Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Today I don’t have anything new to tell, since the day has gone again with few computers and WLAN questions. The thing I’ve been struggling with is the German language Windows. There are all possible versions, XP, 200, Vista and Win7 to be updated and set for the pilots and organization. I won’t tell about the details, but sometimes it feels like it would be best to go to a shop and buy new computers. Nah, just kidding, we’ve managed to build and update several computers so it looks like we are able to provide three computers for the public (=>pilots).
Many familiar faces came today – there are several pilots and crew members from Räyskälä, DSMJ2010, Nitra etc. And it’s great to see everybody again.
Including this JWGC2011, I’ve been in 8 gliding competitions this year only (working on 5 of those). It’s like a disease: remembering the faces but can’t connect them to places where I’ve met them before, and remembering the name is even harder.
In the late afternoon we enjoyed handmade ice cream, French fries and of course Alpirsbacher (beer :-) There is a restaurant – or “gastro” as the local seems to call the place, where we can get basic stuff such as fries, beer, wine, sausages etc. Having beer and sausages turned into ex tempore party with some of the pilots. There was some kind of “male bonding” going on, as Andy, Devin, Teemu and others were climbing on each other backs or carrying each other holding them head down. I don’t know how late it continued as I left at 23:00, at least I had my keys with me and didn’t leave those on the back seat of anybody’s car (as certain girl from organization did).