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There will be a Heavenly choir awaiting for her.

Hallelujah!

Not Magdalene Bridge Cambridge . . .

When you (ie me) inadvertently change something that you don't want, I tend to 'unplug/shut-down' without exiting properly then restarting, hoping that the changes haven't been saved.

Wodrick wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:08 am

What was it before ?

Tuiyou, Tuime

probes wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:14 pm

And you remember the details so vividly?!

Some things remain in the memory 'forever' due to their unusualness - like my night in a Stasi Sanatorium in 1990 . . .

Panic 5 minutes ago - unable to login to ops-normal - assumed that the plug had been pulled.

She sounds like one of the 'entitled' that consider it her right to go where she pleases and how she pleases.

I soon lost that attitude by being sprayed with insecticide on arrival in Oz.

downtown Geneva is probably worth at least another trip, there are a few bars and restaurants worth checking out and it's nice by the lake when it's sunny. I used to regularly stage through Geneva - I found the town (and the airport) expensive. Pleasant though, and lots to see and enjoy in the surr...

Are you sure G-CPTN that it was a HARPOON? The link provided by probes and the announcement by the Spanish make reference to an AMRAAM - I confuse it with a HARM. I expected an AIR-AIR missile to be much less destructive against a ground target! You are confusing two unrelated events - the HARPOON ...

Rwy in Sight wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:39 pm

That much damage from an anti-Radar missile?

Anti-ship missile.

Rwy in Sight wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:31 pm

Don't skids have more drag? In a power limited helicopter drag can make a difference!

The point was made that skids were lighter (and simpler) than wheels - and retractable wheels require more weight and complexity.

Harpoon missile misfire incident, Kattegat 1982 - click for details. The missile travelled 34 kilometers at low level, severing several power lines before striking some trees after which it exploded. The fireball and subsequent shock wave destroyed four unoccupied summer cottages and damaged a furt...

I never considered a late departure as being significant (unless it was more than an hour), as aircraft can usually make-up time during the flight.
The quoted 15 minutes is absolutely 'nothing' - more than that would be built-in to the schedule for taxiing delays.

Jetex Jim wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:35 am

Did you take the picture yourself or is it 'evidence' found on the internet?

I wouldn't risk taking photographs (in Luton) of groups wearing the burqa, however it isn't difficult to find them every day along the Bury Park area:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0XTvuRycY

Reminds me of my trip to East Germany in 1990 - in a large (ish) town, the only restaurant on the high street actually closed for lunch . . .

I've been in London, Hamburg, Seville, Paris, Munich and quite a few smaller towns in Germany and Italy. I have to say that in 5 years, aside from on TV, I've only seen two people wearing burqas. Try Luton. Here is a picture of Burqa-clad women in Luton, a town once famous for straw hat making and ...

In 1949, our teachers had been there before the War (the Boer War in Granny Mewse's case).
She had whiskas growing out of her chin (and I don't think she had a cat) - though on reflection maybe she had a familiar . . .

probes wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:16 pm

as a bonus - "...your eyes can stay in a fixed position and so don’t have to be constantly moving whilst you read"

But I still use my finger to follow the text - like what I was taught by Granny Mewse in infants school . . .

Fascinating Mr Hill (or should that be Mister John?). ISTR you were 'teased' in TOP about your enthusiasm for NK, but the above seems to be an honest and 'enlightening' account of real life there. I thoroughly enjoyed every word and look forward to more tales from your travels. I had a similar exper...