The Old Girl and I listened to the speech from one of our grandson's who is thirteen years old.
The speech was part of the English Course for Public Speaking. Each student in the class chose their own topic which had to be delivered in front of the class and had to be at least fifteen minutes long.
A student was chosen to represent his/her class in the school auditorium in front of teachers and fellow students.
Our grandson without any help from his mom, dad and grandparents did all the research himself, his speech was in chronological order about the use of Bungee Cords prior to World War One to present time and used on Aircraft. He came in first place on Thursday past. I think now he competes against other students from other schools in the District.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_cord
https://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/l ... ee10mm.php
We did not hear his speech until yesterday at the bugsmasher field which he gave in front of some of some other Old Retired Rocking Chair Flying Geezers.
He never looked at his reference cards once, he kept us interested, many liked his reference to the movie, "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" and he spoke with ease as if he was having a normal conversation.
He composed his speech after examining the worn Bungee Cords from the wheel/skis to the airframe on his dad's Cessna 185. Prior to that he had no idea what he was going to talk about.
Well I am pleased as punch, it certainly shows my grandson takes after me and not his grandmother...
Can't remember my fifteen or twenty minute speech now, but I think it had to do with the use of horses during war, on the farm and the commercial use like pulling milk and bread wagons...
Oh and yes I did get in a hour or so flight in a Fleet Canuck on skis yesterday, Mother Earth looks so neat and clean when flying over the country side.
My friend asked me if I wanted to fly but I was busy looking at the scenery and eating a ham and cheese sandwich with green onions...
I have to speak to 10 year olds every other year at my wife's school when the Subject of aviation comes up. I have a laptop, projector and lots aircraft bits to show them. I have to speak for 45 minutes.............at the end I am knackered, mentally and physically. No way I would swap jobs with my wife....!
People Eating Tasty Animals.
so I had to talk about the type of pots etc.
