RE: [Aus-soaring] Plenty of thermals - in theory anyway....

2004-02-17 Thread Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA)
> From: Michael Texler > > > ecopoesis > > Is not to be confused with: > > encopresis > I don't know Dr T. Sometimes all these medical terms you know are enough to give anyone the sh!ts. Regards SWK Eskimos are reputed to have (some large number) of words for snow. I am sure Dr T has more

RE: [Aus-soaring] Plenty of thermals - in theory anyway....

2004-02-17 Thread Michael Texler
ecopoesis Is not to be confused with: encopresis Michael T. ;-) ___ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] Plenty of thermals - in theory anyway....

2004-02-17 Thread Emilis Prelgauskas
At 11:44 AM 17/02/04 +1000, Mike B wrote in response to my: >>slope soaring 5km high ridges on Mars, >>read Kym Stanley Robinson's 'Mars trilogy'. > >Is that in "Blue Mars"? Yep. In the first half, for Nirgal it precedes his stint in ecopoesis (which is close enough to my own life to strike a cho

RE: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread Don Woodward
The thing to remember is that all of you have sat down and watched the 6 o'clock news and all of you have bought newspapers, you are the medias market, you all want the product. The problem is the perseption that the public have of media employees (journalists) as being unapproachable when they're

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:54 AM 18/02/04 CST, you wrote: > Perhaps a law suit for damages done to the sport of gliding as >a result of mis-information might sort their tardy ways out. Brilliant - see my other post. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 3

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 07:45 PM 17/02/04 +1000, you wrote: >When the news agency (news.com.au) is running the same story alongside >each other calling it a glider in one headline and an Ultralight in the >other both on the same page you really have to wonder where they get their >information from... > > If yo

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread ANDREW WRIGHT
Perhaps a law suit for damages done to the sport of gliding as a result of mis-information might sort their tardy ways out. Another solution is to vote with our feet. We are the customers that the media sells it's product to. (If you can call it that) If we all refused to watch

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread Michael Coates
When the news agency (news.com.au) is running the same story alongside each other calling it a glider in one headline and an Ultralight in the other both on the same page you really have to wonder where they get their information from... If your not sure about a story then just make it up.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad Media problem

2004-02-17 Thread Emilis Prelgauskas
At 09:19 AM 17/02/04 +1100, Ian wrote: >I believe the 24hrs of "Two die in Glider Crash" has done much damage to >gliding so lets get it right for next time. In the same vein to acknowledge the exemplary way Darryl & Terry handled media and accident at Waikerie nationals. For those of us who have