Fossett Fossilized - Who Cares? - Page 2

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

Thank God for rich guys, I yet to have a poor person come up to me and offer me a job. "arrogant"? don't think that has anything to do with being rich or poor? I have never met him so I don't know if he is really arrogant? have you?

onewhippedpuppy · 09-08-2007, 05:54 PM

Arrogant?! Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meet pot. Dear God man, look in the damn mirror. You're the one with the audacity to look down upon everyone who eats meat. Or kills animals. Or steps on bugs. Fossett did things that nobody else thought were possible. Other than annoying a lot of people on the internet, what have you done worth remembering?

You have repeated shown yourself to be a bitter, resentful, disrespectful, and generally loathsome individual. There's many on here I disagree with, you're the first to make me consider the ignore function.

gprsh924 · 09-08-2007, 05:59 PM

well said, +1

widgeon13 · 09-08-2007, 06:10 PM

Couldn't agree more.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

On-ramp wins the toolbox award, probably for the entire year.

cool_chick · 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Dunno, at least he did something worthwhile and exciting with his money... not like some rich guys who blow mountains of money filling warehouses with cars that sit and collect dust or collecting boats and houses that sit around empty and unused or throwing elaborate parties to surround themselves with celebrities.

Seems like a pretty cool dude.

+1

Hope he makes it home safe.

Drew001 · 09-08-2007, 06:39 PM

If you have Google Earth you can help search for his missing plane:
Click here

It's also on Slashdot here.

M.D. Holloway · 09-08-2007, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by on-ramp

these are all egotistical accomplishments. nothing to help people with his money, to put it plainly.

Sense when did lots-o-money automatically mean you had to share?

I say bless his heart that he had the nuts and the brains to make a fortune and even more golf claps for a guy that lived life for a thrill instead of sitting around counting dividends!

cool_chick · 09-08-2007, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew001

If you have Google Earth you can help search for his missing plane:
Click here

It's also on Slashdot here.

I don't think Google Earth is live...isn't it like weeks to months old data?

Drew001 · 09-08-2007, 07:07 PM

Of course it's not live, but...

Quote:

DigitalGlobe, one of Google's imaging partners, has acquired new high-resolution satellite imagery of the area where Fossett disappeared on Monday. The public can now go through this imagery and quickly flag any images that might contain Fossett's plane. Flagged images will receive further review by search and rescue experts.

When you download the .kml file and go to that area, the new images will load.

Someone has already found something interesting looking and reported it. Check out 38 29' 03.51" N 119 24' 21.64" W.

Moneyguy1 · 09-08-2007, 07:14 PM

It is sad to see one human being with so little compassion for others. Says a lot about what is wrong with our society. I even sensed a bit of envy in the vitriol.

Feelings like that are best kept to one's self. "Better to stay silent and be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth ane erase all doubt".

cool_chick · 09-08-2007, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew001

Of course it's not live, but...

When you download the .kml file and go to that area, the new images will load.

Someone has already found something interesting looking and reported it. Check out 38 29' 03.51" N 119 24' 21.64" W.

Oh. duh.

Wouldn't it be cool if they found him this way? This could totally revolutionize rescue searches too.....

efhughes3 · efhughes3's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by on-ramp

I personally don't have any sympathy.

"Fossett is Fossilized" - what the news media doesn't have the guts to declare.

Just another billionaire with too much free time and so much money, doing stupid $****. Is anyone really surprised? Take high risks, sooner or later you will go down.

Another arrogant rich guy who thinks they impervious to disaster. the Superman complex.

Well, wouldn't you know it. I hadn't been in OT for months. So, I decide to check if anything has changed. Nope, first thing I read is a dumba$$ comment from some fool with no money. Why don't you take the time to read what he's done.

On the flip side, if that spirit in mankind to explore and stretch the envelope didn't exist, then maybe the "new world" wouldn't have been discovered, and we wouldn't have goons like you running around.

BTW, I've met Steve Fossett, he's none of what you describe.

ckissick · 09-08-2007, 07:27 PM

I heard on the radio today that searchers found 6 other long-lost plane wrecks, all with human remains. They all must have been egotistical bastards just out polluting the atmoshere, too.

cool_chick · 09-08-2007, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by efhughes3

BTW, I've met Steve Fossett,...

You have? Oh, please share.....

96740 · 96740's Garage

Quote:

I personally don't have any sympathy. ...Another arrogant rich guy who thinks they impervious to disaster. the Superman complex.

Got Issues?

efhughes3 · efhughes3's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by cool_chick

You have? Oh, please share.....

Not much to share: San Diego Yacht Club a few years back. A pretty nice guy.

cool_chick · 09-08-2007, 07:49 PM

Very cool. Here's to hoping you meet him again.

I haven't lost faith yet, anyway...

Dantilla · 09-08-2007, 08:33 PM

I admire guys who live life to the last drop.

Publicly or in obscurity, I'd rather truely enjoy life rather than complain about others that do.

rouxroux · 09-08-2007, 09:23 PM

Wow on-ramp, at first I thought you had intended your post to be some sarcastic joke. But maybe now I see your "true colors shining through". Takes me back to memorizing Donne's "Meditation XVII" in 3rd grade. I'm sorry you are so bitter.