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Post by **matthew1** » 21 Oct 2008, 09:10

Test whatever you want here... text styles, attachments etc.

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Post by **MadeInJapan** » 21 Oct 2008, 09:30

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Couldn't resest! LOL

Post by **billofdurham** » 21 Oct 2008, 12:12

For the frequent flyers: The next time a pilot says that they can't land somewhere because of (fill in the blank), remind him/her/it of the HEMS pilot in London.

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Bill.

Post by **billofdurham** » 21 Oct 2008, 12:18

Following on from the London HEMS pilot landing his helicopter on the smallest junction in London is this one from Afghanistan. The pilot is from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard and flies Air Ambulances for a living. The Americans had taken heavy casualties and were pinned down, unable to get their wounded out. So up pops this person with a company Chinook and lands the back ramp on the shack roof. The whole time he was taking feroicious Taliban fire, but wouldn't leave until everyone that needed to be evacuated, was. Another heroic deed that missed the news.

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Bill.

Post by **matthew1** » 21 Oct 2008, 12:54

^^^ My uncle flew choppers in Vietnam and once had to land the nose of his bird on 6 or so bed mattresses back at base because the gear wouldn't go down.

Cool photos.

Post by **billofdurham** » 23 Oct 2008, 12:31

As we are testing the forum and I read about using Notepad and not Word in another post I thought I would share this with you as I have never considered Notepad for use on the forum.

It will not apply to everyone, obviously, but will give an insight into a world where 'nanny states' and regulation of everything was unheard of.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE
BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's and 60's

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or
drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of
asbestos..They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products,
loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't
get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with
bright coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or
cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or
shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or
air bags and we went round the streets on Go-carts made from
old pram wheels & bits of wood.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza
shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos.

Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't
open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle
and NO ONE actually died from this.

We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the
corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and
some bangers to blow up frogs with.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft
drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight
because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as
long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old
prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we
forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played
in riverbeds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no
video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY,
no video/dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers,
no Internet, no Internet chat rooms.........
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and
there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

Only girls had pierced ears!

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever.

You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter
time...

We were given catapults for our 10th birthdays.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked
on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the
team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was
based on MERIT.

Our teachers used to hit us with canes, blackboard rubbers, rulers
and gym shoes and bullies always ruled the playground at school.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was
unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids
like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we
learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the
luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the
government regulated our lives for our own good.

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they
will know how brave their parents were.

Bill.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 23 Oct 2008, 19:10

Wondering what all can be uploaded...a simple wmv file? .. how about mp3?

Post by **matthew1** » 23 Oct 2008, 22:07

^^^ MIJ, I can configure it to allow any file type, but currently it's limited to (text) documents and images.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 24 Oct 2008, 07:09

I think that's fine for now. If there's ever a need for it, let's deal with that then. We don't want the forum to get too overloaded with non-essentials. Short video's and/or sound files might be nice at some point if we ever document a process or want people to see/hear how something is operating or having trouble.