On 4 Feb 2005 14:55:33 -0800, wrote:

Either the people who make the disparaging remarks never show up at the
airport or they take on a different personality when flying but so far
the soaring folks I have met have been nothing but polite and friendly.

Polite, friendly, and the disparaging remarks become disguised as
"friendly advice". "Fatherly advice" about what I will and won't
like, from someone that's twenty years my junior, and only knows me
from a few weekends at the field.

Nope, sorry. Been there, seen it. Asked myself if this is what I
want to be part of, then didn't let anything catch my tail as I left.

Not sorry either.

Greybeard

Otherwise known as

Lennie.