A word of advice

[peter12213]

What is this heat? Up here in the Arctic its nice and cool and 21+ of daylight.

Clear Blue, and 26 Degrees C here! (For a change!)

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Clear Blue, and 26 Degrees C here! (For a change!)

[OT]

what, in the UK ??!!
We can be lucky if we get 14 degrees C in our part of Germany (and it supposed to be the warmest area in G here), and it has been raining (snowing in some parts) for weeks now. Yuck.


[/OT]

Mark

 

[JoeW]

I was going to pass on this, but ...... I came back to post my experiences. I have a neighbor that went to Canada back in the 60's to avoid the draft. ( He told me this) This guy's out to destroy anything anyone else has worked for just to prove he's as good as anyone else. He is a very unhappy person and wants everyone else to be also.
This guys name is Donald Paul Vanyo. If you have the good luck to run across him, please give him the respect he deserves.
I just had to vent on this.
Sorry.

 

[IanHenry]

Yes, glorious sunshine in the U.K today, might even go out in my car (see left).
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[Tim_Horton]

I vote to lock this posting for starting something that gets off topic to many times. Just jokes, Don't read my words seriously.

 

[Bjoern]

I believe that there is a solution.

Yeah, reading the following statement out loudly at least twice a day.

"Don't take everything seriously. You're on the internet after all. Period."

 

[Bone]

Pilots, for the most part, are professional types, even at a young age, they developed a discipline and manner about them that has the air of professionalism, it goes with the territory. When someone in here who claims to be of that profession, starts throwing little tantrums and reverting to the person they actually are. . .it's very obvious. Those are the ones who will usually cause the most stink about something relatively small, just to keep their persona intact, when actually, they're just digging a bigger hole to fall into.

Yes...and no. Pilots are for the most part what you say in the first sentence. But that's when they're at work. When the duty day is over and you're in another part of the country or out of the country, well, let me just say things can get a little wild and crazy.

 

[Marvin Carter]

Kinda reminds me of the WWII online forums, people just waiting around for you to post something so they can jump on you light a pitbull on a poodle, Like Ed ,said they read it in a book so i.m an expert, I thinking it's My pee pee is bigger than yours syndrone, and
useally it's the lack of, that's the problem, My Dad had a good philosophy If you cant say nothing good be nice how you say it, actually he said don't let your mouth right a check your ass cant cash, Its easy the be a smartass in mommys basement a thousand miles away, but look a man in the eye and say it, now that when your manners start to kick in.
Just my two cents worth!!!

 

[falcon409]

. . . . .When the duty day is over and you're in another part of the country or out of the country, well, let me just say things can get a little wild and crazy.

Oh, I'm aware of that. I've been on a lot of deployments where the pilots kicked in for the beer and steaks and gave a big "Goin Home" bash for the Maintenance folks. They were definitely "gloves off" affairs. . .in a good way, lol.

 

[Snave]

Yes...and no. Pilots are for the most part what you say in the first sentence. But that's when they're at work. When the duty day is over and you're in another part of the country or out of the country, well, let me just say things can get a little wild and crazy.

What always concerns me about these `holier than thou` commentaries is how anyone is allowed to assume with this smug superciliousness that they know best, and then be allowed to get away with it. Who dies and makes you Pope? I never saw any white smoke...

...fact is I, like Bone know a lot of pilots, including some very senior. With few exceptions they exhibit the same human frailties as the rest of humanity, they are not supermen and some are actually the biggest p**sheads and risk takers I know. I've had to carry to bed one of my eelatives on more than several occasions after a really good family get together, and he's got more than 10,000 hours in everything from Sea Kings to 777's. My original flying tutor is world famous (yes, really) and he consistently had to have his car keys taken from him by the steward to prevent him driving home after a complete bottle of Scotch. He's still one of the best pilots I've ever seen, and he never flies drunk. That's his `other life`.



As for the recent topics, most of those were locked as a result of deflection of the `argument` onto the `man` by those whose specious theorising had been exposed for the fallacious gossip it was; their facts were wrong; their opinions backed up by nothing more than ego.
If you cannot argue the message, then don't express it. Expressing the opinion confers the equal and opposite right to disagree with it, and if you can't argue the opinion and instead resort to implying disagreement is some kind of personal slur, when it's the exposure of the absence of cognitive reasoning that is being explored, not the IQ of the person behind it.

Truth is never `the first past the post`...

The very essence of a forum is that it should NOT be a self-absorbed `agree-fest` for the terminally self-important few, but offer educational, informed debate from which consensus can be achieved through the medium via exchange of non-polarised views. Anyone who can't understand that DISagreement is the basis for ALL rational debate, not some pathetic back-slapping for the exhorbitantly needy needs to re-learn the basics of discussion.
Through all this the Moderator role is to promote debate, not stymie disagreement.

It is no excuse for a pathetic opinion that to attack it is denigrating the individual. Who knows ANYONE else on this board? How many have actually ever met? A tiny percentage. We ARE what we post, and if you don't agree with it have the stones to say so and require the expresser to justify their theory and what you end up with, regardless of wit and pith, is substantiated discussion - and consensus.

What is really lacking from most forums is intelligent debate, not meaningless notions of `niceness`. Niceness and pleasantry comes from mutual respect based on justified opinion, factual reporting and respect for the correctness of others.

"I have no respect at all for anyone's opinion, Until I agree with it."

See if you can find out who said that.

 

[Bone]

Oh, I'm aware of that. I've been on a lot of deployments where the pilots kicked in for the beer and steaks and gave a big "Goin Home" bash for the Maintenance folks. They were definitely "gloves off" affairs. . .in a good way, lol.

LOL, and you got to hang out with Fighter jocks, too. In my aviation world, most of the outrageous behavior on layovers is instigated by Flight Attendants...and they don't pay for crap.

What always concerns me about these `holier than thou` commentaries is how anyone is allowed to assume with this smug superciliousness that they know best, and then be allowed to get away with it.

Very true, and this isn't even real. These models are great fun to play with, and depending on a persons rig and the size of their monitor they can get an awesome aviation head fake going...which for most people is about as close to flying as they'll ever get, so it's an awesome hobby in that regard. And, for people who do fly, it gives them a chance to go outside their particular aviation niche and sample something completely different. I do alot of formation flying with jet fighter models, and my rig is hooked up to a 52" HDTV with TrackIR....talk about immersion. I enjoy the hell out of this hobby, and we are all so lucky to have the technology available to us.

 

[Bjoern]

When the duty day is over and you're in another part of the country or out of the country, well, let me just say things can get a little wild and crazy.

...and on the next day you get busted on your way to the plane because you smell like a liquor store.

In my aviation world, most of the outrageous behavior on layovers is instigated by Flight Attendants...and they don't pay for crap.

Haha! :d

 

[N2056]

I recall the same sort of thing happening a year ago this time...mostly because I allowed myself to get caught up in it back then. I will admit that lately I have occasionally slipped and posted a reply here & there that should have gone to the recycle bin instead, but I got past that :d

The thing I have learned over time is that quite often the best reply is no reply at all.

 

[Bone]

...and on the next day you get busted on your way to the plane because you smell like a liquor store.





Haha! :d

There are some that don't know when to quit. Thankfully just a few.

 

[Henry]

also we do have an ignore list available to all members
if you do not like seeing certain people posts
you can add them
but sorry you cannot do mine
H

 

[tigisfat]

also we do have an ignore list available to all members
if you do not like seeing certain people posts
you can add them
but sorry you cannot do mine
H

Well,

The ignore function works as a reminder to help you ignore them but doesn't actually hide their posts. You can still see the posts only they're shortened, you don't get the entire content. When someone quotes someone on your ignore list, the quote is fully visible as well.

 

[Bjoern]

There are some that don't know when to quit. Thankfully just a few.

...who get the press' attention.

Well,

The ignore function works as a reminder to help you ignore them but doesn't actually hide their posts. You can still see the posts only they're shortened, you don't get the entire content. When someone quotes someone on your ignore list, the quote is fully visible as well.

The ignorelist then worked better in the old board software. At least I've used it (unfortunately though; I normally don't do that) and it worked like it was supposed to.