Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 14:05:30 -1000 From: crowell@teleport.com (Carl Crowell) Message-Id: <2tav4a$152@linda.teleport.com> Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Subject: Kites !!! A hobby ??? Some people may think that it is not a worth while hobby, but it is a heck of a job. I can actually say that I fly kites for a living, I happen to build them too, but at least I get to fly them. Beats jobs like -press keys on keyboard -mid-level management suck up (effective mid lev. mgrs excepted) Besides, who can knock a hobby that involves days at the beach, in the sun (unless your in the Pac. North West), and it is enviornmentally sound. You do not need to kill, destroy or burn anything to fly a kite. oh well. carl -- crowell@teleport.COM Public Access User --- Not affiliated with TECHbooks Public Access UNIX and Internet at (503) 220-1016 (2400-14400, N81) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 08:33:42 -1000 From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) Message-Id: <2td026$8sv@pobox.csc.fi> Organization: Centre for Scintific Computing Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In <2tav4a$152@linda.teleport.com> crowell@teleport.com (Carl Crowell) writes: >Some people may think that it is not a worth while hobby, but it is a >heck of a job. >I can actually say that I fly kites for a living, I happen to build them >too, but at least I get to fly them. >Beats jobs like >-press keys on keyboard >-mid-level management suck up (effective mid lev. mgrs excepted) >Besides, who can knock a hobby that involves days at the beach, in the >sun (unless your in the Pac. North West), and it is enviornmentally >sound. You do not need to kill, destroy or burn anything to fly a kite. > >oh well. >carl In case all rec.kiters did not make the connection, Carl is the Carl "Cross Deck" Crowell. There was a thread on Cross Deck a few weeks ago. (see. Kite Lines Summer-Fall 1993). Wellcome to rec.kites, Carl! Simo -- Simo.Salanne@csc.fi STACK Finland = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 10:11:50 -1000 From: mgraves@leadingedg.win.net (Michael Graves) Message-Id: <533@leadingedg.win.net> Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In article <2tav4a$152@linda.teleport.com>, Carl Crowell (crowell@teleport.com) writes: > >Some people may think that it is not a worth while hobby, but it is a >heck of a job. >I can actually say that I fly kites for a living, I happen to build them >too, but at least I get to fly them. >Beats jobs like >-press keys on keyboard >-mid-level management suck up (effective mid lev. mgrs excepted) > >Besides, who can knock a hobby that involves days at the beach, in the >sun (unless your in the Pac. North West), and it is enviornmentally >sound. You do not need to kill, destroy or burn anything to fly a kite. > >oh well. Nice to hear from you Carl! Your Cross Deck design is one of the finest designs we've seen published in a long while. Many thanks. Michael Graves & Ilene Atkins = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 19:16:31 -1000 From: johnsen@eskimo.com (Brian Johnsen) Message-Id: Organization: Captain Pugets Roadside Taco Stand Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In article <533@leadingedg.win.net>, Michael Graves wrote: > >In article <2tav4a$152@linda.teleport.com>, Carl Crowell (crowell@teleport.com) writes: [ ] >>Besides, who can knock a hobby that involves days at the beach, in the >>sun (unless your in the Pac. North West), and it is enviornmentally >>sound. You do not need to kill, destroy or burn anything to fly a kite. Other than the petrochemicals. Hmm... maybe back to natural silk or paper & bamboo or spruce ... Not from old growth forests of course. -- Mind Bogglingly Big Wasp Kidnaps Royal City (drippingly in Seattle) -- Brian Johnsen johnsen@eskimo.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:17:10 -1000 From: mws@mael.soest.hawaii.edu (Michael Sawyer) Message-Id: Organization: University of Hawaii SOEST Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In article <2tav4a$152@linda.teleport.com>, Carl Crowell wrote: > [...] > >Besides, who can knock a hobby that involves days at the beach, in the >sun (unless your in the Pac. North West), and it is enviornmentally >sound. You do not need to kill, destroy or burn anything to fly a kite. I do have to admit that I once hit a bird with my lines. I don't think it killed it, but it was really dazed for a while. :> (Yes, I am serious; no, I didn't do it on purpose) -- Michael Sawyer - My opinions are mine, not necessarily UH's, NSF's, or NASA's University of Hawaii Physical Oceanography/Satellite Remote Sensing PGP Key Fingerprint: F6 30 38 F5 E5 B2 13 EA 3E B3 CF 3C 6E 2E 9F D0 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 02:33:35 -1000 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Message-Id: <2tpgqv$sgl@umd5.umd.edu> Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In article mws@mael.soest.hawaii.edu (Michael Sawyer) writes: >I do have to admit that I once hit a bird with my lines. I don't >think it killed it, but it was really dazed for a while. :> I winged a couple of birds way back when, but not enough to make them do more than squawk in protest. Much more amusing to me, though, was the first time Chuck Connor tried out a Flexifoil--one of my six footers, at SunFest '91. Somehow he managed to knock the bird out of the sky! I think he smacked it's wing with a line hard enough to flip it over and lose any sense of aerodynamicism. Fortunately, a moment after it thumped onto the beach, it got up and flew off again. I wonder if the bird would have been so lucky if we'd been flying on Kevlar. Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Everything is still with a fear of never coming out | |Suffering Bad Grammar| Never following through / Never ever finishing | |jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu | What we wanted to do." -- Melissa Ferrick | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 18:21:43 -1000 From: johnsen@eskimo.com (Brian Johnsen) Message-Id: Organization: Captain Pugets Roadside Taco Stand Subject: Re: Kites !!! A hobby ??? In article <2tpgqv$sgl@umd5.umd.edu>, Jeffrey C. Burka wrote: >In article mws@mael.soest.hawaii.edu (Michael Sawyer) writes: > >>I do have to admit that I once hit a bird with my lines. I don't > >I winged a couple of birds way back when, but not enough to make them do I was flying a small white fighter kite with a red hand in the middle down on the public pier on the Seattle waterfront. It seemed to facinate all the immature gulls nearby who kept buzzing it trying to get free eats. Seems that the red spot on the bill of a white mature gull means it'll feed ya if you pester it enough. I didn't injure any of them. It was rather fun flying about between them. Just watch out when they jettison excess ballast when manouvering sharply. -- French Electrical Engineers Resurrect Mary Queen Of Scots Oil Painting At Eleven -- Brian Johnsen johnsen@eskimo.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =