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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? |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Well, I am surprised. Nonetheless I'll enjoy getting back into reading
RAS. Is Lennie the Lurker still active? |
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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 |
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On Oct 8, 7:21*pm, Tony V wrote:
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 For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual, either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy his 1-26. Hopefully he has found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts elicited. bumper |
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For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual, either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy his 1-26. Hopefully he has *found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts elicited. bumper That's pretty much how I remember him. His absence is one of the "pull" factors for returning to RAS |
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On Oct 8, 7:21Â*pm, Tony V wrote: 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 For those who are new to RAS, "Lennie the Lurker" was a foul mouthed curmudgeon who frequented RAS a decade ago. It was apparent that Lennie, an accomplished machinist and seemingly talented individual, either was severely depressed or othewise mentally out of kilter. One of his more infamous threads followed his threat to go out and destroy his 1-26. Hopefully he has found peace and solice elsewhere. I gotta say I don't miss his postings or the endless rebutals his posts elicited. bumper I purchased one of Lennie's custom Schreder flap cracks for my HP-14. He is an amazing machinist. It is too bad that it is too large for my cockpit. I haven't heard from Lennie in years. -- Android Usenet Reader http://android.newsgroupstats.hk |
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First comment - Unlike that majority of other usenet groups that have
devolved into horrific piles of scams and fake goods for sale (shoes, watches, sex, etc, etc) causing all the useful denizens to go to other more monitored/moderated blogs to continue their conversations - rec.aviation.soaring seems to have kept its core values intact (with only the very occasional scams and fake goods for sale). Lennie Redux - If you are interested you can still find some of his RAS rants from back around 2000. Go to http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.soaring and search for "Lennie the Lurker". - John |
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