<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/11/2002 10:58:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, anthonyr105@hotmail.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">>From: "Tomanek, Wojtek" <tomanekw@saic-abingdon.com><BR>
>Reply-To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>
>To: "'discussion@nsrca.org'" <discussion@nsrca.org><BR>
>Subject: RE: Weight Limit problem long<BR>
>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:33:46 -0500<BR>
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>Anthony<BR>
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>Completely agree with you. Cost is just an excuse that is a convenient one<BR>
>because no one will ever question that. The true cause for not wanting to<BR>
>join pattern is lack of discipline it takes to practice to be proficient <BR>
>and<BR>
>competitive. For instance a lot of people joined IMAC because it was fun<BR>
>and even though they have similar judging rules they were not implemented <BR>
>as<BR>
>strict as we do in pattern. The IMAC rules are changing and their judging<BR>
>is getting a lot stricter than it used to be. Lets see how many people <BR>
>will<BR>
>stick with it since it is getting to be a lot more proficient flying type <BR>
>as<BR>
>opposed to just dong snaps and waterfalls. Until now it has been a lot of<BR>
>fun and games. On the other hand yesterday I went to a combat contest -<BR>
>and yes it was fun to watch but that is as far as it goes. But for a lot <BR>
>of<BR>
>RC'ers it has a lot of appeal because it does not take that much skill to<BR>
>participate - you just boring holes in the sky.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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What?? Wojtek I don't think you meant that. What's wrong with having fun while you are flying? Isn't that what pattern is supposed to be? If it isn't fun for you, then it might not be the right discipline to express yourself<BR>
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Matt K</FONT></HTML>