Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wilfrid on May 31, 2003, 11:37:18 AM
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So I'm at this little airshow at Chino. I'd just spent the week in the main hall at E3 showing off our game 'Far Cry' at the Ubisoft area and decide its time for some R and R.
Navigating myself and a recalcitrant Italian programmer who is 'Not Into Planes' from LA to the airfield turns out to be easy. Ah you yanks and your straight-line roads.
We arrive and check out some F-14s in the bone yard (v.cool) before walking to the airshow area. I'm constantly on the look out for dudes wearing Aces High caps but unfortunately have no luck (sorry Midnight Target)
I had a great time, watching the planes and crawling around in side the B17 exhibit (realised the cockpit is smaller than most family cars - or even a Mini. Funny I thought it was bigger). I told the old chap by the front hatch 'I live very near to Schweinfurt' and he came back 'oh yes, very tough target that one, lost a lot of guys'
I got talking to a friendly yank at the burger line who was complaining about it's length (at least 4 people long) who later on told me as we were watching the Hurricane and Spitfire taking off 'Heh we saved your tulips back then! Eh? You'd be speaking GERMAN now if it wasn't for us!' Thanks mate, I DO speak German and I rather think its due to the possibilities afforded to me by the two aircraft taking off right now, at least in part. It's alright about the ugly american thing, we have a couple in our office :D
We leave during the F18/F4f/F4u flyby, but unfortunately the damage had been done. Yes, Brits and the desert sun do not mix and I was embarrassingly red for a few days. I even had to put up with a very gay shop attendant in Beverly Hills as I was buying aftersun lotion. If I'd stayed for another 5 minutes, I'm sure an ambulance would have been called.
Anyway back to normal now. You Americans have a very nice country. Look after it.
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Sounds like a good time, thanks for the compliments. Too bad about the guys attitude in the burger line - I promise we're not all like that.
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Heya Wilf, hows the game coming? I vaguely remember the concept but it was a while ago. :)
How's that young frau of yours?
wow! like the graphics!
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Wilfrid,
Pay no attention to the numbnuts in the buger line. Most of us Yanks don't share his attitude.
I for one am thankful for you Brits...
And BTW, you have a beautiful country as well...
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I manged to burn my baldspot last year at chino (It's overcast I don't need a hat! -duh) :). It was well worth the pain though.
I spent most of the last 4.5 years living in the US and I can safely say that the vast majority of Americans are sensible, friendly and polite. There are a few idiots of course but no more than any other country I've been to.
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Originally posted by GrimCO
Wilfrid,
Pay no attention to the numbnuts in the buger line. Most of us Yanks don't share his attitude.
I for one am thankful for you Brits...
And BTW, you have a beautiful country as well...
Yeah, most of us don't get pissed off until the burger line is 5 deep.
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LMAO, come to Holland the queue for McDonalds will be 20 mins.
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lmao swoop!
when i was in amsterdam i always thought it would be good if McDonalds did an 'extra happy meal'
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Originally posted by Swoop
LMAO, come to Holland the queue for McDonalds will be 20 mins.
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Does the McDonalds in Holland serve the same low grade dog food they serve here in the U.S.? :D
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Buncha lily-white Europeans can't handle the California sun? Good, go back to Europe where the sun don't shine. We don't need you here.
-The 20,000,000 illegal Mexican Immigrants currently living in California
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Lucky we never met up... I would have told you how you would have been speaking german with a lisp through your bad teeth ....
:D
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You might be missing yours then though...... ;)
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Watch out MT, Swoop will hit you with his purse. :)
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Yikes!
After years of Monty Python reruns I assumed you Brits had a finely honed sense of humor.
Then I saw Benny Hill.
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At last! A Yank who doesn't find Benny Hill funny. God be praised!
Now, here is the crunch-question: how do you find 'Are you being served?'
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Never saw it.
But I LOVE Fawlty Towers.
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Good.
Fawlty Towers is excellent.
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Swoop thinks Benny Hill is funny.
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Swoop smokes too much. He was probably on one of his happy-happy-joy-joy days.