On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:49 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> It just puzzles me that what I wrote was apparently fairly lame, as
>>> far as I can tell, and yet several people seemed to really like it.
>> 
>> What Darren said.  It's an exceptionally good piece of writing.  Does a
>> very good job of helping the reader visualize where you were.
> 
> Heh. Can you find me on Google Earth? ;-)

Probably not, but that's not really the point.  Many people struggle at 
descriptive text, but for you it seems to flow naturally. :-)

> (Actually... it makes for some interesting flying. Even on a computer
> screen, the simulated mountains seem insanely big. IIRC, Google's images
> are from summer though, so not much snow where I was.)

Yeah, I get that when I'm flying in x-plane as well.  But the mountains 
here near where I live (2-5 miles away) are recognisable, too.

Jim

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