Barcode From Switzerland, joined Dec 2001, 678 posts, RR: 12 Posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 810 times:
Hullo all,
Well I've been lurking on and off for a month or so and think it's time I made my presence known.
I'm a 20 year old IT Tech support person in London UK. I make about 30 flights a year so I'm hoping I'll have something vaguely interesting to say about my obsession with planes
In five days I get to go on the Virgin Atlantic Airbus 340 300 ( LHR - LAX ) and four more flights the following week - but I'll post in the aviation forums about that.
Sushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16 Reply 1, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 714 times:
ILS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 713 times:
Welcome to the forums barcode. You will love it here! Please feel free to click the little gray button that says Add To Resp. Users at the top of the screen. You can view my profile this way. . Post away!
ILS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 703 times:
Barcode, I am just kidding. Once you get 20 posts, you can add people to your respected users list. This means that you like these people and respect their views. If you have not looked at the forum rules yet, I highly suggest you do. Have a great stay!
Sushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16 Reply 4, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 701 times:
Barcode From Switzerland, joined Dec 2001, 678 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 700 times:
I'll be looking at the dreaded rules - I have enough problems with them on the TrekBBS ( of where I'm an evil Administrator ) .... so I'm not some newbie who will annoy you all ( I think .... )
Star Trek and planes are my two greatest obsessions - Oh I'm female BTW.
Respected users ? Hummmm, I'll have to think about that one. Thanks for the advice and welcome.
Barcode From Switzerland, joined Dec 2001, 678 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 685 times:
Weird - I'm guessing there's a lot of science fiction types around here as well ? Seems I've stumbled into another geek community
The BBS I'm an Administrator at is http://www.trekbbs.com - I don't know how many of my friends there are obsessed with planes to the extent I am though. Heck, it was bad enough coming out as a Janeway fan - let alone being obsessed with travelling the skies ....
Oh at home I run Win98 on one machine, WinNT on another and another box runs Linux Mandrake under Apache - it's the e mail server in my apartment and by far the most stable thing. Why ?
174thfwff From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 682 times:
My name is this.
To ILS-The 174th Fighter Wing is near my house, and I love hearing the f-16's for training and such. FF means Fire Fighter. I am a Vol. Fire Fighter at my local department. I live to protect and serve.
To Barcode-Well your an IT manager so I assumed you had at lease one box using Linux. It's a gimmie...most of the time.
Lubcha132 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2776 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 674 times:
Barcode From Switzerland, joined Dec 2001, 678 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 667 times:
174th - I have Linux at home to run my e mail server. At work we all use Win2K ( I'm not entirely happy with it but I have no say in the equipment we use in this office ) ... it looks like we're all moving to XP soon ....
Oh yes, and life ? I don't have one of those or I wou;dn't be posting here
AWspicious From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 654 times:
Welcome.
I'm relativly new, also, but, I've been glued to this site ever since registering my membership. So many posts; So little time...
I'm not only an aviation lover, but, a Star Trek fan, as well.
By the way, that's a cool user name.
Ikarus From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 3524 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 643 times:
A 21-25 year old lady in London who likes planes? Uh oh. Seems I need to comb my hair and even take that dreaded "bath" thing people have told me about...
Should I brush my teeth?
No. That would go too far...
So where was that site with all the dodgy chat-up lines used for these occassions of male-female intercommunication and social interaction?
Welcome to the forums! No geeks here! Just us aviation enthusiasts!
Barcode From Switzerland, joined Dec 2001, 678 posts, RR: 12 Reply 19, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 632 times:
Apparently I'm a " great asset " I dunno, I just sent a polite request to register figuring registration has been switched off to keep the dissidents out .....
And Ikarus - Aviation enthusiast = geek methinks
You're in London ? I live 3 minutes away from London City Airport. I have been known to walk up to the bridge across the river which overlooks the airport ( the planes come in VERY low over it ) and take a few photo's ....
I've flown in and out of City Airport myself a few times - I'm convinced it has one of the steepest take off and approaches I've ever encountered .... but that's another topic.
Cheers for the welcome - and I'm the only female here ? Surrounded by a bunch of geeky men ... oh no, whatever shall I do ...
KLM672 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 2357 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 627 times:
Ikarus From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 3524 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 621 times:
Iainhol: Thanks for announcing your flight plans. I'll immediately inform Virgin of all the propaganda you publicize against them in these forums. Maybe your IFE will be enhanced with an "ejection" button? Virgin - service that goes a bit further!
Barcode: I take offense.
Ikarus - aviation enthusiast = Normal person (rough approximation).
It is the "aviation enthusiast" bit that makes me a geek:
Normal person + aviation enthusiasm = geek (=Ikarus)
Besides, you're the one, who according to your own admittance, works in the IT industry. So who's the greater geek then?
Never been to LCY or flown out of it. Yes, I know, how dare I call myself aviation enthusiast without visiting all 5 London airports regularly etc., but there's too little time. I can see the planes approaching LCY from my flat, though, on some days. And the ones approaching LHR on most days....
And you're not the only female. Just the only one in the vicinity of London that I know of... and you're not surrounded by geeky men, but by geeky teenage boys (and me, just about to be 20 in a month, so technically not really a teen)
OK. So I brushed my teeth. Better now? But I cancelled that dreadful wet thing, what was it called again? "bath".....
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40 Reply 23, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 620 times:
and even take that dreaded "bath" thing people have told me about...
I don't get it
. Maybe your IFE will be enhanced with an "ejection" button?
I don't get it
Barcode: I take offense.
Ikarus - aviation enthusiast = Normal person (rough approximation).
It is the "aviation enthusiast" bit that makes me a geek:
Normal person + aviation enthusiasm = geek (=Ikarus)
I don't get it
OK. So I brushed my teeth. Better now? But I cancelled that dreadful wet thing, what was it called again? "bath".....
I don't get it.
Regards
Dan (38..... i mean 15 years old ).
p.S. Ikarus doesn't normally act like this, but he doesn't get much *ahem* female attention .
Leftseat86 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (11 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 612 times:
Shut up Dan!
Ikarus, I know you're blushing...
25 Ikarus: EGGD: Are you suggesting I am making a fool of myself because of the presence of a virtual female (who, as everyone knows, are guys 90% of the time)?
26 Leftseat86: You are SUCH a sucker Ikarus! Barcode, he's not usually like this, hes actually a cool guy, smart and funny too! Oh and Hi!
27 Ikarus: LeftSeat86: You aren't getting EGGD's joke. I think the "I don't get it" refers to something he said earlier in the trip reports forum to me: " and bt
28 Leftseat86: Ah, thats okay, just be what you want I know you're still a cool dude...
29 Leftseat86: Oh yeah, Barcode, I thought it would be nice if people could attatch a face to your username, so (Look Ikarus!) You actually don't look that bad there
30 Iainhol: >>Iainhol: Thanks for announcing your flight plans. I'll immediately inform Virgin of all the propaganda you publicize against them in these forums. M
31 Barcode: This is too amusing - and the photo was taken of me after a night out - you know this thing called a life which most of us aren't supposed to have
32 Leftseat86: We're a crazy bunch eh! I look worse after the so called "Night Out"
33 Iainhol: Barcode I would not worry about the photo, aslong as the girl has 2 arms and 2 legs, Ikarus will hit on her. Iain
34 Ikarus: Errr, why is everyone calling me "dude"? Do I already sound like Keanu Reeves in the "Bill and Ted" movies? I better get back into my books then and d
35 Leftseat86: Oh, the "acid-dreams" site looks cool, I like the layout and art :0
36 Leftseat86: Well what am I supposed to call you? Man? Pal? Buddy? Friend? Guy? Person? You decide...
37 Barcode: I'm not studying aeronautical engineering - I was studying Linguistics and Astronomy at the UCL until I took some time out to allegedly find myself .
38 Iainhol: >>Iain - too bad for Ikarus that I don't usually go for men then isn't it
39 KROC: Mingya. How sad. A female joins the forums, and all the little hormone crazed teenagers no nuts! Anyway, I'm one of the resident loudmouths of the for
40 Barcode: Iain - I usally go after women my dear. Few men interest me in that way - I require outstanding looks, a nice job and sanity I never say no ... so who
41 Iainhol: >>I usally go after women my dear. Few men interest me in that way - I require outstanding looks, a nice job and sanity
42 Barcode: Errrrr do I need to spell this out ? I assure you a woman + a woman does indeed calculate I've had few relationships with men - but have only ever bee
43 Iainhol: I still do not understand. That is fine you are gay, especially considering most people in UK are miserable when it is cold; I applaud you for being s
44 Barcode: ^ Oh come on, you can't be that dense But yes, I am happy ..
45 KROC: You haven't seen dense until forum member We're Nuts tries to talk American Politics!
46 Iainhol: I am not dense, just incredible pure! Iain
47 Barcode: ... and I'm as pure as the driven slush I assure you ...
48 Ikarus: Would not have thought I'd see Iainhol try to make an even bigger fool of himself than me (or so I am told, although I still deny it myself) in this
49 Ikarus: Hi Barcode I'm reviving this already-dead thread for a selfish purpose: As you said you live near LCY, could you give me any hints how to get there an
50 EGGD: There are planes at LCY? And i thought it was a political stunt like the millenium dome!
51 Ikarus: EGGD: Yes, there are planes! I have seen a few from Hyde Park, my flat, and walking along the Thames. LCY definitely is more than a political stunt: I
52 Tbar220: Welcome to the best website on the internet Barcode! Expect to get a ton of attention because you are a female, whether you like the attention or not.
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