glassholes

On 16 Feb 2005 21:07:24 GMT, Steve Hill
wrote:


..we've read it...we get it...

And nobody has bothered to look and see if any of what I've said in
fact is widespread. The reason is simple, it's easiest to look for an
external solution for an internal problem.

.and to say there are
no manual skills required, indicates to me...you must never have been worth
a crap as a sailplane pilot or you'd never say such a dumb comment in the
first place.

First ask me if I give a **** what I flew like. How well I flew makes
no difference now, it's relevant to nothing. Most are probably better
pilots than I was, but there are a lot of them that are not in the
same condition, I'm still living.

And if you'd quit trying to elevate soaring above any other hobby, and
admit that it's only another hobby, maybe you wouldn't drive people
out as fast as they come in. I have many interests, soarning was only
one, and not so great that I could justify sacrificing everything else
for. Those three years were pure stupidity. It's when I finally
realized that soaring WAS only another hobby, but one that was
preventing me from doing any of the others that I finally came to my
senses.

NOw if I could convince the one that keeps wanting me to come fly with
him, as a ballast weight in a 2-33, it would be alright. After three
years, one would think he'd get the idea that it isn't going to
happen.

Well, soaring pilot, maybe not.

Greybeard

Some people just make a hobby out of bitching. The original whiner got
lost in the Lennie shuffle. Greybeard? Again, what's wrong with using
your NAME? It's so easy to sit behind a keyboard and pour out your sad
testimonial about how you were never accepted. WWAAAAAHHHH!!!!

I just want to know your name so if ever introduced to you I won't
stick out my hand. I'd just want to turn and walk off, so please, give
me that opportunity.

The truth is that if you look at any situation, you'll find both good
and bad. You can accentuate either, and make it your truth. I'm a Pik
driver. Think I'll find acceptance among the 27b croud? Probably not?
Am I going to cry about it? Probably not... I'm going to go out and
practice. I'm going out to win some sports class events. I'm going out
to be a better soaring pilot. I would encourage you to do that but
regardless of what you do, you'll not be happy because someone didn't
kiss your ass. As to your being ballast in any glider I'm in, I'd
rather have the lead. It's personality would probably be more to my
liking.

And MY NAME is...

Jack Womack

On 16 Feb 2005 18:04:40 -0800, "Jack" wrote:

I just want to know your name so if ever introduced to you I won't
stick out my hand. I'd just want to turn and walk off, so please, give
me that opportunity.

My name is Richard, and the only chance you would ever have had of
being introduced to me would have been at the Beloit, Wisconsin
airport. That chance is gone and will never be available. I'd give
you my last name, but there are five in the state with the same first
and last name. You might make sure you get the right one.
(Hint: if they're at the airport, it ain't me.) You'll just have to
avoid everyone named Richard.

I would encourage you to do that but
regardless of what you do, you'll not be happy because someone didn't
kiss your ass.

Nope, sorry, not the way it is. I rather think my best moment,
after being offered a "free ride" in the Lark was waiting until the
plane was off with a customer, nobody else on the field, then getting
in my truck and leaving. Right after that, I think refusing a flight
in the Grop 103SL. I was supposed to be paying for a flight in a
2-33, and that's what I wanted. (Last summer, never happened, even
though I was on the schedule a couple of days, and was there.)
Nothing is free, and I'm not going to be the one that's carrying debt.

If it's any consolation to you, March 9 will be the end of the billing
period for sbcglobal, and I called in the cancellation this afternoon.
With service becoming worse and worse, and the cost going up, I don't
see myself even looking for another ISP.

Greybeard