Fopeyducker Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) Please let me know how that works out for you - I've been trying to figure out a plan for doing the same. Some ideas so far: - buy wife a plane ticket to visit er friend in Denver, order and have delivered while she is away - buy wife something even more expensive and take delivery of TM WH HOTAS at the same time while she is distracted - rent an apartment someplace else to take deliver; heck, might as well just set up my whole simming system there - she'll think I am having an affair with all the time I am spending, then be relieved and forgiving when it's reveiled I am "only" flying A-10 instead Any way I look at it, DCS A-10C is going to be an expensive release for me... See you didn't plan ahead. Conversation with my missus two weeks ago: Missus comes home from work & I'm sat on the sofa with a guilty look on my face What's up? I've done something really stupid Omg what? I entered a competition So? First prize is a cockpit And that's bad because? Errr.... it's full size replica, it will take up half of the front room hahahaha (thought she took that rather well tbh) So now when I tell her in couple of weeks time, I won a prize in "that competition" she will be over the moon that I didn't win 1st prize. In fact I will her good books for being "so clever for winning" especially when I tell how much they are to buy. :) Not decided yet if I will be getting 3rd prize, the TW, or 2nd prize which is the TW and a pair of MFD's :megalol: Edited October 19, 2010 by Fopeyducker --------------- MSI GD65 Gaming | i7 4770k Haswell @ 4.7ghz, | H110 water cooler | 32Gb ddr3 | Sound Blaster Zx | MSI GTX 1080Ti | 1x 250Gb SSD's + 2x 500Gb SSD | Acer Predator 34" (3440x1440) | TrackiR 5 + UTC Light | Win 10 Pro 64bit | 2x Thrustmaster MFD's | MFG Crosswinds (ordered) | Thrustmaster Warthog :smartass: --------------------
Poor mans sniper Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Not decided yet if I will be getting 3rd prize, the TW, or 2nd prize which is the TW and a pair of MFD's :megalol: Contest? WHERE!?!?!?? :D
RSWedge Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Dont tell her how much - she will make you sell it to pay for something else she wants or bills.
S D Posted October 19, 2010 Author Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) See i made sure the bills were payed :) Guess i'm gonna replace those broken tiles in the bathroom this weekend, that and a few other little jobs before i break the news. Plus i even payed for some stupid acupuncture and beauty massage treatment last week for her (what a load of bollox that was). So i deserve this, dont i lads... :P For those asking, i've preordered from flightstore.co.uk Edited October 19, 2010 by Shadow.D.
graywo1fg Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 LMAO!! reading this threat made my day! sadly i will have to stick with my X-52 unless i want to sell body parts. :( though i have worked out a great profile for my X52 :D Voice of Jester AI Death From Above =DFA= Squadron Discord - https://discord.gg/deathfromabove http://www.twitch.tv/graywo1f https://www.youtube.com/user/Lonewo1fg
Bulletstop Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 mawhaaaaaaaaa I have the X-65f and I am very satisfied, and it was cheaper then the TM, but I am happy for you all :)... Bullet I7 4790K running at 4390 with a gigabyte board with 16 gigs of ram with an Asus gtx 660-ti and 2 tb of hard drive space on 2 wd hard drives. A X-65F Hotas with trackir4 and pro combat peddles. A kick butt home built machine unfortunately running a windows 7 OS.
kylania Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Where did you pre-order from? I can't seem to find any place thats taking em? For US: http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi?action=enter&thispage=01100450100_BDE6442P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Christmas Cheer - A Landing Practice Mission : Beta Paint Schemes : HOTAS Keyboard Map : Bingo Fuel - A DCS A-10C Movie
Zenra Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 @kylania: Brilliant! I never thought of the sweepstakes/contest angle! Hi, Honey, Guess what? I won a new really cool mouse-kind-of-thingy...!!! Zenra Intel i7 930 2.8GHz; ATI HD5850 1GB; 1TB Serial ATA-II; 12GB DDR3-1333; 24 x DL DVD+/-RW Drive; 800W PSU; Win7-64; TM Warthog HOTAS
nightlynx Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Ugh I ordered it and I keep looking at my bank account thinking oh that's not so bad but since it's pre-order they've not charged me for it yet.
CrashEd Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Is Amazon Uk the only vendor taking pre-orders? Flightstore are also taking pre-orders in the UK. Sure is gonna sting a bit when they finally take the cash out of my account. Still, A-10C looks like being a long-lived sim, so should get plenty of use out of it. Until DCS: X-XX :D (insert your favourite aircraft designator here)
bfeld Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Well, just a few ideas: If your wife has a horse, she'll spend a lot for her hobby, and you'll hear her saying things like: "this damn blacksmith", "MRI for horses used to be cheaper", "I think I need a trailer" and eventually "You're so lucky you just need a new stick-thing every 6 months." :)
Kula66 Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 My trusty Cougar broke yesterday after years of service :( ... Up to that point I'd managed to convince myself that I didn't need a Hog stick ... now the order has gone in. Now I have to wait until it gets delivered before I can fly again ... unless I can avoid turning left!
RogueRunner Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Now I have to wait until it gets delivered before I can fly again ... unless I can avoid turning left! Well, change your nick to Zoolander then :music_whistling: He also could not turn left :megalol::megalol::megalol: With the price of ammunition these days do not expect a warning shot.
WynnTTr Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Kinda hard for me cos we have a shared account - but I just wait til she's got her eye on a new bag/jewellry/accessory then say "Lets reward ourselves". And she's got her eye on something more often than I do.... and it's usually something more than $400.
nemises Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 See you didn't plan ahead. Conversation with my missus two weeks ago: Missus comes home from I'm sat on the sofa with a guilty look on my face What's up? I've done something really stupid Omg what? I entered a competition So? First prize is a cockpit And that's bad because? Errr.... it's full size replica, it will take up half of the front room hahahaha (thought she took that rather well tbh) So now when I tell her in couple of weeks time, I won a prize in "that competition" she will be over the moon that I didn't win 1st prize. In fact I will her good books for being "so clever for winning" especially when I tell how much they are to buy. :) Not decided yet if I will be getting 3rd prize, the TW, or 2nd prize which is the TW and a pair of MFD's :megalol: Genius, that's my new strategy right there....
159th_Viper Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 WTF does it have to so GD expensive?? No more expensive than the Saitek X65F and a wee bitty more than the Logitech G940........Compare the Warthog to those two and you can see that it's either a fookin' sweet deal you're getting with the Hog or the Siatek/Logitech owners got rodgered properly. For the sake of this discussion I'll pick the former and eagerly await my Hog-stick and worry about the finances later :cry: It's All Good :D Novice or Veteran looking for an alternative MP career? Click me to commence your Journey of Pillage and Plunder! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] '....And when I get to Heaven, to St Peter I will tell.... One more Soldier reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell......'
Succellus Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 LOOL, i have no kids !!!! She doesn t want them also. So i ll just buy the damn warthog when i can afford it, probably only february 2011, cause it gonna cost me around 1200 USD (taxes + shipping). It gonna enter home by the front door. She ll never know the price and even if, she wont be able to betty too hard about it. Because ? Because i m a bastard and she thinks i have a load of womens running after me (i really don t know were she got that, that make me laught hard each time se bring it o the table), by doing so she give me the upper hand !! :devil: But i ll buy her some nice gift, probably a wedding ring she so much want for christmass. LOL, as if a piece of metal would change anything... i already told her that if i walk with a wedding ring a lot of wemens will really start to hang up after me, but she want it...so, she ll have it. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Flamin_Squirrel Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 My wife's buying the WH for me for my birthday :D
Sticky Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 My wife's buying the WH for me for my birthday :D Haha, grats, perfect win!! (Unless your birthday is many months away) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My Sim/Game CV: Falcon 1,3,4. Gunship. A10 TankKiller. Fighter Bomber. Strike eagle 2&3. F19 Stealth Fighter. F117. Wings. F29 Retaliator. Jetfighter II. F16 Fighting Falcon. Strike Commander. F22 Raptor. F16MRF. ATF. EF2000. Longbow 1&2. TankKiller2 Silent Thunder. Hind. Apache Havoc. EECH. EAW. F22 ADF. TAW. Janes WW2,USAF,IAF,F15,F18. F18 Korea. F18 Super Hornet. B17 II. CFS 2. Flanker 2&2.5. BOB. Mig Alley. IL2. LOMAC. IL2FB. FC2. DCS:BS. DCS:A10C.
Sticky Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Next week :D :cheer3nc::yay: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My Sim/Game CV: Falcon 1,3,4. Gunship. A10 TankKiller. Fighter Bomber. Strike eagle 2&3. F19 Stealth Fighter. F117. Wings. F29 Retaliator. Jetfighter II. F16 Fighting Falcon. Strike Commander. F22 Raptor. F16MRF. ATF. EF2000. Longbow 1&2. TankKiller2 Silent Thunder. Hind. Apache Havoc. EECH. EAW. F22 ADF. TAW. Janes WW2,USAF,IAF,F15,F18. F18 Korea. F18 Super Hornet. B17 II. CFS 2. Flanker 2&2.5. BOB. Mig Alley. IL2. LOMAC. IL2FB. FC2. DCS:BS. DCS:A10C.
novonic Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 There is no way I'd survive that expense, hmmm. Just gonna have to wait until an estranged wife puts one on eBay!
galagamo Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 Who want's to time share a TMWH Hotas With me? We can go halfsy's.:music_whistling: D@nm Whats the world coming to, when you want to timeshare a freaking stick. Please :helpsmilie:I'm sick:P [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] OS:WIN7 HP X64|MOBO:ASRock Z68|CPU:I52500k@4Ghz|RAM:12Gb 3x4Gb GSkill Ripjaws 9-9-9-24 @1600Mhz|GPU:ASUS GTX580|HDD:2x128Gb Crucial sataIII SSD raid0|PSU:Antek 1000watt|Case:Antek 1200|Peripherals: TMWH|Saitek ProFlight rudder pedals|TrackIr4
Succellus Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 My wife's buying the WH for me for my birthday :D Best solution ever, the contest prize solution is now second. The solution to resist is not buying DCS A10c now. I know it sucks but i dont want to make something reaaaaallly stupid now, i just bought a new system. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
element1108 Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 I can't wait to hear users thoughts on the TM! I have to hold off unfortunately, I'm headed to London for 3 months in Nov for work (Toronto now)...currently framing and reno'ing the basement...one of it's greatest features, a PROPER, PROFESSIONAL EDIT suit...being DISGUISED AS A FLIGHT DECK. New computer, new monitors designed around "editing" but made for flying...;) DCS A-10C (not a sim pit...I'm not clever or handy enough to design myself one of those). The TM warthog will be the crowning achievment.
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