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The Bar => Introductions & Subsequent Welcomes => Topic started by: An Ordinary American on April 06, 2011, 06:11:48 PM
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Lurked around here for a bit, joined, and then posted some blog info in another forum--but without doing a proper introduction.
I'm just an ordinary American. ex-military, former law enforcement, and retired corporate executive trying to figure out what to do when I grow up.
Spending more time with some of the charities we support, I'm a volunteer pilot for Grace Flight/Angel Flight as well as Young Eagles, avid sport-shooter who also reloads and casts his own bullets, and enjoys a good day out on the boat.
I get tired of hearing "what we're supposed to hear" and get sick of being told "what we're supposed to think" and "what's really important" from all the talking heads in and around the Beltway in DC. A few years before I retired (and I'm still relatively young--not even in my 60's), I wrote a couple of columns in some business publications under the moniker of "An Ordinary American" and they were points of view from everyday, average Americans just like me.
The response was interesting--and plentiful.
Few years ago, I started An Ordinary American blog, but didn't put too much effort or thought into it and the response reflected it. About six weeks ago, the wife and I sat down and re-did it and pulled out some old columns I'd written back in my corporate-world days and put some new stuff in, solicited opinions and thoughts from friends and colleagues who think like us, and put it all together.
The response has been mind-boggling. Thousands of hits a day and still going up.
And what this tells me is just how fragmented our "united" country has become.
I don't know how the view is from the lofty perches that our conservative "spokespeople" sit on because I have no interest in squatting on a lofty perch. I live in the real world. A world in which there is a mortgage, grocery and utility bills, medical concerns. . . a world in which we're tired at the end of the day because we worked our butts off.
Our (so-called) leaders, from both sides of the political spectrum, have forgotten how we everyday, ordinary Americans live.
I think the Tea Party reminded them this past election, but there is a lot of reminding to do.
Which is why I enjoy discussion forums like this one.
--AOA
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You don't drive a BMW do you?
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You don't drive a BMW do you?
:bird:
It's not just a BMW... it's a 'sophisticated driving machine'.
At least that's what the ads told me.
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Welcome AOA!
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:rofl:
ha ha ha...
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Welcome!! Rotary or fixed wing??
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You don't drive a BMW do you?
Heh heh. No, no BMW for me. I bounce around north Texas in my beloved old '94 Chevy extended cab pickup truck with the matching topper that I refer to as my "dog rig."
--AOA
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Welcome!! Rotary or fixed wing??
Fixed wing. Anything that beats the air into submission (helicopter) kind of scares me.
--AOA
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Fixed wing. Anything that beats the air into submission (helicopter) kind of scares me.
--AOA
AS us "rotorheads" would say, "If it can't hover, it's queer"....... :-) BTW, I'm up North of you. I'm near North Texas Regional Airport.
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AS us "rotorheads" would say, "If it can't hover, it's queer"....... :-) BTW, I'm up North of you. I'm near North Texas Regional Airport.
Well, you know. . . us Air Force types always say that helicopters are for pilots who want to fly, but don't want to go anywhere. :)
We're at Hicks (T67), so we're pretty close to you--you at Northwest Regional (52F)? We've got a couple of RV friends who hangar up that way, plus a Birdog driver. All of them are on the east side of the runway, about mid-ways down.
--AOA
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No, GYI.
BTW & for the record, I'm a maintainer, not a pilot. :-)
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Welcome, sir.
How did you find us?
No malicious intent behind the query; it's just that for purposes of market research, we like to know what brings people here, what works and what doesn't work.
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Welcome!
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Welcome, AOA! :cheersmate:
Congratulations on your retirement, and your blog.
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No, GYI.
BTW & for the record, I'm a maintainer, not a pilot. :-)
what do you "maintain"? :naughty:
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No, GYI.
BTW & for the record, I'm a maintainer, not a pilot. :-)
Ah, Sherman/Denison--the field with the tower.
I have some friends whose son is going to ATC school there and getting some tower work. Keep needing to get up that ways. Maybe next Mon/Tues.
If you want, I'll PM you when I know I'm going to be heading that way--maybe grab a bite to eat.
AOA
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Welcome, sir.
How did you find us?
No malicious intent behind the query; it's just that for purposes of market research, we like to know what brings people here, what works and what doesn't work.
Actually, I did a search for "conservative discussion forums" and y'all came up. I lurked for a bit and thoroughly enjoyed what I was reading, so I joined up.
Any place that despises the Democratic Underground as much as I do is Valhalla to me.
--AOA
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Sounds like Google is our biggest friend. :)
#4 (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=conservative+forums&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
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Welcome to CC, An Ordinary American. :cheersmate:
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Welcome aboard AOA.
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Ah, Sherman/Denison--the field with the tower.
I have some friends whose son is going to ATC school there and getting some tower work. Keep needing to get up that ways. Maybe next Mon/Tues.
If you want, I'll PM you when I know I'm going to be heading that way--maybe grab a bite to eat.
AOA
Sounds good. Everything is up in the air at the moment. So, drop me a PM and if I'm not otherwise occupied, like with work or family, we'll go grab a bite someplace. Not much good out by the airport, though.
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what do you "maintain"? :naughty:
I used to maintain a stable of women, but the man hour/ pleasure hour was too high. :lmao: :lmao:
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Welcome!!!!!!
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what do you "maintain"? :naughty:
I'd be tempted to say "His sanity," but we all know Thor better than that.
:lmao:
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I used to maintain a stable of women, but the man hour/ pleasure hour was too high. :lmao: :lmao:
Uhh, you maintained one woman out in the stable, Thor. :yahoo:
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Uhh, you maintained one woman out in the stable, Thor. :yahoo:
Hmm, what's her DUmmy handle?
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Hmm, what's her DUmmy handle?
The horse with no name?
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Welcome AOA!!
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The horse with no name?
Oh, I think you mean the whore with no shame. :-)
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Oh, I think you mean the whore with no shame. :-)
Damn, are you psychic or something. You nailed her description perfectly!!
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Geez, us Texans are taking over the board. Bow before us, mortals.
Howdy from another North Texan.