Jeff Dorwart wrote in message ...
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

Here is Lennie's,

Richard A. Buege
236 Robert St.
Burlington, WI 53105-2255
tel. 262-763-2237

own words:

(Lennie the lurker exists to flame, to bait, and to open to ridicule,
then leave to others the shaking remains of my target. Binford Mark V
flame thrower now on "incinerate".)

He has posted his diatribe on numerous news groups (even
rec.music.theory!). More of racist ramblings:

Sorry kraut, but you're wrong again, as usual. The pussy side of the
family, krauts, lives down here, and the men and humans live in the
northern part of the state. This has been in the works for the last
25
years, So no group in particular has had anything to do with it. It's
something you aren't allowed, a personal decision, that was made many
years ago. Now it's possible for me to achieve one of the things I
have dreamed of, and I'm going to do it.

You aren't going to run me off as easy as you did the last time pete,
I'm now Irish, and to hell with the kraut side of the family. In case
you didn't notice it, this was a pretty civil thread until you stuck
your big german honker in where you should have kept it out. You're
nothing but a bullheaded, arrogant kraut, all that you will ever be.
I
haven't really seen you post much of any use anywhere, nor have your
two bedpartners who shall remain nameless. In this thread, Bill asked
for information, and I responded, as did a few others, You didn't say
squat, offer any suggestions, just sat with your head in its usual
place. (That's up your ass.) When I mention that I don't really care
for a group that has a lower code of ethics than the average factory
worker, and they happen to be predominantly krauts, you gotta jump in
with a blast of personal garbage. Stick it pete, things that I told
some of the soaring group in confidence showed up posted on the group.
This is behavior lower than any I would expect from any union member,
but typical of your people. Granted, he was an American, but his
favorite cry is "get rid of all the Schweizers and buy used
german....". Another is angry and sends angry emails when you don't
respond to one of his postings. Most to the tune of "you're ignoring
the god of the air, namely me." I don't have to acknowledge him, he's
just another man, and not very important to begin with, except in his
own head. You, yourself blast anyone that looks at an oriental
machine, but now you're bragging up the german glass? Which face are
you wearing today? I shouldn't buy a $1200 taiwan mill, but I should
buy a $100K kraut glider? Sorry, I spent $9k for a Schweizer, made in
Elmira New York.

Believing in paying my own way, I also don't belong to any "glider
club", which I view as just a way for someone to fly "on the cheap".
A
way to have someone else subsidize "that which you really don't need".
Not in my nature, I've paid the full tab, and I'm probably better off
for NOT having gone to a club. I also don't go out on retrieves of
people that couldn't make it back, I let the paid people do what they
get paid for. I do run wings, do hookups, ground handling the 2-33,
and other things that help the operation run just a bit more smoothly.
Don't have to, but it doesn't hurt anything to do it. I've made parts
for the ground equipment, and not charged for them, helped put the
trainer and the "ride" ship together and taken them down for the
winter. What have you done except probably bitch out the line boy for
not having your plane ready? I'm willing to bet, nothing. You're
the "High and Mighty engineer" that expects everything to be just as
you want it, but don't want to pay the price.

Don't make any mistakes, if you do, I'll pounce on them like a cat on
a
mouse. That's a promise. Scab sucking engineer.

Lennie