It's Christmas eve, and so what do my wife and kids want to do (as we're touring through Florida rather than at home in Canada)? They're out bathing suit shopping. Apparently "Ron's" is open to serve prospective bathers 24-365. It's the United States, a country where the merchants know their market!
So that leaves me with my daughter's computer, and a little unexpected quiet time. In the midst of the multitude of PPRuNe offerings of aviation wisdom, and some other kinds of "wisdom", Pompey Paul has reminded us that there is a higher importance than aviation, and that's the people of aviation.
While I was just typing my wisdom of debatable value into hyperspace, Pompey Paul was actually noticing that there was a person of debatable character behind my, and so many other's, posts. What an honourable achievement! It's so easy to forget that there are people out there, as we sit tucked away in our computer rooms slagging away!
So how can we salute this remarkable accomplishment in consideration of others? At the very least, I hope this thread somehow becomes a sticky for a while - not because it needs to be, just because it deserves to be! It certainly would be a shame if the rest of those of us who were so carefully considered, missed the opportunity to participate! So wizards of sticky, please consider this my Christmas wish!
I know that it won't be long before another industry shattering subject will come up, and we will all go to our corners, and come out as eloquent and empassioned as ever. In the mean time, I appreciate being considered as a person, and I will remind myself to behave as one next year. A week in the Caribbean with no internet awaits me. I'm sure that the Caribbean will offer many charms, but I'm hoping that one will be the odd internet cafe on little islands, at which we come to port.
In the mean time, Pompey Paul, would you honour us with a chapter two? I can think of a few more participants, on both sides of last season's slagging matches, who are equally entitled to "the treatment"!
Merry Christmas,
Pilot DAR