How nice to read an aeronautical letter that is free of the possessive "its"
spelt as if it were an abbreviation of 'it is'; free of nouns used as
adjectives and of split infinitives. Remember the ode to 'Tires and Tyres'?
--h--- Original Message -----
From: Fergkyle <ve3lvo@rac.ca>
Subject: Re: OBAM Defined
> Dear Eddie and Sue:
> I quite agree that there should be a term which defines the
care
> and love that goes into an endeavour like building an aircraft. ....and
> perhaps OBAM is it. But it's foundation is built on ignorance. Ignorance
of
> the language in which it is couched - English.
> One of its great qualities is the richness brought to it by
> other languages - the Norse, the Celts, the Romans and so forth. The use
of
> the words comes from their ancestry. Thus most of our family connections
are
> basically Norse, and the bulk is handed down from the early conquerors -
> Latin. To be ignorant of the source is to lose the meaning by misspelling
it
> or mispronouncing it - writing and speaking.
> Sorry for the diatribe, but I take great pride in being an
> amateur - a lover of the job. I am an amateur radio licensee, not some
paid
> flunky who pretends to call himself a "professional", but a true
> professional - one who professes publicly to live to the highest personal
> standards he/she can attain - without taking money for it. That's an
> amateur.
> A professional is not someone who gets paid for what he/she
> does, but one who professes to do his/her best. Anyone who does not
profess
> publicly is a 'commercial' - thus there are very few professionals in
sport.
> They are either amateur or commercial, nothing more. One hears in the
> advertising claptrap of 'professional tools', professional ballplayers,
> professional this and professional that. Hawkers' hooey.
> How many amateurs satellites have been orbitted? The 40th is
up
> there now - is that amateurish? You bet your bottom dollar it is!
> So call it what you want, but be aware that ignoring the
history
> of language is destroying it. Let's not have any more "Honey I shrunk the
> kids", deeeepo, leeesure, or newspaper rout. No more of the giant's labor,
> vigor or odor. If it must change, make it take more than one stupid
> generation to occur.
> Evolution not revolution. I realise I'm putting Bill Gates and his Spelch
> Ekker out of coin, but then that's only commercial.
> I'm finished now.
> Happy landings
> Ferg
> A064
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eddie and Sue Lindsay <elindsay@zianet.com>
> Subject: OBAM Defined
>
>
> > Thought this might be of interest. - Ed Lindsay -
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls@aeroelectric.com>
> > Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List at Matronics
> > >
> > > OBAM is the seed of an idea that I thought I'd plant and see what
> > > happens. For years, we've been pretty proud of "amateur built" or
> > > "home built" as terms to describe our craft. Problem is, if you
> use
> > > these terms in conversation with the average person on t he
street
> > > you get a response that is less than positive.
> > >
> > > "You mean these airplanes are built in somebody's house?" or
> > > "My gawd, I'd never set foot in an airplane built by an AMATEUR."
> > >
> > > Using the word "experimental" isn't any better. So how about
> > > Owner Built and Maintained aircraft? When amateur built aviation
> > > was in its infancy, each builder was pretty much on his own.
Yeah,
> > > there was Sport Aviation and yeah, an occasional mechanic
> > > working in the certified world might drop by to help out . . .
> > > but by-in-large, each completed airplane was a solitary effort.
> > >
> > > Today, with kit offerings joining with a huge and growing
> > > infrastructure of builder communications on the 'Net, I'll
suggest
> > > that our efforts are head and shoulders taller than "amateur".
> > > A builder may be working on his first and perhaps only
construction
> > > project but the support structure makes his endeavor anything
> > > but amateurish.
> > >
> > > So how about it folks? This is a sort of pull yourself up by the
> > > bootstraps effort. I am reminded of good advice handed down
> > > by many who would mentor somebody up in the knowledge and
> > > skills of their particular specialty. "Son, if you want to be a
> > _________,"
> > > then then the FIRST thing you have to do is look, talk, and act
> like
> > > you ARE a __________." In our case, we fill in the blanks with
> > > the phrase, "builder of the world's finest single engine
> airplanes."
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob . . .
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > ( "Imagination is more important than knowledge. )
> > > ( It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal )
> > > ( education" Albert Einstein )
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > http://www.aeroelectric.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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