On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:28:05 -0700, "F.L. Whiteley"
wrote:

[snip]

Old fart greybeard, with glider on display, jumps out in front of a group of
likely looking college undergrad snowboarders, points, and states
emphatically, "Soaring will change your life". At least one of that group,
after going from ab-initio to switched on glider instructor, has now
completed BPT for the USN and is headed for next school and carrier duty.
He has never forgotten that day, and soaring has changed his life.

How are things going for Dillon? I heard the Navy flight training
bases were shut down by hurricanes.

rj