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Final
Midnight tonight. That's the end of the paid period for SBC. Signing
off now, permanently, I don't need to waste money on the net when I get nothing for it. One email in the last two weeks, nothing in the midi groups worth pulling down, I don't need to go "shopping" on the net to find out when I call them "Unavailable". 66% increase from SBC, not worth it. Electronic commerce is only fifty centuries behind the man that you see face to face and he knows if he's got it in stock or not. Haven't heard from my "buddy" in over two weeks, email or otherwise, another "aquaintance". I'm not surprised. Haven't heard from anyone else either, no loss there. Traded this compuker off for a couple of small brass locomotives, the Mac that I have as a word processor/DB/spreadsheet will replace it. DSL modem going in the trashcan. Smashed first, it won't be used again. Have fun as you watch your numbers decline, it's not my worry, I don't care if they go to zero or if you're regulated out of all airspace, it won't make any difference to me. Until you kill the attitude that only higher performance gliders are worthy, that there can only be one object to flying gliders, they're going to continue to go down. The "good ole boys" are going to see that it never changes, that someone in a lower performance ship is fully their equal in their skills will continue to be laughed at. The idea that soaring can be done "on a budget" will still be followed with disillusionment when facts become known, it can't. It can be done at a lower cost, but still far above what any working stiff with even a grain of sense will spend. Get rid of the high cost, get rid of the big mouths that want to play God, and the decline might slow. My prediction is that it will be as rare as the commercial go-kart tracks have become. Not without reason, and for most of the people, unmourned. May winter last forever. Greybeard/Lennie. Do not answer, the modem is going to be pulled in another twenty minutes, then the computer disconnected so I can replace the graphics card before trading it. |
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Good riddance beeotch. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way
out. BTW, haven't we heard the "I'm outta here and never coming back" bs before from you? Crusty Greybeard wrote: Midnight tonight. That's the end of the paid period for SBC. Signing off now, permanently, I don't need to waste money on the net when I get nothing for it. One email in the last two weeks, nothing in the midi groups worth pulling down, I don't need to go "shopping" on the net to find out when I call them "Unavailable". 66% increase from SBC, not worth it. Electronic commerce is only fifty centuries behind the man that you see face to face and he knows if he's got it in stock or not. Haven't heard from my "buddy" in over two weeks, email or otherwise, another "aquaintance". I'm not surprised. Haven't heard from anyone else either, no loss there. Traded this compuker off for a couple of small brass locomotives, the Mac that I have as a word processor/DB/spreadsheet will replace it. DSL modem going in the trashcan. Smashed first, it won't be used again. Have fun as you watch your numbers decline, it's not my worry, I don't care if they go to zero or if you're regulated out of all airspace, it won't make any difference to me. Until you kill the attitude that only higher performance gliders are worthy, that there can only be one object to flying gliders, they're going to continue to go down. The "good ole boys" are going to see that it never changes, that someone in a lower performance ship is fully their equal in their skills will continue to be laughed at. The idea that soaring can be done "on a budget" will still be followed with disillusionment when facts become known, it can't. It can be done at a lower cost, but still far above what any working stiff with even a grain of sense will spend. Get rid of the high cost, get rid of the big mouths that want to play God, and the decline might slow. My prediction is that it will be as rare as the commercial go-kart tracks have become. Not without reason, and for most of the people, unmourned. May winter last forever. Greybeard/Lennie. Do not answer, the modem is going to be pulled in another twenty minutes, then the computer disconnected so I can replace the graphics card before trading it. |
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I've only been flying gliders a year and a half and this must be the third
final glide speach I've heard from this numbskull. Maybe this time he finally means it! |
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Lennie, Have a good one mate, we will miss 'ya. No, really. I love that your final day is still spent spreading the vitriolic ignorance that has come to typify you over the last few years. If you stopped your rants for a few minutes to look at what is actually going on, you would realise that there is a cheap alternative to good cross country and competition flying. I will miss your postings. If I ever needed something amusing to fill my time during a quiet period at work I would just do a search for 'greybeard' and chuckle away at your words. However, I realise that its for the best that you bugger off as your ineptitude for rational thought and colossal ignorance does nothing for the 'newbies' (as you say in the US) or the overall image of gliding. I am also amazed that a German hasn’t had you banned for your moronic comments about them. It’s probably best you went now of your own accord otherwise when/if you ever did get banned it would just be another elitist move to silence the poor people (albeit, with superior engineering skills), wouldn’t it? All the best with your lathe and metal working, I have no doubt that you will be able to 'amuse yourself' or is that a typo for 'abuse yourself'? Owain At 04:30 09 March 2005, Greybeard wrote: Midnight tonight. That's the end of the paid period for SBC. Signing off now, permanently, I don't need to waste money on the net when I get nothing for it. One email in the last two weeks, nothing in the midi groups worth pulling down, I don't need to go 'shopping' on the net to find out when I call them 'Unavailable'. 66% increase from SBC, not worth it. Electronic commerce is only fifty centuries behind the man that you see face to face and he knows if he's got it in stock or not. Haven't heard from my 'buddy' in over two weeks, email or otherwise, another 'aquaintance'. I'm not surprised. Haven't heard from anyone else either, no loss there. Traded this compuker off for a couple of small brass locomotives, the Mac that I have as a word processor/DB/spreadsheet will replace it. DSL modem going in the trashcan. Smashed first, it won't be used again. Have fun as you watch your numbers decline, it's not my worry, I don't care if they go to zero or if you're regulated out of all airspace, it won't make any difference to me. Until you kill the attitude that only higher performance gliders are worthy, that there can only be one object to flying gliders, they're going to continue to go down. The 'good ole boys' are going to see that it never changes, that someone in a lower performance ship is fully their equal in their skills will continue to be laughed at. The idea that soaring can be done 'on a budget' will still be followed with disillusionment when facts become known, it can't. It can be done at a lower cost, but still far above what any working stiff with even a grain of sense will spend. Get rid of the high cost, get rid of the big mouths that want to play God, and the decline might slow. My prediction is that it will be as rare as the commercial go-kart tracks have become. Not without reason, and for most of the people, unmourned. May winter last forever. Greybeard/Lennie. Do not answer, the modem is going to be pulled in another twenty minutes, then the computer disconnected so I can replace the graphics card before trading it. |
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Hi,
I am also amazed that a German hasn’t had you banned for your moronic comments about them. a) There is no real way of banning a person from a usenet group. You just ignore them or filter at the client end. b) To be offended one needs to have some respect for the person that tries to offend you. Here this is not the case so I simply watch in amusement. Ciao, MM -- Marian Aldenhövel, Rosenhain 23, 53123 Bonn. +49 228 624013. http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de "Ich hoffe Sie können mir helfen. Ein Freund hat mir einen tollen Bildschirmschoner aufgespielt, aber jedesmal wenn ich die Maus bewege ist er weg." |
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Owain Walters wrote:
Lennie, Have a good one mate, we will miss 'ya. No, really. No, really! Tony V. http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING |
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"Tony Verhulst" wrote in message ... Owain Walters wrote: Lennie, Have a good one mate, we will miss 'ya. No, really. No, really! Tony V. http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING No, not really! bumper |
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