Re: When will BASS address the lies he told on this one?

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 Karl Magnus wrote:

> >> Karl Magnus wrote:
> >>>It has come to my attention that Robert
> >>>L Bass is also Arny Kruger!

> >> Optional replied:  I don't know who Arny Kruger is, but you
> >> reminds me of Freddy Kruger!

> > Robert L Bass wrote:
> > Freddy Kruger was ingeniously dangerous.  Magnus is
> > dumber than a box of rocks. [and]
> > Arny Kruger is a guy who disagrees with Magnus on several issues
> > not relevant to this newsgroup.

> interesting comming from someone whos entire post has been debunked
>as another one of your fantasies.
>
>EXAMPLES:
>POSTED IN 2003: "I've been in this trade for 26 years."
>POSTED IN 1997: "I personally have over 17 years experience in the trade."

Those two statements are not contradictory.   Therefore, not a lie.

>And my favorite Gem of all time.

>ROBERT L BASS :  STARRING IN  :  'Mayday-Mayday'

>"On my first cross country ride I asked my CFI if my son could come
>along for the ride.  He said that would be fine.  I asked the instructor
>not to pull any emergency practice because I didn't want to scare my
>son.  It was agreed and we made an uneventful ride to a small airport in
>NY state.  We had lunch there and then headed for home.  On the return
>leg there were some low hanging scattered clouds -- nothing big or
>nasty, just a few wisps hanging down.  I said I thought I should go
>lower and the CFI agreed.

> I pushed the yoke forward a bit, eased up on the throttle to maintain
>airspeed and began a descent.  Neither the CFI nor I noticed that the
>tach had drifted just below the green arc... uh-oh.

>Within less than a minute the engine coughed a few times and quit.  I
>thought at first that the CFI had done something and I was really
>annoyed with him for it.  I went through the engine restart routine as
>he had taught me... nothing?!?

>Meanwhile, my son thought the CFI and I were playing a
>joke so he said nothing.

>   I pushed forward a little to get us into best
>glide, set for full throttle and carb heat...  nothing????
>I was still thinking the CFI had pulled something when I turned and
>asked, "What now?" He said, "I don't know." I asked, "Is this a test?"
>"No, this is real."  [yikes]

>Up to now my son still thought we were playing a joke.  I had already
>begun a slow turn toward a golf course we had just passed before the
>engine failure.

>I asked if he wanted to take over.  He said, "Not yet but have you
>forgotten something?"

>I said, "Oh, yeah," tuned to 121.5 and keyed the button on the yoke.
>"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday... [etc] ...I have three souls on board.""

A jolly good tale.  Full of tension and emotion that builds steadily
to a cresendo.   Would have liked to have had the full text of the
Mayday message included, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest
of the adventure.