  In this paper we study a Fermi-Ulam model where a pingpong bounces
elastically against a periodically oscillating platform in a gravity field. We
assume that the platform motion $f(t)$ is piecewise $C^3$ with a singularity
$\dot{f}(0+)\ne\dot{f}(1-)$. If the second derivative of the platform motion is
either always positive $\ddot{f}(t)>0$ or always $\ddot{f}(t)<-g$ where $g$ is
the gravitational constant, then the escaping orbits constitute a null set and
the system is recurrent. However, under these assumptions, escaping orbits
coexist with bounded orbits at arbitrarily high energy level.
