[trex0770]

Originally Posted by derhamburgerjung

For all the native english speakers here, WTH means : to play hookie from work ?

May someone translate for me, please?

To play hookie/ hooky means to call in sick to work/take the day off to go do something fun instead of working or going to school. It's also known as taking a mental health day (to mentally destress from the pressures of work).

Living in S. California I find that I take quite a few "mental health" days off from work due to the nice weather, beaches and abundance of activities available. I suspect that in Europe one does not do this too often as European's have much more vacation time then the average American(& Canadian) worker?

[jim]

Big thank you for posting those second lot of photos trex.

It looks like a great place to "skive off" for a day ,heck maybe even a week.

Great photos.


Skive off= mental health day.

[coldupnorth]

What's wrong with the aggressor hornet? Is it retired already??

[trex0770]

Originally Posted by coldupnorth

What's wrong with the aggressor hornet? Is it retired already??

Don't know the story behind the Agressor Hornet but it is indeed retired. Sweet looking plane anyhow!

[derhamburgerjung]

Originally Posted by trex0770

To play hookie/ hooky means to call in sick to work/take the day off to go do something fun instead of working or going to school. It's also known as taking a mental health day (to mentally destress from the pressures of work).

Living in S. California I find that I take quite a few "mental health" days off from work due to the nice weather, beaches and abundance of activities available. I suspect that in Europe one does not do this too often as European's have much more vacation time then the average American(& Canadian) worker?

Trex, thanks for this info.
Yes, compared to my sister ( she lives and works in the US ) I have a good amount of vacation time plus the possibility to take some days off to get rid of my extra hours from the office

[rdenham]

Originally Posted by coldupnorth

What's wrong with the aggressor hornet? Is it retired already??

FA-18 Aggressors are usually older fleet birds which already have a lot of flight hours. When your yank and bank all day planes can get long in the tooth pretty quick. The last time I was at the AMARC boneyard there were at least two rows of these birds just waiting for their fate.