glassholes

On 19 Feb 2005 17:49:51 -0800, wrote:

actually only know two that occasionaly post something here, but the
March 9 cutoff of all contact with any soaring

I will mark March 9 on my Outlook calendar so I can toast the date! The
question is beer or champagne?

The brain poison of your choice. Rotten grain or rotten grape, still
equals rotten brain. Fortunately they still haven't found a cure for
alcohol damaged livers. I hope they never do, it limits at least a
few drunks to short lives.

Greybeard wrote:
On 19 Feb 2005 17:49:51 -0800, wrote:

actually only know two that occasionaly post something here, but
the
March 9 cutoff of all contact with any soaring

I will mark March 9 on my Outlook calendar so I can toast the date!
The
question is beer or champagne?

The brain poison of your choice. Rotten grain or rotten grape, still
equals rotten brain. Fortunately they still haven't found a cure for
alcohol damaged livers. I hope they never do, it limits at least a
few drunks to short lives.

17 days and counting.

Make it Scotch (Dalwhinnie) & rocks.

GK wrote:
wrote:

That may explain why some people fly, for example 1-26s, a low
performing yet inexpensive glider.


Inexpensive because its 100 years old

No way: mine is only half as old as I am!


Jack

Oh give it a break Lenney, Lennie, Greybeard. What you will never
understand is that we love soaring and wouldn't quit something we love
just because we met someone who was unfriendly.

Face it, you are just a quitter who squirms away whining when faced
with adversity. A loser who never really had the passion. If you had
you would have overcome the minor irritations and kept flying. It must
really be much easier to quit when you place the blame on others eh?
"It's not my fault, poor me, boo hoo, snivel."

BTW: I know quite a few 1-26ers and they could care less if a glasshole
or two turns up their nose. They are some of the most passionate group
of pilots I have ever met. No losers in that crowd. You wouldn't have
fit in with them either.

Greybeard wrote:
On 11 Feb 2005 15:26:07 -0800, "Go" wrote:


Well, that was an awakening! Welcome to the club eh?

If you want to feel the full magnitude, buy a 1-26.

I did

I learned,
I soloed,
I transitioned,
I listened,
I learned
Closed group with high entry fee.
I quit.

On 2 Mar 2005 12:25:30 -0800, "Go" wrote:

You wouldn't have
fit in with them either.

Soaring people normally don't fit in with the rest of the world. Just
a bunch of rich old retired conservatives that would do the world a
favor to find another planet to soar on. May I suggest Mercury?

rich man's hobby, acceptance based on personal wealth, nothing else.
Closed clique.

The 'them' in my statement referred to the people who fly 1-26's. So
now you are saying the people who are flying 1-26's are rich men of
personal wealth? A "closed clique"?

An amazingly incorrect view.

When I once visited an airport where only 1-26 were being flown, towing
my glass ship, they invited me to dinner and offered to brief me on the
area.

rich man's hobby, acceptance based on personal wealth, nothing else.
Closed clique.

You won't convince the dozen or so members in our Juniors program (aged
14 to 18) who work the line for flight time
(http://soargbsc.com/juniors.htm. Nor the several retired school
teachers who budget their flight time - among many others. A closed
clique based on personal wealth? Not a chance!

Tony V.
http://www.soargbsc.com

At 15:30 18 February 2005, Pw5 Flyer wrote:


You mean 'Jamie Denton'

Wow, this thread is STILL going, I'm impressed, so
I'll bite, well done, I see you can use google.


Stick to the subject or person posting and stay away
from
their family. That's just hateful.

It's freely avaliable info, that Lennie brings up unprompted
with reasonable regularity. Given that the post was
just a brief summary of Lennie I dug up and I didn't
actually insult his family I'll just ignore that and
chalk it up to 'artificial sense of moral righteousness'.

I didn't say anywhere I disliked aliases, many people
on
this group use them. I didn't appreciate your divulging
his families information while using one.

Fairy nuff, I disagree but can't be bothered arguing
semantics.

And fyi, I don't dislike you or lennie because of
your
choice of ship (1-26 or PW5, not the ships I'd choose
but each to their own), I dislike you for your attitude
and your wallowing in self pity.

I really don't care what you like or dislike. I don't
care
what you fly either, I wouldn't be the one walking
up to
you at the field and insulting your choice, however.

wow, you actually completely missed the point, just
because I wouldn't choo it doesn't mean it's a bad
glider...sheesh... Just because I don't trade my (admittedly
slightly knackered and old) Volvo for a for a new Ford
Fiesta, doesn't mean that I think the Fiesta is a bad
car, just innappropriate for what I want to do....
And I don't have any intention of telling you what
I fly or where I fly, although if you are bored you
are welcometo do some digging and find out, I don't
really care.


Lost in Translation maybe, thank goodness you are
an ocean away.

Oh well, I guess I'll never have the pleasure of sharing
a pint with you... pity.... I'm actually curious to
find out why you seem to get the cold shoulder from
the 40:1 crowd, I have to say I've never seen that
here, in fact almost the complete oposite seems to
be true..


Sorry for the speed of reply, I've been away doing
things like...shock horror....flying instead of whining
about the people around me like certain people (Lennie)...

Jamie Denton

Roll on the 9th of March


PW5 Flyer

On 2 Mar 2005 16:43:42 -0800, "Go" wrote:

The 'them' in my statement referred to the people who fly 1-26's. So
now you are saying the people who are flying 1-26's are rich men of
personal wealth? A "closed clique"?

To put it very bluntly, my 1-26 was eating ALL of the money that I had
to spend, and for me to continue would have been exceedingly stupid.
Yes, I could have "put it on the card", and had the appearance of
someone that was better off than I am, but that would have been
stupidity multiplied by a factor of ten.

An amazingly incorrect view.

Maybe in your eyes. The average hourly worker isn't found at a glider
strip, unless it's for a ride on a gift certificate. Could be a sign
of common sense.

So I wrote off the 7 or 8 thousand dollars it had cost me in three
years as a total waste. I'm not stupid enough to go back, I can sit
at home and be ignored.

At 05:30 04 March 2005, Greybeard wrote: (snip)

I can sit at home and be ignored.

I don't think so, for some, ignoring you is not an
option. Are you an american institution?