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Title: Moving On
Post by: Shifty on January 24, 2015, 09:41:15 AM
I cancelled my AH subscription this morning. I've been at this on-line WWII flight sim stuff since 1992. Recently I realized it was time to outdoors while I still can. So the wife and I are spending a lot of time with our grandchildren looking for arrowheads and collecting rocks along the North Sulphur River. Plus I've gotten back into my old firearms hobby and there's a couple of guns I'm saving up to purchase instead of upgrading my PC. I've enjoyed the sim its been a lot of laughs over the years. I just want the guys in the following squads and associations to know I really appreciated flying and hanging out with them and over the years. You guys made this hobby very enjoyable and I appreciate it.

JG-11
VF-17
56th FG
1841 FAA
880 FAA
353rd FG
325th FG
SAPP
Special Events CMs
AVA Staff

Thanks guys. :aok

:salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: SilverZ06 on January 24, 2015, 09:45:40 AM
Real life comes first. This game makes time go by faster than anything else and that is scary. Go have fun with the wife/kids/grandkids.  :salute :cheers:
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: flatiron1 on January 24, 2015, 09:54:47 AM
Good luck Shifty, had some good times with the 353rd.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Oldman731 on January 24, 2015, 09:55:00 AM
Real life comes first. This game makes time go by faster than anything else and that is scary. Go have fun with the wife/kids/grandkids.


Agreed.  But then come back here.

Take care, Shifty.

- oldman
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: waystin2 on January 24, 2015, 09:58:24 AM
Have a darn good time with your family Shifty.

 :salute

Way
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: SIK1 on January 24, 2015, 10:07:26 AM
 Always a class act.
:salute Shifty
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: captain1ma on January 24, 2015, 10:16:13 AM
shifty it was great Hating you and then having you as a Great friend! from a bumpy start to ally, I've thoroughly enjoyed
having you as a friend, talking to you on the phone and planning things together in the AVA.
you will be sorely missed by me more so then anyone else. we've lots of nasty fights against each other
and lots of fun together! I will miss you my friend and hope that someday, when you feel the need again,
you will come back to the game. ill be looking forward to the day you do!

good luck and my heartfelt best wishes to you and your family. you'll be missed!

ps.... just in case, I have you phone number, so I can try to talk you into coming back!!! LOL
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Spikes on January 24, 2015, 10:16:21 AM
Take care Shifty, it was a pleasure working with you.

:salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Stresser on January 24, 2015, 10:35:16 AM
Good luck and enjoy the time with your family. :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Triton28 on January 24, 2015, 10:36:31 AM
 :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Arlo on January 24, 2015, 10:56:21 AM
Dammit, Shifty! Guess I will hafta come visit in person.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Guppy35 on January 24, 2015, 11:00:38 AM
Enjoy the time and the family Shifty.  But don't be a stranger either.  The boards still work :)
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: potsNpans on January 24, 2015, 11:01:25 AM
All the best Shifty, enjoy the family  :cheers:, don't forget to fly once in awhile though.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: 68falcon on January 24, 2015, 11:10:45 AM
Enjoy the family  :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: USRanger on January 24, 2015, 11:14:17 AM
Pffft.  Quitter...



 ;) :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: aztec on January 24, 2015, 11:20:16 AM
 :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: -ammo- on January 24, 2015, 12:17:48 PM
Shifty,

Best to you and yours.  I certainly appreciate all those things you did for the 56th and hope to see you in the unfriendly skies again soon.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Stampf on January 24, 2015, 12:21:12 PM

Tough losing a member of my Stab.

Tougher losing a good friend.

All the best.

<S>



Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: branch37 on January 24, 2015, 12:34:54 PM
A big  :salute to the man that taught me how to play the game, and turned a two weeker into what I am today, for what it's worth.   :salute to one of the founding members of the current incarnation of VF-17, and one of my first real friends in AH.  Gonna miss seeing you around Shifty.   :cheers:
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: OldBull on January 24, 2015, 12:58:06 PM
Best of luck Shifty, I have enjoyed our encounters over the years.
What part of the country is the North Sulphur river and what time periods are the artifact's from? If American Indian history is an interest read 'Brutal Journey" by Paul Schneider, it  is a remarkable account of early Spanish exploration during the first contact period with the American tribes.
OldBull
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Arlo on January 24, 2015, 01:09:56 PM
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/1more4road_zpse42fc4bd.png~original)
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: dmdchief on January 24, 2015, 01:15:17 PM
good luck shifty, if you ever get to LAKE CYPRESS SPRINGS, give me a holler, I live by the park.  salute
ab8aac
903-261-1913
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: mechanic on January 24, 2015, 01:23:54 PM
S! Shifty
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Kingpin on January 24, 2015, 01:30:20 PM
Tale care, Shifty.  Enjoy all your other endeavors.

I'm sure all of VF-17, past and present, offer a snappy :salute

Ryno
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: ink on January 24, 2015, 02:08:20 PM
Take care Shifty...

great guy...AH is losing a good one :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Goat1 on January 24, 2015, 03:35:40 PM
Good luck Shifty,
Was fun being Squad mates.
 :salute
Goat
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: shppr01 on January 24, 2015, 06:27:52 PM
All the best shifty! I have had fun flying against /with you in AvA and the 353rd. Hope to see you back but if not May wind always be at your back and the sun on your shoulders! :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Muzzy on January 24, 2015, 06:36:05 PM
 :salute

All the best, sir.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Dragon Tamer on January 24, 2015, 07:33:05 PM
 :salute

It's been fun.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Slash27 on January 24, 2015, 07:59:34 PM
I cancelled my AH subscription this morning. I've been at this on-line WWII flight sim stuff since 1992. Recently I realized it was time to outdoors while I still can.
Not a bad plan Shifty! If it weren't for you and Jester inviting me in to VF-27 I honestly would not have stuck with this game and made the longtime friends I have from "golden days" of the CT. (except that filthy back shooting Oldman) Thanks for the help back in the day, you guys helped a lot of new players enjoy what's best about this game. You'll be missed without a doubt. Enjoy real life! :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Dichotomy on January 24, 2015, 09:41:19 PM
you taught me a lot sir.  Some day we have to catch up.  <S>  Best of luck my friend
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Joker312 on January 25, 2015, 11:07:33 AM
All the best Shifty, enjoy your family.

Hate to see the community lose another good guy.
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Shrike on January 25, 2015, 12:22:12 PM
Take care Shifty.  I enjoyed meeting you in Addison and conversing about our experiences in Europe while in the US Air Force during the late 80's.  Practically nobody in my circle of family, friends, and co-workers has any clue about those years so those experiences get bottled up until I run into someone with similar experiences.  I often think and pray for your sons.  They've given so much for our country and are in the truest sense American hero's.

 :rock :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: ROC on January 25, 2015, 01:55:34 PM
Take care of yourself Shifty.  Remember this though, you haven't been outside since 1992, we'll see you back here when you get sunburnt so bad you can't walk :) 
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Big Rat on January 25, 2015, 03:05:46 PM
Sorry to see you go Shifty.  You do know firearms are a much more expensive hobby then aces high right?  Good luck on your future endeavors :aok

 :salute
BigRat
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Latrobe on January 25, 2015, 06:09:59 PM
<S> Shifty. Glad I got to fly with you!  :salute
Title: Re: Moving On
Post by: Nefarious on January 25, 2015, 06:48:38 PM
<S> Shifty