Hard winter coming

[Larry Lyons]

It was autumn, and the Aboriginal tribe asked their Elder
if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Elder
in a modern society he couldn't tell what the weather was
going to be.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his
Tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members
of the village should collect wood to be prepared. But also being
a practical leader, after several days he got an idea.

He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather
Service and asked 'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'
'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed,' the weather
man Responded.

So the Elder went back to his people and told them to
collect even more wood. A week later, he called the National Weather
Service again. 'Is it going to be a very cold winter?'
'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again
replied, 'It's definitely going to be a very cold winter.' The Elder
again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of
wood they could find.

Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service
again. 'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very
cold?' 'Absolutely,' The Man replied. 'It's going to be one of the
coldest winters ever.'
'How can you be so sure?' the Elder asked.

The weatherman replied, 'The Aboriginals are collecting wood like
crazy.'

[Forrest Barber]

Re: Hard winter coming

Now we can see why the FAA here got very concerned when so many sets of Taylorcraft struts were shipped to the UK and they assumed that many had failed. They are still patting themselves on the back for saving so many lives.