Soaring is basically a cluster of rich old conservatives, and they
brought their rich old conservative ideas and attitudes toward
others
with them.

That, ladies and gentlemen, says all you ever need to know about
Lennie the Lurker. One cannot have a dialogue with a person so full
of hate; one can only ignore him. He does not stay out of soaring
because he can't afford it; he stays out of it because he just hates
those who are in it.

I'm reminded (on the positive side) of one of the promising young
pilots at my home gliderport. He's not even 20 and he owns and flies
a 1-26 he bought with the money he made from running the line and
other odd jobs -- no other help, just lots of desire, and nobody
telling him he couldn't do it, no silly idea in his mind that only
rich people can fly gliders.

Adios, Lennie! I'm sure you'll be wasting more disk space on the
newsgroup, but this is the last I will on the subject of you. Go
spend your time on something you are FOR.

2NO