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Ain't that the truth.. WOOF WOOF

I am going to be horribly callous here and suggest that awful phrase 'Natural Selection' The world (indeed nature herself) needs to (and successfully does) 'kill off' large sections of life... when they get overpopulated... that's just the way of things. For this reason, the pandemic is, as you say.. just a matter of time. We have had no World War to reduce the worlds population..and the world will soon become overcrowded with Human beings. (I don't mean physically overcrowded)...just not enough Food and rescources to go around. Sad, True and Inevitable I believe.

Horrah!!... There IS a god!

:good: :rofl: My dear friend Olham!..You are as keen on your Albatri's as I am with the Snipe! If this was 1917, and I was head Honcho of the German Forces, I would transfer you out of the Air Service..and move you to Aircraft Sales! (and I am sure, you could sell Albs to the Allies!!)

Not only do you make me laugh..you quote some wonderful stuff!...and after reading a few lines of an earlier post, I looked up the full version of Kiplings poem! (the contents of which, I am sure you are well aware of!) I am not a massive fan of poetry...but I find myself reading these words, probably slightly more than I should!!..as they seem to mean something different, and I see more to them each time I read them. Here is the full version.... thanks again Bullethead! As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all. We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn: But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind, So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind. We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace, Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place; But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome. With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch, They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch; They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings; So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things. When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know." On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life (Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife) Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death." In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die." Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four— And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man— There are only four things certain since Social Progress began:— That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wobbling back to the Fire; And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins, As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

True...but seven (presumably) highly trained flight crew?...and £200M worth of aeroplane?...that is a bit more than spelling Humour without the second 'U' (sorry American's...just a little Limey joke there!)

Wilco!.... And how safe are we here I find myself asking?

Hi John.. Hmm..Yes, I guess so. But if I was THAT good an artist, I wouldn't be wasting time fixing Computers, or Making ID Badges for a living!! I still have plenty to learn about Photoshop (only been using it for 2 months... Never even took a screenie until P2)

Step by Step instructions for becoming an OFF aholic 1) Buy The Software 2) Install the Software 3) Run the Software Have fun!

Yes, I thought that was all in all very fair and interesting! (though I can't see how ROF can be compared to OFF, when it isn't available yet?)

An absolute disgrace!...Not a user of Avsim myself, but my condolances go out to the owner and members of the forum there. As people have already said, it beggars belief why anyone would get pleasure from ruining other peoples enjoyment. I take some satisfaction in the knowledge bestowed on me in my 47 years of life...that the sort of person that does this, will have failed relationships with people throughout their existance on the planet, and will spend vast amounts of their life utterly miserable and lonely...because that sort of attitude brings with it, the curse of a lonely existance..... People just don't like you if you are that self centred and unpleasant.!

Wow!..thanks for your comments guys...

Very enjoyable (for me) making postcards from various Backgrounds..and using OFF Aircraft from Screenies. (Kinda gives a cool effect I think?) This is a pic of two Pfaltz's of Jasta 72s pouncing on an SE5a.

WOW!....Yeehaa!..Nice one Stump

haha...Well, this aircraft is certainly 'exposed' for all to see! Wonder what the fate of the crew was?...Wouldn't wish that on anyone (regardless of their own Stupidity)

I know I'm mad..Iv'e always been mad...Like most of us are"

That RED has to go!!!...yuk!! :yes:

Might as well Olham..it only takes a minute..and is a great record of past glories! You can also use a 'Bomb' motive for successful ground operations..or a Balloon!

Respect to you comic genius's!...I have already thrown in the towel!!

Can well believe it!.... Have watched enough 'Aircrash Investigations' on Nat Geo to last me a lifetime!!! (still, gotta be better than Wood and Canvas with someone deliberately setting out to make you crash!!)

Brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside it's hangar in Toulouse, France, without a single hour of airtime on the clock.... Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) to conduct pre-delivery tests on the ground, such as engine run-ups prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area. Then they took all Four engines to takeoff power with a virtually empty aircraft. Not having Read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just how light an empty A340-600 really is. The take-off warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because they had All 4 engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying to take off, but it had not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc.) Then one of the ADAT crew decided to pull the circuit breaker on the Ground Proximity Sensor to silence the alarm. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air. The computers automatically released all the brakes - and set the aircraft rocketing forward !! With the following result.......... The Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technology crew had no idea that this is a safety feature so that pilots can't land with the brakes on. Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough to throttle back the engines from their max power setting, so the £200 million brand-new aircraft crashed into a blast barrier, totalling it. The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in the major media. This was because coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs. Finally, the photos are starting to leak out. £200 million aircraft meets wall. Wall wins.

Great Idea Red!

Have you tried it CJ?

haha..Yeah...Forget 'Skull Images'...I would have shrunken heads flapping in the wind!

I suspected as much!..... I will have a go at your other method Lou...Many thanks m8