From fork-admin@xent.com Wed Sep 25 10:24:51 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B23816F03 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:24:50 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:24:50 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8P1i3C03770 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:44:04 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBC62940F4; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:38:08 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A022940F3 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-119ac86.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.49.6]) by hall.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17u1B3-0000AQ-00; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:41:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rahettinga@pop.earthlink.net Message-Id: To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org From: "R. A. Hettinga" Subject: Re: SF Weekly's Ultimate SF Date lineup :-) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:34:55 -0400 Righ, somebody. Reminds me of the old Divorced Man's exposition of what happened to him. "First, you get a ring. Then you give it away. Then, you get a house. And you give *that* away...." Just kidding, Darling... ;-). Cheers, RAH Who, um, doesn't own a house... --- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:12:12 -0400 From: Somebody To: "R. A. Hettinga" Subject: Re: SF Weekly's Ultimate SF Date lineup :-) Bob, Living aboard a Cessna 172 would be challenging, but I did meet a couple at an airshow in Point Mugu in 1995 or so that had converted an old seaplane (it was a bit larger than a PBY, I think) to something of a floating, flying RV. They visited a lot of airshows and covered a lot of miles. I'm sure maintenance (on a 50+ year old airframe), fuel (for two large radial engines) insurance and other costs were out of my price range, but what a hoot! On a more realistic note, the flight to Half Moon bay was probably 2 hours of flight time at about $75/hour in the Cessna. Not exactly a cheap date, but that's nothing compared to the money I've spent on her since. (And loved every minute of it, Darling!!) "R. A. Hettinga" wrote: > --- begin forwarded text > > Status: RO > Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org > To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org > Subject: Re: SF Weekly's Ultimate SF Date lineup :-) > From: Dave Long > Sender: fork-admin@xent.com > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:28:04 -0700 > > > Proving, once again, that aviators get all the chicks... > > Just as long as they have the wherewithal > for avgas, anyway. > > I think Turpin once calculated that one > could do a decent amount of messing about > for about $30K of boat and $12K/year in > living expenses. > > What are the equivalent figures for live > aboard aircraft? > > -Dave > > (How difficult would it be to find the > harbormaster, after mooring to the top > of the Empire State Building?) > > --- end forwarded text > > -- > ----------------- > R. A. Hettinga > The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation > 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA > "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, > [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to > experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'