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Offline Zoney

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #540 on: September 25, 2013, 09:05:40 AM »
I know I thought I knew a lot at 24 myself, no problem with you guys thinking that.  I would hope you do think that actually.  But now, at 57, I know just how wrong I was.  I can guarantee that when you are my age you will agree.  When I am 87, I expect that I will look back at 57 and will discover that I had a lot to learn.

BTW, I also served my country, Honorably in the USAF.
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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #541 on: September 25, 2013, 09:19:19 AM »
I know I thought I knew a lot at 24 myself, no problem with you guys thinking that.  I would hope you do think that actually.  But now, at 57, I know just how wrong I was.  I can guarantee that when you are my age you will agree.  When I am 87, I expect that I will look back at 57 and will discover that I had a lot to learn.

BTW, I also served my country, Honorably in the USAF.

at a certain age you stop learning and start losing knowledge....

sorry to say you are not really 57...you are 87 and forgot is all. :uhoh































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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #542 on: September 25, 2013, 09:29:37 AM »
Ahhhh....the glories of youth's wisdom.



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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #543 on: September 25, 2013, 09:54:43 AM »
at a certain age you stop learning and start losing knowledge....

sorry to say you are not really 57...you are 87 and forgot is all. :uhoh































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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #544 on: September 25, 2013, 10:07:06 AM »
ROFLMAO, you're 24 years old, NCO or not you have a lot to learn, a long way to go, I guess its all relative eh?  But you are way to young to be calling out ACE for his age, kid.
No where in there did I say anything about me being mature any pig would say I'm a goof....I just realize now how immature I was at that age. I know I still have a lot to learn but I also know at 24 I'm feeling pains most people don't work hard enough to even have in a lifetime.

I can call out ACE on age for sure though...only thing I disagree with you on because of the reason Changeup gave...don't see me calling Bosco kid anymore ;)
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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #545 on: September 25, 2013, 10:17:49 AM »
I am 22. Will not join the service if I do not have to. My whole father's side of my family have been in every war besides the war currently in the middle east. I would have been next in line for that war. Respect the hell out of you service men and women!

I just graduated college in May with a business management degree. To be quite honest I still don't really know when I am suppose to use a comma. Stupid grammar  :bhead I can do the hell out of linear equation models though. I now have a little office job that is decent, but I plan on starting my own company. If I could do that before I was 25 at such a "young" age I would feel pretty badass. I have always had the entrepreneur spirit.

I am glad all you old farts are saying this stuff because it still makes me feel young. A lot of people my age are so panicky and think the world is going to fall to toejam next week. They are going crazy trying to find jobs, get through school, and find understandings of life. In this case it causes us to rush life and do everything as fast as we can.

I started playing this game when I was 13, my uncle showed it to me. Played some Combat flight simulator and MFS and thought I was gonna be the bees knees at this game.. boy was I wrong. I didn't even know how to type on radio for the first 2 weeks. H2H really gave me a chance to learn this game and meet some great sticks. I joined the muppets about 2006 when SkyRock let me in. It was a pretty big accomplishment for me getting join one of the best fighter squads in the game.

I've been gone from this game for about 4 years now and quite frankly nothing as really changed accept a couple of plane cockpits and new planes (which is great!!!) This game will always be an "escape from reality" for me because I always thought it would be so cool to be a fighter pilot in WW2. I guess you could say I will probably play this game for a long long time. To me, this game is like having a relationship where you argue all the time and get pissed at each other constantly but for some reason you keep going back to them.

I think the community is great and I enjoy the fact that we can all talk crap to each other. That makes it a lot more fun, challenging, and causes people to work harder to become better. I am really not the crap talker basher dweeb that you all think I am, I just think it is fun, and yes generally I can back it up... That's what I love about the muppets. We pretty much are exactly what fester said earlier. And it is great to be flying with a great group of fellas and ladies who take this game with pride. We sure do tear it up in the MA so you better be watching out, especially since a lot of us are going to be on now.

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #546 on: September 25, 2013, 12:58:53 PM »
To be quite honest, I still don't really know when I am supposed to use a comma.

                    ^ right here.  ;)

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #547 on: September 25, 2013, 01:12:13 PM »
but I plan on starting my own company. If I could do that before I was 25 at such a "young" age I would feel pretty badass. I have always had the entrepreneur spirit.

If one day you get to the stage of doing that and ever want to talk about it, feel free to shoot me a PM.  I've been an entrepreneur since grad school (which was way back when) and have been involved in the founding of five companies -- some successful (and so was involved in running and growing them as well), and some not (which is also a learning experience).

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #548 on: September 25, 2013, 05:08:00 PM »
If one day you get to the stage of doing that and ever want to talk about it, feel free to shoot me a PM.  I've been an entrepreneur since grad school (which was way back when) and have been involved in the founding of five companies -- some successful (and so was involved in running and growing them as well), and some not (which is also a learning experience).

I started rental property a few years ago (at 25). Right now I have 6 houses, 5 trailers and 40 apartments under my guns. Find what you WANT to do and stick to it, learn everything you can because what I learned from my dad, helped me float alive.
I have only three mortgages on my properties, rest have been paid off and I am only 31 now. I have plans to add a few more apartments to my credit, but right now I am fighting my wife's cancer bills and that just murdered whatever income I have.

My dad never got a chance to show me the ins and outs of the business, but watching him for 18 years - I learned enough to get on my feet. You need hard work and dedication, honestly I haven't been doing this for the past few weeks - caught up with my wifes treatments I let things slide, its almost a business killer to let things slide like that. If I can get through it, you can easily.

Entrepreneur is a great way to get rich or die trying, I did rental property because its a steady paycheck - I won't get rich but I know I won't be homeless either.
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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #549 on: September 25, 2013, 05:31:45 PM »
I started rental property a few years ago (at 25). Right now I have 6 houses, 5 trailers and 40 apartments under my guns.

Well done!  :aok

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but right now I am fighting my wife's cancer bills and that just murdered whatever income I have.

I'm very sorry to hear that.  My best wishes for your wife and for you. <S>


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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #550 on: September 25, 2013, 06:50:17 PM »
No where in there did I say anything about me being mature any pig would say I'm a goof....I just realize now how immature I was at that age. I know I still have a lot to learn but I also know at 24 I'm feeling pains most people don't work hard enough to even have in a lifetime.

I can call out ACE on age for sure though...only thing I disagree with you on because of the reason Changeup gave...don't see me calling Bosco kid anymore ;)

I never used to get along with Junky when he first started to play this game, it was my problem not his, he was just acting his age and I wanted him to act mine. That made it my loss not his, we can all look down at the younger set and tell them they did this and that wrong but how did we feel about people who did that when we were that age.
It's not a matter of if you serve or have served your country either, I served and now have two sons and a grandson serving, it's more important that you live your own life work hard and give respect were it is due. Some people just get lucky and life hands them everything they need others work hard and still struggle,  we are all different.
Yes we can make fun of the younger ones and they can make fun of us older guys,  but keep it fun, life is too short to get annoyed over a game.
I know I quoted Junky in this reply but my thanks and apologies are not only directed at him but any other guys here that due to my own stupidity I have either disrespected or caused upset to.

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #551 on: September 25, 2013, 07:13:15 PM »
<----------throws meat in the tiger cage  :bolt:


John,

  I don't recall corresponding with you on any of this. However, it is
obvious that you align yourself against me. Saddle up and come hunt me. I'll
enjoy eating your heart while I ping the crud out of your defenders.

  Desert Storm? You are referring to comments made to boaster an online
persona (and they were made by my partner). Yeah, I eat babies too. Come get
some. When Falcon 3 (egad I'll regret saying that) was big, I trashed a lot
of so called A.F. maggots. So what, a lot of 13yr. old dweebs can say the
same. Check the posts on the BBS. I NEVER posted anything about a military
career. Sure, there were things said elsewhere. So what? It only helped to
boaster the fear online. Get over it. You act like an inbred on a witch
hunt. Are you really stuck on yourself that bad?

  This thread went so far (in posts over a year ago) to suggest that I had
made comments about SR 71's and all manner of nonsense (T-38, etc.). Man,
the hemp must be flowing out there somewhere! LOL! At the time I thought
this was attributable to the numerous people using the name Voss. Anymore, I
think it was a collective of people just like you, sipping your drinks and
escalating the hatred. You must have no life.

  Peoples suggestions? I think you need to back the wagon up and regroup.
TAS was my intellectual property from the very beginning. I didn't see you
take any part in it, until the hate mongers latched on. So, your alignment
and feeling on this issue are well known. It isn't going to stop me from
making legitimate efforts in this area, so save your breath. I was asked how
I was handling certain details in TAS. I answered. Now I see my ideas
showing up in games. Hmm... wonder where the leak was? As I said, forgotten.
TAS is dead. Actually, it was finished over a year ago. Hobutt's lawyer
forbid its release. So, I'll have to raise money along another venue in
order to battle it out with him. I'll win.

  You see, I never released anyone from the NDA. But, forgotten. As long as
he doesn't rear his ugly head, no problem.

  My current partner is well of aware of, and in fact took part in, the TAS
debacle (as an unwilling participant). Stiff who? My last partner bailed
when I became ill. He never supported the project enough to see it to the
end. I require $35,000/yr just to survive. To survive and maintain an edge
on technology requires much more. Ask any software company out there if they
could produce on $11,000. Nope? Didn't think so. I spent $11,000 in software
easy. I bought eight computers, because the local University does not allow
their equipment to be used for commercial efforts. I paid for it, not my
partner. Our agreement was that he was the financier, not me. So this
arguement goes no where.

  Would you saddle up with a drunkard who nightly spits vile and hatred to
potential customers? Obviously you would, since it suits your personality.
He needed to go. Good riddance.

  As to the scorpion thing. If you think that wasn't real, I feel sorry for
you. I heard that a lot of people suggested that scorpions are not even in
Arkansas. Wrong. Check it out braniac. Yes, cancer patients undergo strains
upon their immune systems. All it took was a single stinger, from a scorpion
long dead, to nearly kill me. It didn't kill me, and I doubt your hatred
will penetrate deeply either.

  Nope, zero penetration.

  This only helps to provide evidence that you have tried to funnel every
event against me, rather then accept it as the natural flow of events. Man,
I bet you yell at cars in traffic too.

  John Birkes is the brother of a very good friend of mine. Yep, real and
all. I asked him to use the company computer (yes the one Hobutt supplied)
to keep up on things and to keep me informed (as I was obviously not going
to be around for awhile). John and I had our differences. He's gone now.
Suffer. Even suggesting that I round up verification for you would be
childish John, and I would expect more of someone in your position. I'm not
asking for trust. I'm not asking for money. I asked for everyone to come by
and check on our progress. I suggest you refrain from further tirades, or
you might miss out on something you would really like to see. Well, it's
obvious you don't care to see me succeed. I'll rub it in when I do. <G>

  I have heard a lot of crud about so many issues surrounding this. It is so
much crap. My main detractor even suggested that I don't exist at all! Man,
you two have got it bad (and I use the term 'Man' loosely)! Well, Loser
Detractor has talked to everyone in the area he could reach (not realizing
that the area is small and that everyone would inform me) and still he
doubts I am even real. Nah, this message is the result of a cleverly written
virus present on your system alone. (Dweeb).

 Contrary to your snotty and single minded opinion, there are a lot of good
souls out there that do not suffer from your black heartedness. You have to
carry that burden, so keep it to yourself. Do it now. Further rants will
only make you look stupid.

  I still have the trust of my wing, my wife and family, my partner, and
many more people that have corresponded with me throughout my illness. To
them I say thank you. Their thoughts and prayers will, in the end, see this
thing through. Without their support I may very well have perished. I won't
let them down.

  Now, I'm too busy for this NG crud. You won't fnd my email address
attached, as I don't eat spam, I won't take the time to correspond with you,
and I don't need the three-hundred emails I was getting with TAS (daily).
You are not the only virtual pilot out there and really I don't care what
you think. When you die, and if I am as well (without having produced a
flight sim, game, or anything useful), you will have the last laugh.

  Until then shut up and sit down, stupid.

  I'm off to work. Once I'm back on WB look me up. Bring friends. You'll
need them.

Paul "Voss" Hinds
« Last Edit: September 25, 2013, 07:14:51 PM by uptown »
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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #552 on: September 25, 2013, 07:24:28 PM »
 :huh   :rofl   :lol wtf was that uptown?
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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #553 on: September 25, 2013, 07:40:40 PM »
Wow.  Someone has spun completely off the hinges.  

I declare this thread WIN
"Such is the nature of war.  By protecting others, you save yourself."

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Re: For Chalenge
« Reply #554 on: September 25, 2013, 08:13:41 PM »
I detect a certain amount of anger....