionally I was able to offer some constructive advice to my fellow aviators. I certainly learned a lot here.

As for my political contributions, well, I hope they were always well thought out and logical, but I certainly understood I wasn't preaching to the choir either.

Maybe someone found a sliver of truth.

Peace

mar

 

[2000flyer]

Good Luck To You!

Mar,

I think at some point in time we all have needed (or will need to) step away and review our situation, motivation and attitudes towards whatever we do. It takes strength to be able to do such a thing. I'm sure no one here will disagree with your rational for do so. I certainly don't.

As for not posting, all comments on this board, be they aviation, political or comical, are taken in by the readers and digested for the topic they are directed. It's sad to lose any members opinions as that is how we make broad, concise conclusions to the topic at hand.

I wish you luck as you reflect and direct your energies to the areas you are trying to improve. Once you've worked those out to your satisfaction, please come back and join our little community and continue to contribute to this little world we call aviation!

Take care and best wishes.

2000Flyer

 

[FL000]

Way to go, mar. I feel the same about my own habits and behavior around here. It's gone from Oprah to Jerry on this board during the last couple of years, and I'm not innocent.

I pledge to try to do the same as you, posting only when I can help someone with information that I know is correct. I will also refute information (relevant to aviation) that I know is incorrect, providing proof as opposed to opinions. Of course, I will also post when I need information, and hope to get relevant posts in return. That has always been the case in the past when I have requested help.

Everything else just ain't important.

I will also read more books. I've read some good ones lately and can recommend the following:

Killing Pablo, by Mark Bowden (of Blackhawk Down, fame). It's the complete story of the life and death of Pablo Escobar, the most successful and feared cocaine kingpin in history. One of my favorites.

Bias, by Bernard Goldberg, formerly of CBS News. You've probably heard of this one. It outlines with example after example, much of it first-hand, of the liberal media slant in this country. It focuses much of the light on Dan Rather.

Doctor Dealer, also from Bowden. The story of an everyday Joe who could have been your buddy or your next door neighbor. But he started dealing marijuana in high school, and by the time he graduated dental school, he was the largest dealer of cocaine in the northeast. True story.

That should get you through the spring. I'll give a summer reading list later.

 

[skydiverdriver]

I find it interesting that you should wonder if someone else found a sliver of truth, and that you were not preaching to the choir. Well, my question would be, did you learn any slivers yourself? Perhaps the learning could go both ways, but I have noticed that liberals only preach, they never listen.

I was flying with a captain once, and I dont' remember the topic, but he said, "that's as usless as arguing with a liberal."

Good luck in your time off. I would suggest reading "Slander," by Ann Coulter. Then you might see how the media has been lying to you, and maybe a sliver of truth might shine through.

 

[rightrudder]

Skydivedriver,

The least you could do, in the spririt of this thread, is to leave your conservative/liberal battle out of this.

 

[Singlecoil]

I hear you mar. Presented with several options for spending my time, I find myself surfing here far too often. Go to the gym, play the guitar, or hit flightinfo.com? My wife regrets ever showing me this site.
I do find it interesting that this board lies somewhere to the right of FoxNews. It seems most of the posters on here feel that pilot salaries are the problem with industry right now. Wait, I'm sorry, ALPA is to blame for everything, I forgot.
"My crew meal is cold, darn that Duane Woerth!"

...and now I'll be flamed as a pinko for daring to mention FoxNews.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

he'll be back, they always come back

anyone care to explain what's wrong with abortion and why they think unions are good for America? did we really need this war in Iraq? can Clinton run for President again?

thanks
and good luck, mar

 

[Airpiraterob]

umm...lets find the ultimate..

oh letsee. unions for abortion clinic workers. and unions for the abortion clinic protestors too. spontaneous combustion anyone?

yeah i agree with you mar. theres too much political conversation going on. you can only argue a point as much as someone is willing to listen to another and different point for once. they dont? well all you will get back is yelling and screaming on how wrong you are and then get attacked personally about what they think about you. i gave up on it.

ive scaled back some myself. i plan to scale back even more once i fly again....so umm i geuss if people dont want to hear percieved whiners anymore, then help them get a job-dont attack em. how will that help?

good luck mar.
take it easy.
reading off topic of aviation is a good thing. might i suggest "Catapult" by Jim Paul. or "A gentle madness" by Nick Basbanes

 

[Snakum]

Sorry to see you go, Mar. You were one of the many voices of reason in the wilderness, and you always kept it above-board. Many thanks for the lively discussions and best wishes for a speedy return from where ever it is people go for a break from the crackpipe (aviation forums).

Minh "Tree-hugging Communist Gun-owner and Anti-abortionist" Thong

 

[LR25]

Aviation is a disease, he'll be back to get some more medicin.

Good luck Mar, see you on the return.

 

[bobbysamd]

Thanks for all of your excellent posts. Hope to see you back soon.

 

[Timebuilder]

Feel free to drop by anytime. Bias and Slander should be on your summer reading list.

I'd welcome your comments on them.

Take care, old friend.

 

[AA717driver]

See you around campus, mar...

I guess I need a sabatical after my tirade about ALPA and Duane on another thread...

Where was the address for that porn site... TC

 

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

Mar should be back by next spring. By then the Prez election stuff will be heating up.
Finally getting settled into Florida. Meeting people and making friends. Flightinfo has been a nice forum to fill the temporary void of human interaction.
Hillary in 2004 !

 

[Typhoon1244]

Hillary in 2004!

Monica in 2012!

Her campaign promise? "I'll give every one of you a..."

 

[wil]

Just what would you want from Hillary? I understand she's well-endowed for a Democrat!

 

[Typhoon1244]

Just what would you want from Hillary?

Uh, I was talking about Monica.

As one of my fellow captains once said, "oh heII, I'll take a blowjob from anybody."