Re: Warning:NNG SL&RG
| August 08, 2007 09:07PM |
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Gavin Hamilton Wrote:
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> All it takes is bucket loads of money - then you
> can restore anything
I tried FS on Train
> Simulator if anything it's more difficult -
> because there is no feel to the controls. I
> haven't run the real life FS but I've both driven
> and fired "Green Arrow" which isn't that much
> different.
>
> One advantage of being far too close to fifty for
> comfort!
I know how not to get blow backs anymore. I got it safely 20 miles stopping 6 times without screwing up the engine.
Not real life I know but it is all I have.
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> All it takes is bucket loads of money - then you
> can restore anything
I tried FS on Train> Simulator if anything it's more difficult -
> because there is no feel to the controls. I
> haven't run the real life FS but I've both driven
> and fired "Green Arrow" which isn't that much
> different.
>
> One advantage of being far too close to fifty for
> comfort!
I know how not to get blow backs anymore. I got it safely 20 miles stopping 6 times without screwing up the engine.
Not real life I know but it is all I have.
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