BadAim

I'll go check my piggy bank right now!

Nice pics Mate, thanks for sharing.

Actually there is a whole book's worth of scary stuff, but it's only scary if you believe that it's other than a fairy tale. Of course if you believe it, then death will hold as little fear for you as it does for me. (I'll grant that while death scares me much less than it used to, some of the ways of "getting dead" still scare the crap out of me)

I've always said "You can't fix stupid". Apparently you can tune 'im up a bit though. LOL

That might be a good Idea, Mayhem (the mechanical one, It's more in keeping with the period) I'm just lazy, and I don't want to spend a long time building it, or a lot of effort in using my brain. I'm actually a half decent fabricator, and can usually get just about any thing done I set my mind to. I just need to set my mind to it.

What on earth are you people doing down there?

I have been planning to use an old x52 for the same reason, but I'm leaning towards the BU0836. I'd love to use multiturn pots for the trimwheels, but I can't come up with a good way to (visually) find center. It would be cool if someone made a pointer (or really any kind of +/- indicator) like was found on most of the real aircraft.

When all else fails, not dying is always a good consolation prize.

Happy birthday boyz!

It's great to watch real pros operate heavy machinery. Don't worry Jim, you'll be an old hand in no time. I'm with Bucky in commending your wise decision to get help, what's that old saying? Oh yeah, "Pride goeth before rolling your excavator over in a swamp"

Yeah, I agree, I think the p45 is probably a better chipset. One thing you might want to do is make sure your bios is updated to support quadcore, it probably is good, but worth a few minutes on the Gigabyte site to check it out. I'm quite sure that you'll see little performance gain in IL2, but then again having extra cores for handling the background tasks might help a bit.

Do well mate, and enjoy your new adventure. I'm with TOAD, there ain't nothin' free about a stint with the Marines. You've earned it.

Oh, you poor, poor sod Condor! You went out in search of training and found us. Well at least you can learn how to crash with style and flair. Welcome to the pound mate!

He was "on a suicide mission and surely mad". Seems like a fitting tribute to a Scotsman born in Canada. ~S~

Or at least have a good backup plan!

I'm amazed at the image quality, it's really quite impressive for the size and the weight, not to mention the price!.

I've been expecting these things for sometime, you see; I've read the end of the book. I hate to say it, but it's going to be even worse than you can imagine. I do so love conversing with people who think for themselves. It's such a rare quality these days. Thanks Mates.

BINGO! Sorry for shouting, but I love this stuff....... It's much the same here, mate. I guess that's why I'm so cynical. I guess it boils down to human nature, the type who are most likely to get into politics are the ones you least want there (much like used car salesmen), and the few "good" ones who get through are either drowned out in the noise or corrupted by it.

That’s not true my friend. When I was in Iraq in 2005, we found bunker after bunker filled with Weapons of Mass Destruction. Artillery shells filled with Nerve Gas to be precise. The discovery of WMD was on the news for about a day and a half and then the story was killed. It turned out that the Nerve Gas shells were all made in the Good Old USA. We had shipped them to Saddam Hussein back when he was fighting the Iranians in the 1980s. LOL! Ah, the tangled webs we weave....... I beg to differ on the faith and belief thing Prof. I have only been a Christian for ten years, after I was convinced after much study that the scriptures are largely a collection of historical documents and that they tell the story of they creator of the universe redeeming a fallen people. In the time since the way I view the world has changed entirely and nearly everything I believe has changed because of my faith, and my faith has been strengthened by what I believe. I'm still a sack of shit, but I'm getting better. I think so many people see all faith as being blind faith. I don't. I think blind faith is a fools errand, and I have little tolerance for fools. In the same way they see "Belief" as some philosophical fantasy. I don't. I only want to believe what I believe is real, I'll leave the philosophy to the philosophers. As for the paper being worthless thing, I'm 100% with you. I'm not well versed in international economics, but I'm convinced that the US economy is little more than a ponzi scheme, and the whole bloody house of cards is getting ready to fall in.

I'm with you Kimo, and to be honest I felt much like you at one time. Problem is there is little difference between fiscal and political greed, or any other kind for that matter. I don't believe that any government can be trusted, much as our founding fathers did. I guess that's why I see socialism and communism in the light that I do.

I'm just tired of only being allowed to preach to the choir (and I don't mean just here). Why the hell shouldn't we discuss politics and religion? I don't consider this place like any other forum board, were not here only to discuss IL2 or flight sims, were here to connect with our friends. At some point were bound to learn things about our friends, and it's not always to our liking, but it's the real world, and the real world is messy. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. (aw crap, I've broken out in song lyrics again) I realize that some may come here for different reasons, but I'm actually quite fond of of you guys and I bloody well refuse to be anything other than what I am here, and I don't expect any one else to be any different either. I understand that it may cause friction, but how else can it be? I actually believe that a Facist Jesus freak and a Godless commie can be freinds (just look at me and JP), but if they're going to be true to themselves (and each other) there must be some friction at some point. The question is will that friction create more light than heat? That's how I see it.

But do not real men embrace danger? BTW, I'm quite proud of my fellow Dogz in that this discussion has not broken down into a flame war as it would have elsewhere. I credit this to the superior level of intelligence (or, perhaps 'self awareness') that I have noted amongst the entirely unique community that makes up the Danger Dogz.

No offence BA, you're a nice bloke, but wtf are you talking about? Never mind that Communism and socialism are two very separate political philosophies, just where in the wide world is this supposed agenda being peddled? One answer might be, in the heads of a group of press and pundits whose main intention is to incite fear in their gullible audience. We saw that when certain "experts" reported that Britain's National Health Service used "death lists" to highlight patients who (reportedly) weren't worth saving; and again when it was stated that "Professor Stephen Hawking would be dead if he had needed to rely on the NHS". Embarrassingly, it was pointed out that the good prof IS, and always has been, an NHS patient. The truth falls by the wayside in the face of good politicking however, and came too late to prevent the fear from taking hold. Try to hold onto the idea that a social health system does not equate to socialism or Communism just because the word social is being used. Excuse my sarcasm. B No offense to you Either Brando but WTF are you talking about? I never mentioned anything about health care, and it's not relevant to anything I said. I'm quite familiar with the differences between Socialism and Communism, but since I have not read Marx, I'll not argue them. I personally see the difference as pure semantics, but I can see how you might see things otherwise. Please stop assuming I'm stupid, Brando and come with a relevant argument and we might have something to talk about. Excuse the sarcasm . I don't assume you are stupid BA, and I'm sorry if I come over that way. I was using the health examples to highlight my thoughts about pundits really, and to criticise the spin that is put on anything different. And, I'll admit it, to pull you over regarding "The current Communist/Socialist agenda that is being propagated worldwide." I still don't understand what that means. When I look around Britain and the rest of the European states I can't find any trace of what I think you mean. All I see is consumerism and a desire to kickstart our economies so that we can carry on consuming. I will limit my reply until I have the time to consider it more fully. I will in my defense say that I consider the entirety of Europe largely Socialist, as do most American thinkers (the non thinkers, only care about European fashion). That I consider the differences between Socialism and Communism largely semantic will explain my lumping them together (and I might imagine to your consternation). I can only plead ignorance if Europeans think differently of their own forms of governance. I have no formal education on the subject, and as de Tocqueville might observe, I'm quite proud of the fact.

Sadly, I can offer no argument. The problem is that ostensibly "democratic' governments always in the end slip into totalitarianism of some sort. This is one of the reasons that the founding fathers of the USA feared democracy more than the crown, and why they did not create a democracy (contrary to popular belief) but a republic. Unfortunately; The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Alexis de Tocqueville this happened long ago. Hence my consternation at the demise of a Republic which I have never really known. We're also buying firearms at unheard of levels too..... I suspect, unfortunately, that the latter will be more useful.........

I've sent this off to my "Posse". We here in the States owe every bit as much to these brave few young men as our friends across the pond do. Salute!