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I think, more than 70 % of the German U-Bootflotte died at sea. So the ending of "das Boot" was almost friendly - they died on land. A film, that really drags me each time again into the claustrophobic craze of submarine warfare and war in general like only few others. The first parts of "Band of Brothers" (first encounter with German tanks) was also made realistic.

Lou, you CAN buy them for that price; it's a "buy immediately" price. Who strikes, gets them. Me, I have to build my new rig (almost got everything together at last).

Hmm - that's interesting! In my native homeland Ostfriesland by the north sea, we have an area with many very old villages, that are built on man made hills made from the marshland's clay. They built these, because the north sea came for tea every now and then, and those hills where high enough for halfways normal storm floodings. Dykes came later. Now, these settlements (which we call Warf) had the names of their main Chiefs, plus "hum" behind that. One guy's name was Pewe, so his settlement was "Peweshum", which still exists as "Pewsum". Another was Eilt, so it was Eiltshum, today Eilsum. Here the historians say, "hum" stands for "Heim" (home). But your version sounds interesting. Could perhaps the word "home" come from a high and dry place to settle on?

The Bordeauxred Baron: "Zatt's vhy he iss famouss ant you arr not! Mmuahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!"

Hmm - I really found them at EBAY. And they ARE expensive! http://cgi.ebay.de/Lafayette-Flying-Corps-Nordhoff-Hall-Signed-by-Member_W0QQitemZ250497741182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item3a52d4317e

So there would be not the least chance to find these as paperbacks?

Forget QC - when you want the real thrilling athmosphere, start a campaign. And give me a PM with your hometown and country for the OFF Pilots Maps, please.

You can get CFS3 at AMAZON - and there, you can return it, when it is not okay.

Write an E-mail to: support@overflandersfields.com or a PM to OvS (he is one of the dev team) here from the forum

You know what a paradox is? Wasting money on OFF is a paradox.

"Tch! Civilians!...!

Oh, I know that - German director Wim Wenders made a film with that title "Paris, Texas". Probably the only movie, where the great Harry Dean Stanton has the lead role. A very good, and also very heart-tearing picture.

Hmmm - well, could be worse. Looks like the pedestrians shopping zone in Spandau, Berlin. And above all the typicall north sea light grey sky - not different to my native Ostfriesland. (Isn't the web great? You hear of a place somewhere in the world, type it into Google Pictures, and there you are. There is also an Oldham in Texas and maybe elsewhere, too.)

Mr. Lucky, to say something positive about the American soldiers: when I saw the Normandy landing scene in "Saving Private Ryan" (and please don't come up with all your critics about that movie now again, everybody!), I thought, my god, that's tough, to hold on to your mission and go through such a hell. The Americans did a great deal of defending off and beating the Nazi regime, and it may not be so obvious for you Americans and British to see - but they also released me and my generation from them. They also released the Germany of the "normal people" from Hitler's terror. And I say it loud and clear: I am grateful for that to those boys! Salut!

Of course Europe is a small world - look at our OFF Pilots Maps in the "sticky threads" above. Britain is so crowded by OFF Pilots alone, that they have to swim in the north sea all the time! My "Olham" has nothing to do with "Oldham" - it's rather my family name backwards, which is Mahlo, spelled like and related to the American "Marlowe". Oldham - does that really come from "old ham", or is the "ham" here rather an ending for towns or villages, like in Nottingham? (Rather the latter, I suppose).

Widowmaker, we're not so far away from each other, it seems! I had to take Liver Oil too, called "Lebertran" in German! It's soooooo healthy! Well it must be, the way it tastes you wouldn't try it for any other reason surely!! Mine was first without malt even! Bahrghhhh!!! Later it was a product called "Omnival" (I think) - that had enough other tastes in there to halfways cover the liver oil. Oh, sweet days of youth, you're gone - trallala - and that is good that way!

Okay, I have checked it in WIKI - they are my most hated childhood days' food: Steckrüben. My mother couldn't think of any other way but to add salted speck to this sweetish vegetable. Argghhh!!!

CptRoyce: If you have the least bit of interest in WW1 aviation or flight/combat simming in general, this is probably the best purchase one could make in a PC flight sim. OvS: This is the best statement about OFF I have ever read and sums it all up perfectly! Way to go Cap! Olham: Indeed - almost: he could have dropped the "probably"!

No need to warn me of the Brisfit! I had lots of trouble with them! Lately, I have always ordered my wingmen to attack, so the Bristol was kept busy, and only then I attacked, and really shot my last two down without getting the notorious engine damage. But alone - never!

It's not "bratworst", but "Bratwurst". From "Braten" (to frie or to roast) and "Wurst" (sausage) - so it's just a fried sausage or a roasted sausage (don't know which one you'd use). But what the heck are "rutabagas" ? Well, I have the OFF music in my head and often hum the "opening title", and also the "Adagio".

One of those Jasta 18 daredevils, I suppose? Is that downed Camel a skin by OFF?

Mr.Lucky, try at "The Aerodrome" website. There must be illustrations/art somewhere. Also try "Google Pictures", with "ww1 art" or WWI illustration painting", like that. You should get a lot.

Did you mean me? What have I got to do with this???

Update 11/02/09 21:25 Berlin wintertime (= GMT + 1) carrick58, California, added. cid186, Massachussets, added. Tanyrhiew, Wales, added. Dej, you're not alone there anymore! The maps are in post 1 of this thread

Lou: They have some beautiful items for sale there, and some of the prices look quite reasonable. Your wife may see that differently?