What a heap of pompous, asinine, pretentious, self-indulgent
drivel!

I've been gliding for nearly 35 years, have a UK 750km
diploma, can manage the odd 500km on a good day; I'm
reasonably well educated with a couple of University
degrees, I read extensively from Bill Bryson to Gabriel
Garcia Marquez, I run my own business with enough success
to own and operate my glider, house, cars, dogs etc
...

... and I watch sports (!!); F1, Red Bull airshows,
motor rallies, sailing, tour de France and - mercy
me - even football (the beautiful game, rather than
the stop-start American version). And before you ask
- yes, I AM married, and happily so, too!

Relax guys - there's more to life than gliding!

Kind regards
NM


At 02:30 22 August 2007, Bullwinkle wrote:
On 8/21/07 12:37 PM, in article
. com,
'ContestID67'
wrote:

I don't follow sports and never have short of knowing
if the home team
is doing well. Call me a fair weather fan. Many
of my friends can
spout which team (pro, college, HS) did what to whom
and know all the
players, their stats, etc. I try to put up a good
manly face and say
the right things at the right time but basically I
could really care
less. I realize that I am in the minority.

Oddly I found that most of my pilot friends are in
the same boat. I
took an informal poll at our club and at least 90%
of those asked
didn't follow sports. Seems very odd. I wonder
what the connection
is? Intelligence? ;-)

Next time you are out at the field, take your own
informal pole and
report back. We may have the makings here of a article
in Psychology
Today!

- John 'No Sports' DeRosa


No, I don't follow any sports.

Like Avery Brundage, I think anyone who gets paid to
play cannot be
participating in a real sport.

And to call some overpaid moron who can hit a ball,
or throw a ball, or kick
a ball, a sports 'hero' is an insult to the fine men
and women in the
military who each have a million times the heroism
of Barry Bonds, or
what-his-name Vick, or Pete Rose, or even someone who
hasn't disgraced
themselves at their little games.

The I feel better now. Let's go flying.

Bullwinkle