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    I just wasted my time and internet GBs

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    Recent question on payware / freeware aircraft prompted me to try to clear out of my hangar of a raft of a/cs I never used.

     

    I tried the sim to remove them but couldn't find how to delete - so I just used Explorer and got rid of the junk that way.

     

    When I next loaded MS - I got a mandatory update of 20GB - so I should have known:rolleyes:

     

    every aircraft was back in the hangar- after a slow download !!  :banghead::banghead::banghead:

    This Week's Meaningless Topic (#187)(April 3)

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

    Posted

    I suppose if I was to stock take my Hangars - I would find 90% pay ware inc. default -and a few vintage FW aircraft

    but when it comes to using them - I only use pay ware - and only about 25% of what I have bought over the years of MSFS.

     

    When I use P3D or XP11 - which is very rare - I only use pay ware- because that's the reason I would use those sims 

    i.e. aircraft I can't get in MSFS. but would repurchase them if someone would offer them for sale e.g mainly Piper singles and twins

    and an F50 Dassault.

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    Milford Sound

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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    I assume that Orbx will announce this sometime but a heads up in that NZA have issued the update all have waited for 

     

    Installation is a little extended for old minds like mine - but the results are magnificent as in the scenery it depics

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    What do we see on screen - eyes or camera

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    There are many times I miss Renault on here with his tips on picture quality - combining colour with clarity.

    As a colourblind person - what I see in colour is probably different to most of you especially with the Ground browns and green

    of the scenery as we fly in VFR - but it tends to blur the quality of the textures and makes me play around with all the tweaks available

    to us with the PC / Video cards - especially - SHARPENING - tone - B+C  etc - to the point of frustration.:banghead:

     

    Today I came across this bloke -  https://youtu.be/_GnbudEoqpM - who I have been following- to try to improve what I see on my screen -

    and this is what he came up with today - Eyes or Camera ?? - and I cannot ignore the logic of what he says.

     

    I.E. - The only tweaking one can do with the focus of one's eyes - is to wear glasses - with photography/camera manipulation

    - we call it sharpening.

     

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    Travel Insurance...be sure you have enough

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by John Heaton

    1 hour ago, pilot100 said:

    Which company was that John? I have found huge differences in insurance cost between companies - however that is only for house / car .etc.

     

    Brian

    principally NRMA - my usual car etc - but I did a comparison with not a lot of difference.

    All though it was in Ossie waters - the cruise was classified as overseas - hence the large premium to cover anywhere in the World

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    Travel Insurance...be sure you have enough

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It all depends on your age - and the problems it can cause in getting insurance

    late last year the boss lady and I - 88 and 87 went on a 7day cruise which cost our kids $3500

    - a cruise that didn't leave Aussie waters - but the insurance quote was $4500

    Needless to say - we took the risk since all calling ports were Australian.

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    This Week's Meaningless Topic (#185)(March 20)

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

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    14 hours ago, wain71 said:

    some fantastic posts here......me and the wife can't actually remember the date we met, I was riding a motorbike passed her, stopped and went back and had a chat, that was in Sept 1985, now at the actual point we stood talking there is now a speed camera, makes us all smile....

     

    also June 16th 2020, not any important date really, more a lucky one.....had chest pains, wife called an ambulance, walked to it no problem, then in the ambulance I had a Cardia Arrest, 4 minutes of CPR then a shock from the defibrillator and I was back with us, I always now raise a glass of something and think how lucky I was....wish I could have thanked the Paramedics, they do a wonderful job....

    Not Important !!! - it should go down as a second birthday - even more so - we were able to keep you amongst us👏

     

    I'll tell this story to my granddaughter - she is a paramedic👍

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    This Week's Meaningless Topic (#185)(March 20)

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

    Posted · Edited by John Heaton

    It has to be Jan 1st 1953 - 71 years ago - because - as I explained in an earlier missive - that was the day I met the missus -

    we had our first kiss - it was her 16th birthday - and we celebrate it every year with our bread and coal ceremony on the

    first stroke of the New Year

     

    It was also the start of a great year - Gordon Richards won his first Derby race - Stan Mathews won his first FA cup medal and 

    and Everest was climbed for the first time - Queen Eizabeth was crowned 3 weeks later - and despite Rodger's vows -

    I turned 18 - and became eligible to go into a pub for the first time:)

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    Happy Birthday Rodger Pettichord

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

    Posted

    57 minutes ago, Rodger Pettichord said:

    Thanks, John. I'm actually 81 now and do look back fondly on 80--seems like just yesterday. I do appreciate being granted elite status. That means I'm officially an Old Guy now?

    Yepp! -  blame Ken Q for the digital error - remember he is one of us - possibly suffering from time to time with - Al - Al - Al - whatsisname :blink::D

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