Thank You

gb027 · 01-27-13, 11:13 PM

I just wish to thank all the people that work to make SH3 and its mods so enjoyable to many of us. My situation is.... I am 55, lost my job to a workplace injury, lots of time at home thinking negative thoughts, until my mate who also went through a tough time reminded me... "Go back to do what you enjoyed when you were younger". This is what I did. I back to WW2 modeling, WW2 computer games and reading. I had a good read on a book that I forgot I had ..Clay Blairs books on Hitlers U-Boat War. This gave me memory's of my very first PC game ..Silent Hunter 1. I then found and installed GWX Gold. Wow!. What a turnaround for my mental state. This game has, at this stage, gave me something that will stimulate my mind, challenge my concentration abilities and also my problem solving abilities. I feel good. So these are not "just" computer games, they can help people like me, and pull them out of a dark place and change their lives. Thank you to all the mod developers, you are doing the community a great service!!

Sailor Steve · 01-27-13, 11:17 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

I can relate to your current predicament. I'm 62 myself, and can't do much physical work. You'll find quite a few of us in your age group or higher. We also like to consider ourselves a friendly, helpful community, so feel free to ask questions, contribute answer or drop by our General Topics section just to chat. We even have a thread stickied there just to talk about who we are.

sublynx · 01-28-13, 12:02 AM

Welcome gb027

Happy hunting both on the job market and the SH3 seas

HW3 · 01-28-13, 09:41 AM

Welcome aboard!

A few months shy of 62 myself.

Kpt. Lehmann · 01-28-13, 10:25 AM

Welcome aboard, gb027.

You old fart guys made me feel a little younger today!

gb027, I'm glad you found something that helps hard days seem a little better.
I am 41 years old, but I can still relate to your situation in some ways. Following a back surgery a little over a year ago, I had to lay down my old profession. I honestly thought I would either die doing that job or retire from it. I had to take a job that pays much much less and it was a bitter pill to swallow.

Sometimes though, we just have to let our own 'grand designs' give way to situational reality and then choose to be happy anyway.

Like you, I was blessed with people who helped me see in the dark. Some of those people are right here in these forums. Over the course of my time with Subsim, I have made some life-long friends right here. If you choose to make these halls one of your hangouts... the same will happen with you.

Hang in there and SINK'em ALL!!!

Grun Teufel · 01-28-13, 10:40 AM

WOW!! An original SH gamer!?! I am humbled to be reading your posts. Welcome aboard and happy hunting!!!

flag4 · 01-28-13, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gb027

I just wish to thank all the people that work to make SH3 and its mods so enjoyable to many of us. My situation is.... I am 55, lost my job to a workplace injury, lots of time at home thinking negative thoughts, until my mate who also went through a tough time reminded me... "Go back to do what you enjoyed when you were younger". This is what I did. I back to WW2 modeling, WW2 computer games and reading. I had a good read on a book that I forgot I had ..Clay Blairs books on Hitlers U-Boat War. This gave me memory's of my very first PC game ..Silent Hunter 1. I then found and installed GWX Gold. Wow!. What a turnaround for my mental state. This game has, at this stage, gave me something that will stimulate my mind, challenge my concentration abilities and also my problem solving abilities. I feel good. So these are not "just" computer games, they can help people like me, and pull them out of a dark place and change their lives. Thank you to all the mod developers, you are doing the community a great service!!

What a lovely post to read.
i wish you the very best for the future gb027.
and welcome aboard

Jimbuna · 01-28-13, 04:44 PM

Welcome Aboard Matey

u crank · 01-28-13, 05:32 PM

Hi gb027. Another old guy here saying welcome to SubSim.

Great first post.

sublynx · 01-28-13, 05:45 PM

Similarities in hunting ships and jobs

:

1. You need good intelligence on both, otherwise you don't even get a chance to launch your torpedoes
2. Hunting alone is more difficult than in a wolfpack
3. It's easier to sink those pesky 2000 GRT merchants than that one juicy 12000 GRT tanker in the middle of the convoy
3. Succeeding in year 1944 / at age 60 is more difficult than in 1939 / at age 25
4. One must not get demoralized by duds / failed interviews
5. Technological advancement (be it robotics and automation or hedgehogs and airplanes) makes succeeding harder by the year
6. Finally, sinking a ship usually leads to horrendous depth charge bombardment by the enemy - just as getting that job usually leads to horrendous levels of stress

gb027 · 01-31-13, 03:42 AM

I do feel most welcome. I can never feel alone when I realize that there are heaps of people that all enjoy the same pleasures as me. I will be posting soon

Toughwater · 01-31-13, 04:31 AM

Hello, Fellow submariners. I've just recently purchased SH5 and am trying to re-learn my way around which I can see a lot of re-learning. I dabbled in SH4 for a while when time in my work schedule would allow and would like to thank the folks who come here to post comments that do help the fly by night person such as myself. I am a 56vr. old in the merchant marines as a officer of the "black gang". Put a wrench in my hand and i know what to do. Put a compass, protractor, etc. in my hand that's where sites such as Subsim really help to learn. Again, Thank you to the community.

Sailor Steve · 01-31-13, 11:11 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

I like your handle.

I see you've been a member for five years. It's about time you said something!

Herr-Berbunch · 01-31-13, 12:00 PM

Welcome aboard both of you

A great introduction and I'm glad you picked up on your old hobbies.

HW3 · 01-31-13, 12:06 PM

Welcome aboard Toughwater!

01-27-13, 11:13 PM	#1
gb027 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 25 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 2	Thank You I just wish to thank all the people that work to make SH3 and its mods so enjoyable to many of us. My situation is.... I am 55, lost my job to a workplace injury, lots of time at home thinking negative thoughts, until my mate who also went through a tough time reminded me... "Go back to do what you enjoyed when you were younger". This is what I did. I back to WW2 modeling, WW2 computer games and reading. I had a good read on a book that I forgot I had ..Clay Blairs books on Hitlers U-Boat War. This gave me memory's of my very first PC game ..Silent Hunter 1. I then found and installed GWX Gold. Wow!. What a turnaround for my mental state. This game has, at this stage, gave me something that will stimulate my mind, challenge my concentration abilities and also my problem solving abilities. I feel good. So these are not "just" computer games, they can help people like me, and pull them out of a dark place and change their lives. Thank you to all the mod developers, you are doing the community a great service!!

01-27-13, 11:17 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! I can relate to your current predicament. I'm 62 myself, and can't do much physical work. You'll find quite a few of us in your age group or higher. We also like to consider ourselves a friendly, helpful community, so feel free to ask questions, contribute answer or drop by our General Topics section just to chat. We even have a thread stickied there just to talk about who we are. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-28-13, 12:02 AM	#3
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Welcome gb027 Happy hunting both on the job market and the SH3 seas __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

01-28-13, 09:41 AM	#4
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! A few months shy of 62 myself. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-28-13, 10:25 AM	#5
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard, gb027. You old fart guys made me feel a little younger today! gb027, I'm glad you found something that helps hard days seem a little better. I am 41 years old, but I can still relate to your situation in some ways. Following a back surgery a little over a year ago, I had to lay down my old profession. I honestly thought I would either die doing that job or retire from it. I had to take a job that pays much much less and it was a bitter pill to swallow. Sometimes though, we just have to let our own 'grand designs' give way to situational reality and then choose to be happy anyway. Like you, I was blessed with people who helped me see in the dark. Some of those people are right here in these forums. Over the course of my time with Subsim, I have made some life-long friends right here. If you choose to make these halls one of your hangouts... the same will happen with you. Hang in there and SINK'em ALL!!! __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

01-28-13, 10:40 AM	#6
Grun Teufel Watch Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: BB56 Posts: 26 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	WOW!! An original SH gamer!?! I am humbled to be reading your posts. Welcome aboard and happy hunting!!!

01-28-13, 04:44 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome Aboard Matey __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-28-13, 05:32 PM	#9
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Hi gb027. Another old guy here saying welcome to SubSim. Great first post. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

01-28-13, 05:45 PM	#10
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Similarities in hunting ships and jobs : 1. You need good intelligence on both, otherwise you don't even get a chance to launch your torpedoes 2. Hunting alone is more difficult than in a wolfpack 3. It's easier to sink those pesky 2000 GRT merchants than that one juicy 12000 GRT tanker in the middle of the convoy 3. Succeeding in year 1944 / at age 60 is more difficult than in 1939 / at age 25 4. One must not get demoralized by duds / failed interviews 5. Technological advancement (be it robotics and automation or hedgehogs and airplanes) makes succeeding harder by the year 6. Finally, sinking a ship usually leads to horrendous depth charge bombardment by the enemy - just as getting that job usually leads to horrendous levels of stress __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

01-31-13, 03:42 AM	#11
gb027 Watch Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 25 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 2	thanks I do feel most welcome. I can never feel alone when I realize that there are heaps of people that all enjoy the same pleasures as me. I will be posting soon

01-31-13, 04:31 AM	#12
Toughwater Bilge Rat Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	So much to learn Hello, Fellow submariners. I've just recently purchased SH5 and am trying to re-learn my way around which I can see a lot of re-learning. I dabbled in SH4 for a while when time in my work schedule would allow and would like to thank the folks who come here to post comments that do help the fly by night person such as myself. I am a 56vr. old in the merchant marines as a officer of the "black gang". Put a wrench in my hand and i know what to do. Put a compass, protractor, etc. in my hand that's where sites such as Subsim really help to learn. Again, Thank you to the community.

01-31-13, 11:11 AM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! I like your handle. I see you've been a member for five years. It's about time you said something! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-31-13, 12:00 PM	#14
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard both of you A great introduction and I'm glad you picked up on your old hobbies. __________________

01-31-13, 12:06 PM	#15
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard Toughwater! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

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