Ken Terry

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Thanks everybody, much appreciated. Cheers Ken

It would be nice to know the present primary usage of X Plane, P3D and MSFS. It seems that 90% of all new developments are MSFS and we could gain a better perspective if we saw the 90% of usage is in fact MSFS. Thanks Ken

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I will be waiting some considerable time before I venture into MSFS2020 having seen all the bugs and strange scenery issues plus no Helicopters yet. Orbx in P3Dv4.5 is still a great experience. Regards Ken

There is a Scar Creek add-on via RTMM

I spent a whole morning cleaning out my bookcase of old business files, old tax returns, books about nothing and carted it all to the garage waste bin. I told my wife she had a look and said "I can't see any difference' At least it kept me busy and on my feet. Now to Capetown for a heli ride around the city. Cheers Ken

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A friend of my wife calls it "Life's diminishing boxes" You go from a big house to an apartment then to a a couple of rooms in a retirement village then to a room in a care centre then finally into a funeral casket. I am in an apartment now having sold my big house on the harbour some years ago. Cheers Ken

Here are three memory comics, I forgot where I parked number four. Cheers Ken

and KSYR Syracuse please. Ken

The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system can never decrease over time. The total entropy can remain constant in ideal cases where the system is in a steady state (equilibrium), or is undergoing a reversible process.

JohnY, I remember my brother and I made a bulsa wood aeroplane about 12" long with a long rubber band as the driving motor but we wound it too tight and the tension collapsed the plane so the tail finished up in the cockpit. Now I regret not using my Box Kodak camera to record the mess. Cheers Ken

I think the sweet cigarettes were a confectionery item like jelly beans. They were for kids to pretend to be smokers. Here are a few Google images https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1302&bih=637&ei=MPAcW8jHMcbS0ATr0LKQAQ&q=sweet+cigatettes&oq=sweet+cigatettes&gs_l=img.12...1284.8344.0.12580.16.9.0.7.7.0.279.1980.0j1j8.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.10.2000...0.0.lVfKbYDd4xM Ken

Here is a gem I received from an old friend in Australia recently. Cheers Ken I was asked the following question the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. ! 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, And if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER , wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card. My parents never drove me to school ... I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed(slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 10 PM, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it came back on the air at about 6 am. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people... Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week. He had to get up at 6 every morning. Film stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the films. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or almost anything offensive. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it? MEMORIES from a friend: My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died recently) and he brought me an old lemonade bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with small holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Boy, am I old. How many do you remember? Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.. 1. Sweet cigarettes 2. Coffee shops with juke boxes 3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles 4. Party lines on the telephone 5. Newsreels before the movie 6. TV Test patterns came on after the last show and were there until TV started again in the morning. There were 2 Channels 7. Peashooters 8. 33 rpm records 9. 45 RPM records 10. Hi-fi's 11. Metal ice trays with levers 12. Blue flashbulb 13. Cork popguns 14. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-3 = You're still young If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age If you remembered 11-14 = You're positively ancient! I must be 'positively ancient' but those memories are some of the best parts of my life. (PS. I used a large type face so you could read it )

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a smelly turd. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tyres. So my wife called him a moron. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age.

Here is a couple to brighten your day First And the generation gap Cheers Ken

Subject: OLD is when..... OLD' IS WHEN.... Your sweetie says, 'Let's go upstairs and make love,' and you answer, 'Pick one; I can't do both!' 'OLD' IS WHEN... Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot. 'OLD' IS WHEN... Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face. 'OLD' IS WHEN.... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along. 'OLD' IS WHEN.. You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police . 'OLD' IS WHEN ... 'Getting a little action' means you don't need to take a laxative today. 'OLD' IS WHEN.... 'Getting lucky' means you find your car in the parking lot.. 'OLD' IS WHEN.... An 'all nighter' means not getting up to use the bathroom. 'OLD' IS WHEN.... You're not sure if these are facts or jokes.

I am 80 this year, a medical marvel, back - disk operation, open heart surgery, new heart valve, breast cancer (radiation therapy all Ok now), pacemaker fitted, ablation operation and a week ago replacement knee surgery. Still on two boards, plus golf and P3DV4 keeping me occupied. Meanwhile I came across this, it was in large print so old guys could read it Cheers Ken RETIRED HUSBAND After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men; I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter, from the local Target: Dear Mrs. Harris, Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3. 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway. 6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area. 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged. 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called. 9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it, as a mirror while he picked his nose. 10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were. 11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme. 12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels. 13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!' 14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed; 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!' 15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room? And last, but not least: 16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.