<DIV>Dean,</DIV>
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<DIV>ROFL!! I have a picture of that somewhere! </DIV>
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<DIV>It is funny you mention that bike. I still have it, in fact I just bought new tires for it since the old ones had dry rotted. I also have a bigger umbrella. :-) Maybe I will be able to tack upwind now.</DIV>
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<DIV>'Till we sail again</DIV>
<DIV>Arrrrrrrrrgh</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas <d.pappas@kodeos.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well, Bob ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let me tell you what I remember!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It was a dark and stormy contest. The winds whipped out of the SouthWest, and the clouds were a portent of imminent disaster.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>There on the windward horizon appeared a pirate ship: evil black flag flying in the wind, and racing toward us, menacingly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I was seated with the other magistrate, the Honorable Steve Stricker ... we were witness to the awful spectacle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What really happened? You, Bob, were on a fold-up bicycle, with a black umbrella for a sail, doing about 25 MPH without pedaling. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think Steve and I scored you generously for your Straight Flight Out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>still grinning</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob Richards<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: FAI Weight Thread<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Yeah, my memory is about as long as my, my, ........... uh, I forget. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob. R.</DIV>
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