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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #30 on: November 02, 2013, 11:33:13 PM »
Quote from: ozrocker on November 02, 2013, 07:47:47 PM
I had a 70 LeSabre. I called it my boat.
It was a huge car :aok





                                                                                                                            :cheers: Oz

I once had a '70 Olds Cutlass with a 350 that literally floated at over 120 mph and, with a nice but nothing special '69 Malibu in between, before that had a '68 Chevy Impala station wagon with a 350 HP 327 (one of the upper tier (but not the top) engine options used in Corvette's that year) in it.

They were both boats but they were both fast.  The '64 Belaire and the '69 Plymouth Fury III before and after were just boats.

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Offline GhostCDB

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2013, 08:15:09 AM »
How do you manage to derail a welcome thread. . .  :old:
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2013, 08:17:56 AM »
hmmmmm....derail. let's talk trains now  :aok
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Offline LLv34_Dictonius

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2013, 12:22:10 PM »
Welcome!

If you see pictures of naked men in this forum, don't feel threatened - in finland we give warm welcomes in the form of sauna! :cheers:

Btw. put that in your to do list: to go Finland and take part of Virrat AH meeting, drink too much beer, jump in the frozen lake and then head back to sauna (to consume more beer again). Thats how you make real knives to a knife fight - iron needs to be quenched :lol
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Offline Wildcatdad

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #34 on: November 03, 2013, 04:43:24 PM »
Quote from: LLv34_Dictonius on November 03, 2013, 12:22:10 PM
Welcome!

If you see pictures of naked men in this forum, don't feel threatened - in finland we give warm welcomes in the form of sauna! :cheers:

Btw. put that in your to do list: to go Finland and take part of Virrat AH meeting, drink too much beer, jump in the frozen lake and then head back to sauna (to consume more beer again). Thats how you make real knives to a knife fight - iron needs to be quenched :lol

Ummmmm? :headscratch: Thanks?
I'm just gonna back away slowly and.... :bolt:
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #35 on: November 03, 2013, 06:46:11 PM »
Quote from: LLv34_Dictonius on November 03, 2013, 12:22:10 PM
Welcome!

If you see pictures of naked men in this forum, don't feel threatened - in finland we give warm welcomes in the form of sauna! :cheers:

Btw. put that in your to do list: to go Finland and take part of Virrat AH meeting, drink too much beer, jump in the frozen lake and then head back to sauna (to consume more beer again). Thats how you make real knives to a knife fight - iron needs to be quenched :lol


I just cancelled all future trips to Finland.  In fact, Finland just began to glow.
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #36 on: November 03, 2013, 07:40:24 PM »
hay,

they just wanna quench your iron...

jatsh shexy
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #37 on: November 03, 2013, 07:49:59 PM »
If you have never experienced the full on assault of the Finns, in a scenario, flying drunk off their collective arses, while naked in the sauna, you simply haven't lived.
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #38 on: November 03, 2013, 11:44:53 PM »
Quote from: ROC on November 03, 2013, 07:49:59 PM
If you have never experienced the full on assault of the Finns, in a scenario, flying drunk off their collective arses, while naked in the sauna, you simply haven't lived.

I would rather rub crap in my hair so, no, thanks I'm good.
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #39 on: November 03, 2013, 11:57:00 PM »
Quote from: Changeup on November 03, 2013, 11:44:53 PM
I would rather rub crap in my hair so, no, thanks I'm good.
you did that already...didn't think you enjoyed it so much.  :lol
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Offline Yankee67

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #40 on: November 04, 2013, 12:43:00 AM »
Welcome.   :rock

I was new, back in May.  A few things:

1. You will become addicted.
2. You will still need to shower, and still try to eat at normal times.  And sleep.  Remember these things.
3. If you have teenage kids, they will smirk at your headset at first, then they will stand over your shoulder saying things like "go get that one, no over there, hey I wanna try, hey I want an account."
4. Eventually, you will quietly listen to the boss/wife/cop that pulled you over as they harass you, while your inner voice says "dude, you'd be so dead if I caught you on the deck with no E."
5. You will learn that thinking about how to maintain a perch above a furball while driving a real vehicle down the highway is not a good combination.
6. You will spend hours of your life learning that the mil tick marks in a tank reticule actually have meaning.  And you will become proficient at using them.
7. If your addiction gets really bad, and you travel for business, you will bring your headset and joystick with you on the road, and the 24 year old TSA agent at the Xray machine will look you intently for a moment, and quietly nod his head approvingly.
8. You will find yourself watching a war movie with your non-AH pals, and blurt out "NO WAY a Mark VI turrets from one round!... Err, anyone want a beer?"
9. You will begin to think you can fly commercial aircraft, if you really had to.
10. Your wife will say things like "your office now looks like a crack den", and you will respond "no, Tank Town is the crack den."  And she will not be amused.
 
 
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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #41 on: November 04, 2013, 01:54:08 PM »
Quote from: Yankee67 on November 04, 2013, 12:43:00 AM
Welcome.   :rock

I was new, back in May.  A few things:

1. You will become addicted.
2. You will still need to shower, and still try to eat at normal times.  And sleep.  Remember these things.
3. If you have teenage kids, they will smirk at your headset at first, then they will stand over your shoulder saying things like "go get that one, no over there, hey I wanna try, hey I want an account."
4. Eventually, you will quietly listen to the boss/wife/cop that pulled you over as they harass you, while your inner voice says "dude, you'd be so dead if I caught you on the deck with no E."
5. You will learn that thinking about how to maintain a perch above a furball while driving a real vehicle down the highway is not a good combination.
6. You will spend hours of your life learning that the mil tick marks in a tank reticule actually have meaning.  And you will become proficient at using them.
7. If your addiction gets really bad, and you travel for business, you will bring your headset and joystick with you on the road, and the 24 year old TSA agent at the Xray machine will look you intently for a moment, and quietly nod his head approvingly.
8. You will find yourself watching a war movie with your non-AH pals, and blurt out "NO WAY a Mark VI turrets from one round!... Err, anyone want a beer?"
9. You will begin to think you can fly commercial aircraft, if you really had to.
10. Your wife will say things like "your office now looks like a crack den", and you will respond "no, Tank Town is the crack den."  And she will not be amused.
 

This has to be one of the best welcome posts ever.  Hilariously accurate, too. 

Well done, Yankee.

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #42 on: November 04, 2013, 04:27:29 PM »
Welcome. This thread has become very entertaining....

....and a lot of good advice can be found in SOME of the posts. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Here are some links to video clips for absolute beginners. They start very, Very, VERY simple, and progress to some fairly advanced stuff. I created these video clips to train a Boy Scout troop about 3 years ago. I hope it helps! There are about 29 separate video clips, averaging about 5 minutes each. Here's the link:

http://askmisterwizard.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Training/AcesHighTrainingByPeabodyPage01Full.htm
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Offline Wildcatdad

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Re: I am sorta new
« Reply #43 on: November 05, 2013, 03:24:39 PM »
Quote from: Yankee67 on November 04, 2013, 12:43:00 AM
Welcome.   :rock

I was new, back in May.  A few things:

1. You will become addicted.
2. You will still need to shower, and still try to eat at normal times.  And sleep.  Remember these things.
3. If you have teenage kids, they will smirk at your headset at first, then they will stand over your shoulder saying things like "go get that one, no over there, hey I wanna try, hey I want an account."
4. Eventually, you will quietly listen to the boss/wife/cop that pulled you over as they harass you, while your inner voice says "dude, you'd be so dead if I caught you on the deck with no E."
5. You will learn that thinking about how to maintain a perch above a furball while driving a real vehicle down the highway is not a good combination.
6. You will spend hours of your life learning that the mil tick marks in a tank reticule actually have meaning.  And you will become proficient at using them.
7. If your addiction gets really bad, and you travel for business, you will bring your headset and joystick with you on the road, and the 24 year old TSA agent at the Xray machine will look you intently for a moment, and quietly nod his head approvingly.
8. You will find yourself watching a war movie with your non-AH pals, and blurt out "NO WAY a Mark VI turrets from one round!... Err, anyone want a beer?"
9. You will begin to think you can fly commercial aircraft, if you really had to.
10. Your wife will say things like "your office now looks like a crack den", and you will respond "no, Tank Town is the crack den."  And she will not be amused.
 
 

BEST ANSWER EVER!  :rock :salute
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