All- And I thought this was a forum to answer questions about building KRs and share information. Personally, I don't have time to sort through everyone's personal comments. That goes for people on BOTH sides of this discussion. Unless you have a really crappy e-mail server, you DO have the option of responding directly to the author of a message. As a favor to this time strapped newbie builder, I would humbly ask that everyone please consider if the message they are about to post is really necessary, or if perhaps it is best directed to a specific individual. This seems to be a simple courtesy to others.
Patiently waiting to start building, ( and now expecting to be "flammed"), Keith C. Kruimwiede Rosedale, IN On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 07:48:07 -0600 (Mountain Standard Time) "gleone" <gle...@tritel.net> writes: > Bill, > > You have no need to apologize to these people. Too many of them > take > themselves far, far too seriously when nobody else does. I'm sure > their > projects are so perfect and totally without flaw that they have > earned the > right to sit at the right hand of God himself. Now, for the rest of > you > critics sitting out there, let me tell you a little story about > myself. > > I used to be very much like you, then on August 6, 1989, my whole > life > changed. I had been recently baptized a Christian and was pointing > my > finger at other Christians and their mistakes. Unless you're a > roper, you > will have at least three fingers pointing back at you when you point > at > someone else. Being an amateur radio operator living in Cheyenne, > Wyoming, > at the time, I got on the emergency weather net due to a major > thunderstorm > rolling into Cheyenne at the time. It was very electrical and > dropped > nearly 3 inches of rain and small hail in about 20 minutes. To read > the > rain gauge, I had to go outside. There were constant flashes of > lightening > and an endless roll of thunder. In a moment of pure genius, I > thought, "I'd > better disconnect my radio station before it gets hit by > lightening." While > holding the coax in my left hand, my right hand was on my very well > grounded > Drake TR-4 and my feet on the cement floor of the basement. The > next thing > I remembered was waking up some 15 feet from where I'd been > standing, numb > and temporally paralyzed, lying on the floor looking up at the > ceiling > wondering if I were dead or alive. After a few moments, I was able > to pick > myself up and realized I really was alive. I stopped taking myself > seriously and living solely for myself at that point and began > living only > for others. > > Now, if you're wondering what this has to do with Bill and his KR he > sold, > and sold for a price that was reasonable for both him and the buyer, > here it > is. Visit your local Ace Hardware store. Buy an Ace all metal > kite, a long > fine spool of wire and wait for the next thunderstorm to come > rolling > through to fly it. It couldn't hurt. In some of your cases, it > could only > help. Don't take yourselves so seriously: Nobody else does. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: KR builders and pilots > Date: Saturday, September 06, 2003 23:16:39 > To: KR builders and pilots > Subject: Re: KR>KR 4 sale > > the kr is sold so i will let you think what ever you > want. people like you are always right so i will tell > you that your right and that i am sorry i steped on > you toes. > > > > > --- Colin <crain...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > William, > > It is for sale and therefore out in the open to be > > evaluated; that is what people do in order to buy > > it. > > I don't want to sound antagonistic, but if it is > > such a chariot, why are you selling it? > > > > The original retracts are known for problems, are a > > bad design to try to retract them on climbout, while > > maintaining aircraft control, and any paint job that > > is $300 is an Earl Schibe/Maco special, that will be > > thin, heavy, low quality paint that will not last. > > Several KR netters have reported prices for their > > prep work prior to painting where they have invested > > more than that, and they furnished their own labor! > > If I am not mistaken Larry Flesner reported spending > > nearly that much on super fill and primer alone. I > > am sure that you are very proud of your airplane, > > and you have put into it alot of hard work. But > > aircraft, specifically homebuilts are not like used > > cars, that start at a base price because everything > > appears to work. Several netters including myself > > have bought new 0 time airframes complete for what > > you are asking for an older airplane that does not > > have some of the later refinements and improvements. > > I am sure that at some point there will be someone > > who agrees with your assessment of its value. Dan > > Heath stated what he thought an appropriate value of > > it was and I merely agreed with him, and stated why. > > I did not intend on offending you, nor insulting > > you. But your reaction does leave something to be > > desired to sway my opinion in your direction. > > However, as always this is my opinion, and I stand > > corrected by anyone who performs an inspection in > > person and finds me to be wrong... > > Colin Rainey KR2(td) > > crain...@cfl.rr.com > > Sanford, Florida > > FLY > > > SAFE!!!!_______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > . > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > >
