^^^^^Wot Smeagol said....I have done a bit of accompanied flying....never had a licence, barred from TOP a few years ago...their loss.
Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere here!
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- Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Fatzdaddio
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7520
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:18 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Shoreham Air Show Plane Crash
- Replies: 479
- Views: 23992
Re: Shoreham Air Show Plane Crash
outcome would have been better, had the traffic -lights been green(ISTR that either the police had temporarily re-phased the lights, or there were road- works at that junction. Also the people on pedal-cycles were, I think, not supposed to be stopped there(well, actually they were off the carriagewa...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2962
Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
Barton is, indeed, Barton Information, now owned by Peel Holdings, who have just erected a huge new hangar to replace the 2 nissen-hut (arched corrugated tin ) ones opposite the old clubhouse (now a public cafe and very smart) One nissen-type hangar remains, virtually next to the Tower, which still ...
Re: Slugs
A surfeit of salt will also kill the plant-life.....handy for getting rid of "protected" trees. raid the winter salt bin at the roadside and sprinkle a few shovel-fulls round base of tree. salt is also a painful death to the beasts.....well, they never cry-out but they do writhe about a bit as the s...
Re: Allotment
I am not a gardener, weeds and blackberries are about my limit! I follow the Vietnamese school (slash n' burn) Having owned and run a fish and chip shop, I do know a fair bit about these, batter and things like fried Mars-bars. I digress (my normal mode) Potatoes should have the earth humped up as t...
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:57 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Last two letters start the next word v2.
- Replies: 1210
- Views: 23572
Re: Last two letters start the next word v2.
^^^^^^Harold was the son of Albert and was not a father himself, as he found out when his estranged wife had a half-chat child.
aggro plenty of which 'Arold 'ad
aggro plenty of which 'Arold 'ad
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:14 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Royal Bank of Wankers
- Replies: 493
- Views: 20650
Re: Royal Bank of Wankers
They can transfer accounts......when it suits them! Banked with Naff Wets as it was my father's bank....some years later, bought a business financed by Co-op bank.....then the headquarters manager stepped down and it went downhill...back to N.W. They offered a loan on another business...except that ...
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:40 pm
- Forum: Agony Aunt
- Topic: Helping a alcoholic
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4372
Re: Helping a alcoholic
Thanks, folks. Yes, I had , what the Snowflakes would call "a deprived, hard, upbringing....but to us, it was normal. Being invited to a friend's house and eating with everybody sat down round a table and it all laid out, was a revelation! To us, our life was normal. I grew up having to be self-reli...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: Agony Aunt
- Topic: The Beard
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8544
Re: The Beard
White ones are ok-ish "salt 'n pepper just looks scruffy...even worse when the latter is mainly long stubble, -the tramp-look as epitomised by one J Corbyn.
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:22 pm
- Forum: Agony Aunt
- Topic: Helping a alcoholic
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4372
Re: Helping a alcoholic
Having resigned myself to a single life, I was over 60 when I became involved with a lady over the road, who's partner had died some 6 years previously. We became inseperable in very short order. Her late 30's daughter resented me" taking the place" of her late father....My Pam would enjoy a glass o...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Absent Friends
- Replies: 372
- Views: 55223
Re: Absent Friends
Danny 42C, has departed the "gaining a Pilot's Brevet" thread on TOP's Military sub-forum.
Apparently he was lucid to the end and faded quietly in his sleep. Never met him but he posted great yarns of his Aviation life and will be sorely missed....lots of tributes on TOP.
Apparently he was lucid to the end and faded quietly in his sleep. Never met him but he posted great yarns of his Aviation life and will be sorely missed....lots of tributes on TOP.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:49 pm
- Forum: Military Nostalgia
- Topic: Merlin engine question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 916
Re: Merlin engine question
IIRC, Whitworth size heads are a size -step larger than the BSF heads, so each spanner end of an open-ender or double ring, has dual fitment....IE 1/4W /3/16 BSF 5/16W / 1/4 BSF This was very useful, as a "short set" would contain 2 spanners with the same size ends , so both a nut and a bolt could b...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: Military Nostalgia
- Topic: Military phrases in need of preservation
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1691
Re: Military phrases in need of preservation
I read somewhere that "Still" was rejected by "management," as it was thought to be derogatory. Not to be out-manoeuvered, the great British Squaddie started to refer to "Andy"....A Senior officer, upon hearing multiple recipients of the name, called the Squaddie for an explanation.. it emerged "And...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:04 pm
- Forum: Private Flying and Aerobatics
- Topic: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin
- Replies: 140
- Views: 7690
Re: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin
Update posted on "non-airline rumours, gossip and chat" The woman has stirred up an absolute shit-storm for the LAA.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:59 pm
- Forum: Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: LAA and Tracey
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2091
LAA and Tracey
I see no word here, but, as many may know, a few years ago, a well-connected Tracey Curtis-Taylor suddenly came to the attention of the world's press, proclaiming her intent to fly solo to Australia and from South Africa to England and also to fly the original American trans-continental mail-routes....
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:24 pm
- Forum: Where Are They Now
- Topic: Tony Draper.
- Replies: 68
- Views: 7807
Re: Tony Draper.
I have a nosey round there, every couple of days, but no word from the Admiral himself, nor any hearsay, since late August. Another disappearance was Thunderbird Frank who kept us entertained with his railway and shipping-line memorabilia.. met him and a couple of other members IRL when we had a mea...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Llondel
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3747
Re: Llondel
Another "hello" from the Lancs/Yorks border. I'm "persona -non-grata" on TOP....every thread locked but PM's still work!.... readable if I don't log -in. My pet theory is that many are kept registered ,merely to pad the figures and make them more attractive to advertisers. Anyway, lots of "banished"...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:21 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: A little bit about who we are
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15423
Re: A little bit about who we are
Sorry,peeps, posted my first on "new Faces".....but seems like I know 99% of the members' names already. Yes, the same "not a qualified pilot" (but have an opinion) who is still a registered member on TOP, despite being locked-out if I log-in. no big loss to me....it seems to be having a long,slow d...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:44 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New faces....
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5265
Re: New faces....
well, it took me a long time to find my way here, but, it seems, I'm not the only one to be blocked from posting on TOP (the other place? ) However, I made a new home on "Flyer" as did the late, mightily- missed Keef and Genghis, when he got booted over the Crellin affair. Much water under the bridg...