Oh my goodness Mr. Noonan I feel like a jerk now! You took the time out to post a well thought out response to my silly satire. Please forgive me, my intentions were good I promise. I was trying to express my thoughts on some very silly threads going on lately that are being debated in a manner so heated you would think they were political in nature. If my parachute didn't open during my sky dive I don't think I'd be around to ask for my money back
I was really just pulling your leg on that one. On the other hand I was making a few cheap shots at flyguy for posting what I think is some very negative garbage. I'm going to hop on my soap box and hope I don't regret it later, however I feel it is for a good cause. This type of negativity first spreads around the forum, and then permeates into the community like poisionous vapors. Not a good state to be in considering the economy. We should be opening our arms to embrace entrepeneurs whose main focus is to bring revenue and tourism back to the Lakes Region. We may not agree with their logic 100% however there are a few circumstances to be considered. First the Noonan's seem to be experienced in this field and have done their homework. Second, judging from the responses the Noonan's have provided I highly doubt they are looking to open a business that is going to put many people's lives in dangers, open them up to wrongful death law suits, property damage law suits from customers landing on people's property or colliding with planes. Or be dragged into Court constantly with injunctions from those who frequent the airport and get irritated with the delays, and property abutters whose lawns become front row seats for spectators to watch it all take place, have to listen to ambulance after ambulance, deal with the news and media taking pictures of planes landing on houses to avoid colliding with skydivers? You get the picture. C'mon. Do you really think these people are looking to waste their time and money this way, and royally piss off the community while they do it? Do you really think that local and State authorities are not going to make sure this is a safe practice before allowing this to go on? No smart business person wants a law-suit. Even the ones who aren't that smart for that matter! There is always a certain amount of risk involved in a new business, especially such an eccentric idea like the Noonan's have. Yet I don't think there is any way they could get the town of Laconia to allow them to be in the business of risking 100's of people's lives daily. They won't even let a Methadone Clinic in! Think before you post this kind of hogwash, based on nothing more then "scary Mary" BS--and we are now starting to see even more so how much revenue, tourism, spark and life this BS can drive away. I've learned my lesson the hard way to zip my lips or more so, hold my trigger finger before responding to what I find offensive or wrong in my opinion. But I can't sit back and not call on what I find to be out-and-out negativity. The very negativity that directly harms the Lakes Region. If I offended anyone in this process, I apologize in advance. I did this with good intentions. Maybe I should have not been sarcastic in my initial post, but I was trying to give everyone a laugh and be more subliminal in my responses to such nonsense. However Mr. Noonan there is a silver lining to the situation--your policy is now posted so that no one has to step up and ask what happens if they do chicken out when they get up there!
By the way I think that is a very fair policy! I prefer to stay on the ground myself, and my husband would never shoot at falling skydivers or clay disks for that matter. If a customer did happen to land on my roof deck, my only request is they bring me a mocha iced latte and try not to shake it :-) Before I close I do wish you and your wife the best of luck again.
-Off my soap box
