You know you're a *real* kiter when... metaphysical: Maybe there are better winds in heaven financial: when you break your first spar fanatical: when you name your kids Peter, all of them economical: you buggy to work to save gas spiritual: you become one with the wind when you fly fasionable: all your clothes are made out of ripstop zen@mpc.metrobbs.com Anatomical: When your handles graft themselves to your wrists Planet JIM Technological: When you find a way of attaching lights to your kite so you can fly in the dark. David Lindgren A Real Kiter doesn't get annoyed with line tangles. Rather, he finds that sorting them is a relaxing passtime. Line tangles involving many kites are a social occasion. A Real Kiter designs and builds new types of kites. A Real Kiter can destroy $1000 worth of kites and laugh about it. A Real Kiter displays kites in the sky, not on the wall. A Real Kiter has made the progression from stunt kites to single line. A Real Kiter will let a stranger fly his kites. A Real Kiter will loose weight during a week-long kite event, because he's having too much fun to stop and eat. When you don't care you've stepped in dog poop until the winds have died down! Leino Ole A real kiter doesn't know unsuitable winds but only unsuitable kites. Thomas-Michael Rudolph political: you believe it was not a weather balloon, but a high-tech kite. political: you are convinced every president had one. spiritual: you consider it a small hop for man, a giant leap for mankind. psychological: there's always more wind at your neighbor's place. psychological: you feel like a failure if you can't get it up. medical: it is incurable. medical: it is addictive. medical: it causes muscle pains and sunburn. Harald Feldmann Your wife wants to be reincarnated as a kite! Mike Petro Your wife /is/ a kite. David Lindgren A real kite flyer is someone who enjoys flying kites without worrying about whether they're a real kite flyer.... Mark de Roussier ...you record Sesame Street every day hoping to catch the "kite segment" on tape. (I got it) P,B&D Imbach