Goodly evening all...

So what prompted this thread you all ask...?   

Flying Trucker is on a rant again...right????????you bet...

I was sitting here admiring the pictures in the Graphics Forum like I do several times a day when I get a chance.

Well several things came across my mind and I was wondering if I should ask a few questions.

While you are reading this post take a look at your computer desk...what do you see besides the monitor, keyboard, speakers, yoke, joy stick and dust...and dust and dust... ...okay enough said on the dust...

When I was away from home flying the children would hide little packages of homemade candy like fudge, perhaps some various different kinds of nuts or some home made chocolate in my flight bag or suit case.  They were wrapped in various different things like old maps, aluminum foil, catalogue paper...etc...etc.
Things like Zip Lock Bags were not around then, so, sometimes the odd piece of chocolate was a little messy to say the least...but it was the thought behind it that mattered most.   

As flying retirement got closer, the children married and with families of their own, the treats got less and less but they never ceased...never!   

The odd day when the old girl had gone with the nattering nannies somewhere and I decided to take the bugsmasher over to visit some of the old retired flying geezers there would be a little package, wrapped up, just several mouth fulls of the best home made treat you could imagine sitting on the passenger seat.   

How the old girl knew...no idea...

Now I use this electronic gizmo for more than an IFR Training Aid, I like to visit this site frequently, several times a day, perhaps more than some of you wish...

I do not always do a Simviation Flight every day, more like one a week...hey I am not dead yet you know...still have a life.... ...LMAO...but they are becoming more frequent and thanks to the many many many folks here I am posting some shots....OWWWW....the old girl thinks you folks have created a monster....

But...don't you hate my butts???

Since I have become more active on these "Forums" I am finding the odd treat on my computer desk, yes...yes...next to the monitor.
They are not always home made now, sometimes there is red or black licorice, perhaps store bought goodies but yes they are here right in front of the monitor.   

So what is on your computer desk?   

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

As I'm currently lurking in my house in Hungary I've got a pile of books, cables, disks, paper oh and a TV with a VCR and DVD attached... and a really sweet picture of my wife and daughter when my little girl was nearly a year old, she is 6 next week!
Oh and some junk my wife just dumped here

From LTR

- A very, very old tv which I hardly use anymore....
- 2 headsets ( 1 skullcandy without mic but what a sound!) and one with mic for gaming
- a Xbox 360 ontroller for Fifa 10 and GRID
- The CPU
- Monitor 19 inch widescreen in nee uff an upgrade
- A small selection of the 50 most recently bought DVD's
- A cd rac which holds my favourite CD's ( British steel, Nver mind the bollocks , Sing Loud Sing Proud, 1984 , 9.0 live and many others)
- scattererd around are toiletries... a few currencies ( Pounds , Euro's Yens), My phone and general mess XD

From left to right:

Logitech X-230 Subwoofer; on top are printouts
Logitech Attack 3 Joystick
Coaster with empty bowl and spoon
TV remote
Sony 18" CRT Monitor
Miniature plastic Koala Bear
Business Card
Post It Notes of various shapes
Right speaker; the left one is on the desk next to the computer desk
3 CD-RWs
FS Design Studio Version 3 which I bought at a Half-Price Book Store for $5.00.
WD Elements 320GB external drive
On top of the computer is a plastic model of the Starship Enterprise from the the last Star Trek movie. In front of it are more printouts.

Monitor
Beer
Keyboard/Mouse
Beer
External Hard Drives
Beer
Joystick and Throttle
Beer
All my Marine Corps Medals
Beer
Pictures and plaques from all my previous units
Beer
Challenge Coins
Beer
Kleenex
Beer
Aircraft Encyclopedia (both Civilian and Military)
Beer
DLSR
Beer
Shot glasses from around the country and world
Outta beer

Well, not including key computer stuff.
Camera
Top Gear dvd
Money
Two pencils
A camera case
Four batteries
A pen lid ( no sign of pen )
Phone case
Torch
A glass mat
Two memory sticks
Two cups
A biro
A camera
More money
Sheets from old ICT coursework which hasn't yet been done....
A West Midlands police sort of thing
My phone
A card
A lamp
A globe
And a rubber.

This is on a neat day. This is only on the top of the desk... underneath ensues.
23 CDs
4 DVDs
9 computer games
Two old manuals
A LED torch thing we made in school.
A collection of all coins in British circulation at the mo, present from my grandad. 
An old wooden box with nothing in it
Computer information
Box of backup CDs.
A box of some more CDs, not been used for years
And last but not least, a notepad.

That's it.