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- Mon May 20, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.
Mine are all relatively close, but my primary methods to solve the groceries problems are copied from my mother back in the '70s. I've bought the biggest freezer I have space for, grow a veggie garden, and got better/more adventurous at cooking. I will be using the mangoes to make my own chutney. T...
- Mon May 20, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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You mean you no longer get Green Shield Stamps ? When I was working in the paper industry, I was at a paper mill in Kent one day, when a convoy of lorries turned up, led by two police cars. I was in another part of the mill with the head papermaker, when he was called to the pulping unit. He said, ...
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Not TOO soft, I hope.......
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Re: Not TOO soft, I hope.......
It seems that a week before he was shot on 15 May, Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico visited Azerbaijan and met with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on 7 May. Also, the Crocus venue in Moscow is part-Azerbaijani owned.
- Sun May 19, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Military Nostalgia
- Topic: Cyprus 1965
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Re: Cyprus 1965
...and almost 60 years later, Nicosia is still a divided city. I wonder if there will be any recognition of the 50th anniversary on 20th July?
- Sun May 19, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
- Replies: 142
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
I admit that feeding birds is 'entertainment' for the dozen people that I live with (in sheltered accommodation). In addition to the usual sparrows, tits and starlings (greedy beggars), we have had nuthatches (for the peanuts) - and grey squirrels (for both seeds and nuts). Excess human food (bread...
- Sat May 18, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: FUN chal
- Replies: 10
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Many moons ago, in the days of Orion Airways, I was in a house share with one of their f/os at LGW. He told me the story of how one day, they had made two attempts to land at FNC, but as a result of crosswinds and windshear, they had diverted to the nearby island of Porto Santo, with the intention o...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The New Football Thread
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I’m not ready for this :(( https://i.postimg.cc/MpRn1rjG/IMG-1623.png Nor me, Woody. And I suspect tens of thousands of others. I think he would have stayed longer, but he became tired of some of the ridiculous refereeing/VAR decisions and some of the media. I think he will have more to say about t...
- Fri May 17, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: FUN chal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 291
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There's a channel on YouTube which streams live action from FNC most days. Seldom are the days when there isn't a significant crosswind. I know GIB can be difficult, but the incidences of wind shear seem to be more frequent and serious at FNC.
- Fri May 17, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Delta A321neo, Electrical Fire From GPU Hook-up at SEA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 401
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- Fri May 17, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
..and every infantryman's nightmare. Looks like the Ukes do have artillery ammo again. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112456255692926070 I think what has happened is: First Russian tank gets stuck in mud. Second Russian tank gets stuck trying to pull the first one out The Russians bell up a civi...
- Fri May 17, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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and more drone strike video, from Novorossiysk this time https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112455782919483383 putin will be doing his nut this morning. Novorossiysk has long been something of a jewel in the naval crown for Russia. Warm water port, meaning that they can ship oil from it all year rou...
- Fri May 17, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
That's a defence manufacturer's dream video!Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 12:55 pmWelcome to 21st Century warfare.
Ground drones position themselves over Russian bunkers, and blow the roof off.
Air drones then dive inside.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112456259280123063
- Fri May 17, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Nothing like local knowledge! Did the museum look like it could be put back into use? Condition of quays? Still water-filled, etc? In typical style, everything of value, including the pumps and electrical systems had been removed. However, it was lit by a new system and there was clear water in the...
- Thu May 16, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
I've been in the underground submarine pen at Balaklava. It was turned into a museum following glasnost but it sounds as though the ruz have used it for the storage of materiel if the Ukes have attacked it. Or have they refurbished it as a repair facility for their subs - or other vessels? This is a...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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Looks very nice, ex-A. Do the thatchers there not put a small symbol on the top, like they do in the UK? A hippo maybe...?
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Delta A321neo, Electrical Fire From GPU Hook-up at SEA
- Replies: 7
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Re: Delta A321neo, Electrical Fire From GPU Hook-up at SEA
...and there, folks, is the perfect safety training video. The video lasts five minutes, but there's probably an hour's worth of features to pick out from that. The most obvious to me was the air bridge. I was taught that if there is a suspicion of fire on an aircraft using an airbridge, you remove ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
They caught the perp, not that I'm expecting anything much from that in terms of why. What will tell us what's going on is if Orban gets shot soon too. If not, well, everyone in the Balkans has more enemies than they can count. Even if someone's a Saint, their Great(x20)grandfather probably stabbed...
- Wed May 15, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Air Force T6A Instructor Dies from On Ground Ejection Seat Firing
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Re: Air Force T6A Instructor Dies from On Ground Ejection Seat Firing
When I worked at Woodford, there were some Buccaneers in for (I think) a mid-life upgrade. One of the engineers was working in the cockpit when the ejector seat went off, propelling him through the roof. To make matters worse, his body became suspended from the support beams in the roof on the way d...
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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^! :ymdevil: A military equipment manufacturing plant caught fire in the Moscow region. A fire at an electrical substation in Balashikha the night before. That's on the territory of the FSB unit No 35533, part of the mil research and development staff. Massive explosions in the Crimea, the mil airf...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
There are a few in Harlington aren't there, Woody? It's many moons since I was last there, but they were OK then. Possibly worth a look?Woody wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 3:38 pmYou could try this place
https://thamessidebrewery.co.uk/about-us/location/