Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I went to one as a teenager (so, dork that thought being a Top Gun pilot would be the absolute best life possible*) and it was neat seeing the planes up close and the flight demonstrations etc. Now, I think it would be like "BTDT" esp after working adjacent to an airport with ANG F-16s at it where they scrambled twice a day (full afterburner every time, we'd go out and watch sometimes, otherwise it totally rattled the place anyway).
*And not the super gay part which we absolutely had no idea about at the time LOL
Yeah flying those fighter jets would be cool until you have bombs heading your way. When I was a kid we went to Florida a lot, Disney World. It was different in the 70s around airports. We would go sit at the airport and watch the planes takeoff and land. From early childhood I’ve always loved looking at planes. Had zero desire to fly one guess I wanted a family more than adventure.