Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Job Offer Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:03:29 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <9qbetjpheo5f0gike1t2kq0co704h16ln1@4ax.com> <02detjd6g0a8r2advn0d8tpsf8iqrh0m86@4ax.com> <5ekgtjlvoglfkaqrs7klnvvtdiu8tlb7qq@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:03:32 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="70c899a08dcf4f9283a1d08989504c89"; logging-data="2982754"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AR2Y+c2JhiVgNiQ9OUJ9oUHbDMLb2orY=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:S7H89R4deJpxwXQPRzNLyC7wXN0= Bytes: 2343 On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:38:07 GMT, cyclintom wrote: >On Tue Mar 18 04:05:22 2025 Catrike Ryder wrote: >> >> >> >>Good point, and you understand the difference. See also >> >>airplane mechanics. >> > >> >"Most of what I know, I learned by reading and experimenting." >> > >> >Airplane mechanic? >> > >> >And the pilots don't complain? ():-) >> >> I never worked on an airplane, but I wrenched on cars and trucks and >> boats and tractors and snowmobiles and motorcycles and bicycles. I >> didn't need a school teacher for any of that. > > > > >Didn't you say that you flew small private aircraft? I don't recall posting about it, but many years ago as a kid, I rode my bicycle to a nearby small airport to go on an airplane ride that I heard could be had there. I rode in an old canvas and wood piper cub and the pilot let me hold the stick. Not quite the same as flying... -- C'est bon Soloman