Fantome, I trust you were not suggesting that I need breathalyzing when I mentioned the morning check on the wind strength and direction by walking my Dachshund to the end of the paved runway at the gliding club. Though some club members may find it wiser to postpone flying until after lunch when the intake of beer has had time to clear the brain, the hound and I strictly follow the advice of Benjamin Franklin: early to bed and early to rise. And early to research the weather by every means, including personal observation.
To be able to declare that conditions are over my personal limits is a very good doctrine. I have been badly frightened flying in obscene weather, and try to avoid it when possible. It is difficult to teach a newbie to fly when the apparent effects of the controls are distorted by turbulence. And it is even worse to give a complete newcomer a rough ride for his first experience, he probably would never come back again.