At 03:36 05 October 2004, Matt Herron wrote:

This is a bit wierd, but a friend and I can
think of no lawyers who fly gliders. We can
think of plenty of doctors and gobs of
engineers, but no members of that darker
profession. Is it just us, or is there
something about soaring that excludes
lawyers? Aversion to risk??

The former, I believe. I know of four attorneys who
fly sailplanes; all of them at my home site.

Bob K.