"Bill Gribble" wrote in
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Oscar writes
Also agree with you that I owe it to myself to give it is try,
otherwise I'll be wondering forever if I missed something really
special..... If you guys can do it in England it must be 10 times as
good in sunny and hot Australia :-)

Typical! Try and give a guy a bit of friendly advice and he turns around
and kicks you right where it hurts!

Sorry mate, but here in Oz we are conditioned to stick it to the Poms at
every opportunity - nothing personal - just a reflex action. :-)) (and I'm
not even born here). Actually one of the things that draws me to soaring are
pictures I saw of gliders flying in the Alps - simply magic. Would love to
do that one day, even as a passenger. Nothing like this here in Oz, only
something you guys can do in Europe. So sunshine is not everything.


On a more serious note, however, I
understand the soaring conditions are indeed a //little// more
favourable in your neck of the woods at the right time of year Maybe
once I convince the kids to grow up and move out I'll then be able to
convince the wife to take a holiday "Down-under" with me and I'll try
them for myself. Well, we can live and hope!

Winter is good to learn and a good club environment is absolutely the
best place to do it. Try them both first. If either turns out not to
suit you then you can always try the alternatives later

Have come to the same conclusion .... now anybody got an idea what to tell
the wife why I need to have the next 20-30 Saturdays off? Somebody suggested
to bribe her with $200 every weekend and point her to the nearest shopping
mall ... Any cheaper suggestions?


But best of luck which ever way you go. At the end of the day, it's only
the soaring that counts.

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