Returning to gliding

[Patrick Miller]

After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
days it was THE place to be.

But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
navigated online forums with better security.

Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
current discussions are happening most?

[Tony[_5_]]

On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick Miller > wrote:
> After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
> their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
> used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
> days it was THE place to be.
>
> But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
> world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
> navigated online forums with better security.
>
> Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
> current discussions are happening most?

assuming you are in the usa, here.

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

On 10/7/2011 3:29 PM, Tony wrote:
> On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick > wrote:
>> After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
>> their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
>> used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
>> days it was THE place to be.
>>
>> But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
>> world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
>> navigated online forums with better security.
>>
>> Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
>> current discussions are happening most?
>
> assuming you are in the usa, here.

If you find a better one, please come back and tell us about it. I know
I haven't checked around for several years.

For me, this is easy navigating (I get it by using the newsreader built
into my email client), and I'm not aware of any security concerns during
the many years I've used it. I'd be more concerned about a web-based one.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

[Frank Paynter[_2_]]

On Oct 7, 6:47*pm, Eric Greenwell > wrote:
> On 10/7/2011 3:29 PM, Tony wrote:
>
> > On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick > *wrote:
> >> After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
> >> their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
> >> used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
> >> days it was THE place to be.
>
> >> But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
> >> world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
> >> navigated online forums with better security.
>
> >> Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
> >> current discussions are happening most?
>
> > assuming you are in the usa, here.
>
> If you find a better one, please come back and tell us about it. I know
> I haven't checked around for several years.
>
> For me, this is easy navigating (I get it by using the newsreader built
> into my email client), and I'm not aware of any security concerns during
> the many years I've used it. I'd be more concerned about a web-based one.
>
> --
> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
> email me)
> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarmhttp://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

You can try Soaring Cafe (http://www.soaringcafe.net), but R.A.S is
still the best place for late-breaking news and good advice on just
about anything soaring related. YMMV ;-).

Frank

[Patrick Miller]

Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?

[Tony V]

On 10/8/2011 6:36 PM, Patrick Miller wrote:
> Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
> RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?

Not unless you are Lennie. :-)

Tony

[bumper[_4_]]

On Oct 8, 7:21*pm, Tony V > wrote:
> On 10/8/2011 6:36 PM, Patrick Miller wrote:
>
> > Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
> > RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?
>
> Not unless you are Lennie. :-)
>
> Tony

For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed
curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that
Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual,
either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One
of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy
his 1-26. Hopefully he has found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta
say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts
elicited.

bumper

[Elizabeth Gamby]

> For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed
> curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that
> Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual,
> either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One
> of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy
> his 1-26. Hopefully he has *found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta
> say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts
> elicited.
>
> bumper

That's pretty much how I remember him. His absence is one of the
"pull" factors for returning to RAS :)

[Wayne Paul]

> wrote:
> On Oct 8, 7:21Â*pm, Tony V > wrote:
> > On 10/8/2011 6:36 PM, Patrick Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
> > > RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?
> >
> > Not unless you are Lennie. :-)
> >
> > Tony
> For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed
> curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that
> Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual,
> either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One
> of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy
> his 1-26. Hopefully he has found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta
> say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts
> elicited.
> bumper

I purchased one of Lennie's custom Schreder flap cracks for my HP-14. He is an amazing machinist. It is too bad that it is too large for my cockpit.

I haven't heard from Lennie in years.

--
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[ContestID67[_2_]]

First comment - Unlike that majority of other usenet groups that have
devolved into horrific piles of scams and fake goods for sale (shoes,
watches, sex, etc, etc) causing all the useful denizens to go to other
more monitored/moderated blogs to continue their conversations -
rec.aviation.soaring seems to have kept its core values intact (with
only the very occasional scams and fake goods for sale).

Lennie Redux - If you are interested you can still find some of his
RAS rants from back around 2000. Go to http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.soaring
and search for "Lennie the Lurker".

- John

[Elizabeth Gamby]

On Oct 10, 11:16*am, ContestID67 > wrote:
> First comment - Unlike that majority of other usenet groups that have
> devolved into horrific piles of scams and fake goods for sale (shoes,
> watches, sex, etc, etc) causing all the useful denizens to go to other
> more monitored/moderated blogs to continue their conversations -
> rec.aviation.soaring seems to have kept its core values intact (with
> only the very occasional scams and fake goods for sale).
>
> Lennie Redux - If you are interested you can still find some of his
> RAS rants from back around 2000. *Go tohttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.soaring
> and search for "Lennie the Lurker".
>
> - John

Thanks John. That's a good description of other forums in which I have
an interest. It's nice to see that RAS is pretty much as I remember
it, Lennie notwithstanding.