Gratified for "grown-ups"

andwii · 04-19-12, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Got you beat. My mother was nursing me when the news of the Pearl Harbor attack came over the radio

I am probably the oldest player in the forum.

you win

I am probably one of the youngest around here, just last month turned 18. Yet I feel I was born in the way wrong generation. You ask a random teenager what a simulator is, they will either not know or call it a game. lol

Herr-Berbunch · 04-19-12, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by andwii

just last month turned 18. Yet I feel I was born in the way wrong generation. You ask a random teenager what a simulator is, they will either not know or call it a game.l

That's the beauty of SUBSIM, where else can 18 year-olds and 60, 61, and 62 year-olds hang out and shoot the breeze on a daily basis - not forgetting the odd 37 year-old.

It is indeed, I believe, mostly due to the running of the site - there's no (or not much) 'I know the answers, I'm not going to tell you the answers - find out for yourself' that appear on many other fora. Ask a question and get a honest and decent response, everybody here seems to know that they, too, once didn't know it all. Obviously the type of games and the community help, but that guiding hand that has created this beast should get a lot of the credit.

Telemon · 04-20-12, 04:20 AM

Greetings,

Who's the oldest in the forum?

I'm throwing down the gaunlet!

Born 1932 and wil be 80 in August.

Incidently I celebrated my Diamond wedding anniversary on the 5th of this month.

Get some in laddie!!

Jimbuna · 04-20-12, 05:18 AM

@zygoma

This community is definitely amongst the best you'll find on the internet and I put that down to the community members themselves as well as Neal the site owner.

SINK EM ALL MATEY

Congratulations Telemon

My mother and father enjoyed sixty five years of marriage until my father passed away on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack in 2009.

RConch · 04-20-12, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemon

Greetings,

Who's the oldest in the forum?

I'm throwing down the gaunlet!

Born 1932 and wil be 80 in August.

Incidently I celebrated my Diamond wedding anniversary on the 5th of this month.

Get some in laddie!!

Super fantastic!

I celebrate my 28th anniversery tomorrow and I am 62 years young. I intend to skipper till the day I die, can't say that about any other game. Thinking is what counts in this, not youthful reflexes.
Not too many still come here from when I joined in 2002.
But each group of skippers always bring something to the table.
Great site and a great simulation.
This has always been a friendly, flame free place to visit.

VONHARRIS · 04-20-12, 07:00 AM

@Telemon and Rconch

Sirs ,
Congartulations on your long lived marriages.

I hope that I will be able to celebrate as well.
I am 40 years old and married for 10 years.

I admire your courage to be able to play.
Happy hunting!

Frenchy849 · 04-20-12, 09:10 AM

I think I'm the youngest here,13 years old.
I discovered simulators when I saw my dad playing some,and then I asked him if I could try.
I preferred CFS3,but then I slowly switched to IL2:Sturmovik.
I discovered SH3 when my dad discovered it when he was browsing through old games,at first it was too complicated for me but a few years later I dug it up again and actually tried to understand it,even without a manual,and then I discovered GWX and this site.
As you can see,I have the luck to live where 97% of the U-boat aces have been stationed,and I go drink with my parents next to Doenitz's HQ which is opened some times and acts as a museum.
The U-boat bunkers are still in good conditions,you can still see the blockships and we put a decommisioned Diesel-electric sub called the "Flore" next to them,and we can visit it once in a while as well as a museum about U-boat warfare,actually there are 2,one has a sea mine and a torpedo in front of it and is pretty boring aside from where they trained our sailors for evacuating a sub,and the other is really epic and I also touched an 88mm gun that we always use to blast merchant shipping in early war,or was it another torpedo? I don't really remember that.

HW3 · 04-20-12, 11:30 AM

I'm 60 (going on 61 in a month) and I play IL2 online with a small group from the B-17II days. I also play SH4 as well as SH3.

Sailor Steve · 04-20-12, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rconch

Super fantastic!

I celebrate my 28th anniversery tomorrow and I am 62 years young. I intend to skipper till the day I die, can't say that about any other game. Thinking is what counts in this, not youthful reflexes.
Not too many still come here from when I joined in 2002.
But each group of skippers always bring something to the table.
Great site and a great simulation.
This has always been a friendly, flame free place to visit.

Cool! I had no idea you were my age! Congratulations on your long marriage.

I would have been married 38 years this June, but instead I've been divorced for 27. Never remarried, but them's the breaks.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-20-12, 10:04 AM

Andwii - forget what I said, it's suddenly just turned into a pensioners' meeting place.

Sailor Steve · 04-20-12, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Andwii - forget what I said, it's suddenly just turned into a pensioners' meeting place.

That is just low, rude and ageist.

AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!!!

RConch · 04-20-12, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Cool! I had no idea you were my age! Congratulations on your long marriage.

I would have been married 38 years this June, but instead I've been divorced for 27. Never remarried, but them's the breaks.

Thank you!
Are you and I all that is left of the class of "2002" here?

Boompus · 04-20-12, 02:04 PM

BTW: are there any women involved here, or is this a typical "men only (not: women not allowed)" thing... ?

Sailor Steve · 04-20-12, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemon

Greetings,

Who's the oldest in the forum?

I'm throwing down the gaunlet!

Born 1932 and wil be 80 in August.

Incidently I celebrated my Diamond wedding anniversary on the 5th of this month.

Get some in laddie!!

I think we may have a winnah! There have been members in their 70s, but I haven't seen any of them post lately. You're only four years younger than my dad. Way to go, and may you have many more years.

Oh, and congratulation to your wife for putting up with you all those years.

Laufen zum Ziel · 04-20-12, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemon

Greetings,

Who's the oldest in the forum?

I'm throwing down the gaunlet!

Born 1932 and wil be 80 in August.

Incidently I celebrated my Diamond wedding anniversary on the 5th of this month.

Get some in laddie!!

You have me beat. Will be 71 in September

04-20-12, 05:18 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,029 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	@zygoma This community is definitely amongst the best you'll find on the internet and I put that down to the community members themselves as well as Neal the site owner. SINK EM ALL MATEY Congratulations Telemon My mother and father enjoyed sixty five years of marriage until my father passed away on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack in 2009. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-20-12, 09:10 AM	#7
Frenchy849 A-ganger Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lorient,France(no,really) Posts: 79 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I think I'm the youngest here,13 years old. I discovered simulators when I saw my dad playing some,and then I asked him if I could try. I preferred CFS3,but then I slowly switched to IL2:Sturmovik. I discovered SH3 when my dad discovered it when he was browsing through old games,at first it was too complicated for me but a few years later I dug it up again and actually tried to understand it,even without a manual,and then I discovered GWX and this site. As you can see,I have the luck to live where 97% of the U-boat aces have been stationed,and I go drink with my parents next to Doenitz's HQ which is opened some times and acts as a museum. The U-boat bunkers are still in good conditions,you can still see the blockships and we put a decommisioned Diesel-electric sub called the "Flore" next to them,and we can visit it once in a while as well as a museum about U-boat warfare,actually there are 2,one has a sea mine and a torpedo in front of it and is pretty boring aside from where they trained our sailors for evacuating a sub,and the other is really epic and I also touched an 88mm gun that we always use to blast merchant shipping in early war,or was it another torpedo? I don't really remember that. __________________ Rohr Eins,Los!

04-20-12, 11:30 AM	#8
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,581 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	I'm 60 (going on 61 in a month) and I play IL2 online with a small group from the B-17II days. I also play SH4 as well as SH3. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

04-20-12, 10:04 AM	#10
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Andwii - forget what I said, it's suddenly just turned into a pensioners' meeting place. __________________

04-20-12, 02:04 PM	#13
Boompus A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Somewhere in Grid AN85 Posts: 80 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	BTW: are there any women involved here, or is this a typical "men only (not: women not allowed)" thing... ? __________________ Boompus AOB 90°, Q'plah..Los!

04-20-12, 04:20 AM	#3
Telemon Helmsman Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 103 Downloads: 288 Uploads: 0	Greetings, Who's the oldest in the forum? I'm throwing down the gaunlet! Born 1932 and wil be 80 in August. Incidently I celebrated my Diamond wedding anniversary on the 5th of this month. Get some in laddie!!

04-20-12, 07:00 AM	#6
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	@Telemon and Rconch Sirs , Congartulations on your long lived marriages. I hope that I will be able to celebrate as well. I am 40 years old and married for 10 years. I admire your courage to be able to play. Happy hunting!