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Old 9th Jan 2011, 20:12
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Even more funny then. I did wonder wtf....
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Old 9th Jan 2011, 22:04
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Yes, it did. I was asleep in bed.

Of course, I've no idea about low flying.
Think you are becoming a tad paranoid Shyte and I had no idea that you are Australian otherwise I might have mentioned cricket too.
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Old 9th Jan 2011, 22:57
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Just bantering with my dear pal Whirls until you jumped in.

If I was in Oz I certainly wouldn't be asleep in bed at 1 in the afternoon.

As for cephalic, what an insult..I'll have you know that I've never suffered from any sexual diseases whatsoever....
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Old 10th Jan 2011, 06:37
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Now, now gentleman .... please behave and play nicely together and then we can all talk about The Ashes.

Cheers

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Old 10th Jan 2011, 07:54
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...almost back on track......

landing...




landed...




It can be done; I walked out on my PhD to join 'the circus' (with a cyclic and collective as my trapeze bar.)
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Old 10th Jan 2011, 09:56
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You sure you want to be an air ambulance pilot pittsblerke? This time of year gives me skidmarks...

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Old 10th Jan 2011, 11:59
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I walked out on my PhD to join 'the circus"
Different strokes for different folks. I stuck with my PhD and it has enabled a lifestyle that I could have only dreamed about working as a helicopter pilot, and with the means to fly what I want when I want. With the prespective of a few decades, it was overwhelmingly the right choice for me (but possibly not for everyone.) Abandoning an established career track with strong upside potential to become a pilot (airplane or helicopter) is not a decison to make without lots of careful weighing of tradeoffs, IMHO.

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Old 10th Jan 2011, 13:42
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My work was related to some 'interesting' (ie potentially lucrative for the sponsor, Guinness) biochemical pathways and potential gene manipulation in yeasts.

If I'd had another chance (knowing what I know now), I wouldn't have even bothered with the first degree, let alone a PhD and would have got flying at 18 rather than 28!

I could have had 10 extra happy years, being paid to tart around in the sky! (42 years instead of 32) (EN 48 has got a point though; he's been a pilot for 45 years!)

Just 1 year left for me now.

(Air ambulance with floats, Floppy? You'll be winching next!....perhaps not beyond the realms of possibility, given the current twists and turns of the 'SAR-H' saga!)

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