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by cockney steve
Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Fatzdaddio
Replies: 22
Views: 4777

Re: Fatzdaddio

^^^^^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! :-bd
by cockney steve
Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:18 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Shoreham Air Show Plane Crash
Replies: 479
Views: 21963

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...
by cockney steve
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: 2706

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 ...
by cockney steve
Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:12 pm
Forum: Gardening
Topic: Slugs
Replies: 12
Views: 1673

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...
by cockney steve
Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:38 pm
Forum: Gardening
Topic: Allotment
Replies: 220
Views: 36530

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...
by cockney steve
Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:57 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Last two letters start the next word v2.
Replies: 1210
Views: 20491

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
by cockney steve
Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:14 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Royal Bank of Wankers
Replies: 493
Views: 19625

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 ...
by cockney steve
Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:40 pm
Forum: Agony Aunt
Topic: Helping a alcoholic
Replies: 21
Views: 2869

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...
by cockney steve
Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:27 pm
Forum: Agony Aunt
Topic: The Beard
Replies: 66
Views: 5938

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.
by cockney steve
Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:22 pm
Forum: Agony Aunt
Topic: Helping a alcoholic
Replies: 21
Views: 2869

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...
by cockney steve
Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:19 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Absent Friends
Replies: 372
Views: 45735

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.
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: Military Nostalgia
Topic: Merlin engine question
Replies: 14
Views: 874

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...
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:31 pm
Forum: Military Nostalgia
Topic: Military phrases in need of preservation
Replies: 29
Views: 1609

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...
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:04 pm
Forum: Private Flying and Aerobatics
Topic: Tracey Curtis-Taylor arrives in Darwin
Replies: 140
Views: 6801

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.
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:59 pm
Forum: Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
Topic: LAA and Tracey
Replies: 30
Views: 1889

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....
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: Where Are They Now
Topic: Tony Draper.
Replies: 68
Views: 7185

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...
by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Llondel
Replies: 18
Views: 2559

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"...
by cockney steve
Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:21 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: A little bit about who we are
Replies: 42
Views: 12936

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...
by cockney steve
Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:44 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New faces....
Replies: 24
Views: 3702

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...