AraiBob Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 Hello, I am a retired "I T" guy, 37 years as a programmer, systems analyst, and a bunch more related jobs. I am an extreme introvert, who had to act as a 'extrovert' to get things done at work. I grew up in Wyoming, worked my career (mostly) in California. I am 'conservative', but some people had odd ideas of what that means. Mainly, I am driven by 'puzzles'. Things I see or hear that make me ponder... When I was a teen, the Vietnam War was the 'topic of the day'. And the oddest thing I heard? "My country, right or wrong." That one tied me up for years. I was a good math and science student, but over time I realize I had been lied to in the classroom and other places. I was excited to read Science Fiction, and hoped to be living on the moon by the mid 1980s. But by that date, I realized we were NEVER going to leave this place. And I had one very big puzzle about the space launches. Why was it that after a while, they 'rotated' and flew horizontal to the earth? Until out of sight. The quickest way to space is straight up. Yes, I heard a lot of stories and explanations, but that one thing made me suspect the whole NASA thing was a lie. Now, retired, I can examine some of those 'beliefs' and wonder why and how those false narratives came to be believed. I remember as a kid, watching the Three Stooges. And when I worked in Construction, part time as a student in middle and high school, I often saw on the work place a playing out of what the Three Stooges did on the TV. I wanted to laugh, but knew the people around me would get angry. I still wonder of that one. And puzzles NEVER go away. They stick in the mind. It was this that helped me solve a lot of issues at work. As a Systems Analyst, I remembered all the puzzles I tripped across in my work. and when I was assigned a problem, I could recall those things, and they helped in resolving those issues. As a kid of 14, the family was in the mountains of Wyoming. Approx 10k feet altitude. About 5:30AM on a June day. I am looking 'down the mountain' to the north east. And suddenly, a very bright light appears in the distance. I wondered what the heck it was, and how far away. I saw this same thing some other summers, and realized the sun was reflecting off the outdoor movie screen in our town. I guessed it was about 40 miles away. When I spoke of it with my father, he said closer to 50 miles. I was taught that the 'horizon' was 14 miles. So, here I am clearly looking at something much farther than that. And behind that light I could easily see two times that distance. So much for the globe earth LIE. I could be wrong, but whenever I flew, I tried to guess how far I could see. On my first intercontinental flight, we were supposed to be at 37,000 ft altitude (about 7 miles). We flew over a container ship, and I could see individual containers on that ship. A few years later I worked for an international shipping company, and saw such container ships up close, and concluded the flight indicator of 35,000 feet was a lie. And the speed? supposedly 550 MPH. Also a lie, as I saw the ship 'coming', while over it, for a lot longer than that speed would allow. This told me the airlines are 'in' on the lie. And I wondered, why? Why bother? Who the hell cares if the earth if flat or round? If the altitude reading is false? Or the speed is also false? Too many questions with no answers. Best regards, AraiBob Arai as a sound has several meanings. Arai is the name of a motorcycle helmet manufacturer. Aray is the way a Filipino says "ouch". I have "a wry" sense of humor, and some times I am 'awry', meaning out of level.
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