Achamian
LOL. I see what you mean, Tomk. We're definitely on two separate committees. 
If someone dropped me in the wilderness, I think I would probably die of thirst or something before I got anywhere near civilization again. Unless they sent someone like you out to find me.
Luckily though, modern technology can help both of us 'old stagers'. You and I are both 50 years old. So for our 51st birthdays, I think you should receive a nice new iPhone with a World Atlas app on it. And I should receive a new car sat-nav. (Preferably with Yoda's voice on it. I would enjoy hearing Yoda say "Young Skywalker. Turn right at the next junction, you should.")
I see you are a Pilot, Tomk. I bet that's excellent fun. I really wish I'd learned to fly when I was younger. I've had a go at flying model planes. But I didn't stick with it long enough to master it. I was OK when it was flying away from me. But, when it was flying back towards me, I kept turning my ailerons and rudder the wrong way, and ending up either crashing or getting stuck in a tree. In fact, I think I probably spent more time repairing my planes than I actually did flying them.
I have been a passenger several times in a real light aircraft, though. I remember many years ago when I went to Anglesey (That's an island in Wales. The one near England. ) because a friend of mine was thinking of opening a tourism business there. And there was this little red plane next to a wooden hut which had a sign on it saying 'Trips Around the Island'. I thought 'that looks interesting', so I paid the Pilot the £10 or whatever it was, and off we went. I couldn't see a proper runway or anything, so I asked the Pilot how we were going to take off - and he informed me that we were going to take off over the edge of the cliff that was in front of us. I thought that when we went over the edge the plane would carry on in a straight line. But it didn't do that at all. When we went over the edge the plane went into a big swooping dive before it gained height and turned to circle the island. I can tell you, when that plane started to dive, I thought 'this is it. I'm dead'. How I ended up with clean trousers after that I'll never know. I remember when we'd gained height and leveled off, I looked forward and saw the pilot with a big grin on his face. It turned out that he found it highly amusing not to tell his passengers what would actually happen when the plane went over the edge of the cliff. He certainly had me going, the sneaky blighter. lol.
Well, I'd better go and try to finish off Exercise #4 now. I came over here for a break because I got myself a bit confused trying to research what the difference is between a 'switch' and an 'optional argument'. I think it was reading about 'entrypoints' that got me, I just had no idea what they were talking about. lol. Anyway, I've had my break now, so I'm going to give it another crack. I must say that the training here is great. I am finding it fascinating, learning about the various infections and all the different tools and whatnot.
Onwards and upwards. [external image: Posted Image]
If someone dropped me in the wilderness, I think I would probably die of thirst or something before I got anywhere near civilization again. Unless they sent someone like you out to find me.
Luckily though, modern technology can help both of us 'old stagers'. You and I are both 50 years old. So for our 51st birthdays, I think you should receive a nice new iPhone with a World Atlas app on it. And I should receive a new car sat-nav. (Preferably with Yoda's voice on it. I would enjoy hearing Yoda say "Young Skywalker. Turn right at the next junction, you should.")
I see you are a Pilot, Tomk. I bet that's excellent fun. I really wish I'd learned to fly when I was younger. I've had a go at flying model planes. But I didn't stick with it long enough to master it. I was OK when it was flying away from me. But, when it was flying back towards me, I kept turning my ailerons and rudder the wrong way, and ending up either crashing or getting stuck in a tree. In fact, I think I probably spent more time repairing my planes than I actually did flying them.
I have been a passenger several times in a real light aircraft, though. I remember many years ago when I went to Anglesey (That's an island in Wales. The one near England.
) because a friend of mine was thinking of opening a tourism business there. And there was this little red plane next to a wooden hut which had a sign on it saying 'Trips Around the Island'. I thought 'that looks interesting', so I paid the Pilot the £10 or whatever it was, and off we went. I couldn't see a proper runway or anything, so I asked the Pilot how we were going to take off - and he informed me that we were going to take off over the edge of the cliff that was in front of us. I thought that when we went over the edge the plane would carry on in a straight line. But it didn't do that at all. When we went over the edge the plane went into a big swooping dive before it gained height and turned to circle the island. I can tell you, when that plane started to dive, I thought 'this is it. I'm dead'. How I ended up with clean trousers after that I'll never know. I remember when we'd gained height and leveled off, I looked forward and saw the pilot with a big grin on his face. It turned out that he found it highly amusing not to tell his passengers what would actually happen when the plane went over the edge of the cliff. He certainly had me going, the sneaky blighter. lol. Well, I'd better go and try to finish off Exercise #4 now. I came over here for a break because I got myself a bit confused trying to research what the difference is between a 'switch' and an 'optional argument'. I think it was reading about 'entrypoints' that got me, I just had no idea what they were talking about. lol. Anyway, I've had my break now, so I'm going to give it another crack. I must say that the training here is great. I am finding it fascinating, learning about the various infections and all the different tools and whatnot.
Onwards and upwards. [external image: Posted Image]