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by Boac
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 1516

Re: USS Nimitz

Amazing pic, C16. Where were the two boats in the pic?
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: More Boeing Bad News
Replies: 1051
Views: 53454

Re: More Boeing Bad News

All change!! Heads (slowly) rolling at Boeing. https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... el-blowout
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19819
Views: 1069008

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Why was our galaxy named after a chocolate bar?? https://onepoundsweets.com/p/milkyway-bar-60p

Come to think of it................... https://www.galaxychocolate.co.uk Can no-one think of any original names?
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope
Replies: 4
Views: 515

Re: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope

About time too - bunch of cowboys! Not only untied, but now no ribbons.
by Boac
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Computer Chatter
Topic: YouTube videos
Replies: 0
Views: 790

YouTube videos

Being a little slow on the uptake I have only just discovered that AdBlock now has a blocker for YouTube on Firefox and Chrome. Clicking 'skip' repeatedly was becoming tiresome :-bd
by Boac
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 1516

Re: USS Nimitz

I reckon Nimitz must be by far the easiest boat to throw an aircraft at! Back in the 70s I went on board off Spithead win a group - the sea was very rough and a lot of our folk were sick on the way out to her. Got on the boarding gangway and it was like stepping onto dry land. I stood at one end of ...
by Boac
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10947
Views: 522089

Re: Friday Jokes

That picture is obviously a fake since we all know that the king is dead - it was on all the Russian channels.
by Boac
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Space Related (& Freight) Ops
Topic: SpaceX
Replies: 946
Views: 55287

Re: SpaceX

The awaited report from SpaceX should be very interesting. One would hope that the apparent failure to sustain ignition on the B and the loss of attitude control on the SS should be relatively simple to cure.
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: NHS privatisation
Replies: 4
Views: 456

Re: NHS privatisation

What a co-incidence - the guy - Frank Hester - who had made the largest donation to Tory funds ever - just happens to run a software company which has the contract to provide computer services to the NHS, holding most peoples' records. It is called TPP. Unless you 'opted out' a while back, your medi...
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: For penny-pinching UK readers
Replies: 0
Views: 422

For penny-pinching UK readers

You may want to check your bills. My local council has issued the Council Tax bill for 2024/5. In it they show the percentage increase on last year’s precepts for various items. Two items are of interest: The precept for Adult Social Care is shown as an increase of “2%”’ on last year. The actual inc...
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....
Replies: 99
Views: 5014

Re: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....

The most appropriate thread I could find for this, from a friend
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by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO
Replies: 27
Views: 853

Re: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO

Well, if they did the paperwork would have blown out once the panel came off, wouldn't it, so they unfortunately could not produce it. ^!
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: More Boeing Bad News
Replies: 1051
Views: 53454

Re: More Boeing Bad News

I tell 'ee - when I were 'doing it' I was always so pleased I was flying a Boeing. Now, looking back, I actually realise how lucky I was......................
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO
Replies: 27
Views: 853

Re: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO

Nah! I reckon it's the box where they put all the spare bolts.
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A big undertaking
Replies: 5
Views: 337

A big undertaking

The gruesome discoveries at the undertakers in Hull (UK) where 35 bodies appear to have been 'mishandled' has caused great understandable distress amongst the families. It does, of course, beg the worrying question - which bodies were actually being 'disposed' of? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO
Replies: 27
Views: 853

Re: United 777 Loses Wheel on T/O from SFO

'Untied' becomes 'undone'. What a disaster they seem to be! https://avherald.com/h?article=51634833
by Boac
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: LATAM flight LA800 accident
Replies: 9
Views: 470

Re: LATAM flight LA800 accident

That is a far more likely explanation for the violent manoeuvre, but the discrepancy between the Captain's comments and his event remains, as Ex-A says and is important and cannot be ignored.
by Boac
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Replies: 3049
Views: 129807

Re: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex

It's said that the word 'gullible' is not in the Oxford dictionary.
by Boac
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Military Nostalgia
Topic: Navy Wings on BBC2, Tuesday 19 March at 1830
Replies: 3
Views: 888

Re: Navy Wings on BBC2, Tuesday 19 March at 1830

All together now, to the tune of a Sea Shanty

"You put your left leg out
You put your left leg in
You put your left leg out
And you shake it all about"
by Boac
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: LATAM flight LA800 accident
Replies: 9
Views: 470

Re: LATAM flight LA800 accident

Doesn't really add much except 'Juan exposure' to this incident. The reported loss of all instrument panel data/electrics remains unexplained and if true is crucial.