Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Fast Jet Performance"
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Paul - while you might have problems, we see you. Feel free to reply to me with whatever contact details you have. I, for one, am happy to have a chat whenever our schedules allow. I can't promise answers... giggles, maybe, if we're lucky. I'm not qualified to give advice on anything, but also, there's no judgement. For anything, ever.
Tim - keep droppin' those bombs my man. Finally, someone looking at the big picture. The folks in Ukraine deserve our support (and I know some that are hands on doing that)... but... there's no point sending a jet to them that they can't use. There's better ways to help, now, while boots are on the ground, than waiting 8 years for flight quals.
I go through suicidal ideation from time to time - in my case, the easy way is an RTC that I choose to cause. Every time, it's my kids that keep me alive, and to this day, they don't even know it.
Oh Tim, the stories I could tell about Ukraine... maybe one day, when friends aren't busy getting jobs done.
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Tim, love your perspective.
There's some folk I was following (and contributing to financially) on social media. However, they've recently expressed their opinions and I, at a deep level, disagree with them. No need to name them, but the opinions I'm seeing coming out of the woodwork are "why doesn't X do Y, because that would be more inclusive and help me. Why is the onus on me to do Z instead?"
I just reckon they're lazy, so I've stopped following them / contributing to them. No point having an internet debate about it, that would only end with me getting banned.
You were right to warn them, they finally admitted it. Funnily enough, around your anniversary of leaving the service. Be the phoenix mate. Keep being you, even on the bad days. It's only the bad days that tell us how good the good ones really are.
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Tim, who told you no-one watches things longer than 10mins? Maybe the younglings that can't sit still longer than a kangaroo after drinking a gallon of coffee...
I guess I'm like Mrs Davies... I enjoy a drink, whenever I want. I've never had the urge to get drunk (though I have been completely and utterly wasted at times), I drink because I enjoy it. Last year, my Mrs turned around to me with a "I'll stop smoking if you stop drinking" - OK, done. She lasted about a week, I didn't drink a drop for 2 months just to prove a point. At one point in the two months she even commented that I had bottles (plural) of whisky gathering dust. "Yeah, just don't fancy any right now," was the reply.
I thank my highschool biology teacher for the psychology - her take was "everything, in sufficient quantity, is a poison, and if you burn as many calories as you eat, you won't gain weight. Everything in moderation, including moderation itself." She was a big lady, so while she didn't practice what she preached, she certainly put me on the right path.
January for me, is "One Punch Man" month - 100 sit-ups, 100 push ups, 100 squats AND a 10k run - every day, for the month. Gotta burn off that Christmas pud!
11mins 51... and I watched every second.
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Nope.
I'm a parent... if I lived on the base with my kid, and they wanted to get involved in the social event, because of the bright interesting colours, sure, cool. But that has sweet FA to do with gender of any kind. If I don't live on the base, my kid would have no business being anywhere near an active base. Can't speak for that kid, because I don't know who their parents are.
Has anyone pointed out to them, that they've painted over the double yellow lines? Pretty sure you're not allowed to do that on a public highway, whatever your think your gender is.
For your last question: I have kids, sure, they should know what other people have decided for themselves. But I barely understand the alphabet community myself (and I've said so to a community member that I work with). They, just like everyone else, can do what they want, so long as they're not pushing their ideology on to someone else. If people, like my kids, want to learn about other ideologies, and see if they make sense to them, cool... I'll learn about it with them... but pushing is just out of order.
I reckon you should ask the King for a Knighthood, mostly so that then you'd be a Knight who said NEE!
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Oh, and Gen Z, I just had to look up that term on Google, it's not in my dictionary. Some of those folks work for me. Some applicants I've had in front of me are just bone idle lazy.
Not really that different to any other generation, and if I as an employer, don't offer competitive rates, then the motivated folks go elsewhere. I don't run the RAF, obviously, but my civvy street experience says "If you don't want to lose folk, pay them what they're worth, don't listen to people who like to count beans."
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Tim, you're wrong mate. Here's where you're wrong:
- you say Police were in the airport. They were GMP and were called to the airport from outside. The altercation happened outside of airport security (land side).
- you say the officer was right to kick & stomp... you weren't there. I wasn't there. We cannot possibly know.
- you're referencing a few unrelated events, and grouping them based on colour of skin/religion/type of incident alone, and you're assuming that those events influenced the Police reaction at Manchester. Unless you've spoken to one of the officers, you cannot possibly know that. Ass-u-me.
- you're not aware of armed officers being attacked - to name but one incident, Bradford Riots. I was there, that's why I don't judge the ones in Leeds who were ordered to retreat.
- you want me to picture my family in the departure lounge - but that is NOT where this incident happened. This incident happened landside, near the payment meters for T2's main car park.
- you say that one incident makes us all less safe. I disagree partially on a personal level, that I'll get into in a moment, but also, you're presuming that there won't be an escalation of dominance (more O/T for the boys in blue, etc).
Here's where you're not wrong: my wife has a blackbelt in karate, and I'm physically bigger than her (and multi-discipline trained, though not to her level). The kids have asked her to spar with me, and no matter how much effort she's put in, I've danced around her giggling.
The ambiguous stuff:
- "someone went for a gun" - well, the people visiting the airport certainly wouldn't chance getting one past security. So I have to conclude they may have gone for an officers weapon. Holster security is there for a reason, and I would assume that anyone grabbing a coppers gun, gets met with other coppers pointing barrels. They didn't do that in the video we saw. Maybe they did go for a gun, and the cops didn't feel it an appropriate escalation. Hopefully we'll find out in the investigation.
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@FastJetPerformance I'm with you - it ain't a fair system, but it's the system we have, and taxation has always changed over the years.
And to slightly rebuff the "doesn't pay to get the roads fixed" - doesn't pay AS MUCH. As we know, fuel tax, VAT, council tax etc go into the same pot and gets used on the roads, in part.
It's also a proven fact that folks buying second homes drives prices up, reducing the ability for local folks to buy a house.
The "brain drain" influenced by property prices has led some in Wales to start talking about reductions in income tax to "compensate" and try to encourage locals to stay in the area. Of course, that will probably mean an influx of population in those areas from outside, fixing the "brain drain" but doing nothing to help house prices.
Can't please all the folk all the time. The day they force me to pay VED, I'll consider what I want to do about it. The choices seem like "accept it and pay" or "buy a different vehicle with a different tax bracket," but there might be another option when that day comes. Same thing if the tax band on my house changes, really.
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@adminsparkes2450 I got exceptionally close to suicide. I didn't talk to anyone about my plans. I set out one day, parked my motorcycle, took off my protective kit and laid it in a neat pile at the side of the road, and set off.
At the last second, I couldn't do it for one reason - randomly the thought struck me about what my actions were about to cause my daughter to go through.
To me, refusing to follow through on the thoughts is strength.
My old man, ex sapper, one day called me and left a "good bye" voicemail because I was working. At that point he was already Type 2 Diabetic, and he'd taken what he thought would be a sufficient overdose. I heard the voicemail 3 hours later, and then drove the 1hour to his house (without breaking the law), expecting to find him dead already. He wasn't. So he got ZERO sympathy from me as I dialled 999. He survived his attempt.
His attempt was a cry for help, in exactly the wrong way. I'm just fortunate enough that he raised me correctly, and I don't hold it against him.
Since you know Rich, at your discretion, feel free to let him know that acting upon the thoughts is the weakness. Talking about it, seeking help, living through the hard times, is the strength.
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Tim, I'm British, white, and live in the UK. Profile pic is genuinely me, years ago.
So called "two-tier policing" is nothing new. I was a teenager when I walked up the road in Bradford as rioting happened. I wasn't part of the rioting, I was just walking up to my then girlfriends house. I guess it must be that I was in the area often, people knew my face, and I wasn't trying to get myself involved in the rioting, so I was left alone. I walked straight up to the line of police horses, since they were in my way, and with a "alright boss?" to one rider, they just shimmied out of the way, and let me pass. Genuinely pretty surreal. There's plenty of other things I could cite for people getting a "lucky break" or "favourable treatment" from the police.
I just pulled the statistics for West Yorkshire, 2021 - 23% were minorities. 2011 it was 18%. In the 80's where I grew up, it honestly felt like some areas were more 50/50.
IMO, those that want to come, and contribute to society (regardless of intelligence/education), and not try to enforce their culture on me & my family, then hell, yes, they're welcome. I've helped a dude from Ukraine (before 2014) move with his wife. I remember they had to pay £3000 on a skilled migrant visa, just to be allowed to use the NHS. Anyone that just wants to freeload, or bring their ideologies with them, can go on an all expenses paid holiday to Rwanda for all I care.
Talking about people being thrown in jail for rioting, there were 297 arrests for the Bradford riots in 2001 - 200 of those resulted in jail sentences. It's not only white folks that get arrested/jailed. The last sentence to be handed down from those riots was 6 & 1/2 years after the event.
I'll stand up & be counted when the time is right, but protesting / rioting has never actually solved anything. I was taught back in junior school not to jump on bandwagons.
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Going for a walk & talk is better than having a chat down the local pub! Also, you forgot the 4th thing, horse sized genitalia.
My example of wealth... I used to throw spanners at my cars/bikes, and I still know how to do that perfectly well, and have the tools. Nowadays, I pay dealership rates on the bike (because it's on a PCP and the dealership has private offices for use - for free, while they service it) and local mechanic rates on the car. My time is more valuable doing something else, especially spending the time with the family. Though in fairness, my son could balance throttle bodies on a fuel injected motorcycle - by listening to the engine - aged 4 (his hands were smaller than mine, easier to get him to do it).
Another example... I went to the office today... I turned up a little after 9am, I left a little after mid-day. Because I can, it minimises my time in traffic, it reduces stress. I still did the work that needed to be done, and spent the time on it that needed spending. Just on my schedule.
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100% addiction is a choice. Not an easy choice, no matter what the addiction is, but it is still a choice.
Not alcohol related, but in the past, I used to be an utter tool on a motorcycle, addicted to the adrenaline. Then one day I came off, not wearing protective kit, and only at 15mph. Tarmac does awful things to flesh even at that speed. I healed up well enough.
The next time I went to get on the bike, my daughter, then aged 6, ran over to give me a hug, with a "Daddy, please don't hurt yourself on your motorbike again." That was enough motivation that just typing it now brought a tear to my eye - and she's now in her 20's. I still ride, but if the risks are too much for me to uphold the promise I made that day, I don't do it.
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