Whizkid

Cyclone,I am from England,emigrated in '56,and never regretted it. I know exactly where you're coming from because the class system was one of the reasons I felt I could never attain anything there because my father was just a Civil Servant,(albeit a hard working,and very concientious one) so,as you know,unless you have connections,or are born into a certain environment, you are expected to stay where you are and shut up! Not for me,and thousands of Englishmen like me at that time. At least here,even though I never rose to my full potential,(so my wife tells me!) I know if I want to I can enjoy the results of whatever I put my mind to,without the class system holding me back.I do have a problem with the constant emphasis on attaining more wealth,but I feel no frustration about being held back because of my class. I totally salute you for your willingness to work so hard to get somewhere. I think we in America are in danger of losing our ability to do that,and settle for Government hand-outs instead. This country wasn't built on welfare,but it may decline because of it. Sounds just like ancient Rome,doesn't it? Next up will be Sulla and Old Guy,betcha!

GLOOP?...........................................(Who the hell let this guy out again? Hey,Harry,can't we find a stronger chain or something?.............Bloody twits.....!)

Good for you,Red. Too many working guys don't realize how soon the kids grow up while they're busting their butts for the "Company" and wonder why they have a hard time relating to 'em later. If you can do what you've done,a wise choice I say.

Hey,OG,I think I saw you in that movie "Pushing Tin" on TV the other nite! Sure hope being an ATC wasn't REALLY like that! Phew!

Just for that...........................! There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant and the first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This goes to prove that the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.

Just a cheap way of upping his post count! Some people will do anything for a girlie picture,right Donnie?

I knew it! DH has finally gone barmy! I posted that two days ago!

Welcome,CI,and feel free to expound on this,the Forum that other Forums try to emulate,but without success. There is only one rule,"IGNORE DARK HELMET" who sneaks in here on occasion and plays games with our heads! As though they needed it!

An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man. After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, instructing him to bite off, chew and swallow one inch of the leather every day. After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the chief was feeling. The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on."

Awwwww,Schatten,you need to relax a little and listen to "Mother,Mother Ocean" or "Son of a son of a Sailor",and get in tune with nature! If you like I'll send you a couple of cuts from his album? No? Oh!

Personally I think that the typo says it all! The idiots in the EuroCommitee should all be "arsed!"

INVESTING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worthof Beer one year ago . . . drank all the beer,then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have had . . . $214. So . . . based on the above, current investment advice is to drink beer and recycle. It's called the "401-Keg" Plan!

Seeing as how I'm a bit of a Parrothead,it has to be "Margaritaville"

Gulp! Sure, honey,just let me find my teeth and my hearing aids and I'll be right over! Thanks,Donnie,that sure is a fine wholesome gal!

Biggest problem I find is locating a long enough power cord!

And to add fuel to the fire................................! Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. However, all the Swiss league records were unfortunately destroyed in a fire. Thus we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

Thank you,thank you,thank you,and for my next outrageous joke we have.............................................. ..................! Back in the 1800s the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products and, since they already made the cases for pocket watches, decided to market compasses for the pioneers traveling west. It turned out that although their watches were of finest quality; their compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California. This, of course, is the origin of the expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!"

A marine biologist developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins that could live forever if they were fed a steady diet of seagulls. One day his supply of the birds ran out, so he had to go out and trap some more. On the way back, he spied two lions asleep on the road. Afraid to wake them, he gingerly stepped over them. Immediately, he was arrested and charged with transporting gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.

I knew it! CJ and his one track mind!

Hey,all I get when I click on it is Google's regular web page! Think they pulled it,Donnie?

Yeah,Banger,especially when you're stuck about third car back behind some guy and wife and kids from Iowa on vacation in SF, on the Hyde St. hill with the Cable Car coming up behind you! Now that's sheer terror!

Didn't Abbott and Costello.......?...........................Never mind!

I thought DH had gone into hibernation,or something? Damn,he's back!

Good to see that I'm not alone in playing this puppy. I bought mine off Ebay about a month ago for 10 bucks complete with box and Manual. With all the add-ons it's not bad graphics-wise,but you have to be careful installing the Mods in the correct order and using the Mod Enabler,otherwise you really screw things up. There are some good Topics on "TankSim.com" and on "www.ezboard.com" there is a site called "Panzer Elite Errata" which is really useful. I've spent quite a bit of time on this lately,so let me know if I can help anyone.

Isn't it incredible how people like this can turn everything upside down and become the victim (of the police) instead of the traitor she is? And there will be others will be banging the drum for an investigation of the world-renowned RCMP!