What a shower…

Considering that my UK political news tends to come from the Radio 4 Comedy Podcast I just want a “none of the above” on my postal vote!

I’ll vote for someone who’s willing to take a sensible non sensationalist view of climate change, has lived a real life (for example had a real job), is willing to support our armed forces and listens to the normal person who pays their taxes and wants a decent country to live in… More discipline in schools and higher educational standards (the abolition of league tables for a start). Stuff the vocal minorities and lets look after the silent majority!

I’m living in Japan. I don’t feel that homesick. That makes me sad because I should miss home and feel proud to be British, but I don’t.

The Jaguar Factory at Castle Brom allegedly has a Spitfire wing patching a hole in the roof, and (slighty off topic) Lancaster bomb door hydraulic rams are still in use at MIRA to power a test rig.

I have bought it, played it and kind of enjoyed it. I was dissappointed with the paucity of airframes – you have to buy more (the standard offering is the DVIII, Albatross DV, SPAD and Nieuport 28 IIRC). I did buy the SE5a and I have been shot down more times than I can count.

It’s incredibly difficult and I turned much of the realism off to avoid losing interest and there wasn’t much activity on the multiplayer side of things. Graphics are lovely and it does have a nice feel. Did I mention that it’s difficult?

If you have the time and patience then it’s worth the money – a Logitech driving force steering and Race Driver Grid has my attention at the moment, closely follow by Modern Warfare 2 so RoF is gathering dust at the back of my hard drive for the time being. I will go back to it though!

Really surprised that Inglorious *******s never appeared in this thread!

Strange plot (as always with a Tarantino flick), but some good performances.
Saw it in August while I was in the UK and it’s just out here – should hit the markets in DVD form around Xmas I guess. Still not sure what to make of it although I did enjoy it for some reason – maybe the fact that the plot is complete tosh and doesn’t pretend to be factual helps!

I’ve tried watching The Red Baron on DVD twice so far and each time I’ve got really annoyed at the storyline and innaccuracies and binned it after 20 minutes..

Last movie? Ipcress File on dvd – need to track down Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain while back in the UK for Christmas.

Think PPRuNe dropped off t’internet for a while the other day – I couldn’t get on (and haven’t tried since!).

Don’t have that much time for forums at the mo unfortunately.

Getting my fix via iTunes – currently only up to Meccano, so ZRX61 you can (for a small fee) download them from there if you so desire!

Some peeps moan about having to pay for BBC stuff but given the choice of local content I’m happy to spend the cash! I will never moan about UK telly again.

I’m eagerly awaiting the latest Top Gear now as well 🙂

Surprised that no-ones mentioned Pacific Fighters – That with the Aces expansion pack gives a huge range of options to play with.

My current fave is a the single mission with the Me163 against B17’s, but I also tend to set campaigns up as well. The only cheat I use is switching off
spins and stalls, as it happens far too easily in the heat of combat. It’s meant to be fun after all 🙂

JC