From: lowell@halcyon.com (Lowell Skoog)
Subject: Gloating
To: nwpglide@jazzie.com (NW Paragliding Forum)
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 21:51:47 -0700 (PDT)
Marty Kaplan writes:
> IMHO, ray and steve are so quiet and
> definitely non-competitive, it is really
> hard to think of them as gloaters.
> nah............
Ray and Steve know they'll be on receiving end of one of MY gloat calls
soon enough. You see, we trained together. You may not have realized
that there is a rating system for this sort of thing:
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Gloat-1
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Beginner
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Gloats at the bottom of the hill.
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Gloat-2
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Novice
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Gloats over the phone to at least five different pilots.
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Gloat-3
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Intermediate
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Gloats in the newsletter and at club meetings.
Minimum 25 hours logged gloat-time.
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Gloat-4
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Advanced
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Completes advanced gloating maneuvers, including
the use of the Internet and the national magazines.
Minimum 75 hours logged gloat-time, with at least 25
hours in the presence of doubting pilots.
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Gloat-5
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Master
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Based upon a complicated point system, which I leave
to your imagination. Points are awarded for gloating
on the TV news, in the local papers, public slide
shows, and so on. Special points for current and
former newsletter editors...
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Lowell Skoog
Seattle
(with a tip of the hat to Paul Gazis)
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