#4207045 - 12/17/15 12:58 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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HumanDrone
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We need awards... So far, Ace of Penquins qualifies for this beauty: Now for hood, I'm open to suggestions, I pray I'm still WOFFING in 33 years! You are an inspiration, sir! (Err, Russkly, I didn't meant to belie your post... Just having a little fun!)
Box: Win7 Pro 64 bit / I72600K @4.1 GHz / EVGA GTX1080Ti/ 16GB RAM / Corsair 240 GB SSD / WD 600 GB Velociraptor / 1050W Power FS Stuff: Saitek X52 Pro Stick/Throttle & Combat Rudder Pedals, TrackIR 5 Sims: FSX Gold, REX 2.0 OD, UTX-NA, FSGenesis 10m mesh/ CFS3 ETO 1.40/Wings Over Flanders Fields BH&H2 (more gorgeous than ever!) Proud BOC inductee 4/30/12!
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#4207061 - 12/17/15 01:43 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: HumanDrone]
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Russkly
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(Err, Russkly, I didn't meant to belie your post... Just having a little fun!) No worries, mate!
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#4207095 - 12/17/15 02:43 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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RAF_Louvert
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BOC President; Pilot Extraordinaire; Humble Man
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. hood, 93 We're not worthy, we're not worthy! .
Three RFC Brass Hats were strolling down a street in London. Two walked into a bar, the third one ducked._________________________________________________________________________ Former Cold War Warrior, USAF Security Service 1974-1978, E-4, Morse Systems Intercept, England, Europe, and points above. "pippy-pahpah-pippy pah-pip-pah"
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#4207115 - 12/17/15 03:22 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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CW3SF
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I hit 79 in April.
Looks like Hood is the lead of the "Old Gezzer" squad.
Hood, tell us something about your background.
Origin made- silverstone case,ASUS Max VI Extreme , CPU intel Core i7 4770k, cooling asotex 570LC, NVIDA 3G GTX 780 Ti , Mem 16GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3 ,game drive 120GB INTEL X25 SS, OS drive 1TB, Win 7 home Prem.Logitech G105 key board,BenQ XL2430 Gaming Monitor. All pilots owe me a beer. Retired USAF Rescue/Survival, Special Forces, and MI (after I got old and grey).
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#4207126 - 12/17/15 04:05 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: CW3SF]
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Robert_Wiggins
BWOC Survivor!...So Far!!
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BWOC Survivor!...So Far!!
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I hit 79 in April.
Looks like Hood is the lead of the "Old Gezzer" squad.
Hood, tell us something about your background. That would be cool! I suspect that most of us senior types spent some of our career in IT fields and so have acquired computer skills well before most in our age bracket. This may answer Creaghorn's position.
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper PSU: Ultra X3,1000-Watt MB: Asus Maximus VI Extreme Mem: Corsair Vengeance (2x 8GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, Unbuffered CPU: Intel i7-4770K, OC to 4.427Ghz CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 240M Liquid CPU Cooler Vid Card: ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX 6GB OS and Games on separate: Samsung 840 Series 250GB SSD Monitor: Primary ASUS PG27AQ 4k; Secondary Samsung SyncMaster BX2450L Periphs: MS Sidewinder FFB2 Pro, TrackIR 4
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#4207146 - 12/17/15 05:01 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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HumanDrone
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Hood is 2 years older than my father! I'd love to hear how he got into it, his background, etc. I was thrust into it by my age - now I always had an affinity for flying, and wanted to be a pilot, but educationally, I started on slide rules, learned programming on punch cards & teletype, and so was in that "transition generation" as computers became more & more ubiquitous. But his generation went most of their careers before that happened - bless his heart, he was 63 in 1985, so pretty much ready for retirement before the PC became a household institution.
Dear sir, when you have a minute, please share your story!
Box: Win7 Pro 64 bit / I72600K @4.1 GHz / EVGA GTX1080Ti/ 16GB RAM / Corsair 240 GB SSD / WD 600 GB Velociraptor / 1050W Power FS Stuff: Saitek X52 Pro Stick/Throttle & Combat Rudder Pedals, TrackIR 5 Sims: FSX Gold, REX 2.0 OD, UTX-NA, FSGenesis 10m mesh/ CFS3 ETO 1.40/Wings Over Flanders Fields BH&H2 (more gorgeous than ever!) Proud BOC inductee 4/30/12!
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#4207177 - 12/17/15 06:28 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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Beanie
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57, but my wife and daughter tell me that I have to start acting my age!
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#4207200 - 12/17/15 07:39 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
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vonBaur
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57, but my wife and daughter tell me that I have to start acting my age! Resist at all costs!
SALUTE TO ALL!
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#4207206 - 12/17/15 07:47 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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JJJ65
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I am fifty, rather mature person, but my wife and daughter think I am stupid silly man wearing TIR with headphones and trying to shoot down imaginary little bastards on my LCD screen .
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#4207215 - 12/17/15 08:11 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
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Adger
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I hit 79 in April.
Looks like Hood is the lead of the "Old Gezzer" squad.
Hood, tell us something about your background. . hood, 93 We're not worthy, we're not worthy! . Id like to mention a little bit about "Hood" or Keith as he,s known by me. He,s a 93 yr old Aussie who is one of the most generous men ive ever met.He had a new version of Trackir 5 a while back and was getting rid of his older Trackir 4,i asked him about it (cost wise) and he would,nt have a penny for it. I offered to pay postage from Australia to here in the UK and again he would,nt hear of it.I recently sent him a WW1 postcard of a Sopwith Pup that i knew he would love,..he did,he replied to me and said how thoughtful it was of me to send him a postcard and that being 93 a lot of his old mates had gone and he didn,t get many Christmas cards..it bought a tear to my eyes,he still flys and i commended him on his latest Alb kill..I hope he doesn,t mind me writing this..Thank you once again Keith "Hood" a true gentleman
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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#4207459 - 12/18/15 12:42 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Adger]
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HumanDrone
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Id like to mention a little bit about "Hood" or Keith as he,s known by me. He,s a 93 yr old Aussie who is one of the most generous men ive ever met.He had a new version of Trackir 5 a while back and was getting rid of his older Trackir 4,i asked him about it (cost wise) and he would,nt have a penny for it. I offered to pay postage from Australia to here in the UK and again he would,nt hear of it.I recently sent him a WW1 postcard of a Sopwith Pup that i knew he would love,..he did,he replied to me and said how thoughtful it was of me to send him a postcard and that being 93 a lot of his old mates had gone and he didn,t get many Christmas cards..it bought a tear to my eyes,he still flys and i commended him on his latest Alb kill..I hope he doesn,t mind me writing this..Thank you once again Keith "Hood" a true gentleman I hope he doens't mind either - I'd be honored to send him a card, as would most here, I believe. This year, the one of US Christmas stamps sets is "A Charlie Brown Christmas" so I'd hope he'd enjoy a US card bearing one of those. The WOFF Christmas card list... now how could we do that without raising privacy concerns?
Box: Win7 Pro 64 bit / I72600K @4.1 GHz / EVGA GTX1080Ti/ 16GB RAM / Corsair 240 GB SSD / WD 600 GB Velociraptor / 1050W Power FS Stuff: Saitek X52 Pro Stick/Throttle & Combat Rudder Pedals, TrackIR 5 Sims: FSX Gold, REX 2.0 OD, UTX-NA, FSGenesis 10m mesh/ CFS3 ETO 1.40/Wings Over Flanders Fields BH&H2 (more gorgeous than ever!) Proud BOC inductee 4/30/12!
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#4207560 - 12/18/15 05:58 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
[Re: Over50]
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HumanDrone
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That is sad, but unfortunately true. I have teased "Ace of Penguins" upthread for his youth, but really I appreciate his maturity - as you said it is rare among people our children & grandchildren's age. Then, too, they are seduced by easier, flashier games that are more immediately gratifying, despite gross distortions of reality. That, and constantly having their phones and sociual media to deal with. But to attempt understand and develop sympathy and appreciation for what it was really like to be in a mortal fight 10,000 ft. in the air takes some growing up - and probably a stunning reform of American "education".
Box: Win7 Pro 64 bit / I72600K @4.1 GHz / EVGA GTX1080Ti/ 16GB RAM / Corsair 240 GB SSD / WD 600 GB Velociraptor / 1050W Power FS Stuff: Saitek X52 Pro Stick/Throttle & Combat Rudder Pedals, TrackIR 5 Sims: FSX Gold, REX 2.0 OD, UTX-NA, FSGenesis 10m mesh/ CFS3 ETO 1.40/Wings Over Flanders Fields BH&H2 (more gorgeous than ever!) Proud BOC inductee 4/30/12!
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#4207581 - 12/18/15 06:46 PM
Re: Back at WOFF after a long hiatus ....
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ArisFuser
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39 here. Teacher for 12 years. I am experiencing something odd these days, young kids in my classes are more and more unable to keep their attention on anything more than ....a minute? 2? This is increasingly noticeable year after year. This society, social networks, Internet, tablets, Youtube, has changed the mind of the young people in a way never seen before. Videogames we see these days are the answer to their hyperstimulated, irreflective easily frustrated minds. To them I must be the freakiest person in their small world beacuse I like WW1 aeroplanes and because I read books with few pics. For many of them life is instant gratification or is nothing at all. That and and their smartphone, something they love more than any other thing... Flight simming is not something remotely appealing to them. They love squad based multiplayer shooters which agitate their hormones like a beater.
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Exodus
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