18-03-2006, 02:48 PM
Okay, now that I've had time to really consider this topic, here come some scary thoughts:
You might be addicted to flight sim if....
You remove the window handles from inside your car, for fear of accidental decompression
When you see someone with an open sun roof you think, "Look at that moron, driving around with his speedbrake deployed!"
On your way to a friend's house, you realize that you are low on gas. Instead of stopping to fill up, you declare an emergency and decide
to go to someone else's house that's closer.
You buy a rotating beacon to put on your car's roof, so that FSP won't fine you for having it off while the engine is running. (Then a police
officer fines you BECAUSE you have it turned on - AGH!)
You have an autographed picture of Sir Frank Whittle on your living room wall
When the weather channel announces the forecast winds, you immediately determine which runways are in use at the local airport
When you're driving and your wife insists you make a quick detour to the store, you hesitate for fear of hearing, "ATC services terminated!"
You have a falcon flying around your house while flight simming - to discourage birds strikes
When driving down the highway and you spot a police car, rather than checking your speedometer, you look in the lower right hand corner
of the windshield - FOR THE OVERSPEED MESSAGE!
Highway on and off ramps are considered transition altitude.
You put your license plates on the sides of your car
You perform routine FOD sweeps of your driveway
While driving in poor visibility, you turn off the radio, the wipers, the heat/ac - any systems that draw more power and may reduce your frames per second.
And finally:
You might be addicted to flight sim if... When the emergency broadcast signal comes on over the television, you jump up and frantically
look around the room screaming, "Someone's got a missile lock on me!"
:D
Post Edited ( 03-18-06 14:59 )
You might be addicted to flight sim if....
You remove the window handles from inside your car, for fear of accidental decompression
When you see someone with an open sun roof you think, "Look at that moron, driving around with his speedbrake deployed!"
On your way to a friend's house, you realize that you are low on gas. Instead of stopping to fill up, you declare an emergency and decide
to go to someone else's house that's closer.
You buy a rotating beacon to put on your car's roof, so that FSP won't fine you for having it off while the engine is running. (Then a police
officer fines you BECAUSE you have it turned on - AGH!)
You have an autographed picture of Sir Frank Whittle on your living room wall
When the weather channel announces the forecast winds, you immediately determine which runways are in use at the local airport
When you're driving and your wife insists you make a quick detour to the store, you hesitate for fear of hearing, "ATC services terminated!"
You have a falcon flying around your house while flight simming - to discourage birds strikes
When driving down the highway and you spot a police car, rather than checking your speedometer, you look in the lower right hand corner
of the windshield - FOR THE OVERSPEED MESSAGE!
Highway on and off ramps are considered transition altitude.
You put your license plates on the sides of your car
You perform routine FOD sweeps of your driveway
While driving in poor visibility, you turn off the radio, the wipers, the heat/ac - any systems that draw more power and may reduce your frames per second.
And finally:
You might be addicted to flight sim if... When the emergency broadcast signal comes on over the television, you jump up and frantically
look around the room screaming, "Someone's got a missile lock on me!"
:D
Post Edited ( 03-18-06 14:59 )