Lennie, It always saddens me that one of the very few glider
pilots chooses to leave the sport. I have been flying
gliders since 1975 and have seen many depart for a
myriad of reasons. Health, economics, just tired of
it, etc, etc. I have personally witnessed a few dings,
scrapes and outright crashes. In spite of all this
for some wierd reason I still love flying gliders.
I find a joy in it that I have found no where else.
I am in the military and have been for 20+ years.
It took me until this year to finally save enough
money to purchase my first glass ship. I am sorry you have chosen to leave the sport
although I am sure you have chosen wisely as it does
not seem to suit you. I have, up till this point sat back and politely
ignored your posts that cast dispersions on others
for not leaving the soaring. I just don't get it.
Maybe you can explain why you feel it necessary to
'lurk' about the message board tossing about your negativity.
Are you attempting to get the rest of us to give it
up too? I am sure there is a good sociological/psychological
case study in this long diatribe somewhere. Hey at least it has not been boring, just puzzling.jeff