At 06:54 AM 18/10/01 +1000, Jason Armistead wrote: >Just finished reading "Halfway to Heaven" by Fred Hoinville.... >...perhaps we can blame the OFITTH for perpetuating the "C" terminology ...
Yep, it was always Silver C, Gold C, Diamond C way back when; and thus carries into the modern phrasebook as an OFTTH anachronism >I can recommend Halfway to Heaven as an excellent read for any glider pilot. So next try 'The Clouded Sky', another book from the days when glider pilots were real men, and not quiche eating yuppies. Andrew Fry wrote: >I presume most clubs have some kind of mobile office... Is it always called >a "Pie Cart"? Yep, another old saying. In modern text would probably have to be politically correct low fat cholestorel free ethnic pastries franchisee, hold the quiche. And in the phrasebook we will need to include the segregation of the land of Oz into the half of Oz who operate powerful winches and say 'All Out, chaps' consistent with our Westminster heritage; and the other half of Oz who possibly have underpowered winches because they say 'Full Power, y'all'. -- Emilis Prelgauskas B.ARCH ARAIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
