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by G-CPTN
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

They engineered-in redundancy in those days.
by G-CPTN
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:01 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

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:38 am
Off to Kwara camp with her tomorrow.
Don't forget the Fruit Gums, Mum!
by G-CPTN
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:29 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

My choice:- DE HAVILLAND DH.98 MOSQUITO The Mosquito (known affectionally as the 'the Wooden Wonder' and/or 'the Mossie') was one of the most versatile combat aircraft of WWII. The aircraft was used as a light bomber, fighter-bomber, night fighter, maritime strike aircraft and for photo-reconnaissan...
by G-CPTN
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:01 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Duxford.
Replies: 5
Views: 171
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Duxford.

by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

It is rumoured that those missing were workers filling potholes on the bridge carriageway surface. Paul Wiedfeld, secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, says the crew on the bridge at the time of the collapse were working to repair potholes. The work had "nothing to do with a struct...
by G-CPTN
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:53 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

Were you expressing your thoughts out loud?

It can happen . . .
by G-CPTN
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Aviation Design, Manufacture and Maintenance
Topic: One Big Ass Plane
Replies: 4
Views: 205
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Re: One Big Ass Plane

Years ago I travelled on one of the large hovercraft and jokingly asked the stewardess if I could 'go up on deck' to which she disappeared and returned with an invitation to accompany her to the 'cockpit' accessible by a ladder from the vehicle deck where I sat alongside the 'pilot' for the entire j...
by G-CPTN
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: We need more
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Views: 83139
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Re: We need more

Isn't that what the Victorians were guilty of - the voracious collection of all sorts of flora and fauna?
by G-CPTN
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
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Re: Friday Jokes

"Whenever I feel the urge to exercise I lie down until I feel better."

Quote from a work colleague who preferred to spend his lunchtime in the pub rather than playing squash.

He outlived the squash player (both in their 50s).
by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:10 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

My choice of breakfast cereal is Weetabix.

I also indulge as a snack if I wake hungry during the night.
by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: Aviation Design, Manufacture and Maintenance
Topic: One Big Ass Plane
Replies: 4
Views: 205
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Re: One Big Ass Plane

A maybe apocryphal story told by Christopher Cockerell (inventor of the hovercraft). He was visited by 'the MOD', anxious to secure the concept for military use. Cockerell asked what they would require it to do as they already had Land Rovers and 3-tonners. He explained that hover height was related...
by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:34 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
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Views: 109052
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Re: Chaos in USA

It seems that Donald is being Trumped.
by G-CPTN
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A cool morning in Ashburton...
Replies: 15
Views: 413
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Re: A cool morning in Ashburton...

About 12000 miles . . .
by G-CPTN
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:52 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

My experience of Staffordshire bull terriers is that they are soft-natured (and always amenable to being stroked, often rolling over for a tummy tickle). Daughter acquired one when she worked as a vet nurse - which completely changed my opinion of the breed. I now approach any Staffie - even those b...
by G-CPTN
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A big undertaking
Replies: 5
Views: 189
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Re: A big undertaking

Cremation funeral services that I have attended have involved a coffin, which may or may not have contained a body. The local crematorium has two chapels a short distance apart, but only one 'active' with an underground 'railway' to transport coffins from one to the other. I believe that bodies (in ...
by G-CPTN
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Views: 138758
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

Dog-gone!
by G-CPTN
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:13 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

I didn't realise that Ballarat was still 'active'.
by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rubbish!
Replies: 5
Views: 191
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Re: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

I have recently moved into supported residential care. When I lived independently I was an (avid) recycler - including scavenging litter from the streets. I was puzzled to discover that the refuse from the 'care home' was only collected alternate weeks and all destined for landfill - no recycling. O...