Re: John Hersey, plus a way off-topic story

["John Stricker" <jstricke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hofs,

HORSEPUCKY!!!  WHAT'S HER NAME??  I've been flying for 20 years, the last 13
of them with only one eye and got my multi-engine, instrument, and
commercial rating with just one eye.

There's no such thing as CAN'T if you really want to do it.

John Stricker

> The story:
>
> A widowed friend of mine lives in Anchorage and teaches at the U of A
> Anchorage. Her dead husband was an Army Colonel who had served in all the
> wars from WWII through Vietnam.
>
> She met him on the pipeline construction project, and his job there was to
> keep things moving for Bechtel. He could really take care of himself, and
> expected her to be able to do the same.
>
> So, her water heater in the garage goes out and a repair man comes to fix
> it. He sees a picture of Bin Laden on the wall with about 200 bullet holes
> in it. He asks who shot up the picture. She says that she did with a full
> automatic Thompson.
>
> He asks her other questions about her life. Downhill skier, expert
canoeist,
> fly fisherwoman, shooter of big game, catcher of near record King Salmon
and
> so on.
>
> He asks, "Is there anything you can't do?"
>
> She says, "I can't fly a plane, I only have one eye."
>
> He says, "I thought you were too good to be true."