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G.Khan ;
Because you did such a good job on my CV I will reward you with a couple of APPROPRIATE ancient CHINESE proverbs. Try your very best to remember them. ( I doubt if your friend KUBOTA will understand so perhaps you might care to offer him a simple explanation ).
( 1 ) A dog barks on seeing something and a hundred dogs bark
at the sound.
( 2 ) You can not talk of the ocean to a well frog.
Regards;
KIFIS.
Because you did such a good job on my CV I will reward you with a couple of APPROPRIATE ancient CHINESE proverbs. Try your very best to remember them. ( I doubt if your friend KUBOTA will understand so perhaps you might care to offer him a simple explanation ).
( 1 ) A dog barks on seeing something and a hundred dogs bark
at the sound.
( 2 ) You can not talk of the ocean to a well frog.
Regards;
KIFIS.
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frankg, absolute garbage. The housing allowance for 2ND officer goes close to the monthly repayments for a $ HKG 1.5 mill boat and the allowance when upgraded to FO exceeds such.....or perhaps you would like the benefits dept to stock it with gin for you as well.
You and people like you are the reason this place is going down hill....stick to the facts that way you never need to back peddle through the dung you have previously laid.
You and people like you are the reason this place is going down hill....stick to the facts that way you never need to back peddle through the dung you have previously laid.
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KIFIS
You told us on another thread that you used to fly the Convair and what a nice aeroplane it was.
Could you please let us know when you retired from CPA, as I think it might have been longer ago than you really care to remember. What you have said about your time was undoubtedly true but believe it or not, things have changed!
If you left prior to about 1993 then you really have no clue as to what has happened and what is going on (in my humble opinion).
Thank you.
You told us on another thread that you used to fly the Convair and what a nice aeroplane it was.
Could you please let us know when you retired from CPA, as I think it might have been longer ago than you really care to remember. What you have said about your time was undoubtedly true but believe it or not, things have changed!
If you left prior to about 1993 then you really have no clue as to what has happened and what is going on (in my humble opinion).
Thank you.
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fire wall, So what you're saying is, if you want a yacht you have to live on it. I think the point KIFIS was making was that the yacht was part of a collection of toys that came with this astronomical salary he thinks you get at CX. Sure go live on boat in DB, maybe that's your life not mine.
I see my hero is back, I hope I can be like him some day, don't you Kubota?
I see my hero is back, I hope I can be like him some day, don't you Kubota?
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Daxon;
Yes my friend you are right, it is longer ago than i care to remember but the quality of the memories acquired over 20 years has not changed since 1984. After an admision like that I suspect the thing that surprises you most is that I can actualy talk to you on the internet . Appreciate the polite prose .
Regards
KIFIS
Yes my friend you are right, it is longer ago than i care to remember but the quality of the memories acquired over 20 years has not changed since 1984. After an admision like that I suspect the thing that surprises you most is that I can actualy talk to you on the internet . Appreciate the polite prose .
Regards
KIFIS
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Hey Frankg, I too live for the day I can be like the all-conquering hero 411A.
So astute
So insightful
So wise
The milk of human kindness coursing through his veins...
What would the world be without him?
411A here's a link to a TRISTAR site...thought you may want a look-see.
So astute
So insightful
So wise
The milk of human kindness coursing through his veins...
What would the world be without him?
411A here's a link to a TRISTAR site...thought you may want a look-see.
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G.Khan; dallas dude; Tool Time Two; frankg; Kubota and others,
After I finish typing this I am off to " Aircrew Notices ( Misc ) " as I have some unfinished business over there to settle with that EP-3 Spyplane. You gentlemen of bourgeois aspirations that are listed above are most welcome to come along with me .
KIFIS
After I finish typing this I am off to " Aircrew Notices ( Misc ) " as I have some unfinished business over there to settle with that EP-3 Spyplane. You gentlemen of bourgeois aspirations that are listed above are most welcome to come along with me .
KIFIS
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Hey KIFIS, does this bring back fond memories? VR-HGB.
URL (link) to this photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=027487
URL (link) to this photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=027487
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HotDog ;
It surely does. Were you with me when we snagged a kite in one of these low over Kowloon city. Those mischievous young boys and girls who flew their kites off the top off the buildings in the hope of catching an airliner must be still talking about it. Any more photos. ?
KIFIS
It surely does. Were you with me when we snagged a kite in one of these low over Kowloon city. Those mischievous young boys and girls who flew their kites off the top off the buildings in the hope of catching an airliner must be still talking about it. Any more photos. ?
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sorry frankg,I admit I was a bit harsh. Most guys I know have a 2nd mortgage on their house, have either sent the wife off to work or paid them out years ago so as to be able to get their blast of salt air and sea spray in the hair on the weekend whilst toiling over over work commitments,repayments etc........
I am sick of flying with children who expect everything on a plate. Please tell me you are not one of them.
I am sick of flying with children who expect everything on a plate. Please tell me you are not one of them.
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No worries fire wall. I was on the B Scale in HK and it took a while but when I realised that the expat lifestyle, clubs, boats/yachts, golf etc wasn't affordable for a family I quickly felt cheated. Many of our A Scale colleagues could enjoy all of that but it was quickly changing for them as well. Most of the B Scale sailing/boating enthusiasts I know in HK either share a boat, crew on someone elses or don't bother at all, too expensive. And none of the guys I know with families could afford any of the perks one normally associates with an expat life.
If you want to go live in a foreign country to 'just get by' or 'make ends meet' then go to CX. If you want a career and a life, stay at home. The times that KIFIS speaks of are long gone, and will probably never return regardless of how this current dispute turns out.
If you want to go live in a foreign country to 'just get by' or 'make ends meet' then go to CX. If you want a career and a life, stay at home. The times that KIFIS speaks of are long gone, and will probably never return regardless of how this current dispute turns out.
