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by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
Replies: 830
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Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

..And then there was the series of videos made in either OZ or NZ entitled "Buggah!" made oi laff they did . Made in NZ. Just celebrated 25 years anniversary of the first TV showing, a farm dog just missing jumping on the open back platform as it drives off quickly, and landing in a muddy puddle an...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Views: 978040
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Post 19293 tango15 …. Yes, I too carried the universal washbasin / bath plug to Moscow, and toilet paper ! and the short wave radio. I was in New Delhi when Russia invaded Afghanistan in 19?? - Radio Moscow suggested that this was at the “invitation” of their friends and allies in that Country. Voic...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:39 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Question … Has anyone used a BenjiLock padlock for using on travel luggage? ( they are also TSA approved ) These are opened by fingerprint touch, but have a 3 button manual escape mechanism in case the battery has discharged twixt locking and unlocking after flight ? I have just bought one but seem ...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:29 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

As a Yorkshireman - brought up in Lancashire ! - I should prefer Yorkshire Tea I guess, but I can’t really tell the difference, and it isn’t available in my N.Z. local supermarket anyway.
by ExSp33db1rd
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Supermarket tea ? English Breakfast is all I’ll ever drink. Any Brand. Keep your Earl Grey’s and the like. Not my cup of tea. ( Pun intended ) Flying around the world cured me of milk and sugar too, tea or coffee black is now my standard. All I needed was tea bags or instant coffee in my briefcase,...
by ExSp33db1rd
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
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Re: Friday Jokes

He outlived the squash player (both in their 50s). I recall as a young co-pilot often flying with a couple of Captains in their late 40’s who exercised daily when down the route. One would occasionally ask me to check him into the hotel and take his luggage, and he would then run to the hotel from ...
by ExSp33db1rd
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:00 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Quiz … Crossed fingers no good. Yes Stuff is now a PITA. It was never broke so why fix it ? ( sorry, why stuff it up ? ) Resident in NZ is no help, when they changed to needing a Sign In I was initially required, then spared, but about a week ago they started denying me entry again unless I sign in,...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:27 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Admin .. Alison, if you read this I have just sent you a P.M. cancelling my previous P.M. - which is still in my Outbox. My apologies for bothering you, and all is sorted and under control now.
by ExSp33db1rd
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Views: 978040
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

For the attention of Admin please. I have just tried to send you a P.M. from my P.M, site, but it appears to still be in my Outbox ? If so, what can I do to ensure that it gets sent ? Thank you.
by ExSp33db1rd
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:05 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7806
Views: 247409
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

“ I was challenged to count backwards from 100, subtracting 7 at each stage. I stalled at 93. “ I had to do that to renew my driving licence recently, found it easier to subtract 10 and add 3. But …. I forgot the address that had been given me 10 minutes earlier at the start of the test ! I can reca...
by ExSp33db1rd
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
Replies: 830
Views: 37294
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Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

MiniCountryman £50,000 ? Mine cost £650. New.
( no, I no longer have it)
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7806
Views: 247409
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

I’m currrently away from home, in the USA, and have replaced my NZ Sim card with a US One, which of course has a different number. I have just been advised by Apple that my number has changed and do I want to change the number on my Apple account? Who t.f. is watching my phone on a daily basis, and ...
by ExSp33db1rd
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7806
Views: 247409
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

Mrs Exs. has just had to enter her DoB. into a website. The only option provided was todays calendar, and the only reverse arrow provided only moved the months, not the years, so it needed 1056 prods of the screen to get back to her 1937 date ! Should Life be this hard ? I hope she gets one of those...
by ExSp33db1rd
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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Views: 107696
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Re: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex

SWMBO ?
by ExSp33db1rd
Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7806
Views: 247409
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

Standard procedure in the Digital Age, and those infuriating CHAT Bots are even worse. How often do you get an e-mail with no reply allowed ? I might be corresponding from lock-up Me too, due recent personal changes I looked at my present local Recycling Collection Centre website, and it clearly sai...
by ExSp33db1rd
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:38 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
Replies: 3652
Views: 108831
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Re: Chaos in USA

How a country with umpty million people cannot find at least one candidate other than Biden and/or Trump amazes me.
Absolutely.
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:21 am
Forum: Engineering/Technical Discussions
Topic: Tricks of the 727
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Views: 1217
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Re: Tricks of the 727

Never flew the 727, only the 707 and 747, but last Easter I took two of my grandchildren, the male one learning to fly, to the Aviation Museum at Santa Monica Airport, California. Poking out of the front of the building is the nose section of a 727 ( forget which airline donated it ) and from inside...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:39 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
Replies: 7806
Views: 247409
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

Natwest closed my 50 years business branch twi years ago, and moved me to another town, actually not too far away - had I still been living in the UK ! They have just closed that branch now, and refuse to tell me where they have moved my account to. Maybe if I write to Head Office someone will know,...
by ExSp33db1rd
Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:38 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: New Zealand
Replies: 611
Views: 27398
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Re: New Zealand

Nowt wrong with 21, Coming of Age, Voting, Drinking. Something to lke forward to, a day to celebrate and enjoy, a positive milestone in Life.

Many 16 yr. olds are still "learning" - at school !