Strider

~S~ and welcome to the Pound! If you get lost going to the corner store, you should make a point of dropping in here to see a flying Lanc and many other interesting items:

Hi, m8. In conf.ini, change HighGore=0 to HighGore=1. There's also this gore Mod by vpmedia:

~S~ bazza78! Welcome to the Pound, m8.

~S~ Trout! Welcome here, m8. As a junior member myself, I am most impressed with the skills, comeraderie, events, helpfulness and just plain fun of these gents (not to mention the opportunity to learn). Get squared away through BG and come on out. Just ask for help on any aspect of the sim and you'll be swarmed with answers. Check the Tech Help forum for loads of topics. Looking forward to flying with another DD Canuck! (Sorry Tonar, not in season!) ~S~ and Cheers! Strider

Best wishes, m8! The best is just getting started. Many happy more! Strider

Lots of food for thought here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2601013236/m/5451076317 You can make a library of links for comparison purposes, both performance and prices from this. Hope it helps. Strider

~S~ Blade. Welcome here! I say give the m8 a warm DDogz welcome and hope he can make it to a co-op or practice session or Ubizoo on Saturday. If not, he should still show up Sunday, if he wants, and see if a seat is available. Let him know that nothing depends on any quota of showing up, be here when you want to. He showed a lot of balls by posting in an honest sense in the 1st place, a characteristic I thought the Dogz like to see. If he's a spy, we won't tell him about our three plants. Shhh! It's up to the Admin but that's my 2c. Strider

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.

~S~ Rattler and Happy B Day! Hope this is your best year yet, m8! Strider

Many happy returns, my friend!!! All the best, m8! Strider

~S~ and many happy returns, m8! Party like there's no tomorrow, dance like nobody's watching. Strider

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Send 'em up pilgrim... Sent by a Marine Pilot In addition to communicating with the local air traffic control facility, aircraft are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' that they will be transiting Iranian airspace. This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination. I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai . It's too good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this... Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.' Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.' Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!' Aircraft: 'This is a United States FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up!' Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence) =========== "We go down in style. Send 'em up!" Cheers! Strider

~S~ In case anyone finds this interesting. Good trailer in 2nd post. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2601013236/m/3991060807 Enjoy and Cheers! Strider

Try this, m8: http://allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1084&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Cheers! Strider

Happy Thanksgiving to all! A holiday with a true purpose and history. Reflect and enjoy! All the best to you and yours! Good to see you back, Toad! ~S~ and Cheers! Strider

LMAO!!! Good one, BG! Thanks for the laff, m8! Strider

Are they the candidates for the DDogz ground crew? Or for hostesses at the monastary? Better check out these recruits, Friar---seem to fit the criteria!

Can we drop empty vodka bottles on the 69GIAP during the night mission?

~S~ Captions welcome! Strider

They say there's no magic left in the world. When you can entertain yourself on music you played on your instrument, you get a pleasant feeling of accomplishment and expression of emotions. When you do that with other people in a band, the feeling is magnified exponentially by the synergy and karma that develops between them. Takes a lot of practice to get competent on your instrument. But its worth it. Like Learning to fly and then the tactics that prepare you for battle. All that practice pays off. You learn in stages. At your stage, 1/2 hour per day is better than 3 hours 1 time a week. Try to stay relaxed , not tighten your muscles up when playing scales or all the dull, boring rudiment drills that are the foundation of being able to play freely and where your imagination takes you because you've played the essential building blocks of any song, so you can play anything as it occurs to you. Hope you stay with it, m8. There will be frustrating times and feelings of plateau (feeling you keep laying the same riffs over and over and you have a form of Writer's block---let them pass because they will---if you keep at it. You're opening the synapses that control the muscles you need to move at the right time. Same as developing a golf swing or a baseball batter's swing or...it takes practice of the fundamentals. But the payoff is fantastic and can't be purchased anywhere. That's magic. Ask any musician. Strider

I whack drums.

Thanks, TOAD! Good Stuff there. ~S~, m8! Strider

An old whiskerd Newfie lobster fisherman was sitting on the dock, admiriring the beautiful sunset. A young buck came by, and after apprising the situation, said:

~S~ Farret! Any friend of Toad's is a friend of mine. Welcome aboard, m8! I've only been here a couple of months but feel like i've found a new home with this great bunch of personalities, good m8's all. We will do anything to help you get " in the groove", so to speak, on any aspect of the sim or setting up your rig for good performance, at least, that's been my obversation. Great events on a frequent basis where you never stop learning and getting more enjoyment from the sim.