I admit, Paul, that that statement may have been a little harsh but having watched over the years and learned a little of the culture both from the people themselves and from those that have experienced it. I have come to believe that most So Called Australians take the freedom of choice and movement, as it were, in this country for granted and we are now becoming as restrictive and over regulated as many Euro Countries are. Perhaps it is the warm cocooned feeling Humans get when they are packed in close quarters. Personally I prefer the Wide Open Spaces as opposed to the Close Confines of City Life, packed Shopping Malls and Shopping Centers etc. raise my BP and I become very aggravated. Venues that are packed with Sweaty Bodies and Screaming really gets me into a Bad Mood. I just won't go there. Give me a lake where there are a few fellow Anglers within Ear shot and that fits like a silk glove.

That is why I tend to Plead with members of the Land Yachting Fraternity not to let it become restrictive.

It is a funny thing but something said in a Thread a few months back set my teeth on edge and made me think of that person as one that would Win At Any Cost.. Where as if I had had the part/s at hand I would have lent them to that person to make him able to compete.. No I am not Maori but I like their mentality of fair play, ****! The White Fullas have run out of Ammo! Stop the War and we will give you some so that the war can go on... Waitangi (I think).. or perhaps Honi Heki and the Flag Pole. I love their thinking. It may not have done them immediate good but you gotta respect them for it..
Ron

OK! then I will get off of that Band Wagon and find another to play in..
Ron

Well.....why not a yardstick classification, as in yachting, where many brands

and shapes and sizes, all compete on a variable handicap system...used world

wide ! It tends to stop the bitching/rot and annom phone calls .

guess I am.. I knew the meaning when it was the other way about. I just reversed it is all. Other than that I didn't question it, not that It would make any difference. In those days I had a Goatee and Mustache.
Ron

To flatten your sail more?