Troll of the year award

Oh, on the attractive female assumption: I don't necessarily think you are
even interested in flying, a female, or anything....

But, I think that's what the pilots. "Ice Blonde" conjures up images,
although I may be thinking about skiiers.

Oh, on the attractive female assumption: I don't necessarily think you are
even interested in flying, a female, or anything....
But, I think that's what the pilots. "Ice Blonde" conjures up images,
although I may be thinking about skiiers.

Yawn! this is getting boring now, as trolls often do.

Which bit of "I AM interested in flying, my question was genuine" did
you misunderstand?

For those who do fly and replied to my post, many thanks. As it happens
I am female, as for attractive, that is a matter of personal opinion.

But I can tell you there is nothing less attractive than a troll, why
the h*ll aren't you out skiing rather than bugging these guys.

Regards

I skied the Front Four at Stowe for ten years. I was there again last March
and cleaned Nosedive on water ice. Ice or no, Chute 75 at Squaw is tougher.

BTW I surfed Maui this summer. Where were you?

Low elevation wimp.

Seth

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
West coast wimp. Come out to NE and ski the Outer Limits, or the front
four at Stowe. You westies need perfect conditions, and then sit back on
your tails (never having had to actually edge), causing you to crash and
burn in the bumps.

Misunderstand?: I said to each her own. Good luck. BTW, check out the
thread on AOPA forum/Never Again/VFR pilot into IMC. Many CFIs there
agree with my assertion that it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to easy in the USA to
get a ticket. I flew for about 15 hours, and realized quickly that it is
not for the average person who cannot devote considerable (and I mean at
least several hours per week) to this endeavor. There are many, many
unqualified pilots flying around out there.

Reason I'm not skiing is because there is no snow in New England in
September.

Yawn.

Congrats. You are the rare exception to the west coast skier rule then!
And you surely know what I'm talking about. Some west coasters that I
talk to have never even sharpened their edges!!

Two years ago, while in the Canyons in Utah, there was a snow drought.
East coast conditions. We were tearing thru the ice, around the rocks,
and the westies were sitting back, and falling all over their tushies.
When I taught in the east when in my 20s, the worst skiers were those from
the west coast. Nothing but moaning about the cold, the ice (even though
conditions were awesome) etc.

I've seen the surf on the north side of Oahu. Not for me. Just like
flying. I prefer the more gentle surf off of the Cocoa Beach pier, or
locally, off of Montauk or the Hamptons.

To quote Skylune:

Clever, how you've lured the fliers in. They will typically bite when
they think an attractive female is interested in their "sport." Good
work.

Oh, on the attractive female assumption: I don't necessarily think you are
even interested in flying, a female, or anything....

Misunderstand?: I said to each her own. Good luck

Well I'm glad we have got that sorted. If thats the case, why do you
feel the need to tell me about the perils of all these terrible US
pilots, particularly when I've stated I'm going to be flying in the
UK??????

So you quit after 15 hours and now your an expert in why nobody should
fly????? Sounds like very sour grapes to me!

Reason I'm not skiing is because there is no snow in New England in
September.

Oh, I'm sorry. Is this just another assumption of yours that New
England is the only place in the world you can ski, or do you object to
flying that much you won't venture further from home?

You're one provincial guy, skylune.

Colorado is not the West Coast. We're 1200 miles from salt water, which is
why our snow is so dry.

The West Coast produces some of this country's best skiers: Jimmie Heuga.
Phil and Steve Mahre. The McKinney family. Deb Armstrong. Eva Twardokens.
Daron Rahlves. Jonna Mendes. I can recall years when 50% of the US Ski Team
came from Squaw Valley alone. And yes, they could ski ice, if that's your
definition of good skiing. I happen to think it's trivial -- it's something
you learn before you move on to more interesting challenges, sort of like
landing a taildragger.

That's just the racers, of course.

This thread has gone completely OT, and so I'll end it.

If you wanna ski with me, Vail charges $550 a day for my time.

Seth

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
Congrats. You are the rare exception to the west coast skier rule then!
And you surely know what I'm talking about. Some west coasters that I
talk to have never even sharpened their edges!!

Two years ago, while in the Canyons in Utah, there was a snow drought.
East coast conditions. We were tearing thru the ice, around the rocks,
and the westies were sitting back, and falling all over their tushies.
When I taught in the east when in my 20s, the worst skiers were those from
the west coast. Nothing but moaning about the cold, the ice (even though
conditions were awesome) etc.

I've seen the surf on the north side of Oahu. Not for me. Just like
flying. I prefer the more gentle surf off of the Cocoa Beach pier, or
locally, off of Montauk or the Hamptons.

"Ice blonde" wrote

So you quit after 15 hours and now your an expert in why nobody should
fly????? Sounds like very sour grapes to me!

Not only did he quit, but now he feels like he has to attack GA and those of
us who enjoy flying every chance he gets in order to make himself feel
better about his own inadequacies.

It's simple - if he can get himself to believe that most GA pilots don't
have the skills necessary to fly safely, then he can feel good about the
fact that he wasn't able to overcome his own personal fears and inabilities.

Skylune, you shouldn't feel too bad about failing at becoming a pilot - not
everyone is cut out for it.

On 27 Sep 2005 19:26:14 -0700, wrote:

Football is a bad example because it's really only played here. It will
be interesting to see whether US soccer really starts to crank
internationally as it becomes the sport more and more people grew up
with. Now that will be some great jingoistic mayhem when that happens.

-cwk.

The US soccer team is currently ranked 6th in the world which puts
them ahead of such world futball powers as Germany, England, France,
Spain and Portugal. The rankings encompass 50 nations.

I'd say that's doing pretty darn good considering soccer is a world
sport. Also, you don't have to be a freak of nature to play it well.

Corky Scott

LOL. Virtually anyone can fly if they have the time and $5K. Its a skill
that takes some time to learn, thats all.