Returning to gliding

After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
days it was THE place to be.

But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
navigated online forums with better security.

Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
current discussions are happening most?

On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick Miller wrote:
After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
days it was THE place to be.

But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
navigated online forums with better security.

Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
current discussions are happening most?

assuming you are in the usa, here.

On 10/7/2011 3:29 PM, Tony wrote:
On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick wrote:
After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
days it was THE place to be.

But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
navigated online forums with better security.

Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
current discussions are happening most?

assuming you are in the usa, here.

If you find a better one, please come back and tell us about it. I know
I haven't checked around for several years.

For me, this is easy navigating (I get it by using the newsreader built
into my email client), and I'm not aware of any security concerns during
the many years I've used it. I'd be more concerned about a web-based one.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

On Oct 7, 6:47*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/7/2011 3:29 PM, Tony wrote:

On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Patrick *wrote:
After a divorce, selling the farm and helping my now adult kids into
their own places I'm about ready to consider returning to the sport. I
used to be a contributor to this forum up until about 2003. In those
days it was THE place to be.

But in another life and another couple of interests, the cetre of the
world has shifted away from these old newsgroups to more easily
navigated online forums with better security.

Without dissing THIS forum, can anyone point me toward where the
current discussions are happening most?

assuming you are in the usa, here.

If you find a better one, please come back and tell us about it. I know
I haven't checked around for several years.

For me, this is easy navigating (I get it by using the newsreader built
into my email client), and I'm not aware of any security concerns during
the many years I've used it. I'd be more concerned about a web-based one.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarmhttp://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

You can try Soaring Cafe (http://www.soaringcafe.net), but R.A.S is
still the best place for late-breaking news and good advice on just
about anything soaring related. YMMV ;-).

Frank

Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?

On 10/8/2011 6:36 PM, Patrick Miller wrote:
Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active?

Not unless you are Lennie. :-)

Tony