On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:32:48 +0930, Mark Newton wrote:
> If this forum was populated by people who weren't already
>in on the joke you might have a point. But I reckon the BORING
>REPORTs
>over many years have become a bit cultural, and an example of some
>of the ironic humor that participants in
Team.
PS That makes 9. Oh shit.
- Original Message -
From: "Emilis Prelgauskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] EXCITING
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16
Given the past doom and gloom on the list:...
*Gliding is dangerous.
*Aerotowing is dangerous (especially behind an motorglider)
*Winch launching is dangerous.
*Gliding isn't very green yet...
*Training is poor...
*Active membership numbers are falling.
*Pilots are getting older.
*Pilots are getti
I said it some months ago and I will try again.
There is a group discussion trying to excite people into gliding, and
there is another who persist with a historical 'BORING REPORT"!!!
Hey guys, can't you try to imply gliding is great fun, in the interests
of marketing.
I again suggest global re
Alan Wilson wrote:
There is a group discussion trying to excite people into gliding, and
there is another who persist with a historical 'BORING REPORT"!!!
If this forum was populated by people who weren't already
in on the joke you might have a point. But I reckon the BORING REPORTs
over many y
Alan Wilson wrote:
Hey guys, can't you try to imply gliding is great fun, in the interests
of marketing.
I would have to agree with Mark, this list is unlikely to be populated
by the un-initiated.
If I was writing for our local newspaper, I dare say much of the
language I used would have been
Au contraire Mark
For many years now, the Aus-Soaring list has been publicly archived via the
www.mail-archive.com site.
Go to Google, key in "Aus-Soaring boring" and after you get the results list
go toward the end of it and click on the link that says "repeat the search
with the ommitted res
