Well, at least you've got tickets (I guess there are more metalheads in YYC than YWG), even if due to the height you'll be at and the price you paid you'll be "Man On The Edge"!! (these puns are getting worse! The only REALLY good Maiden song when Blaze was in the band - his solo stuff and Wolfsban...

Seriously what does a guy have to do to get floor tickets anyway? I finally got through to ticketmaster 4 minutes after the sale supposedly opened and they were already selling the top of the second balcony for $90 a seat! What a joke. I joined the fan club that got me nothing. Did anybody go out a...

And that seems to the major issue. Not that people are overweight, but that it's the ones that only suffer from "Can't keep spoon from mouth syndrome" that are always pushing the issue and demanding that they be accommodated. The people I know that suffer from legit reasons for obesity usually have ...

And if you can google your name and your facebook page comes up first, you are looking for trouble. JMHO. Be forewarned...alot of employers are doing "google" searches. it requires to have a certain idea of oneself to believe you're important enough so that an employer will check your "profil" on g...

At 28, you're still a pup. In a couple blinks of an eye, you'll be like me...40 years old, making big money but full of regrets, and flying ultralights to get my fix. Mark What he said. If this is something you really want - then standard of living is totally irrelevant. The problem with making $60...

Well, That's an emotion that I can relate to. ( horny to fly, that is......) Been too busy with work the last few months to think about getting back to lessons, but no matter how much I try to put the urge aside, it seems like every few months it rears its head again. Gonna have to do something abou...

Check PMs

check your PMs

Interesting - on the radio they mentioned natural causes.

What's natural causes when you ae 39?

Be interesting to know the cause of death.

Thanks for the input everyone. Just to clarify things - I am not at the point of even thinking about getting a PPC. Heck, it will be years before I will have enought raining to even consider that question, and by that time things may have changed. I was just curious as to the negativity about buying...

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!

CC, I can't believe you just responded to Wsquared by illustrating everyone of his points ( and therefore confirming everthing he said)

ahhh...Sunday evening entertainment at its best!!

Okay, at the risk of getting flamed by posting this............ The general opinion is that paying for a PPC to get a job isn't looked upon very highly. But what if you have the $$, and you are not getting it as a request of an employer? e.g - pilot walks into an operation, looking for a job, and is...

Northwestern Ontario - What exactly is Northwestern Ontario anyway? Being from Manitoba, I would consider it anything west of T-Bay. However I know some people from Toronto who consider it anything north of Barrie and west of the 400. Only in Toronto, I guess. If you are willing to go as far west as...

Yet another reason why Kyoto is flawed.

First Carbon credits and now this.

While Kyoto was idealistic, it wasn't very realistic. Unfortunately, the plan announced by the conservatives went too far the other way.

Yeah, but didn't bristol then get the CF-5 contract? From what I recall the economic benefits to the CF-5 contract outweighed the benefits from the CF-18 contract in the long run, as the CF-18 contract was for Canadian planes only, but the CF-5 contract also allowed Bristol to service planes from ot...

From the Winnipeg Free Press.................... A Manitoba-based airline that went out of business in 2005 has been awarded more than $2.1 million in damages stemming from a fiery 1998 plane crash in Wyoming. Skyward Aviation learned this week the province's highest court had upheld a lower court d...

Well - not much of a ., but I think the thing is finding something and sticking with it. My wife has lost about 30 lbs just from altering her diet slightly - more water, less starches and sugar. I used to bike to my former place of employment - it was only a 16 km round trip, but I lost 30 lbs in 2 ...

I was going to comment, but neilblythin said it perfectly, so I won't.

Intersting how fast this moved in relation to cases in North America. I was reading an article in the paper a few weeks back on all the police officers that were shot in Winnipeg. One thing I couldn't get over was how fast the system moved back then - perp. shoots cop in Jan, found guilty at trial i...

Well, the way I look at it, I've got a few months before I can even start back into training. I was planning on doing the training,ratings, etc. while still working FT. That's a while down the road anyway ( 1, maybe 2 years minimum). Once I have the licenses, ratings that I want to have regardless i...

I had a Handspring Visor when it first came out. Haven't used it in years. My last job, there was some sort of problem with the way the cradle and USB port worked, so everytime I powered up my desktop I had to reinstall the software. Worked pretty good when I had it, but man that's old tech ( B&W sc...

I think one of my all time faves was 'don't tailgate me, or I'll flick a booger on your windshield.'

A friend of mine had that one. He also carried around a container of slime ( remember the kids toy?) in his car, and when people tailgated him........

ummm............. not a whole lot really. Dress shirt, tie, leather gloves Best gift was the usual 'from santa' gifts from the father in law. He fills up at CDN tire, and buys up all the discounted tools when you buy gas.Last year the from santa gifts were a dremel tool and socket set. This year it ...

It's good that OT is nothing new to you as 14 hour days are par for the course in aviation... The big difference will be not getting paid any extra for the 40+ hours of "OT" you put in this week. well......since I am considered executive management, I don't get paid for OT, never have since I have ...

Well, that's quite the disparity of advice. if u really want to re-purpose your career by moving into aviation, try this simple test: while you're still working as an accountant, cut your wage by 75% for the next six months, and then imagine living on that salary for the next 5 years at least... Int...