Charging concerns/questions with NMP Lithium Ion batteries

[Mike Hester]

Tom, I sincerely apologize for snapping last night. My apology goes out to
all but one person, the same person that has been sniping at me for 2 years.
And until last night, I think most everyone would agree that I used almost
divine restraint.

But I have my limits. He hit my button, and I went off. For not controlling
my temper, I apologize.

Let me give you some insight as to why though. Maybe I shouldn't, but almost
none of you even know this.

My son is 4 years old. He was born with multiple abnormalities. The wife got
pregnant with him at the same time I got lupus and lost everything I owned.
And I do mean everything.

Yesterday afternoon, he came home from his 14th surgery. He still eats
through a feeding tube, he breathes through a trach, is on oxygen 24/7.
Yesterday they widened his ear canal and did a skin graft on his arm. He
can't talk, and you can imagine what the little guy was doing. As a father,
it's pretty hard to keep your stuff straight when you have to watch your son
go through that, and you have a potentially deadly genetic disorder on top
of it. And I think I've done well, I don't think hardly anyone in D3 even
knew I had a son. I normally try to keep my own problems to myself, but
since I probably just ruined what was left of my reputation, I thought maybe
I'd explain why my fuse is so short right now.

This particular guy has been sniping at me for 2 years, and when he repeated
his stupidity yesterday, I just went off. I'm sorry, but I'm human. I
normally eat stress for breakfast, but that was more than I'm willing to
ignore.

It's not hard to remember right now why I sold all of my stuff and quit
flying. A year ago I almost died, for christ's sake. Right now I'm wondering
why I just dropped a couple thousand dollars to get back into it. But there
are enough good people out there in this group that they DO outweigh the
jack asses.

So in the future, I will TRY to keep my cool. No garauntees though if I get
attacked and I don't feel I deserved it whatsoever. Now, 2 years ago I
served as the voice of caution concerning this new technology because nobody
else would. Now that Cameron has spoken up, I'm done. I've taken enough crap
over this subject. But if someone new asks a questions and I don't feel they
are being given ALL of the answers, then I'm likely to warn them to be
careful. If that bothers some of you, TOUGH.

I'm done with this crap, I have a new 2 meter that needs paint.

-Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas C. Weedon" <weedon at wwnet.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:44 AM
Subject: RE: Charging concerns/questions with NMP Lithium Ion batteries


> Just a reminder, please conduct yourselves as gentlemen on this list. We
> don't want to give the world the impression that Pattern Flyers are from
the
> "wrong side of the tracks", now do we? In the future, if someone offends
you
> (intended or otherwise) start counting backwards from 99, and when you get
> to "0" then write your reply. Remember, participation on this list is a
> privilege, not a right. We can pull the plug.
> Have a nice day,
> Tom Weedon
> List Moderator
>


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