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The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Last post by OFSO « Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:40 am
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by admin » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:08 am » in Crewroom
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Time to start a new one methinks.

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My goodness. Feeding frenzy at Mercadonna today after yesterday's pub.hol. not a Spanish car reg. in sight. French driving at one metre per second....
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:40 am
The Capetonian WOE Thread

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:28 am
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by admin » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:28 am » in Crewroom
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The continuation of The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III .

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It was a bit of a give away but it wasn't moving. Woody is in the chair with Rossian very close behind him.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:28 am
"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" Afghanistan

Last post by EA01 « Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:17 am
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by John Hill » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:53 am » in Politics & Controversial Topics

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America's erstwhile friends are set for a come-back in Afghanistan.

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Is Saudia stumping up $ for earthquake recovery?....UAE...Qatar?....

Inshallah.!

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Last post by EA01
Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:17 am
Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:29 am
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:20 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:29 am
Another reason we are a stupid country!

Last post by Rossian « Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:19 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by EA01 » Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:17 am » in Crewroom
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This past week the East coast of Australia has been threatened with power blackouts due to insufficient energy supply....coal and gas, sold off to...

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As a Scot, UP, and having done Latin for six years - I do and I despair.

The Ancient Mariner
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Last post by Rossian
Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:19 am
Birthdays

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:16 am
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by probes » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:15 pm » in Crewroom
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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROUNDGRIPPER from us both :YMPARTY:
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:16 am
Cats - They are cool!

Last post by Alisoncc « Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:18 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:12 pm » in Crewroom
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Both of the nincompoops have made friends with me, having ingratiated themselves, and within a day have taken over, and will not countenance a moment...

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Last post by Alisoncc
Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:18 am
Junior my Ducati

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:45 pm
Posted in Sport
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by reddo » Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:33 pm » in Sport

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I took the tough decision to finally sell him after many years of deliberation.
I have hardly ridden him over the years and he should be outside on...

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As a biker myself, my sympathies.
But if you can't Check Six, you've just saved your life.
Good to know it's gone to a good home.

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:45 pm
Fatal helicopter crash near Yorkshire Dales.

Last post by FD2 « Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:22 pm
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by CharlieOneSix » Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:02 pm » in Aviation Incidents

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Sadly two dead but no further details on type etc.

BBC News

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Good grief - agree with that - a Robbo would have disassembled itself on the way down. Definitely a sturdy little machine for them to survive with...

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Last post by FD2
Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:22 pm
One BIG Fish

Last post by llondel « Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:47 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:52 pm » in Crewroom

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Largest freshwater fish ever caught hooked in Cambodia
A fisherman caught the 661-pound fish — which measured about 13 feet in length — near a...

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They did throw it back.

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Last post by llondel
Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:47 pm
WTF is happening in the UK?

Last post by llondel « Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:01 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by AtomKraft » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:56 am » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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People I speak to hold normal opinions- but feel unable to express them.
Folk shrug, they don't understand what's happening, but they are sure it's...

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I've been listening to Tory politicians' excuses for yesterday's byelection results. Every reason given except one. Nobody has mentioned The Convict....
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Last post by llondel
Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:01 pm
A Forgotten Massacre

Last post by OFSO « Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:35 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by OFSO » Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:20 am » in Politics & Controversial Topics

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... Although not by the Spanish and more especially, the Catalans. In 1939, over hundred thousand Spanish fled North over the Pyranees into France to...

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I knew the lady who ran the Pyrenees Oriental (PO) magazine. Very sincere

I'm just reading the biography of TE Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia. Amazing....

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Last post by OFSO
Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:35 pm
Looking for a new home (=country)

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:47 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by boing » Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:43 pm » in Crewroom

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All the factors are coming together that suggest we should move on. Our property is too big and requires more time put into maintenance than I am...

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I don't like to spend too much time on a Greek ship to an island hence my preference for island closer to the mainland.

I noticed a piece about...

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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:47 pm
A quip for FOX3.

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:32 pm
Posted in Experiences in Aviation
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by boing » Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:59 pm » in Experiences in Aviation

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OK, I'm cheating this in here but it is vaguely aviation connected and I think humorous.

Today I had a wellness check, I don't really see the point...

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You have a doctor?? =))

(only been waiting 11 years here)

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:32 pm
The 'Other massacre/Civil war' thread

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:31 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by Undried Plum » Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:46 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics

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'Civil war' must be the greatest of all oxymorons in European languages.

I remember, when working in Western Andalucia in the late 1980s, being...

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Now this is an interesting article despite being from the DM;

Shame that witnessning Babi-Yar didn't put him off mass murder.......... [-(

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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:31 pm
Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

Last post by OFSO « Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:51 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:51 pm » in Crewroom
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Hertz to buy up to 65,000 electric cars from Polestar

Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz...

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If nearly 300 cars a day are going up in flames the UK might as well cancel alternative forms of heating for turbines to drive generators of...
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Last post by OFSO
Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:51 am
Friday Jokes

Last post by ricardian « Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:39 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:28 pm » in Crewroom
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To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)

There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...

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Now it can be revealed
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Last post by ricardian
Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:39 am
Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc

Last post by reddo « Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:17 pm
Posted in Experiences in Aviation
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by reddo » Mon Apr 18, 2022 2:22 pm » in Experiences in Aviation
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Just some views from the short tour.

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Our cabin crew was required for another flight. We were landing at 10pm and we knew the FBO would be shut so no services etc. We don't have a galley...
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Last post by reddo
Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:17 pm
Long time sitting

Last post by 1DC « Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:38 am
Posted in Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
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by Wodrick » Mon May 02, 2022 5:55 pm » in Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat

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Don't know I want to do this.

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The next stage would be to get everyone into their standing seat and then nursey comes around and gives everyone an injection that puts the passenger...

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Last post by 1DC
Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:38 am
Duxford Dragon Rapide Nose-over

Last post by G-CPTN « Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:15 am
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by llondel » Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:34 pm » in Aviation Incidents

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Not sure it's supposed to do this...

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My personal nostalgic reason for undertaking the flight in the Duxford Dragon Rapide dates back to about 1948 when my family were at Blackpool.
My...

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Last post by G-CPTN
Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:15 am
Huey Down in W. Va

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:09 am
Posted in Aviation Incidents

by PHXPhlyer » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:09 am » in Aviation Incidents

6 dead in southern W.Va. helicopter crash

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Ray Bryant, the Chief of Operations for the Logan Emergency Management...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:09 am
Rant of the Day v2.

Last post by fin « Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:02 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:47 pm » in Crewroom
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This one was getting a bit big too.

Admin/Alison

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What the heck has happened to Trip Advisor? Tried to write a review this evening, totally unuseable. Won't accept the town I entered or the fact...
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Last post by fin
Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:02 am
MD-82 Gear Collapse and Fire at Miami

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:03 pm
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:07 am » in Aviation Incidents

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A Red Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Catches Fire After Landing At Miami Airport
A Dominican flight caught fire after experiencing an apparent gear...

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Plenty of hand baggage coming off there. Anyone taking off hand baggage in an emergency vacation is endangering the other passenger's lives. They...

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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:03 pm
Retrospective on Calibri crash in 2019

Last post by FD2 « Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:35 am
Posted in Rotary Ops
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:19 pm » in Rotary Ops

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Another loss of control crash in low visibility conditions over water.

In May 2019, two men took off from Tipton Airport (KFME) in Fort Meade,...

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A goldfish bowl - it seems like the type can't be blamed for this.

Calibri also the type in the Yorkshire crash.

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Last post by FD2
Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:35 am
Another Navy Wings article...

Last post by FD2 « Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:30 am
Posted in Fixed Wing Nostalgia
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:24 am » in Fixed Wing Nostalgia
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Another anecdote brought to us courtesy of the Navy Wings folks. Please feel free to bung them a contribution , or even better, join up as a...

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A sad sight C16.

A more leisurely arrival between fixed wing commissions. Th flight deck is cluttered with bootneck stuff.

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Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:30 am

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