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Blue_SV650S
18-05-07, 09:38 AM
I was just talking to a collegue at work who is into modelling (the Airfix kit variety, not the clothes off - front of an art class jobbie :lol:) reading books on WWII and collecting Dr Who memorabilia …
I do actually find WWII stuff fascinating and like to watch the odd documentary on telly about it and I used to make Airfix as a boy … so can see the fascination with both (Dr Who is just sad :lol:) …
Anyway it is quite evident this guy is hardly a risk taker … for example, he always has a brolly … everything on his desk is placed ‘just-so’ … everything happens at exactly the same time every day …
How is his life 'fun' or the slightest bit 'exciting'?
Why is his attitude to risk so fundamentally different to mine?!
I was just talking to a collegue at work who is into modelling (the Airfix kit variety, not the clothes off - front of an art class jobbie :lol:) reading books on WWII and collecting Dr Who memorabilia
I do actually find WWII stuff fascinating and like to watch the odd documentary on telly about it and I used to make Airfix as a boy
so can see the fascination with both (Dr Who is just sad :lol:)
Anyway it is quite evident this guy is hardly a risk taker
for example, he always has a brolly
everything on his desk is placed just-so
everything happens at exactly the same time every day
How is his life 'fun' or the slightest bit 'exciting'?
Why the concern? MAybe he's living his lfe the way he wants to? Or maybe he's got his own mistakes to make before he realises what he should be doing in life? Or maybe in the evenings he's a cross dressing, horse injecting, techno-dancing, high toned sonofab1tch!
Just a thought! ;o)
'cuz we're all different, innit? :D
(not that I understand people who don't like adrenalin... :lol:)
gettin2dizzy
18-05-07, 09:46 AM
small cojones! i don't get it either, especially people in to cycling or vegetarianism!
Interesting, because I have been questioning myself and thinking that maybe I shouldnt be enjoying the adrenaline!
But then 24hours later, I realise that without it I would be a grumpy boring cow, so I shall have accept who I am and go enjoy myself!:p
Interesting, because I have been questioning myself and thinking that maybe I shouldnt be enjoying the adrenaline!
But then 24hours later, I realise that without it I would be a grumpy boring cow, so I shall have accept who I am and go enjoy myself!:p
You could always turn to the joys of latch hook or crochet... My little sister - who is to my mind allergic to adrenalin - makes some lovely little decorative rugs... :lol:
;)
You could always turn to the joys of latch hook or crochet... My little sister - who is to my mind allergic to adrenalin - makes some lovely little decorative rugs... :lol:
;)
think I'm to :smt074 for decorative rugs ...... unless they are flying rugs, then I might like it :D
Steve H
18-05-07, 10:19 AM
Live and Let Live.
Provided he is happy and not hurting anyone, I do not see the problem.
I don't understand computer geeks myself. :-dd ;)
gettin2dizzy
18-05-07, 10:33 AM
Live and Let Live.
Provided he is happy and not hurting anyone, I do not see the problem.
I don't understand computer geeks myself. :-dd ;)
me neither :-dd but as they say there are 10 types of people in life. Those who understand binary and those who don't!:smt044
i think i just exposed myself :smt012
There is something to be said for a quiet life. I mean, I can sit for hours doing nothing that clipping the odd leaf or two from one of my Bonsai trees...
... most of my concentration is on the tree and the rest of the world just beggers off for a while.
Now that's not what you'd call an adrenalin rush of a hobby - it's not like the trees are about to attack me or something. ;) But it is a great de-stress for the mind - and every now and then you get a great feeling of achievement with a job well done. (I would say 'completed', but it never is as the things keep on growing. :roll:)
It's horses for courses really - at least he's 'doing' something. Making those models, completeting them to perfection, he must get a sense of satisfaction from that. He's a perfectionist...
... at least he's not some lazy-ar$ed couch potatoe who does nothing at all. Now that I can't understand.
Blue_SV650S
18-05-07, 12:51 PM
Yes, there is no need to be 100% all the time ... I like sitting about scratching my scrote as much as the next man ... :lol:
But I can't see ANY excitement in his life at all ... I'd say my life is mostly dull/mundane (like sat at work (well trying to avoid doing my work :lol:) now, with short spells of 'extreme' ... I have the 'extreme' to try and counteract the normality/boredom ... if I never had this outlet, what the point of living if you never feel alive?!?!!?
northwind
18-05-07, 04:06 PM
I bet he wonders why you spend so much money on motorbikes, and why you go racing, just imagine how many airfix models that'd buy!
I used to be well into my modelmaking, not airfix kits but wargames models... I was never that into the gaming tbh, but I liked the scratchbuilding and conversion of it. Wasn't much for the painting either. But I seem to have switched to full scale ;) Somewhere in my future is one kick-ass train set, I think...
I once ran a Phantom F4 pilot from the the sqdn to the officers mess at Wildenrath in germany in the 80,s
' if you dont mind me asking sir' I enquired ' you spend yours days at low level in a fast jet at 600+ mph, what do you do for kicks ? '
'Well' he replied ' I quite like squash !' horses for courses I suppose.
Blue_SV650S
18-05-07, 05:07 PM
I bet he wonders why you spend so much money on motorbikes, and why you go racing, just imagine how many airfix models that'd buy!
I used to be well into my modelmaking, not airfix kits but wargames models... I was never that into the gaming tbh, but I liked the scratchbuilding and conversion of it. Wasn't much for the painting either. But I seem to have switched to full scale ;) Somewhere in my future is one kick-ass train set, I think...
Like I said, as a kid I was an Airfix-er .... also as young man and running into adult I was into radio controlled aeroplanes at one time, I enjoyed the build, but mostly the flying ... it doesn't take much banter for me to want to get me plane out again!! :lol:
There is no problem with this guy having peaceful hobbies, but there is NO excitement in his life either ... everything is sensible and reserved ... and I mean everything ... sometimes I just want to slap some life into him :smt065 :D
And yes, he can't understand my bikes/racing, but then I don't know anyone that does!! :smt012
I once ran a Phantom F4 pilot from the the sqdn to the officers mess at Wildenrath in germany in the 80,s
' if you dont mind me asking sir' I enquired ' you spend yours days at low level in a fast jet at 600+ mph, what do you do for kicks ? '
'Well' he replied ' I quite like squash !' horses for courses I suppose.
I am not surprised, if you are getting you 'quota' at work then there is no need to have it as hobby too ...
I actually applied to be a fighter pilot ... but when I went to the recruitment office they said that the UK only needs 1 pilot at that time ... they need navigators though .... feck that!! :lol: They said come back next year ... but by that time I had moved on ...
Just think if I had gone back a year later, I could be flying fast jets now!! 8) I'd have been f-good too :smt044
the white rabbit
18-05-07, 06:28 PM
You cab get an adrenaline rush and a right old stiffy from the oddest of things, solving a difficult equation for an example ;) :smt044
northwind
18-05-07, 07:48 PM
See, what you don't know is he's constantly high on paint and glue fumes, and having a brilliant time just watching the flashing lights. If anything interesting were to happen he'd probably go mad.
weazelz
18-05-07, 07:54 PM
There is no problem with this guy having peaceful hobbies, but there is NO excitement in his life either ... everything is sensible and reserved ... and I mean everything ... sometimes I just want to slap some life into him :smt065 :D
And yes, he can't understand my bikes/racing, but then I don't know anyone that does!! :smt012
the thing is, he's probably a lot closer to the norm than you - you big freak
there's probably someone who basejumps blindfolded with a tiger strapped to his back going "pah, he only races motorcycles, & not even fast ones at that"
Blue_SV650S
18-05-07, 08:02 PM
the thing is, he's probably a lot closer to the norm than you - you big freak
there's probably someone who basejumps blindfolded with a tiger strapped to his back going "pah, he only races motorcycles, & not even fast ones at that"
I actually want to have a go at base jumping!! :D
I went to my Aunties funeral a copula weeks ago ... in her eulogy they read a poem she wrote when she went to the grand canyon (she was and English teacher and a bit poetic, so not that surprising she wrote a poem when she saw it ;)) ...
At the wake after the funeral, I saw a picture on the wall of the grand canyon ... I said to my rellies "You see I don't look at that and think poetically like auntie did ... I look at it and wonder if it is high enough to jump off!!" :lol: ...
Thats me all over, just a different angle on everything than just about everyone I know!! :D But then I do know a lot of 'reserved' people ;)
I don't think I am nuts, I am quite sensible actually overall ... perhaps not totally sensible, but I am 'logical' and calculated at least ;) ... these ppl are just too 'safe' ;)
How well do you actaully know this guy. From reading your posts it seems to me that he's the kind of person who seems perfectly normal etc. but the you turn the news on one day and there he is, being arrested because the police have found a nuclear bomb, built from stolen goverment equipment, that he built in his shed and was about to sell to Latvia.
Just a thought. :rolleyes:
You cab get an adrenaline rush and a right old stiffy from the oddest of things, solving a difficult equation for an example ;) :smt044
You scare me sometimes Rich....
Its just different people and different kicks really, I can understand the modelling and painting as I did some minimal stuff and the sense of accompolishment on completing something or getting praise is a rush for him and as said before its a perfectionist type of thing and the challenge is in the task.
Its just the way the wires in your head are done, I would have a go at most adrenline based things but even some things put me off, like that rock climbing that involves no harness, thats just too much risk for me but for some thats normal.
Anyway he probably said that to get a reaction out of you, to see the look on your face as he blasts past you on a twisty bit of road on his crescent suzuki ex-bsb GSXR 1000 while doing a wheelie flipping you the bird ;)
Its always the quiet ones...
Blue_SV650S
19-05-07, 08:07 AM
Its just different people and different kicks really, I can understand the modelling and painting as I did some minimal stuff and the sense of accompolishment on completing something or getting praise is a rush for him and as said before its a perfectionist type of thing and the challenge is in the task.
Its just the way the wires in your head are done, I would have a go at most adrenline based things but even some things put me off, like that rock climbing that involves no harness, thats just too much risk for me but for some thats normal.
Anyway he probably said that to get a reaction out of you, to see the look on your face as he blasts past you on a twisty bit of road on his crescent suzuki ex-bsb GSXR 1000 while doing a wheelie flipping you the bird ;)
Its always the quiet ones...
No, I do get the 'enjoyment' bit out of non action hobbies, and they are very rewarding ... like completing a game, or even when you finally get a bit of code to work 8) its all good ... but its not the same as adrenalin hit ... i.e. the body fearing for its life ;) that you can only get by action sports or having a really really hot curry!!! :lol:
I know this guy VERY well (like for about 10 years), he is still a work-mate, but his lack of thrust for life drives me up the wall at times ... 'he is totally dependable, reliable, economical ... everything you would want out of a Sedan' .. :lol:
He has never and will never do anything outrageous ... EVER ;)
BTW I actually do rock climbing (concidently I'm off to some in a bit :)) ... but yes, I draw the line at free-climbing (again, I calculate the risks, I have no interest in doing a TT for example).
rictus01
19-05-07, 08:20 AM
Well as most people I'm a mix of both,
Suba diving/hang gliding/paragliding/free rock climbing/sky diving/bike racing/Enduro/ scrambling/trials/ shooting/ archery/cliff diving/ London traffic :p are some of the things I've done on the "Adrenalin side"
Reading/ playing old 78's on a raidogram/ porting and polishing motorbike bits/ machining metal/ photograph/ touring old buildings/ big boat sailing/ watching the sun riseare things on the more quiet side of things.
I find as I get older the more physical become harder (especially now with the knee), so a lot less frequent.
Cheers Mark.
How well do you actaully know this guy. From reading your posts it seems to me that he's the kind of person who seems perfectly normal etc. but the you turn the news on one day and there he is, being arrested because the police have found a nuclear bomb, built from stolen goverment equipment, that he built in his shed and was about to sell to Latvia.
Just a thought. :rolleyes:
Probably built the bomb out of a load of spare Airfix kits.:p
As for Rock Climbing 'Freestyle' - I use to do loads of that up till about 10 years ago, then the knee couldn't flex enough or be reliable for the really tight spots. Never mind the rockface, you've got to really know your body's range and limitations.
Anyway, it's not dangerous, you're climbing up - you can't fall up! ;)
:smt047
Dr Rich - I've been lazy and not kept my accounts uptodate for last month if you want some maths to keep you 'busy'.:smt079 :-dd
Tiger 55
19-05-07, 11:14 AM
There is no problem with this guy having peaceful hobbies, but there is NO excitement in his life
You say that, but I can imagine all manner of catastrophic glue splodge adrenalin rush moments.
"Jesus H Christ! If I don't get that glue off there in the next 5 seconds the flaperons wont pivot correctly! Where's the thinner? WHERE THE HELL IS MY F*CKING THINNER?" etc etc
Anyone with me?
gettin2dizzy
19-05-07, 12:13 PM
he's probably got a wife and 3 mistresses ;)
MiniMatt
19-05-07, 03:51 PM
How well do you actaully know this guy. From reading your posts it seems to me that he's the kind of person who seems perfectly normal etc. but the you turn the news on one day and there he is, being arrested because the police have found a nuclear bomb, built from stolen goverment equipment, that he built in his shed and was about to sell to Latvia.
Just a thought. :rolleyes:
Yep, the news reports covering the latest kill crazy rampage always begin with the neighbours saying "he was such a quiet chap" :)
You say that, but I can imagine all manner of catastrophic glue splodge adrenalin rush moments.
"Jesus H Christ! If I don't get that glue off there in the next 5 seconds the flaperons wont pivot correctly! Where's the thinner? WHERE THE HELL IS MY F*CKING THINNER?" etc etc
Anyone with me?
I can imagine it too... er, hang on...
... no. Nobody's with you. You are alone and wierd.:oops:
he's probably got a wife and 3 mistresses ;)
...and into handcuffs.
the thing is, he's probably a lot closer to the norm than you - you big freak
there's probably someone who basejumps blindfolded with a tiger strapped to his back going "pah, he only races motorcycles, & not even fast ones at that"
Killer blow :lol:
Blue_SV650S
20-05-07, 09:27 AM
..shooting/ archery....
Now they are hardly and extreme sports are they ... unless you were the target?!!? :lol:
But free climbing .... that is just too extreme for me!! ... just to make sure we are on the same page ... so you and K are telling me that you used to climb cliffs without ropes? I am not talking bouldering here, I am taking 100+ft vertical drops on to jagged rock, certain pain, probably death jobs here?!!?? like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3CTCwkzDjY That's nuts if that is the case!!! :eek: (BTW not unsurprisingly that dude is dead now ;)) ... the only time I have free-climbed anything (more than bouldering height ~15ft) is over deep water (deep water solo).
What grade were you free-climbing at?!?!? I'd want to to be a step ladder!! :lol:
Anyway, I almost hope this guy is a secret serial killer, at least it would make him more interesting!! :smt116
beniryu
20-05-07, 09:35 AM
For all you know he goes home, puts on tight rubber gear and a platic bag over his head and has a great time with a tall, highly demanding dominatrix....... You can't really judge the guy and say he lives a boring existance and doesn't live.
Blue_SV650S
20-05-07, 10:19 AM
For all you know he goes home, puts on tight rubber gear and a platic bag over his head and has a great time with a tall, highly demanding dominatrix....... You can't really judge the guy and say he lives a boring existance and doesn't live.
I know him very well, I have been to his house (which didn't appear to have a dungeon :batman: :D) ... met his wife, his daughter etc ... even she has told me that she wishes he was a bit more exciting/lively at times!! :smt019 :lol:
He's a nice chap, don't get me wrong, but his totally selfless and plays everything totally safe and has no zest for anything in the slightest bit 'out-there' ... as I said, totally reliable and dependable, which are great qualities in a person ... but at times I just want to slap him!!! :lol:
At the end of the day, good luck to him ... I am not trying to say how he (or anybody) should live their life, but I just can't relate ....
gettin2dizzy
20-05-07, 10:43 AM
its a good climbing video that. He killed himself doing some really stupid thing where he leaps off a cliff on a climbing rope- like bungeeing with a rope. i don't get soling either - its just like getting in a racecar without a seatbelt. pointless.
Blue_SV650S
20-05-07, 11:06 AM
its a good climbing video that. He killed himself doing some really stupid thing where he leaps off a cliff on a climbing rope- like bungeeing with a rope. i don't get soling either - its just like getting in a racecar without a seatbelt. pointless.
Quite. Also unless you are a complete nutter, then you would only attempt climbs you KNOW you can do ... where's the challenge in that?!?! ;)
Anyway, back to this guy at work ... a group of us were having one of them 'If you won the lottery' type conversations over lunch ...
I opened the next thread of the conversation round the table with "so, you have 15million in your back pocket, what car would you go out and buy first?" Lamborghini, Ferrari, TVR etc came from the mouths of others ... I asked this dude ... he said "I'd probably just keep mine" (its an 02 plate 5 door Focus ... in green) ... I re-iterated the question ... "You have £15 million, you can have whatever you want ... what car would you buy ... you could have a dozen cars, one for every purpose ... but what's the flashiest car you would buy first off?!" ... he said "I'd stick with my focus" .... I just wanted to shake him!!! ](*,) :lol:
gettin2dizzy
20-05-07, 11:13 AM
i wish there was a fist-eating emoticon :smt102
Carsick
20-05-07, 01:04 PM
Or maybe in the evenings he's a cross dressing, horse injecting, techno-dancing, high toned sonofab1tch!
Have you been spying on me again?
bet he is a right kinky git. obviously not with his wife but maybe with donkeys or something
bet he is a right kinky git. obviously not with his wife but maybe with donkeys or something
:D
rictus01
20-05-07, 01:58 PM
Now they are hardly and extreme sports are they ... unless you were the target?!!? :lol:
But free climbing .... that is just too extreme for me!! ... just to make sure we are on the same page ... so you and K are telling me that you used to climb cliffs without ropes? I am not talking bouldering here, I am taking 100+ft vertical drops on to jagged rock, certain pain, probably death jobs here?!!?? like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3CTCwkzDjY That's nuts if that is the case!!! :eek: (BTW not unsurprisingly that dude is dead now ;)) ... the only time I have free-climbed anything (more than bouldering height ~15ft) is over deep water (deep water solo).
What grade were you free-climbing at?!?!? I'd want to to be a step ladder!! :lol:
Anyway, I almost hope this guy is a secret serial killer, at least it would make him more interesting!! :smt116
So I'd guess you've never fired machine guns then :D , as to the archery, well a sense of power and control, perhaps a different sort of rush.
And yeah, climbing without ropes solo, although never at anything like the guy in the videos speed, but it's the "one step from death" thing mixed with the challange of the natural face in front of you (overhangs are the scariest and best), that gives you the buzz (already been called insane today, and that was for taking a walk :smt107 ), used to run marathons as well, which is also a rush, pushing the body beyond it's limits, but then I've always been driven like than.
I suppose my view has always been if it looked fun I'd give it a go,if it looked scary, I'd take on the challange, if it looked stupid, I'd walk away.
The opportunity and physical ability to do a lot of this are now beyond me, and I've paid the price overtime for my choices, but don't regret doing any of it, all part of what makes me what I am.
Cheers Mark.
Freeclimbing's not insane - it's the most sensible way to climb.
Equipment can fail, rope can snap, fancy looking bits of metal can bend and give, then what are you left with... your own body - but because you've mollycoddled it with the 'protection' of equipment you don't really know what it's capable of.
To freeclimb your equipment is your own body. You keep it in good order and have the experience to know exactly what it can and can't do - and finding out those limits is the fun part.;)
That said I only really started doing it when a friend took me sea-cliff traversing and I discovered I was crap at knots. Kinda figured I'd get myself into more trouble tangled up in a bit of rope and so didn't bother with it. 8)
Sad to say, as a kid I'd sit for ages under a tree just looking at it whilst the other kids were making failed attempt to climb it...
... then I'd just get up, route planned out and scramble up like a squirrel on speed.
I was a strange child. ;)
Blue_SV650S
20-05-07, 03:34 PM
....
Yes I have fired guns (2.2, SA80 and shotgun), and done archery ... but as you have already twigged, they are misplaced in that list ;) … this isn’t supposed to be a list of interesting/cool things you have ever done!! :lol:
To me freeclimbing is what you do when you have rope-climbed too much and need the next challenge ... to me there are 4 levels ... 'top rope', 'leading', 'trad', and finally free climb. It’s a bit like s3x . . . if you start needing thrills out of more and more depravity/perverse/debouche acts, it’s coz you have had too much normal s3x!! :lol: If that’s not the case then you are probably just a bit wrong in the head … so as I say, the same applies!! :lol:
...
I disagree - not only do I take it as read that my body is not capable of taking a 100ft drop onto bare rock and getting away with it :shock: ... we all have to put faith in mechanical gear, especially safety gear every day ... like brakes on your car/bike ... like the pipes/valves on your gas supply ... like the roof on your house ... etc etc ... its not like errors can't happen, but it is a backup. I don’t see having ropes as an excuse to fall and if I do fall, I feel I have failed the climb ... but it is nice to have a bit of backup if you get it wrong ... I attempt some 'jumps' ... I'd never do that free climbing ...
There are too many variables outside my control for me not to want some sort of fallback ... I fallen from a climb where I've grabbed a bit of rock that had mud in it and I lost grip ... I've fallen where a bit of rock has come loose, I've even fallen where my shoulder clicked/gave way suddenly ... had I not had rope to stop me falling to my peril, I'd be fooked ;) To me its just common sense to have a backup and some sort of safety measures in place ;)
Its all about attitude to risk I suppose ... I'd never ride a bike without leathers, I'd never freeclimb anything but the simplest of climbs ... I'd never race the TT … I’d never play Russian roulette ... basically they are above MY threshold!! As Rictus said, to me I'd walk away as they look stupid!! ;)
I never said I was at the top of the 'extreme' scale, just this dude is way off the bottom, even for a reserved person! ;)
Quoting Rictus, as I feel that attitude sums me up too "if it looked fun I'd give it a go,if it looked scary, I'd take on the challenge, if it looked stupid, I'd walk away". Its all about your perception of where things lie on that scale ;) As I have explained, unless it is a stepladder climb, freeclimb is on the wrong side to me …
What 'grade' did you both freeclimb at?
Um, dunno about grade - I never got into 'proper' climbing as such so tended just to mooch about until I saw something that looked interesting - study it and then just climb it - that included buildings as well as cliffs! ;)
I guess we see it from different angles - you see it as the 'top end' of the sport of rock climbing - I see it as, well, I s'pose simply a way of going about doing something (namely getting to the top of an object) that is pretty much unrelated to other methods/sports.
That said - your example of grabbing a bit that turn out to be mud - that's what I mean about having that comfort zone given by the equipment, kinda. It means that you don't second guess, let alone third guess, your action.
That's why, for me anyway, I felt safer freeclimbing than the little bit of ropework I did. It was just you and what you were traversing - you check everything, then double & triple check it. Each handhold, each toehold, touch, feel, test, consider, move - next.
Nothing else can get you so at ease with your senses and connected to what you are climbing.
100ft drops don't come into it - there's no room in your head for even the barest consideration of something that is outside of the few square inches holding you to the surface. If you think about that drop first - you simply haven't got the head for free climbing.
Sorry to sound so much of a hippy about it - but it's like that. Very spiritual and bonding...
... well, for me anyway. Not a 'rush' per se, very peaceful in fact. :oops:
rictus01
21-05-07, 02:28 AM
I suppose it shows the different perspective people have, I really never liked the idea of relying on someone else and would much rather trust in my own skills, but that also translates to a lot of things in life as well.
Free climbing is only physically following a plan, to over come an object, after 10 feet it's irrelevent what height you're at, and focus takes over until you're done, I guess it's like all things in life some people will never see it or understand what yoou see in it (bit like riding a bike then).
different strokes and all that, what gives you a rush, I may find boring or just weird and vice versa, I don't benchmark myself on others and never have found the need to, I'm what I want to be and glad of it.
K if by "being a hippy about it" is being your own person, and following what makes you happy, then that's what I've been doing for years :D
(Oh and a 2.2 would be quite a gun, what was that attached to then, or did you mean a .22 by any chance ;) )
Cheers Mark.
Blue_SV650S
21-05-07, 08:34 AM
Like I said, I don’t intend to ‘use’ my belayer … and when ‘leading’ you can still take quite a fall and smack into jagged rock … it just prevents you from taking the messy end of game ‘splat’ at the bottom :shock: (yes, presuming all the gear and your belayer do their job properly ;))
Its nice to have the safety of them being there … it’s a bit like wearing a lid/leathers … I don’t want to crash, but I might …
Yes K you are a hippie :lol:, but I can see how you can be ‘at one’ with the rock … it’s the same when you lead a climb … the further you are from the last clip-in point the further you have to fall … you can still easily take a 20-30ft drop if you fall off at the wrong point … its very focusing 8) Also when you are using ropes, you need to 'clip-in' ... believe me there are times where taking a hand off the rock and moving your body about on the other hand to do all that is a bit sphincter threatening too :lol:
oh and yes, soz .22 :oops: it wasn't a small cannon :lol:
Blue_SV650S
30-05-07, 01:54 PM
Another lunchtime conversation “If you were a pilot, what would you fly?”
People saying F16, Tornado, Eurfoghter, stealth bomber etc etc …
This dude … “A chipmunk” …
For those that don’t know anything about aeroplanes, a chipmunk was designed/used as a RAF 2 seater training aircraft … it’s not exactly exciting in any way shape of form … http://www.arc-duxford.co.uk/chipmunk.htm
I mean this guy could fly anything and he chooses a chipmunk … something like a spitfire coz of its history, would have been fine … but a chipmunk … I mean a chipmunk!!!! LAME!!! :laughat: {this dude}
p.s. I have actually flown a few chipmunks! 8)
Jelster
30-05-07, 02:58 PM
I've done parachute jumping, trained with the "Para's" and fired a few "big" guns too. Obviously riding the bike is good for the adrenalin.
However, believe it or not, being in "sales" can give you a big rush... Closing that deal you've been chasing for months, you know, the one that's bigger than anything the company has done before, the one where the commission cheque is more than some people earn a year.. Closing that deal gives me a hell of a rush (after I get out of the customers office of course).
My other hobby is fishing, and when you catch something that's the size of a big dog it's a pretty good buzz, especially after all the waiting. If you've actually stalked the fish it's even better. But only those that have done it would understand...
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My other hobby is fishing, and when you catch something that's the size of a big dog it's a pretty good buzz, especially after all the waiting. If you've actually stalked the fish it's even better. But only those that have done it would understand...
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Why am I now thinking of some seaweed covered gilly-suit, spear in hand, veeeery veeeeeerrrryy slowly wading along the bank of a river?:rolleyes:
Another lunchtime conversation If you were a pilot, what would you fly?
People saying F16, Tornado, Eurfoghter, stealth bomber etc etc
This dude
A chipmunk
For those that dont know anything about aeroplanes, a chipmunk was designed/used as a RAF 2 seater training aircraft
its not exactly exciting in any way shape of form
http://www.arc-duxford.co.uk/chipmunk.htm
I mean this guy could fly anything and he chooses a chipmunk
something like a spitfire coz of its history, would have been fine
but a chipmunk
I mean a chipmunk!!!! LAME!!! :laughat: {this dude}
p.s. I have actually flown a few chipmunks! 8)
He might have point there you know :) state of the art fighter versus antique, underpowered, not guaranteed to get up, down or home at all vintage aircraft, still think Id go something like a P51 mustang.
Flamin_Squirrel
30-05-07, 03:23 PM
p.s. I have actually flown a few chipmunks! 8)
Me too, did aerobatics in one as well. That gets the heart going 8)
Blue_SV650S
30-05-07, 03:25 PM
He might have point there you know :) state of the art fighter versus antique, underpowered, not guaranteed to get up, down or home at all vintage aircraft, still think Id go something like a P51 mustang.
Hence saying a spitfire is ok (i.e. although the rest went for modern jets a 'classic' live a spit/P51 would have been ok too) ... but there is nothing interesting about a chipmunk!!
It just sums up how lame his desires are ;) ... I offered him ANYTHING and he chose a chipmunk!!!
He might have point there you know :) state of the art fighter versus antique, underpowered, not guaranteed to get up, down or home at all vintage aircraft, still think Id go something like a P51 mustang.
Ah, but it's the fear that it's going to fall apart that would increase the buzz. Well, it would for me.
Doesn't take much skill to fly a state of the art jet at low level, pretty fast. If I could fly anything, it'd be a 'copter. Doesn't really matter which one, any will do me.
Hence saying a spitfire is ok (i.e. although the rest went for modern jets a 'classic' live a spit/P51 would have been ok too) ... but there is nothing interesting about a chipmunk!!
It just sums up how lame his desires are ;) ... I offered him ANYTHING and he chose a chipmunk!!!
Must admit it doesnt exactly stir the soul does it ? used to be based at Cranwell and the battle of britain memorial flight used to go over occasionaly, lancaster plus spitfire and hurricane, you could here the merlin engines for ages before they arrived, now THAT stirred the soul.
Flamin_Squirrel
30-05-07, 03:30 PM
... but there is nothing interesting about a chipmunk!!
There is when you're upsoide down in it :D
Although it wouldn't be my first choice of course :-k
rictus01
30-05-07, 03:40 PM
My other hobby is fishing, and when you catch something that's the size of a big dog it's a pretty good buzz, especially after all the waiting. If you've actually stalked the fish it's even better. But only those that have done it would understand...
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I've done fishing to,but to be fair it's not often I get the use of a rib and a box of grenades :cool:
Blue_SV650S
30-05-07, 03:44 PM
There is when you're upsoide down in it :D
Although it wouldn't be my first choice of course :-k
Like I said, I have flown chipmunks myself (and done aerobatics in them 8)), it was way cool … but give me the choice of ANY aeroplane to fly and it wouldn’t be a chipmunk …
Its exactly the same as his car … like I said, its an 02 plate Focus. Jolly good car, nowt ‘wrong’ with that … but when I offer you unlimited cash and hence the choice any car on the planet … why say ‘I’ll stick with my focus’???? Unless you have no desire ... just no desire for anything ...
Jelster
30-05-07, 05:10 PM
Why am I now thinking of some seaweed covered gilly-suit, spear in hand, veeeery veeeeeerrrryy slowly wading along the bank of a river?:rolleyes:
That's it, that's me that is...
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