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I dunno, having smoked it a little bit in my youth, I can say, personally, i don't see what the big deal is. But that's just my opinion. I think attitudes here in Oz about weed are a bit more liberal that in the US, but not as liberal as you might find in Europe. I can see how it could cause harm to some and I can see how it practically doesn't affect others at all. Not all drugs, be they legal or otherwise, will affect everyone in the same way. For example, codine (in things like neurofen, an over the counter pain killer) hardly works for me and causes an asthmatic response in me. But most people I know can use it without any side effects at all. Another, my Dad can't take asprin due to allergies. I'm not into it any more because, defense force membership notwithstanding, I never liked the lethargy that would ensue. I'm keeping much more active than I did when I was first at Uni a decade ago and it's much easier staying healthier now, no longer smoking, eating and exercising right. Now, that said, I think this makes perfect economic sense right now. If it's legalised, think about how the food services sector would be booming, selling munchies to it's ripped patrons. It'd be a gold mine! And at least there'd be no fighting amongst the munters, not like alcohol... Like Bill Hicks said, it's impossible.

I've seen a few tubby gents since I joined. But the thing is that all ADF personnel are graded to different degrees, depending on their age and their roles. A 50 year Op-Admin will have PFA standards that differ from a someone in Supply to a 17yr old Rifleman and that's different again to a Crew Attendant in the AF to an Engineer in the Navy. The fact remains, if you don't meet the standards set in the assessments given, maybe that career path may not be for you (which is one of the reasons I'm not a rifleman)... That said, I bet every single one of them can move like a gazelle when they need to!

This is neither here nor there, but I have a mullet at the moment. There, I said it. Feels liberating. :yes:

Yeah, like this guy when he wakes up from the hangover...

It's about time there was a gunship in service with the RAAF! She's a bit tops, Dels!

Bulldog, the R-74 is a variant of the R-73, just replace it with either an entry for one of the R-73 variants or you could always copy an R-73 in the weapons editor to the same name as in the loadout.ini. I'm reasonably certain I saw an R-74 in on of Lindr's weapons packs too.

Any rain is good rain! I'm working out in the hot dry sun, yet again, today. It hasn't rained here in 4 weeks, before that, 3 months. I'd welcome any rain... at least something to take the edge of this heat!

It's 8:43am here... No point in getting my hope up yet.

lol, you gotta get out more Col5.

Well, yeah. I don't know any girls who don't dig scars acquired from doing something dodgy. :yes:

Yeah, that one stuck in my craw too...

Heh, yeah... I thought so.

I dunno dude, in the DS Mod, seems like every time I take on a Mirage F-1EQ my first AIM-9 bounces off the fuselage and the second takes it down. It's a shame they're taking the "2 missile takedown" for this action shooter too. I remember in the earlier Ace Combats (2 and 4 I think) where some aircraft like the Tornado, A-10 and the Mig-31 would take you at least 4 to take down. I dunno that it's going to be as bad as you guys are all suggesting. This game is being developed to take on Ace Combat and, lets face it, what other competition is there for vaguely aircraft sim/action type games for console? It's very pretty, but what I'd be interested to see is if the game leaves you with that kinda hollow feeling Ace Combat 6 left me with (the f**king god aweful and massively cheesy script/acting was mostly responsible for that) or whether I'll get immersed in it like I have with Distant Thunder (or Shattered Skies, whatever its called there.). I don't care what kind of toys I get to use in the game, if I'm not completely gripped by it or caught up in the game in any way, I won't go back to it later. Simple as that. Now, if it resembled the difference GRAW2 had with the average FPS, I think I'd be in. And on that point, I see everyone bagging this about it not being simtastic enough (fair enough, it doesn't look it), but I bet a bunch of you play COD 4. How much of a sim is that compared to AA or GRAW2? Hmmm?

Am I a rivet counter for seeing this film when I was seven and knowing even then that there were 4 catapults??

Oops... I read this thinking someone was a about to become a dad unexpectedly. That sucks dude, but it could be a whole lot worse!

Personally, I use the Bunyaps pack, but the MF does have some nice looking weapons. Both packs contain weapons the other doesn't have. So mix and match, you'll get a nice hybrid going. Anyways, I digress, are you using the WOI weapons editor, or are you using the pre-WOI weapons editors? If you have the games patched to their most recent patches, you'll need to be using the WOI editor.

"You're gonna do what?!"

NO FREAKIN' WAY! OUTSTANDING!!! :biggrin:

Oh sh*t! That freakin' sucks dude. None of it is recoverable?

Maybe he just thinks that the lite-simmers will find it excruciating since they can do just about everything else straight away and with great ease, where as refueling is a very precise proceedure. ...or maybe he had a bad experience with refueling in Afterburner... which was a mofo! I mean, we could guess at it all day. Personally, I'd dig it if it was introduced, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over what he adds or not. I've enjoyed what he's done so far (although I miss Snoopy), I don't think I'll dislike where it'll go.

So those Ka-52s are entering service? I was getting the impression it wasn't. It's a mean looking helicopter, I always thought it a shame that it was facing the possibility of being cancelled. Very nice shots Lindr2!

What terrain is that Stary?

Very tidy!

Very noice!

Update The bodycount now is at 130 people and according to sources, could rise up to 230 and so far, more than 750 homes have been destroyed. In Bendigo, a cigarette butt has been blamed for the loss of 50 homes.