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Simple solution.....cut funding to the government.....you know....cause WE fund THEM. Then watch them try to tighten THIER belts like they just assume all of us will do when they DEMAND more money from our all too small paychecks. Of course its not that easy, they rather tend to frown on us not "forking it out" if you know what I mean. But its a simple reality check thats needed, and gone "unchecked" for far too long. Through irresponsibility however....you can milk that cash cow till its dead....then everyone crashes and burns.....or, you can do the right, yet often unpleasant thing, and be responsible, and then in the long run, everyone benefits. (Yeah...but thaaaaaaats haaaaaaaaaaard......done in my best whiny childish voice) Well, if you have a clear focus of the alternatives.....no....not really. ZZ. PS. I have a feeling (and some personal experience in witnessing such) that if the average American was made aware of the staggering amount of wastefull and irresponsible spending by the govt, they would demand a considerable tax refund. And secondly, who is there doing that accounting to make them responsible?. From what I can tell...no-one....at least not in a way that brings it home to the average taxpayer.

"More people should be introduced to OFF. It would increase their happiness and they would become less greedy. " True...........But now I want a REAL ALbatros DVa. ZZ.

Just another idea for the Dev's in upcoming phases. Been running into this again and again in my reading, that two seaters for both sides used these very loud horns in the two seaters to signal both each other and ground troops with sema-phore like honks and blasts. Kinda cool. That and flares. ZZ.

Good Point Pol. I mean really, how long would they really be "laying on the horns" anyway.....so flares would likely be much more realistic "in Sim". Here's a quick link to an account...."just for the sake of historical interest". http://books.google.com/books?id=13_NgEr8lxkC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=using+klaxon+horn+WWI&source=bl&ots=k9CFE_T_p1&sig=YDGIDU_sWPEFdcASmXSOWhOjl64&hl=en&ei=e1CqS5zBH8P-8AbK7PC8BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CB4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false Its breifly mentioned towards the bottom of the page. ZZ.

Thats possible. the multiple accounts i've read describe it as a Honking sort of sound, and the device is run off of a 12 volt battery. One search I did related it to submarines, so it coulda been like that "dive" alarm type horn as well. Like I said, when i have time i will try to find at least one of the references I happened across. ZZ.

Gee, guess I'll have to pore back through my reading an find them. I know one of them was in the rather large but very good title that just came out in the last few years called "The Somme". Some grisly reading and first hand accounts listed, but I recommend it to you all. Nonetheless it mentioned aircraft signalling troops with the Klaxon, as did ernst Junger's Storm of Steel. Let me look and see if I can find a quote....there were others elsewhere as well. ZZ.

Wow, thats kinda like the guy who recently angered people behind him in a theatre, and got stabbed with a meat thermometer. It was like a couple a weeks ago. Ok.......really.....a meat thermometer!? If you are a stand up comedian, you simply cant pass this one up. Waaaaay too much material to mine here, and so many directions to go with it!!! ZZ.

Wow! Lucky you Morris! Have a blast man..... Ahem....maybe he'll even give you some stick time...woohoo. ZZ.

Alright, so not everyones got an Xbox......weeeelll. If you have an Ipod Touch or an I-phone....I Reeeaaally liked this baby. ZZ. PS. Get out there and hijack your kids toys dammit!!!!

Itifo, is there a more refined name for that? I searched it but all it came up with was WWII and jet fighter types. Thanks. ZZ.

Itofo- Go online and download yourself a copy of FMS. It stands for Free model Simulator. That'll help you get started. Wish I had such software to help me when I first started flying RC. Woulda saved me a lotta money, and time fixing crashed machines. http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html heres the link. If you need any pointers, will be glad to assist. ZZ.

Nope, not wierd at all. Just different.....and thats pretty cool. ZZ. Interesting though as well.

Inherited seems to be a bit different. One account I recall regarding this was of a WWII soldier in France. (again I'd have to dig to find this piece). Anyway, he and his unit were walking up this road, and he had the most incredible state of Deja-vu occur, where he started telling what landmarks were coming up on thier walk, and was uncannilly correct every time, though he had never been there before in his life. Turns out his father, (or was it grandfather) was stationed exactly there in WWI, and that was the only way he imagined that it could have ocurred, through some sort of transferrence of those memories. ZZ. PS. Of course, you can prove NONE of this. But then, if you can prove to me that Love really exists, I'll mail you $100.00

Well now if I knew that I'd be quite wealthy wouldn't I? ZZ. Seriously though, best I can tell from what I've read, is that it can be like a vision, (usually with a living individual) or a memory, (usually with a dead one). An example: Please forgive my generality because I odon't have the account in front of me, I read it some years back, but I could likely find it again if I looked. Anyway. A British mother had a son in the Crimean War or Boer War, cant recall which. The moment he's dying (being killed) she is simultaneously having a mental vision of it all like a movie happening before her eyes. Sometimes, these are first person (ie you are seeing through the other porsons eyes). Other times they are third person...you see it like on tv (externally). So her freinds asked her after they could tell she was having a (moment), "are you ok? Her response was cooly, "Charlie's dead". Or whatever his name really was.

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." . Logically I can't see how a movie depicting an airplane crashing to the ground could have so traumatic an effect upon a baby. More likely that it was indeed a past-life experience (one that both traumatised and killed you). Perhaps, but there are a myriad of other possibilities as well. This could be a "relayed" memory from a deceased person, not you at all. That would indicate that you have some sort of sensitivity to recieving these, and it happened at a such a young age and being very vivid, it was quit impressive on your psyche..... of course. May simply mean though that they can speak to you in this way. Also, could be familial or "inherited memory". These have been reported to come from members of your close or even not so close, alive or dead family members. In some fashion the memory gets transferred from one individual to the other, and from some accounts can happen even well after thier deaths...hence the term inherited. And there are likeley even more possibilities than even these. As was mentioned here before, our brains are programmed with many more possibilities than we are even close to being cognizant of. ZZ. As far as going back anywhere....to any period of conflict....no thanks. I enjoy the luxury of "playing at it" and walking away, instead of having to be stuck in it....and with the consequences. Of course....that being said, I think I'd do well, no matter where I was dropped. Couldn't help but remember seeing two photos though,of Oswald Boelke, both taken the same year, only about nine months apart. In the first he looked like a handsome young lad, in the second (and after much combat) he looked 30 years older. Sad reality. It also reminded me of a point in my youth, when I was a re-enactor (Revolutionary and Civil War), and we were doing a full weekend (unusually hard core) of Lee's defensive action leading up to Appomattox. Basically our unit was with the rear guard that kept the hard pursuing Union forces from pouncing on the main body which was in retreat. This was staged in a extremely large area, so we had use of all the roads for over 15 miles, and (realistically again) the only food we had was what we carried for the whole weekend. (Full DID if you will, but for reenactors ) Well, it rained and sleeted icy cold the whole time. Being the rear guard, we would set up ambushes, push over rotten trees into the lane, wait and fire at the pursuing infantry as they approached, and then run full tilt, loading as we ran (and full fighting gear as well as soaking wet woollen uniforms) past the next defensive line further down the pike, and then we'd set up behind them, they'd fire, and then beat it past us. The worst was being charged by cavalry, and we actually had to form square a few times to keep them from surrounding us and running us down until volleys from nearby friends relieved us of thier threat. We did this off and on for three days, sleeping in the cold as well...fording swollen creeks and streams up to our waists..always on the move.....no respite. I'll tell you what....by the time I made it back home from that weekend on Sunday, I started to get sick that evening ( I guess my focus and adrenaline kept it at bay till I could relax) I went to bed and slept that night...the whole next day, got up that evening, still quite woosy,ate a bite, and slept again till then next morning, and at that point started feeling almost human again. I'll tell you what lads.....these boys (of any period WWI, WWII, Civil Revolutionary etc etc..) couldn't just quit and go home when they felt bad. It still amazes me to my core what they did enduring such, and I have the utmost respect for them all. I must say that at the time I thought it was my WORST experience as a reenactor, when now looking back, I deem it was my BEST, as I came the closest to reality there, that I likely ever have. ZZ.

Thats fascinating. Will be interesting to see how it works out. Sounds conceptually logical.....on paper that is. ZZ.

Neoqb can go fly the same kite as Ubiscam." Amen to that, and its time folks started getting hard with these firms by avoiding all of thier products until thier profit margins send them a graphic wake up call. ZZ.

Haven't tried that one either itiphonhom, but if you know what its called I might see if I can find it. ZZ.

heres another link of the ipod flight game with a bit more "eye candy". ZZ. "Beat's 'Child Grooming' I guess"

NOW your on the right track!! ZZ. Is there a term for this? Game Farming perhaps?

"How cool is that? (No XBox..No iPhone)... I live in the Stone Age" Sorry, mate. That son of yours is getting older though right? Perhaps in a few years. ZZ.

Ok, well if you don't have an Xbox, do any of you have Iphones, or ipod touches? This IS a flight game that simply rocks on either. I LOVED it. Its no OFF mind you, but if your stuck in traffic, its hard to beat!!! ZZ. PS. I'm afraid, "Jutland in your bathtub" has gone down the drain Hey! why don't we have a Dr.1 that carries five bombs like the one in the first video?!?! Or at least TWO!!!!????

Here's some more amazing items from the Dev's website. http://www.signalstudios.net/toysoldiers/our-games/propaganda/ You can navigate at the top bar once there to check it out further. ZZ.

"with luck it may get ported to PC" That'd be really cool. ZZ.

here's another clip: and another that shows gameplay head to head It really blends the genre's of history, playbility, and playing with miniatures as a kid. Simply remarkable. ZZ.