Subsim Forum regulars' bios, pics, 'how you found Subsim'

[frau kaleun]

If you do your homework I think you'll find I have a penchant for purloined limousines :smug:


Fixed. :O:

[Jimbuna]

LOL....."Calling Mr Wolfrang" :oops:

[nikimcbee]

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg513/scaled.php?server=513&filename=flightmuseumseattle044.jpg&res=medium

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg850/scaled.php?server=850&filename=flightmuseumseattle045.jpg&res=medium

At the beach last week. Notice anything Jim?

[TarJak]

You got a new leash?:O:

[Gerald]

^:D

[Jimbuna]

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg513/scaled.php?server=513&filename=flightmuseumseattle044.jpg&res=medium

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg850/scaled.php?server=850&filename=flightmuseumseattle045.jpg&res=medium

At the beach last week. Notice anything Jim?

Looks better on the dog than it does on you :DL

[nikimcbee]

Looks better on the dog than it does on you :DL

Can't argue with that.:haha:

[Sailor Steve]

OH NOZ! It's been three months now, and...IT'S STILL GROWING!

Unfortunately it's not making the ugly go away. Too bad for you! :O:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/2011-10-1.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Fixed (but not the ugly!) :D

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/7810/ssssbahat.jpg

[Betonov]

I'm 25 and Steve has more hair than me :cry:

[Sailor Steve]

Fixed

Army? ARMY? I have my own Navy hat, with the very funny (to me, anyway) tag inside that says "Made in Vietnam".

(but not the ugly!) :D
Some things can't be fixed, but I keep hoping. :dead:

I'm 25 and Steve has more hair than me :cry:
And more wrinkles. Be greatful for what you have...and what you don't. :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

[Gerald]

OH NOZ! It's been three months now, and...IT'S STILL GROWING!

Unfortunately it's not making the ugly go away. Too bad for you! :O:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/2011-10-1.jpg Now I recognize you if I see you on a street, :yep:

[Jimbuna]

I doubt that will ever happen :DL

[Gerald]

Do not say it, maybe settle myself in the desert ... for longtime, :DL

[Jimbuna]

More chance of meeting a rattler then http://imgcash1.imageshack.us/img145/5803/snakeck4.gif

[Gerald]

A "sidewinder" or a bottle of beer from Newcastle Inc. "banana bar" :haha:

[Jimbuna]

You playing tennis again :stare:

A bottle of banana wine actually :03:

[Gerald]

"banana wine" vintage -57 :haha:

[Jimbuna]

The year of my birth.

[Gerald]

Yes, said to be a good wine year for those who are initiated, :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img233/9779/party0036mk6.gif

[nikimcbee]

"banana wine" vintage -57 :haha:



The year of my birth.


57
AD or BC?
:hmmm:

57 AD?

http://www.understandfrance.org/Images/AsterixObelix.jpg


Jim?

[Betonov]

The posibilities of having fun with a womans scarf :DL

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/388576_329239337088590_100000075783694_1418622_424 102780_n.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

The posibilities of having fun with a womans scarf :DL

And do you stop at just the scarf... :hmmm:

Hang on, back in a sec. :D

I'm back - just thought Steve could do with something to cover the top -

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4526/sssnn.jpg

Meh, the facial hair is for another day!

[Betonov]

And do you stop at just the scarf... :hmmm:

Hang on, back in a sec. :D

Now I'm scared :-?

[Jimbuna]

Now I'm scared :-?


With a bit ginger growth....so you should be :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

With a bit ginger growth....so you should be :O:

I used to have ginger bits too, fortunately I had a job where I had to shave every day (~ish), now I'm fortunate enough to have silver bits instead of ginger.


And instead of brown.


My parents gave me a couple of old photos of me and a girlfriend from 17 years ago from Xmas 1994 (I'm sure), just to prove I had brown hair, and during a phase where obviously advertising and peer-pressure were more important than taste (the beer, not the girl!).

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8915/xmas941.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8092/xmas942.jpg

We split about a year or so later.

And got married in 2007 :D.

[Penguin]

OMG, why did you do this?














Why did you post a picture with American Budweiser? I worked for years to tell the Yanks that we don't drink the horsepee they sell under the name Bud in Europe, only the real stuff, from Budvar.
And now you destroyed everything....:wah::wah::wah:
Please say that you only bought those packs to throw full cans from the roof at American tourists. :yep:


(Serious) congrats to the long relationship, btw, looks like you were made for each other.
I am very mild today and don't start on your Seinfeldish look:O: - as long as I haven't post a pic of me from 94, I am sitting in the glasshouse ;)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Sorry! I did say ... a phase where obviously advertising and peer-pressure were more important than taste

And if it's any consolation we used to drink the Czech stuff also, as well as a range of British ales. :yep:

Nowadays the only New World beer I drink is Coors - refreshing.

[Betonov]

Ginger growth ??

[Herr-Berbunch]

Ginger growth ??

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5320/concrete1z.jpg

Yeah, that fluffy stuff. :har:

[Betonov]

Great, now I look like a scotish terorist :stare:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Great, now I look like a scotish terorist :stare:

No, it's okay, you don't have to thank me for improving the photo. :D

[Betonov]

I actually do have a ginger growth, but thats one red hair in 50 black and 20 gray, how the hell do you even see it on that photo :o

[Jimbuna]

Great, now I look like a scotish terorist :stare:

No suprises there then...they're all terrorists :DL

[CCIP]

Das Boot... am I doing it right?

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/dasboot1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/dasboot2.jpg

Hi guys :O:

[u crank]

At the suggestion of Sailor Steve, a short bio.
User name: u crank. I had to be honest.
Real name: CLASSIFIED.
Reason: Witness Protection.:hmmm::nope::03:
Will answer to Marc.
I was born in Toronto, Canada, the day the Korean War started. I swear I had nothing to do with it. Runs in the family, my first born arrived on Dec. 7. Lived entire childhood on military bases in this great land. Air force brat. Now live on small island on east coast which I've agreed to share with others. Worked in construction for years, now in cabinet shop. High school drop out, but I'm drawn to intelligent thinkers. You know, like you guys. Married some 36 years to the most understanding woman on this planet. Two adult kids and one grandson.
Have always liked history, naval warfare and U boats. Don't fully understand the attraction to the last one. Must be their fate. Tragic but honourable. I love an underdog. Hope to post on this in the New Year.
Why I love Subsim: It's a community that includes teenagers and old geezers , male, female, super smart and not so smart, such as I. You are helpful, but like a good laugh. I think that's cool.
Well, like my kids say," Dad you're rambling. Let someone else talk."
To everybody at Subsim the very best in the New Year :Kaleun_Cheers:

[von Kinderei]

Been here 4 years this month ... :yeah:

Heres a few pics of me , GF and what I like to do best ... oooops , besides hangin' here and sinkin' ships :oops:

Me of course :D http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/225517.jpg

One of my babies ... http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/untitled1.jpg

My other baby ... http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/untitled-2.jpg

What I like to do best ... http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/JON_3206Large.jpg

Me and my ULTIMATE baby :up: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/IMG_3713.jpg

[von Kinderei]

Heres a couple videos we did earlier this year




http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=aDbyEmXMpuk ... I'm the one sittin' that ya can't see but you can hear me as I play all the guitar parts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u0pa3lZheQ&feature=related ... can ya find me here :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

Me of course :D
Hmm...thought that was the girlfriend. GET A HAIRCUT, YA HIPPIE! :O:

Just kidding, of course. Been there, done that, and undoubtedly will again.

One of my babies ...
A worthwhile pursuit, and one I've been too long out of. I'm also working on that at the moment.

Me and my ULTIMATE baby :up:
You look happy. :sunny:

As for the videos...hey, the point of music is to have fun. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. :rock:

[Jimbuna]

Nice photos von Kinderei :sunny:

[HunterICX]

Good to see another Yamaha Biker on this forum :yeah:

HunterICX

[von Kinderei]

I wouldn't ride anything else ... :yeah:


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/JON_2708.jpg

[HunterICX]

:yeah:

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5286/foto0139zk.jpg

HunterICX

[von Kinderei]

Very nice ... :up:

[Betonov]

Pictures like this make me sorry I don't own a motorbike :cry:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I used to have an R6, a lovely machine and I regret getting rid. Now circumstances are few and far for me to replace :wah:

[danasan]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5230/fs2b.jpg

That guy annoys me each and every day... What a schmock :O::dead:

[HunterICX]

Clear skies, nice temperature, a couple of Yamaha Tenere's and no Tarmac :yeah:

Good way to spend your morning :DL

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9997/foto0164ml.jpg

HunterICX

[Betonov]

...and no Tarmac :yeah:


That's one way to make the gloomiest days brighter :DL

[Jimbuna]

That's one way to make the gloomiest days brighter :DL

Not when you've got your mom riding pillion and talking you through every move you make :DL

[Betonov]

Not when you've got your mom riding pillion and talking you through every move you make :DL

Nah, she's to frightened to speak :DL

That's what I love about off-road. On tarmac the ride is so smooth that someone has to talk, while off-road everyone is quiet, except the car :DL

[krashkart]

How did I find Subsim? Well, I staggered in looking for beer and *WHAM*... a giant styrofoam anchor fell on my head and knocked me out cold. Next thing I knew I was being helped up off the floor by a rather manly looking gal (who later introduced herself as TarJak :D). Anyway, I've been here ever since.

[frau kaleun]

Next thing I knew I was being helped up off the floor by a rather manly looking gal (who later introduced herself as TarJak :D).

*phew*

For a minute there I thought you were talking about me. :haha:

[krashkart]

*phew*

For a minute there I thought you were talking about me. :haha:

Oh, of course not. He shaves his legs. :O:

[frau kaleun]

Oh, of course not. He shaves his legs. :O:

Well it's those sheer stockings and miniskirts he likes to wear, doesn't leave him much of a choice really. :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Well it's those sheer stockings and miniskirts he likes to wear, doesn't leave him much of a choice really. :hmmm:

No, not since those complaints from punters. :-? A lot of them didn't like to be scraped or tickled.

:D

[antikristuseke]

Just discovered an old picture of myself, thought i'd share the awesome
http://itnurk.com/files/upload/users/1840_1327771843-797_01.jpg

[krashkart]

Just discovered an old picture of myself, thought i'd share the awesome
http://itnurk.com/files/upload/users/1840_1327771843-797_01.jpg

I'm tempted to dig through my collection of photos -- "Kurt Cobaine pre-suicide" days... :hmmm:

[antikristuseke]

From that same evening, some backstory aswell, it was the middle of winter here years ago, -23C with strong winds, so we built a big fire and layed chess and drank beer and had a generally good time with friends.
http://i41.tinypic.com/dpxu6d.jpg

[Betonov]

That's a wooden chess seat awfully close to a fire :DL

I like this ''playing chess while drunk'' on a cold night out. Here it's usualy a barbaric rituall of drinking, making animal sounds and talkind endlessly about cars :yawn:

[Sailor Steve]

I started a thread a month ago about getting together with the guys I played in a band with thirty-five years ago. Just now I finally recieved copies of the pictures. I thought that rather than dredge it up I'd just post them here.

1975
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/OldBand.jpg
Randy, Squire, Steve

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/OldBand2.jpg
Steve, Kelly, Randy, Squire


2011
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/1750.jpg
Kelly, Randy, Steve, Squire

How the years have flown!

[nikimcbee]

That dirty McBee!:o
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg842/scaled.php?server=842&filename=002xdx.jpg&res=medium

Note, respectable Bostons should be a nice, shiney gloss black, not roll-in-the-dirt brown.

[CCIP]

It's tactical camouflage :D

[von Kinderei]

Just had her painted last week ... love this car :up:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/100_0831.jpg

[u crank]

Nice job. Roller or brush? :har:

She looks really sharp. :yeah:

[von Kinderei]

I used paint markers :rock:

Thanks u crank ... I've had her FOREVER and right now she has 228,000 on the OD and still runnin' strong

Ooooops ... I just noticed that I put this in the wrong place :damn:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Ooooops ... I just noticed that I put this in the wrong place :damn:

It's GT, there is no wrong place :haha:

[frau kaleun]

From that same evening, some backstory aswell, it was the middle of winter here years ago, -23C with strong winds, so we built a big fire and layed chess and drank beer and had a generally good time with friends.


Did it not occur to you to just, you know, go inside? :O:

[von Kinderei]

Another of me and my GF at the Yamaha R1 Convention at Deal's Gap N.C. ... I've had one too many Rolling Rocks :()1:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/IMG_3791.jpg



Me and GF ridin' " THE DRAGON "

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/A1805029Large.jpg



Me mixin' it up at V.I.R. ... had a blast that day :up:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/JON_8824Large.jpg

[antikristuseke]

Did it not occur to you to just, you know, go inside? :O:

It wasn't that cold.

[u crank]

vK, I hope the riding came before the Rolling Rocks. :har:

Great pics Buddy! :up:

[von Kinderei]

Always ... :up:

[antikristuseke]

Playing a drinking game called "Väljakutse" (challenge) in a pub on the day before the anti ACTA demonstration. Obviously drunkish.

http://www.upload.ee/image/2067998/Pilt0311.jpg

[Schroeder]

Playing a drinking game called "Väljakutse" (challenge) in a pub on the day before the anti ACTA demonstration. Obviously drunkish.

http://www.upload.ee/image/2067998/Pilt0311.jpg
Let me guess, the looser has to take his clothes off.:O:

[antikristuseke]

no, you take cards from a pile and you have to complete the challenge on it or take a drink. Since the group i was out with is composed of perverts like me things degraded to hilarity fast.

[fright52]

New to Subsim and computer games. Picked up SH4 in December and have been lost in the Pacific ever since. My name is Robert, originally from Los Angeles and moved to Atlanta area in Ga.

Retired from the USPS and now play bass in a rockabilly band. I have been around music all my life. I grew up listening to English wave music. I first saw the Who @ Hlywd Bowl in 1967 and got hooked.

I'm still having trouble navigating around in Subsim. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Not sure if people can contact me in here or by e-mail. Haven't figured out how to download a photo.

Any help on how to use protractor and compass to determine bearings would be a blessing! Totally lost with SH4 and it's manual. Just another Sod Pounder!

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD, Robert! :sunny:

Have a look though this thread and you'll find at least one fellow bassman. :D

And fellow old fart. I saw The Beatles at Dodger Stadium in '66.

[antikristuseke]

A more clothed picture of me with my small cat.
http://i41.tinypic.com/35bt2xj.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

I like the pics, AK, but do you have to make them so big. If I have to side-scroll I get bored. :yawn: :O:

[frau kaleun]

I like the pics, AK, but do you have to make them so big. If I have to side-scroll I get bored. :yawn: :O:

To be fair, it was the only way he could be sure to get all of that teeny tiny kitteh in the frame. :O:

[antikristuseke]

Sorry, I am used to working on a wcreen at least 1600x900, those images fit on my screen just fine, i'll try to make em smaller in the future.

[Sailor Steve]

I was just givin' you grief. You make 'em as big as you like. My screen is set for 1440 x 900. Any higher and I can't read the desktop icons, even on my 28" screen.

[nikimcbee]

@antikristuseke

What's with the hair? Hippy.:D

[antikristuseke]

Lost a bet, have to grow a mullet:wah:

[nikimcbee]

New to Subsim and computer games. Picked up SH4 in December and have been lost in the Pacific ever since. My name is Robert, originally from Los Angeles and moved to Atlanta area in Ga.

Retired from the USPS and now play bass in a rockabilly band. I have been around music all my life. I grew up listening to English wave music. I first saw the Who @ Hlywd Bowl in 1967 and got hooked.

I'm still having trouble navigating around in Subsim. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Not sure if people can contact me in here or by e-mail. Haven't figured out how to download a photo.

Any help on how to use protractor and compass to determine bearings would be a blessing! Totally lost with SH4 and it's manual. Just another Sod Pounder!

Welcome to the chaos!:salute:

Are you playing SH4 with any mods? There are some great ones out there in the SH4 mod section. I'm in the process of re-discovering SH4. If you're new to gaming (subsim/naval gaming), SH4 was a dud when it first came out, but now it is a work of art. I really enjoy playing it. Hurray for the subsim modding community.:woot:.

[nikimcbee]

Lost a bet, have to grow a mullet:wah:

Sorry to hear that.:D

[Jimbuna]

Sorry to hear that.:D

Can't be any worse than that cornet he once had attached to his head :DL

:O:

[Tchocky]

Buzzing the NATO AWACS base in Geilenkirchen (me in the right-hand seat).

http://i.imgur.com/lTIge.jpg

Couple more shots from that spin.

http://i.imgur.com/bDE2w.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nh1rh.jpg

[Dan D]

What the heck are you doing in a NATO AWACS plane in “Geilenkirchen”(=silly name)?

I thought you were the vice-president of the Bank of Ireland in Belgium.

[Jimbuna]

hi guys ... im a newbie in this furom...i hope you guys will be okay with me
-------central heating (http://www.waterunderfloorheating.com)------

Be gone with you!!

[Tchocky]

What the heck are you doing in a NATO AWACS plane in “Geilenkirchen”(=silly name)?

I thought you were the vice-president of the Bank of Ireland in Belgium.

Heh, that's one I've not been accused of yet :P

I work here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocontrol#Maastricht_Upper_Area_Control_Centre

[Betonov]

Pust was today. A festival in which you dress in costumes in celebration of the coming spring. Kind of like Halloween

So here's me fressed as an old geezer

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/421869_378405075505349_100000075783694_1563319_146 0085546_n.jpg


And half hour later
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/401214_378403558838834_100000075783694_1563317_954 069118_n.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Not very good costumes. You still look like you. :O:
:rotfl2:




No, really, I like the 'geezer' one.

[Betonov]

Not very good costumes. You still look like you. :O:
:rotfl2:


Yeah, I know. It's something I had to come up within 10min :DL I never prepare for this things :doh:

[Dan D]

Heh, that's one I've not been accused of yet :P

I work here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocontrol#Maastricht_Upper_Area_Control_Centre

OK, then Junior Economic specialist for
Eurocontrol, "the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, an intergovernmental organisation made up of 39 Member States and the European Community, committed to building a Single European Sky that will deliver the ATM performance required for the 21st century and beyond" (quote from website)?

A decent work environment, I'd say.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not very good costumes. You still look like you.

How would one know, without seeing some feet. :O:

[Jimbuna]

How would one know, without seeing some feet. :O:

I reckon the felt tip pen marks on the upper lip and the chin are a dead giveaway :DL

[Tchocky]

OK, then Junior Economic specialist for
Eurocontrol, "the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, an intergovernmental organisation made up of 39 Member States and the European Community, committed to building a Single European Sky that will deliver the ATM performance required for the 21st century and beyond" (quote from website)?

A decent work environment, I'd say.

heh, my degree is in economics, but I'm an air traffic controller these days. Decent place to work.

[Betonov]

I reckon the felt tip pen marks on the upper lip and the chin are a dead giveaway :DL

http://cdn1.hark.com/images/000/001/694/1694/original.jpg

Ha ha, ho ho, it is to laugh

[Herr-Berbunch]

heh, my degree is in economics, but I'm an air traffic controller these days. Decent place to work.

Maastrict IIRC? Don't suppose you know a NATS controller at Stanstead called Ange do you? Owes me money :stare:

I'll get there...

[Jimbuna]

Maastrict IIRC? Don't suppose you know a NATS controller at Stanstead called Ange do you? Owes me money :stare:

I'll get there...

So that's his name? (your ex) :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

So that's his name? (your ex) :hmmm:

FFFFFFUUUUUU :stare:

Surname's Mosley if anyone wants to dig her up and harrass her... :yep:

[fright52]

Hello to everyone...fright52 here, but I also go by Robert. Grew up watching anything sci-fi/horror and, Halloween being my favorite holiday, is how I came about with "fright". Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA., but recently relocated to Atlanta metro Georgia. Big change but change is a good thing.
Art major, retired from the USPS, and now persue music. Have played music in vintage country and rockabilly bands.
I consider myself a modern day Frankenstein after my liver transplant in 2007. I am very fortunate to be given a second chance here on planet Earth. A special thanks goes out to one particular doctor, Dr Mello; and to my wonderful wife Chris, for keeping me alive!
As for computer games, I'm pretty new at all of this. I stumbled into SH4 by doing research on submarines for a model of a Gato sub I have been building in honor of my recently deceased father in law. He served on 3 subs and never got around to building Revells Gato model kit he purchased.
With all of that, sorry I rambled on. Time to say thanks for a great site and make every day a day to remember. Cheers!

[Jimbuna]

FFFFFFUUUUUU :stare:

Surname's Mosley if anyone wants to dig her up and harrass her... :yep:

Would Max be the christian name by any chance? :O:

:har:

http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/3218640/2/stock-photo-3218640-reeling-in-the-big-sale.jpg

[Betonov]

With all of that, sorry I rambled on. Time to say thanks for a great site and make every day a day to remember. Cheers!

No problem, it's the ''ramble about yourself'' thread :DL:DL

make yourself at home :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

Welcome aboard Robert :salute:

No drinking for you then? :hmmm:

@Jim - Nope, not Max, Oswald - is this the right place? :o

[Jimbuna]

I'll get my gun :03:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUlrsKzgsddKzrWzX6a8GGFs4GuJQ03 12U57aGym0cyKlD3W3YJw3zYzAF

[Dan D]

heh, my degree is in economics, but I'm an air traffic controller these days. Decent place to work.

That is very cool, Tchocky. Air traffic controller, I guess that means very good payments and early retirement.

You successfully went through the selection procedure to become an air traffic controller, which means that your national security authority gave you security clearance.

Good to know. :-)

[Tchocky]

You successfully went through the selection procedure to become an air traffic controller, which means that your national security authority gave you security clearance.

Actually I need security clearances from both Irish and Dutch authorities, so i guess I'm doubly reliable ;)

Been in the job for just over 2 years, hopefully finishing the last segment of training before summer.

[wikkus]

A quick few words, mostly to say "Hi" and "Thanks in advance" :)

I've worked in the IT business all my adult life and since my early teens have been working with computer hardware and software in one fashion or another. Long-time sim fan, predominantly of aircraft (FS1.00 was where it all started for me, for those with long enough memories) and also fan of pretty much anything with an engine :)

Surfed in to sub-sim thanks to having bought SH5 (my first sub-product since EA's 688(I) Hunter Killer many years ago and the original 688 Attack Sub before that) and found it to be, er, lacking a little in some areas.

Hope I didn't buy a lemon :88)

Cheers, Rik.

[Oberon]

I'll get my gun :03:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUlrsKzgsddKzrWzX6a8GGFs4GuJQ03 12U57aGym0cyKlD3W3YJw3zYzAF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMdeQFCGMQ

[krashkart]

A quick few words, mostly to say "Hi" and "Thanks in advance" :)

I've worked in the IT business all my adult life and since my early teens have been working with computer hardware and software in one fashion or another. Long-time sim fan, predominantly of aircraft (FS1.00 was where it all started for me, for those with long enough memories) and also fan of pretty much anything with an engine :)

Surfed in to sub-sim thanks to having bought SH5 (my first sub-product since EA's 688(I) Hunter Killer many years ago and the original 688 Attack Sub before that) and found it to be, er, lacking a little in some areas.

Hope I didn't buy a lemon :88)

Cheers, Rik.

Welcome to Subsim, wikkus! :salute:

I might have watched a friend fly around in FS 1. He had a black and white monochrome monitor. I thought it was the coolest thing back then. :haha: I bought my first copy of Flight Simulator early in high school, when Windows 3 reigned supreme. Have always loved flight simulators. Tried a submarine simulator about a year ago and wound up here. Haven't been able to jump ship since. :)

I haven't played SH5 myself but have sort of watched it grow since release. If you ask around in the SH5 forum about any problem you encounter, I'm sure you will get the answers you need. From what I've heard a lot of things have been fixed and some things are still being fixed, but overall the folks who love the game have found something to keep them entertained. Can't be all bad, then. :yep:


krash

[Onkel Neal]

Another of me and my GF at the Yamaha R1 Convention at Deal's Gap N.C. ... I've had one too many Rolling Rocks :()1:





Me and GF ridin' " THE DRAGON "

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/vonkinderei/A1805029Large.jpg



Me mixin' it up at V.I.R. ... had a blast that day :up:



I totally approve this post! :up:

[antikristuseke]

http://i39.tinypic.com/w8xlb8.jpg

[kranz]

cuttie:)

[Paradox77]

Just offering a quick hello to the community.

I am a 34 year old from Australia. I am a mature age university student studying history and political science, and my submarine knowledge comes largely through books and games. Unfortunately I was unable to join the Australian Navy, so I missed out on the chance to experience these things first hand. My submarine game experience dates back to 688 Attack Sub on the Sega Genesis, and I have played a number of other sims over the years. I still find the Silent Hunter series to be my favourite, and I have just joined the community in order to find out more about my latest purchase, SH4.

Look forward to crossing paths with everyone on the forums.

Cheers,
Jade

[Jimbuna]

Welcome :sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

We're looking forward to crossing paths with you as well. Hopefully not swords, though. :D

[TarJak]

G'day mate. Welcome aboard. Good to have another from godsown around the place.

[krashkart]

Welcome aboard Paradox77. You came to the right place. :salute:

[Tchocky]

Howdy :)

[antikristuseke]

Welcome aboard Paradox, keep away from my beer:stare:

[krashkart]

Welcome aboard Paradox, keep away from my beer:stare:

*cough* My beer! :stare::O:

[HunterICX]

Most recent shot of me and my bike ofcourse :D

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2664/yo2i.jpg

Prepped the bike for a little spin tommorow morning :rock:

HunterICX

[HunterICX]

Best way to spend a sunday morning :cool:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7681/foto0167b.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3949/foto0168y.jpg

HunterICX

[krashkart]

May as well update my photo. Snapped this over the weekend before taking the relatives out to see the town. Sexy, no? :O:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7024501617_cd76d8a3a6.jpg

[Jimbuna]

NO!! :o

[krashkart]

NO!! :o

Sorry man. Maybe this will help:

http://static.tumblr.com/ozuu7mq/15Cljcp5m/eyebleach1hw0.png

:salute:

[Jimbuna]

Sorry man. Maybe this will help:

http://static.tumblr.com/ozuu7mq/15Cljcp5m/eyebleach1hw0.png

:salute:

:O::03:

[nikimcbee]

May as well update my photo. Snapped this over the weekend before taking the relatives out to see the town. Sexy, no? :O:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7024501617_cd76d8a3a6.jpg

Nice photo.

[krashkart]

Nice photo.

Thanks nikimcbee. :) That's right on the edge of town where the whitetails frolic in people's back yards early in the morning (and no, I'm not kidding you). My Mom likens it to living on the set of a Disney movie: deer, bunnies, ground squirrels, owls, all sorts of wildlife -- probably because they all live so close to city limits that hunters can't get to them. It's a nice area. :yep:

[nikimcbee]

I forget where you're living, Missouri?

[krashkart]

Iowa, land of corn and hogs. ;)

[nikimcbee]

Seperated at birth?
http://www.omninfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/christian-bale.jpg


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7024501617_cd76d8a3a6.jpg

....I'm Batman.

[Sledgehammer427]

Krash, didn't realize you were so close! I'm about an hr away from the Miss

[nikimcbee]

Wait, wut part part the Iowaz?:hmmm:

@sh427:salute: yo, wuz up?:D

[krashkart]

Seperated at birth?
http://www.omninfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/christian-bale.jpg


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7024501617_cd76d8a3a6.jpg

....I'm Batman.

:haha:


Wait, wut part part the Iowaz?:hmmm:

I'm in Des Moines for the time being. Not a bad town. :)


Krash, didn't realize you were so close! I'm about an hr away from the Miss

Whereabouts? I might drive up to Chicago later this year if Reece & Co. fly in from Ozland.

[Sledgehammer427]

Northwestern Steel And Wire :D
(Sterling, IL)

and if Reece and co. DO come in relatively soon, be sure to let me know, always up for meeting fellow forum members!

Micro Subsim meet, with an Illinoisan who barely knows how to get to Chicago :doh:

Supposed to be a good airshow in Rockford this summer, and I'm buddies with the guy who runs Whiteside Co. Bittorf Field, hopefully gonna be volunteering for the fly-in/airshow this year in July.

I can hook you guys up! :up:

[nikimcbee]

Whereabouts? I might drive up to Chicago later this year if Reece & Co. fly in from Ozland.

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000307999/polls_lolwut_1011_487519_answer_3_xlarge.jpeg


Wait wut? Reece is coming to the US?:hmmm: I'd fly to chicago to see Reece. I do have a free plane ticket.:hmmm:

I haven't seen the U-505 since 96(?), when it was outside still.

[Sledgehammer427]

I went there with a good friend of mine our junior year of highschool, I think.

the displays are incredible, and I really enjoyed the periscope simulators and the diving simulator (The lady running the set didn't know she was dealing with subsimmers who knew things about things like that. she called us "Sailors")

[krashkart]

Wait wut? Reece is coming to the US?:hmmm: I'd fly to chicago to see Reece. I do have a free plane ticket.:hmmm:

He mentioned something about it to me a couple of months ago. You might want to ask him some time. :)



@Sledge - I haven't been to an air show in years. Might have to make a trip out there this summer just for the fun of it. :)

[Sledgehammer427]

airshows at Rockford are always great, the last time I went was 2010 and we were treated to the thunderbirds, an A-10 warthog demonstration, a harrier demonstration, and a heritage flight featuring the F-4 phantom. not to mention the B-52 parked on the tarmac and the Boeing Dreamliner. it was impressive to say the least and I think it was 15 bucks a person.

EDIT: come to think of it there was an F/A-18 demo too. lots of stunt flying, barnstorming ....

[RundownJet]

Well, May aswell introduce myself. Im a 19 Year Old Maritimer "Turning 20 in June" from the Largest town in Northern New Brunswick, Canada in the Once Mighty Miramichi. I have a average job, Just work at the most popular place in town. Tim Hortons! "Coffee equivilent of Starbucks" Also Have a Very Special Bottle of Alcohol My Grandfather's Fathers Bottle of Scotch Thats 61 Years Old. Im saving it for some reason now..May crack it soon.:) Or save it till im as old as Sailor Steve!:D I found this site looking for News on Naval/Military News and found this form. Then found the Silent Hunter series, A great replacement since microsoft ruined the FS Series with a Arcade game. Bought SH5 and Signed up here. And already shared some "Great:haha:" one liners in the joke thread. And ive got more to share. Anyways glad to join the form and hope to improve my expirence with the amazingly well done mods on here for such a great series...Eh?

(And for good Measure, A "funny one-liner": You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" Eh?

[Tchocky]

Welcome aboard Rundown :)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Welcome aboard, RundownJet :salute:

But, your jokes are terrible - both here and in the joke thread. That said, Jim and BossMark will be repeating them both in a few weeks. :arrgh!:

Don't let my comments stop you posting more though. :D

[Betonov]

What you are observing in the above post is H-B trying to make a joke. Emphasis on trying :DL

Welcome aboard :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard, RundownJet :salute:

But, your jokes are terrible - both here and in the joke thread. That said, Jim and BossMark will be repeating them both in a few weeks. :arrgh!:

Don't let my comments stop you posting more though. :D

:hmmm:

[RundownJet]

Welcome aboard, RundownJet :salute:

But, your jokes are terrible - both here and in the joke thread. That said, Jim and BossMark will be repeating them both in a few weeks. :arrgh!:

Don't let my comments stop you posting more though. :D

:hmmm:

What you are observing in the above post is H-B trying to make a joke. Emphasis on trying :DL

Welcome aboard :salute:

And you say I have bad jokes! I admit my one-liners are for cheap Humor and a funny jab. And thanks for the welcome..Eh?
And here's another joke!..And Oh yes there will be More..:D

Two women go out one weekend without their husbands. As they came back, just before dawn, both of them drunk, they felt the urge to pee. They noticed that the only place to stop was a cemetery. Scared and drunk, they stopped and decided to go there anyway.

The first one did not have anything to blot herself with, so she took her panties off, used them and discarded them. The second, not finding anything either, thought "I'm not getting rid of my panties..." so she used the ribbon of a nearby flower wreath.

The morning after, the two husbands were talking to each other on the phone, and one says to the other: "We have to be on the look-out; it seems that these two were up to no good last night, my wife came home without her panties..." The other one responded: "You're lucky, mine came home with a card stuck on her butt that read, "We will never forget you."

And your right, they'll say the same joke in a month! Jim and bossmark might be running out of material for the horrid jokes they make!:har:

[Sailor Steve]

Well, I started last July 1 with a shaved head, and was going to post one every month for a year. I did a couple and got sidetracked. I've had some taken by other people that kind of filled in. Now it's a year later and it's grown some six inches, which is normal.

I'm debating whether to shave it again or just trim it, or maybe leave it alone and let it keep growing. In any case, the glare on the glasses made me take one without them.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/2012-6-301.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SteveStuff/2012-6-302.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Good job you cropped out the height chart and the words 'Wanted for xxx'.

:O:

I say trim.

[Betonov]

I also say trim. You got more hair than me, why waste them :O:

[antikristuseke]

Also got a haircut fairly recently, grew tired of being bald.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/532853_10150946352359526_159476168_n.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Well, I started last July 1 with a shaved head, and was going to post one every month for a year. I did a couple and got sidetracked. I've had some taken by other people that kind of filled in. Now it's a year later and it's grown some six inches, which is normal.

I'm debating whether to shave it again or just trim it, or maybe leave it alone and let it keep growing. In any case, the glare on the glasses made me take one without them.



Reminds me how grateful I should be you aren't using a webcam on Skype :O:

[Sailor Steve]

Reminds me how grateful I should be you aren't using a webcam on Skype :O:
Just look in a mirror. The effect should be the same.

[Jimbuna]

Just look in a mirror. The effect should be the same.

Your right...it works!! :o

http://www.mirrorimagept.co.uk/resources/cat-and-lion-1.gif

:03:

[nikimcbee]

Your right...it works!! :o

http://www.mirrorimagept.co.uk/resources/cat-and-lion-1.gif

:03:

Get a hair cut hippy.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Your right...it works!! :o


Poor Steve!


:O:

[nikimcbee]

Your right...it works!! :o

fixed
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/mos-13-shrek-mirror-web.jpg

:03:

:har:
Cheer up lad, ramen is good for ya.

[Jimbuna]

LOL :)

[Kapitan_Phillips]

http://i47.tinypic.com/2ihsco5.png

Grumpy mode, activate!


http://i46.tinypic.com/bgzr44.jpg

Happy mode activate!

[nikimcbee]

Blimey! It's KP!:Kaleun_Salute::Kaleun_Salute::Kaleun_Salute::K aleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Cheers:

So how ya been?

There's a Dr Who thread out there and I thought to myself "Where's KP?", he's gotta see this!

[kiwi_2005]

http://www.mirrorimagept.co.uk/resources/cat-and-lion-1.gif

king of the jungle
The difference between you and i is you are domesticated you need humans to look after you, you crap in a box and you eat food made from horse meat. Oh have they cut your balls of yet? I am king of the jungle, I eat wilder beast not horsemeat, i have six lionesses running round for me 24/7, i sleep eat and root. Beat that pussy.

[nikimcbee]

http://www.mirrorimagept.co.uk/resources/cat-and-lion-1.gif

king of the jungle
The difference between you and i is you are domesticated you need humans to look after you, you crap in a box and you eat food made from horse meat. Oh have they cut your balls of yet? I am king of the jungle, I eat wilder beast not horsemeat, i have six lionesses running round for me 24/7, i sleep eat and root. Beat that pussy.

You mean Jim?:haha:

[Jimbuna]

You mean Jim?:haha:

Oi shorty!!

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8586/smacka1.gif

[SFSchmidt]

HellO fellow sub'ers

Name: ;)
Age: 23 in a week

Live in the small country, Denmark. Took basic army Education in the Danish Royal hussars, started studying bachelor in maritime Technology and management, so in about two years i am a marine engineer.

Glad to be here and looking to alot of hours playing silent hunter 5, and to be talking to you guys.

Found the subsim forum when searching Google for some help. :)

Played silent hunter 3 and 4 a little bit, but silent hunter 5 has really catched my interest.

Good hunting All.

-the dane

[Betonov]

Took basic army Education in the Danish Royal hussars

http://www.alliedforcesfoundation.org/images/Danish_Gardehusar_pic.jpg

You do realise that camouflage is the new fashion style in armed forces :O:


Kidding, welcome aboard :salute:

[SFSchmidt]

Yes i do hehe, however it is still one of the oldest battalions in the World still in action. ;)

[Jimbuna]

Yes i do hehe, however it is still one of the oldest battalions in the World still in action. ;)

Welcome http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[SFSchmidt]

Welcome http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

Thank you chief. :)

[u crank]

Welcome to SUBSIM SFSchmidt. :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SailorSignGirl.jpg

[kiwi_2005]

gangsta kiwi, sitting inside taking a break from the sun, liar! I took a break from mowing the lawn to come use the pc :rotfl2:

http://i49.tinypic.com/35898xk.jpg

At least in this photo i am sober (not like the one i saw of me here taken 5 odd yrs ago!) Sober & hooked on caffeine and cigs...

[Sailor Steve]

MOMMY! Make that man go away! He's scary! :O:

[kiwi_2005]

MOMMY! Make that man go away! He's scary! :O:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8586/smacka1.gif

[Herr-Berbunch]

I don't even feel the need to start up Photoshop for that. :D

[HunterICX]

Yeh, he already looks like Dustin Hoffman in Papillon

http://www.cinemovies.fr/images/data/photos/13155/papillon-1973-13155-1796848618.jpg

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

:har:

Great film though.

[Jimbuna]

MOMMY! Make that man go away! He's scary! :O:

LOL :)

[kiwi_2005]

Yeh, he already looks like Dustin Hoffman in Papillon

http://www.cinemovies.fr/images/data/photos/13155/papillon-1973-13155-1796848618.jpg

HunterICX

Thanks man i take that as a compliment :D. Pity the woman here didn't think the same and real pity i aint as rich as him! Maybe thats why the woman here don't take notice! Trollop's! :har:

[antikristuseke]

I think it is late at night
http://i48.tinypic.com/5alz5y.jpg

[antikristuseke]

looking well rested to go to work at 2 bloody am, link because of large image
http://i49.tinypic.com/f20l08.jpg

[pagansmudge]

Hi,

been called many things over the years but mostly i go by smudge. yes i am ex forces having been in both British army and navy and yes
i was a submariner trained for SSBN ended of working on SSN. been around a while tho never signed up on this forum so thinking it was time to take the plunge.
Just want ti take this time to thank of the modders out there for the great work they are doing and have done. you make a good game into a great one i would even buy
a beer for you, should you be near to me that is lol.

i have modded arma before and made missions for that game, so i may have a look at your work here and see if it would be fun to do something for this game.
Great forum hope you are all well.

smudge

[Schroeder]

Welcome aboard.:salute:

[u crank]

Welcome to SUBSIM. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim smudge...always good to see another Brit on here :sunny:

[pagansmudge]

thanks for the welcomes, after reading some of the forum i think i put this in the wrong place lol.

Edit: or not so it would seem.

[Kixa]

Hi!
The first posting to this forum, although I have followed the forum for 3-4 years.
The first dives made some years (about 20y) ago for 688 Attack Sub and then silent service II. First real love was aces of the deep. Then little bit later sh1 and now shIII (since the appearence ). Sh IV and Sh V are waiting of stock.

About me: selling and repairing computers for a living ( 10 years now).
Gratuated fisherman/fishfarmer but there was not job for me so now in IT.
( but there is a love of the sea from)

Kittilä to the sea is about 266 km.

Thats little info at me, but all the tnx for this forum and all the modders to make the games better:salute:

[u crank]

Welcome to SUBSIM. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome :sunny:

[Echo4744]

Hi all, Raised in Denver, spent first 21 years after school as a MM(SS) on varous boats out of Norfolk, then SD. Boats I was assigned, 2 688s, a 637, and a 688i. Spent a lot of time plotting dots as section tracking and Battlestations. Enjoyed it as it got me out of the engineroom and was nice to see what was actually going on besides answering the ordered bell. One of the my ships Weapons Officer actually used Janes 688 to run training on the section tracking party and the ships control party. How about that for realistic simulation!

[Jimbuna]

Hi all, Raised in Denver, spent first 21 years after school as a MM(SS) on varous boats out of Norfolk, then SD. Boats I was assigned, 2 688s, a 637, and a 688i. Spent a lot of time plotting dots as section tracking and Battlestations. Enjoyed it as it got me out of the engineroom and was nice to see what was actually going on besides answering the ordered bell. One of the my ships Weapons Officer actually used Janes 688 to run training on the section tracking party and the ships control party. How about that for realistic simulation!

Welcome to SubSim :salute:

[audio-junkie]

I actually stumbled across Subsim a long time ago when I first started playing Silent Hunter II back in 2003. I just went through a few old boxes of mine and found my old copy of Silent Hunter III that I have not played in several years. I decided to install the game on my computer, and remember that I had heavily modded Silent Hunter II and III when I played them long ago. I was unable to remember my old account since it's been over 6 years since I last played so I created a new account. I am looking forward to playing again, checking out all the new mods, and getting back into the Submarine game genre once again.

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SailorSignGirl.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I actually stumbled across Subsim a long time ago when I first started playing Silent Hunter II back in 2003. I just went through a few old boxes of mine and found my old copy of Silent Hunter III that I have not played in several years. I decided to install the game on my computer, and remember that I had heavily modded Silent Hunter II and III when I played them long ago. I was unable to remember my old account since it's been over 6 years since I last played so I created a new account. I am looking forward to playing again, checking out all the new mods, and getting back into the Submarine game genre once again.

Welcome back to the surface matey :salute:

[HunterICX]

Biker's Paradise :sunny:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8468/251120125623.jpg

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

You know who will be checking your plate and running an informarion scan right about now :o

:)

[old navy]

Hi I am an old guy (76) who likes old games. Having said that ... altho SH3 is very nice I still can't get the same kick that I got with Aces of he Deep
that I played ack in 1993.
My problem is that I have lost/misplaced the first install 3 1/2" disk .
Is there some kind soul out there who could upload that disk to me at
neil210@myfairpoint.net ??? You would be forever in my debt. Neil

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

I'm sorry I can't help. Even my older version is on CD.

[Gerald]

:sunny: And good luck.

[Jimbuna]

Hi I am an old guy (76) who likes old games. Having said that ... altho SH3 is very nice I still can't get the same kick that I got with Aces of he Deep
that I played ack in 1993.
My problem is that I have lost/misplaced the first install 3 1/2" disk .
Is there some kind soul out there who could upload that disk to me at
neil210@myfairpoint.net ??? You would be forever in my debt. Neil

Hi...I tried helping you/pointing you in the right direction here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1966334#post1966334

I hope you get sorted.

[old navy]

Really greatfull for your response. However I have spent most of the morning trying to get to the site. Seem to get hung up on the part
...34#post1966334
What is the forum name cut and paste doesn't work
Really sorry to bug you
Hopefully I'll be able to find my way around soon... Neil

[Biggles]

I'm the guy in the middle with the brown hat. This was from the queue to get Springsteen tickets. I got in line five o clock in the morning. Not in vain! :up:
http://gfx2.aftonbladet-cdn.se/image/15894862/485/normal/401d6da06bc10/springsteen.jpg

[Armistead]

I don't recall posting here, but here is my mug with my dog named Bear...
He actually had a busy day here chasing a bear on the other side of the river.
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/Armistead1424/IMG_0025.jpg

Age, don't remember.
Married, 3 kids........3 grandchildren.
and several other dogs

[Betonov]

I'm strong, thats for sure :O:

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/46148_551040558241799_461216473_n.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Put the bugga down before you get a sense of reality :o

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'm strong, thats for sure :O:

:har: Nice one.

[nikimcbee]

I'm strong, thats for sure :O:




...and I found the video of Betonov driving the forklift at work.


No Betonovs were harmed in this video, but Steed had to go to the hospital 7 times.:dead:

[Dammit_Carl!]

Gentlemen (and Ladies)...

Figures. I rush into a forum without so much a how-do-you-do.

I'm a 41ish male with too much gut and too little hair on top, 2 kids, a dog and a wife.

Civilian-wise, I work for an engineering firm as CAD technician (fancy title for draftsman) with occasional forays on survey field crews if I'm lucky. Been doing this for a million years now, it feels.

Military-wsie, I've been in the Reserves and Guard in one form or another since '96 and with the exception of the HQ MP Company I was with up to last year, I've always been in an engineer specific type of unit; first as a Fuel Supply Specialist, then Heavy Equipment Operator and now I'm an Engineer Assistant with a REDHORSE Reserve unit. Oh, and I'm talking just Army and Air Force branches too.

Hobby-wise, I play computer sims mostly (duh) with a sprinkling of FPSes and the odd "strategy," game thrown in. I also dabble in pen-n-paper roleplaying stuff as I refuse to give up all of my nerdy youth habits.

I stumbled across SubSim by accident honestly. I think I was Googling "WW1 Subs," or something which led me to the Shells of Fury review and thence to the forum side of the house. Now, I got the aforementioned Shells as well as Silent Hunter 4 sitting beside my beloved flight sims and I can't wait to play hooky this week from work...er...to really have some time to sit down with SH4 and get cookin'. Probably in my underwear with some beer, too. Risky Business style.

You guys look like you have fun with a minimum of fuss and that's okay by me.

[Onkel Neal]

Welcome abroad and great intro post. :salute:

[nikimcbee]

Welcome aboard.:salute:
I'm a 41ish male with too much gut and too little hair on top, 2 kids, a dog and a wife.



Nuttin' wrong with that.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

I'm a 41ish male with too much gut and too little hair on top, 2 kids, a dog and a wife.


I'll gladly admit to the latter but not the former :)

[Kapitan_Phillips]

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/774764_10152451648700045_1340214407_o.jpg


Just confirming I'm still alive, and the proud owner of a Doctor Who scarf :D

[Cybermat47]

Just confirming I'm still alive, and the proud owner of a Doctor Who scarf :D

FANTASTIC!!!

:shifty: I might as well show you the pale ghost of NSW :oops:

http://imageshack.us/a/img829/2272/photomar06183022.jpg

I look rather smug in that pic, don't I? :hmm2:

[Jimbuna]

(Sigh) The sort of face only a mother could love :hmm2:




:03:

[Sailor Steve]

I look rather smug in that pic, don't I? :hmm2:
Nah, just goofy.

Not that I have anything to brag about. :dead:

(Sigh) The sort of face only a mother could love :hmm2:




:03:
Speaking of which... :O:

[Red October1984]

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7195/c47r.jpg

Check out that stare from the Spartan....

He's a badass and he knows it. :D :O:

[Sailor Steve]

Check out that stare from the Spartan....

He's a badass and he knows it. :D :O:
So, do we have a picture from you?

[Red October1984]

So, do we have a picture from you?

I don't take any pictures really. There aren't many that exist outside family albums. There's only two that I know of that are posted online. I'd have to do some digging to find a good picture of me.

I'll post one of my favorites of me though.

This was from one of my favorite days of all time...The September Cape Girardeau Airport Open House...

That's me in the back. I loved that thing. A Gyrocopter company came out and gave rides. Once we got off the ground, the pilot asked me if I wanted a go. So, I flew that thing for about 30 minutes. :rock:

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/6712/42449559.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Cool enough. I just thought that if one is going to comment on someone's picture one should give an equal chance. Cell phones work.

Still, that is a cool shot and I envy you a little. I've taken lots of rides in lots of vehicles, but never a gyrocopter.

[Cybermat47]

Check out that stare from the Spartan....

He's a badass and he knows it. :D :O:

Actually, he's so pathetic that his hand snapped off when I tried to put a weapon in it :dead:

[Cybermat47]

This was from one of my favorite days of all time...The September Cape Girardeau Airport Open House...

That's me in the back. I loved that thing. A Gyrocopter company came out and gave rides. Once we got off the ground, the pilot asked me if I wanted a go. So, I flew that thing for about 30 minutes. :rock:


Cool. I've only ever been in the air once, in a helicopter. Having a C-130 passing over the helo mid-flight was pretty cool too.

[Red October1984]

Cool enough. I just thought that if one is going to comment on someone's picture one should give an equal chance. Cell phones work.

Still, that is a cool shot and I envy you a little. I've taken lots of rides in lots of vehicles, but never a gyrocopter.

Well...let me tell you what you've missed....

You missed the "Motorcycle of the Air"....the Gyrocopter....

If you ever get a chance to go up in one...take it... As you can see, I'm a tall guy. I was slouching in that picture. I had to duck down to get behind that little windscreen. It was probably one of the top 3 things I've ever done. I loved it. I didn't have any instruments in the back seat but there was the stick and the throttle. I had fun. At one point, over the Mississippi River, I peeked over the pilot into the front seat to see the instruments. We were some 1500 feet over the river. It was AWESOME!!! :rock::rock::rock: I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Hell...If you gave me a choice between the girl I like and flight...I'd go running to the aircraft smiling like a little kid in a candy store.... (After maybe sneaking a solution to the other choice when you aren't looking.... :03: )

The Air Show is coming back to that airport this summer...I can't wait. Last time they had the Air Show here I got all the Blue Angels Autographs, but, I missed the A-10 Warthog flights they had going on. I got the A-10 Pilot's autograph though. This summer, there is supposedly going to be a B-25, TBM Avenger, and L-3 coming along with all the usual awesome flight stuff.

I actually was looking into Flight School earlier today. (EXPENSIVE!!!! :o :o :o And you thought car gas was bad...the cheapest fuel at my local airport is $5.34 a gallon. Plus the cost of training, insurance, the plane, space at the airport, etc...)There's a local college with a great Aviation program and I'm thinking that if the Air Force doesn't work for me I'll go to college and be a pilot. That, or the Army... :arrgh!:

Actually, he's so pathetic that his hand snapped off when I tried to put a weapon in it :dead:

That why he's standing with his hands on his hips?

I always liked Spartan Armor. My favorite was the E.V.A Armor from Halo 3 and Halo Reach.

[Sailor Steve]

You missed the "Motorcycle of the Air"....the Gyrocopter....
While I can't say nay to that, I have to defer to Neil Armstrong, who once said the next best thing to flying a jet fighter was riding a good motorcycle. While I haven't flown a jet either, I've ridden some pretty good bikes in my time. Unless you've done that as well your comparison might be stretching things a bit. I've driven some fairly fast cars too, and 150 mph on the ground is a fair bit of excitement.

I don't question your enthusiasm, especially since it does look like a lot of fun. Just the comparison.

I have been up in an ultralight, and I have flown a hang glider. Also fun.

[Red October1984]

While I can't say nay to that, I have to defer to Neil Armstrong, who once said the next best thing to flying a jet fighter was riding a good motorcycle. While I haven't flown a jet either, I've ridden some pretty good bikes in my time. Unless you've done that as well your comparison might be stretching things a bit. I've driven some fairly fast cars too, and 150 mph on the ground is a fair bit of excitement.

The term "Motorcycle of the Air" was what the MagniFlight people kept telling me it was. I've never ridden on a motorcycle but if it's like the Gyrocopter...I'm sure i'd like it. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

The term "Motorcycle of the Air" was what the MagniFlight people kept telling me it was. I've never ridden on a motorcycle but if it's like the Gyrocopter...I'm sure i'd like it. :up:
I'm sure you would. I got my learner's permit at 16. When I read the part that said "May drive an automobile, but must have a licensed driver in the car at all times. May ride a motorcycle, but may not have anyone else on the bike", I said "Dad, you know that little 50cc Honda you bought to drive to work and never did?..."

I never looked back. That little bike and I were constant companions. When my six months were up I renewed the permit rather than get my license. Six months later I had a girlfriend, and had to finally drive a car.

Several years ago a friend had to move to another city just for a couple of months. He asked if I would look after his Honda Shadow while he was gone, and ride it every now and then to keep it from garage rot. I rode it to work one day. The warehouse assistant manager said "Steve, I didn't know you rode!"

I said "I'll bet I was riding before you were born."

He said "I doubt that. When did you start riding?"

"April 1966."

He stared at me for a minute and said "You beat me by one month."

Just last night I was looking at bikes online. I was checking out insurance and one company asked "How many years' riding experience?"

I was a little embarrased when I typed "47". :dead:

[Red October1984]

I was a little embarrased when I typed "47". :dead:

:har: That's funny. I haven't even ridden a normal bike in a few years....Once I started growing fast...My bike couldn't keep up. So I grew out of it fast. I've heard of some bad things to come from motorcycles and I've heard of some awesome things.

I don't know what to think. The Permit system for Motorcycles is different now than it was 47 years ago i'm sure. Bikes sound fun...but cars are just fine.

Still hoping to get a Mustang... :sunny: and maybe my pilot's license and a small plane....


There's a 1965 Cessna 172 for sale at my airport for $35,000... :D :woot: One can only dream. :cool:

[kiwi_2005]

gangsta kiwi, sitting inside taking a break from the sun, liar! I took a break from mowing the lawn to come use the pc :rotfl2:

http://i49.tinypic.com/35898xk.jpg

At least in this photo i am sober (not like the one i saw of me here taken 5 odd yrs ago!) Sober & hooked on caffeine and cigs...

What the hell happen to my photo? I was a man last time i looked now im a dog!:rotfl2: Couldn't find the picture of me on tinypic. Then remembered i know subsim forums has it in some thread somewhere. But all im seeing is a dog:88) Must of deleted it from Tinypic some time ago:/\\!!

[Mork_417]

It's not all bad, your a cute dog. :D

[Herr-Berbunch]

What the hell happen to my photo? I was a man last time i looked now im a dog!:rotfl2: Couldn't find the picture of me on tinypic. Then remembered i know subsim forums has it in some thread somewhere. But all im seeing is a dog:88) Must of deleted it from Tinypic some time ago:/\\!!

I remember the pic in this thread but it's not here anymore - but nor is there a broken link! :doh:

But, anyone know where krashkart is? No sign of him for a few months. :cry:

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah, I made a comment on that picture. Now it looks weird following the dog picture. :-?

[Jimbuna]

Weird?....It's absoutely terrifying me to think where that person on the right of the picture has one of their hands :huh:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Weird?....It's absoutely terrifying me to think where that person on the right of the picture has one of their hands :huh:

# And they called it, puppy glove,
Oh, I guess they'll never know,
How a young heart really feels,
And why I love her so.

:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Behave yersel :)

[kiwi_2005]

Weird?....It's absoutely terrifying me to think where that person on the right of the picture has one of their hands :huh:

:rotfl2:

Man i can't find it anywhere hoping i mite of left a copy on the hdd, oh well its not the end of the world no point in stressing out.

Oh one more moan :haha:Stupid cell phone can take pictures but wont connect to my PC so i can't use that either!:/\\!! Or maybe it more the stupid PC. Now where i put me blood pressure pills:rotfl2:

[Betonov]

And here's me on my 8th (or 7th, maybe 9th) birthday.
The other two are my cousins

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208796_592467050765816_1955712871_n.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Great hat...did you win the bet? :O:

[HunterICX]

I see a young Betonov's Cake train wearing a funny hat and I'll follow up with a younger me standing on a M4A1 76W Sherman on a beach in Normandy.

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/8020/foto0217p.jpg

HunterICX

[Betonov]

It was a normal baseball cap worn high :O:

Nice tank Hunter. That reminds me of a T-34 parked a few kilometres away from hear. I'll go and take a picture when the snow melts

[Jimbuna]

LOL :)

[Red October1984]

I wish I had pictures of the time I did the Tank Simulator and the Stryker Simulator at Fort Knox....

That was fun....

[Schroeder]

I'll go and take a picture when the snow melts
Which will be around July if the weather forecast can be believed.:/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!!

[Betonov]

Which will be around July if the weather forecast can be believed.:/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!!

july 2015, since the tank in on top of a mountain pass between Slovenia and Austria :88)

[Betonov]

Seaway shock troops :03:

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/536205_596067283739126_1746148735_n.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Looks like a gang of likely characters to me.

The usual suspects.

[Jimbuna]

I thought it was the Slovenian Village People Lookalike Contest :)

[Betonov]

I thought it was the Slovenian Village People Lookalike Contest :)

Well, you're missing something. A cowbvoy, sailor, indian, Jimbuna, cop...

[Jimbuna]

Well, you're missing something. A cowbvoy, sailor, indian, Jimbuna, cop...

Hardly...this was the construction worker event...the rest are up for competition in the following weeks.

I hope you managed to get the black marker pen off :)

[Betonov]

What black marker pen ??? :hmmm: