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by Ex-Ascot
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:20 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Any animal killers here?
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Re: Any animal killers here?

A good article about the elephant problems here.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... there.html
by Ex-Ascot
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

ex-A : Can we talk about the elephant in the room, please? :) https://news.sky.com/story/botswana-likens-trophy-hunting-to-culling-after-threats-to-send-10-000-elephants-to-hyde-park-13099095 I posted this on "Are there any animal killers out there'. A minister here is threatening to send 10,000 of...
by Ex-Ascot
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks. Hot. CAVOK. No state pension for 2 months. Phoned them, very efficient. Reason, they have sent two letters to my residential address and I haven't replied. There are no deliveries in the bush. In fact there are no deliveries in town it has to be to our post bag. We checked it yesterda...
by Ex-Ascot
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:37 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks. Sun. Town day. Quite a few things to be done. Success so far.
by Ex-Ascot
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Any animal killers here?
Replies: 513
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Re: Any animal killers here?

Botswana offering 10,000 elephants for Hyde Park.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nting.html
by Ex-Ascot
Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Thank you PHX. Type 1180 C.1K XR808 "Bob" is on display outside at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.[80] Type 1180 C.1K XV106 (forward fuselage) on public display at Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford.[81] Type 1180 C.1K XV108 (forward fuselage) on public display at East Midlands Aeropark.[82] Many ha...
by Ex-Ascot
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
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Re: Friday Jokes

Treats
by Ex-Ascot
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:57 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks. Blazing sunshine. Would love to bring you a VC10 John but they trashed them all I think.
by Ex-Ascot
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A cool morning in Ashburton...
Replies: 15
Views: 644
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Re: A cool morning in Ashburton...

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc. The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out ...
by Ex-Ascot
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Now a shelf in one of the kitchen cupboards has collapsed. Four hours after tree and fence down. Tree gone fence back up but needs repair. Not bad for Africa. Thanks to our star project manager.
by Ex-Ascot
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks but not a good one here. Sun, hot. Internet down for 12 hrs. Big tree down taking a fence with it. Internet booster dish on said tree was still working flat on it's back has had to be repositioned. Temporary fix which will probably stay for years. CCTV still down. They want payment bef...
by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Views: 163232
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

Are we Europe?
by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A cool morning in Ashburton...
Replies: 15
Views: 644
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Re: A cool morning in Ashburton...

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc. The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out ...
by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks. Sun, hot. Had sulfation around a battery terminal on the big motor. Followed destructions from Google. It is always a disaster when I go under the bonnet. Lost a terminal into the bowels of the compartment. Shoved two bare wires under the retaining nut and it seems to work. For the ti...
by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A cool morning in Ashburton...
Replies: 15
Views: 644
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Re: A cool morning in Ashburton...

Nice. How far away are those peaks?
by Ex-Ascot
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Good morning folks. A bit of broken Cu going to be another hot one. Happy St Patrick's day
by Ex-Ascot
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A big undertaking
Replies: 5
Views: 337
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Re: A big undertaking

It seems that there is no governing body! What has happened here is that the funeral directors have been cremating one body and splitting the ashes between two urns. They stockpile the second body and save on one cremation whilst getting paid for two. This is why there were 35 bodies at the establis...
by Ex-Ascot
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Views: 163232
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

Duck bay.
by Ex-Ascot
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:12 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Morning folks. Hazy. Still no squirrels.
by Ex-Ascot
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:45 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: LATAM flight LA800 accident
Replies: 9
Views: 466
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Re: LATAM flight LA800 accident

Boac wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:46 am
The reported loss of all instrument panel data/electrics remains unexplained and if true is crucial.
Still remains unexplained. He seems to have forgotten about that.