If you didn't have the internet what would you be doing now?

[mutley 4,495]

I have just been surfing around some WWII re-enactment sites and enjoyed every bit of it, it makes you appreciate how much time people put into other peoples entertainment!

if it wasn't for t'interweb I would have been none the wiser. So this got me thinking if I wasn't on here what would I be doing?

1. Watching EastEnders with the wife :wacky:

2. Sleeping because of 1 above :sleep:

3. Flying some really outdated flight Sim because I was not aware of FS 9 or FSX :gamer:

4. Reading a book (Now that's good )

5. Editing photos in Photoshop. :clap:

Makes me think sometimes I need to get a life!

What would you be doing?

Cheers

[reef 3]

Every time my PC dies and i await delivery of another, all manner of strange things happen to me. First i get really bored. Then i watch all my films till i'm bored. I start to visit relatives who are boring. I find myself doing more overtime at work. At this point in time i start buying Military Modeller and looking at all the nice kits that have come about since i was a lad. I usually spend the next few weeks trying to pick off dried polystyrene cement off my finger tips and looking all over the house for that small piece that went into orbit from the sprue with my handy knife work. My wife gets to see a little more of me and we start making big plans about what we could do with the house and pay a visit to B&.......WHOOOAAAA HOLD UP!!! PC DELIVERY MAN IS HERE......GAME ON!! :sleep:

steve

[mutley 4,495]

:wacky: :sleep: :clap:

Great reply! that made me laugh

Cheers

[wisemanp 0]

Well I wouldn't be staying up this late talking to friends and going on Mutley's for a start... :yawn:

I wouldn't have half as much music...or freeware aircraft!!

I wouldn't be able to do Christmas shopping...

I wouldn't be able to look at webcams to see the snow situation in the ski resorts...

I would probably be spending a lot more time looking for the last piece/making a new version of the last piece of my Airfix Concorde...

I would probably be spending a lot more time on the model railway...oh no i wouldn't, because a lot of the stock was bought of, yes you guessed it!

[hello_basil 0]

I go out with friends, its what I normally do. :sleep:

[MartinW 0]

Well, you posted that at 10:55 Mut face. So I guess I would be screaming up the stairs to Katy and Daniel to turn off the b****y television and get ready for bed. :sleep:

Damn kids, funny how they go a bit deaf when they become teenagers.

Then I suppose I would be making myself some porridge or some of that tasty Oatiflakes.

Next phase of the shutdown procedure would be to negotiate with Scratchy, he tends to resist the pussy egress procedure unless he gets a tasty treat before he switches to nocturnal mode. :wacky:

Last night, he decided that the great outdoors just wasn

[allardjd 1,853]

I would be sitting here waiting impatiently for Al Gore to invent it, of course! :rofl

 

John

[MartinW 0]

Calm down John, calm down!

No need to get so excited just because your heroine, the beautiful and highly intelligent Hillary Clinton, is doing so well.

We all know you are desperate for Hillary to be the first female US president. :rofl

[allardjd 1,853]

South Carolina Democrat Primary Results Now In

 

Barak Obama: 55%

Hillary Clinton: 27%

 

:clap: :dance: :thumb: :sleep: :yes: :wink:

[MartinW 0]

As I know absolutely nothing about American politics, that means absolutely nothing to me, I have no idea how significant that is.

However... something tells me that the goddess that's is Hillary will triumph when it matters and no longer will the comments made by a US president be regarded as suitable for the 'joke' calendar on sale at my local newsagents. :sleep:

If Mr Barak bottom hadn't won in South Carolina then that would have been very strange wouldn't it. The black vote is gretaer than 50% is it not.

Long live Hillary for she is a woman of extreme intelligence and a vision of beauty.

[allardjd 1,853]

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If Mr Barak bottom hadn't won in South Carolina then that would have been very strange wouldn't it. The black vote is gretaer than 50% is it not.

 

Black votes count exactly the same as the other kind here...and contrary to what you might think, black people don't necessarily vote as a block.

 

There are many black people who are conservative and would not vote for either Hilary or Obama.

 

I don't know the exact stats, but I don't think any state has a black majority.

 

Obama was expected to win SC, but only by about 10%. Instead, he received more than double her votes. This was a stunning setback for the Clintons.

 

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Long live Hillary for she is... ...a vision of beauty.

 

I say this as a friend -- you should make an appointment to have your eyes checked.

 

Don't judge a president by the verbal gaffes he makes. Not everyone is a glib public speaker. What he does is more important, e.g...

...in the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya , Iran , and, North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

 

We've been in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records when she was under investigation for her dealings there.

 

She's no Margaret Thatcher. Care to trade them, even up? You can even have Bill.

 

We've both kind of gotten off topic here, haven't we? I don't think this is what Mutley's loyal members care to read.

 

[MartinW 0]

Don't judge a president by the verbal gaffes he makes. Not everyone is a glib public speaker. What he does is more important, e.g...

Exactly!!! :sleep:

'Liberated two countries' Hmmm! At what price? Hope he doesn

[Martyn 9]

President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida

Those are some great rose-tinted spectacles John ! :doh

I will have to agree with Martin on the liberation remark, certainly made me crack up :rofl

[JF_Rich 1]

I wonder if the 3000 US soldiers who have lost their lives in what has become a lost cause of a war would agree that the Taliban or al-Qaida have been crippled. Or the average person living in Iraq or Afghanistan for that matter.

Thank goodness that the Republican party nominations are fairly hopeless this time around so the US has a good chance of getting a government with a bit of reason and acumen. I know its a bit of a clich

[allardjd 1,853]

Sooo.... you seriously preferred Afghanistan under the Taliban and Iraq under Sadam?

 

Neville Chamberlain felt that Czeckoslovakia under Hitler was the lesser of two evils too, assuring, "...peace in our time." Ignoring the evil in the world doesn't make it go away. On the contrary, it encourages it - helps it to flourish. George Bush wouldn't ignore evil regimes who were seen to be actively threatening vital US interests and persecuting their own people in the bargain. Iran should pay attention. North Korea seems to be coming around grudgingly, but bears watching. Libya has gotten the message.

 

Things don't have to be perfect to be better. In my rose-tinted view the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan is an improvement over what was. The fact that freely elected governments are in place in both countries today seems to be unimportant to some; to me that's the definition of "liberation". Mock it if you will.

 

A statistic that I consider important is that there have been no successful al Quaida attacks in the US since 2001. They're too busy spending their resources in the middle east or rotting in Guantanamo. American (and British) military personnel are making sacrifices to provide the rest of us with a safe place to live and work and exercise our right to free speech. It's what they've always done and will continue to do.

 

I'd like to see this thread get back on topic or die, but suspect that's not what's going to happen here.

[JF_Rich 1]

Bloody politics...

I shall leave it at this:

In the last 5 years, nobody in the world has been responsible for more US deaths than George W Bush.

Are there more or less people in the world now who have an absolute hatred in their hearts of America and Americans than there were 7 years ago? I would say far more and are these people just going to forget all about it and settle down to a nice quiet life? No. You reap what you sow I guess...

Afghanistan? Perfectly right and just. Iraq? Well, just BS in my opinion.

Anyway, how bout' those flight sims?

[MartinW 0]

Oops! Sorry John I didn't realise Grant and Phil Mitchell [You won't know who they are] would break into the hangar and beat you up.

Sooo.... you seriously preferred Afghanistan under the Taliban and Iraq under Sadam?

No, not me, but I'm not sure 'liberate' is the right word.. Liberate yes, I suppose you could say that but the price the people of Iraq have paid for that liberation is their blood.

In my opinion Sadam should have been dealt with the first time around. When Bush senior got cold feet and pulled out with the job half done, any further intervention was bound to have severe consequences.

Any way, back to flight sim as quick as a flash so as not to pollute the hangar with any more politics...

Any idea what this is john, as you

[simi_av8r 0]

Oops! Sorry John I didn't realise Grant and Phil Mitchell [You won't know who they are] would break into the hangar and beat you up. :yes:

Sooo.... you seriously preferred Afghanistan under the Taliban and Iraq under Sadam?

No, not me, but I'm not sure 'liberate' is the right word.. Liberate yes, I suppose you could say that but the price the people of Iraq have paid for that liberation is their blood.

In my opinion Sadam should have been dealt with the first time around. When Bush senior got cold feet and pulled out with the job half done, any further intervention was bound to have severe consequences.

Any way, back to flight sim as quick as a flash so as not to pollute the hangar with any more politics...

Any idea what this is john, as you

[reef 3]

Nothing like taking a simple topic and creating a political debate.

[allardjd 1,853]

No, problem, Simi,

 

I had found the info about the -30, but couldn't resolve the propeller issue. Thanks for clearing it up.

 

I guess if we didn't have the internet we wouldn't even know there was a stretched C-130 looking cold and forlorn in the Great White North.

 

John

[MartinW 0]

Also, whomever suggested the C-130J had 6 blades was totally correct, it also uses newer and more efficient Rolls-Royce Allison AE2100 turboprops to spin those six-bladed composite based scimitar props!

I brought up the six bladed prop point at JF. I remember watching an excellent TV show about the aircraft, with a remarkable demonstration of the steep approach trick the aircraft does, to stay as high as possible for as long as possible, in an attempt to avoid ground fire.

So I guess that

[mutley 4,495]

:yes: ...anyhew back on topic.

Well I wasn't using the internet last night as we had a power cut for about 3 hours.

Half way through dinner it happened. We used to get loads of minor power cuts but have not had one for years, luckily we had some candles. I didn't get out of washing the pots though :roll:

The power cut was very wide spread I've never seen it so dark outside, no light pollution nothing. It was quite nice with a few candles and the radio on, even spoke to wife for a while!

Cheers

[MartinW 0]

Too late Mutley I have already directed this topic back on track. :yes:

So I guess that

[allardjd 1,853]

I found this, very recent news. It looks like the Canadians will be getting some stretched J-models.

 

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The Canadian Forces signed a $1.4 billion dollar contract with Lockheed Martin for 17 new C-130J-30's on January 16, 2008, as part of the procurement process to replace the existing CC-130E and H models.[8] The C-130J will be officially designated CC-130J Hercules in Canadian Forces service.[9]