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by OFSO View the latest post Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:58 am
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A place to discuss politics and things related to Govts
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by bob2s View the latest post Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:28 am
Agony Aunt
By Popular Request - Modded by the Girls of Ops-Normal.
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by ian16th View the latest post Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:48 pm
Ops-normal Projects & Bashes
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by Capetonian View the latest post Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:23 am
Where Are They Now
Lost forever.
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by Ex-Ascot View the latest post Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:04 pm
We Band of Brothers
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers who have taken the Oath, worn the uniform & even loitered in harm's way occasionally.
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Absent Friends

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Alison - I thought this would be a suitable place to keep absent friends' memories alive - somewhere we could visit to just, well, remember. You may...

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I am here OM - but Madame is going through some major health probs at the moment so it may be a while before I can post.
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Last post by sidevalve
Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:17 pm
Birthdays

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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?

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Happy birthday to those peeps I've missed this last week. Have been a little preoccupied.

Trust you enjoyed your days.
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Last post by Ibbie
Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:06 am
Photos of Everybody

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:40 am
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What would Jet Blast be without photos.

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Here's one taken the day that Dushan was inducted into the Right Wing...

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Taken during last years working holiday in Takikawa, Hokkaido Japan.

Can't wait to get back there again this year! :-bd
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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:40 am
Well it happened.

Last post by Slasher « Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:14 am
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For many of our UK residents and ex-pats BREXIT is probably one of the most momentous events to have taken place in decades. I suspect there will be...

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“A thousand Brexit steps begin with the first vote” is a bastardised other.
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If you had a chance to be born again, what country would you choose to wail in?

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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:26 pm

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My own question confounds me, because I know the answer should be well just where I was born pilgrim but I know that, in my case, that is a total...

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England, hardly need to add of course !

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Last post by OFSO
Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:58 am
The US Hamster Wheel

Last post by bob2s « Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:28 am
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Raised the possibility of merging three topics relating to US politics a few days ago, receiving no objections. Just looked at the logistics of doing...

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Ben,The ability of Trump to fill a venue is due to the fact that people are seeing what the Democrats are offering as an alternative,they don't have...
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Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:28 am
The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

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Time to start a new one, methinks. Enjoy.

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Self injury must be all the rage,reason for saying ,was practicing my ballerina moves by stepping into a puddle of spilt petrol,needless to say a...
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Any animal killers here?

Last post by Alisoncc « Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:34 am
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On the other site, where a few of us still visit from time to time, one of our number and I have been discussing the hunting of animals....

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Teenager's remains found in lion enclosure at Pakistani zoo

Teenager's remains found in lion enclosure at Pakistani zoo.
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Last post by Alisoncc
Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:34 am
Jacinda

Last post by John Hill « Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:33 am
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by John Hill » Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:16 pm

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Ben, we do not have to worry about the orderliness of the world as we know Trump has that well in hand.

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Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:33 am
The supernatural

Last post by boing « Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:49 am
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Yes,I stole the idea for this thread from 'over there'.

I've never experienced anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'.But I don't doubt people that...

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They find themselves a pleasant haunt.

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Last post by boing
Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:49 am
Rant of the Day v2.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:48 pm
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This one was getting a bit big too.

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There was only one (two?) reason/s Baywatch used to be popular viewing in t'Occifers' Mess.

For a quick peek at the rescue helicopter, a Bell Jet...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:48 pm
BREXIT - A Poll & Discussion

Last post by FD2 « Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:22 pm
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I suspect that most of the Ops-Normal patrons would have an opinion on whether the UK would be better served by exiting the EU. My thoughts are that...

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llondel - I expect the UK could cobble together a fleet of Zodiacs to protect the fishing grounds. Flag Officer Naval Zodiacs (FONZ) could take...
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Last post by FD2
Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:22 pm
The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

Last post by FD2 « Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:16 pm
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Puggie has it, Westerham it is, well done,

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Well done 4mast, thought you'd spot that one. Wasn't it the 'spare' castle for the Percy family?

Northumberland - one of the few things we miss....
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Last post by FD2
Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:16 pm
Last two letters start the next word v2.

Last post by bob2s « Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:41 pm
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Time to start a new one here as well. When they get too big suspect they slow the site down - database access gets iffy.

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Caspian - a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world
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Last post by bob2s
Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:41 pm
Dogs and helicopters

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:44 pm
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by llondel » Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:10 am

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Came across this one today. I know people on here express reservations about getting in a helicopter, seems there are Leonbergers who will jump out....

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Left paw to set the QNH and dial up a frequency. Right paw on the cyclic and the tail curled around the collective. Dogs with long tails would make...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:44 pm
Did the sky move for you darling?

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:39 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:11 am

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All said in a suitably flat vowelled NZ way...

Air New Zealand has announced it could have flat beds in economy for some of its long-haul flights,...

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They do have some experience of travelling in comfort..

Air New Zealand, moving you through the sky, comfortably. Darling! :)

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:39 pm
Friday Jokes

Last post by ricardian « Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:04 pm
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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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Hazards of role play
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Last post by ricardian
Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:04 pm
Bow Ties

Last post by llondel « Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:54 pm
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I donned one a while back, it was a Christmas present from my SIL from a few years back, but it was a pre tied clip on one, and it looks it too. It...

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An observation carried out at the European Snowflake Institution determined Frenchmen wash their hands before urininating, in contrast to other...
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Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:54 pm
The Person Below Me...

Last post by ian16th « Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:32 pm
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Bit of a game that I've seen on other forums. Person makes a statement about the person below them. The next person posts either 'True' or 'False,...

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That would be me. Managed various other things but bones all still intact. My aunt had to learn to write with her left hand in WW2 when her right...
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:32 pm
SCAMMERS !

Last post by Wodrick « Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:02 pm
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Transcript of a phone conversation:

Last Thursday phone rings here. Lady speaking with upper class accent.

"Can I speak to Ms (---)...

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I can't decide, I have had two now from BT announcing that they are blocking my e mail account #########@btinternet.com. I'm treating them as spam...
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Last post by Wodrick
Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:02 pm
Trivia Question of the Day

Last post by larsssnowpharter « Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:48 pm
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I thought I'd start this topic as I'm sure all of us stumble across interesting 'trivia' as we peruse the media or indeed our own brains.

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I know.

It was very droll!
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Last post by larsssnowpharter
Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:48 pm
General Election views

Last post by llondel « Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:04 pm
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I am listening to R4 which is mainly covering the impending election, those being interviewed having various views, but it seems to me that many seem...

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Interesting idea would be abolish council tax (and business rates) and central government support grants, drop income tax to reflect what's been...
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Last post by llondel
Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:04 pm
SAS, Car, Air and Sea Sickness

Last post by larsssnowpharter « Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:39 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:37 am
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I have been reading 'Riding Rockets' by Mike Mullane (as kindly recommended by an ops-normaliser) and it is proving to be a cracking, honest, non PC...

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I once nearly three up on an aircraft. I was in the Air Scouts and 4 of us (all early teens) were on an air experience flight around Aden. The rest...
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Last post by larsssnowpharter
Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:39 pm
The SICK Joke Thread

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:20 pm
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Not for the politically correct or sensitive amongst us!

You have been warned.

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That, Ricardian, must be one of Slasher's pictures
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:20 pm
Pancake Day

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:30 am
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by OFSO » Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:36 pm

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Did we all have our pancakes, then ? Squosed lemon juice and maple syrup on ours...

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Didn't even realise it was Shove Tuesday. Not had a pancake in years. Well, apart from the omelettes in Greece which are like egg pancakes. They...

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