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What book are you currently reading?
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Ex-Ascot » Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:10 pm
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Just thought I would try this as a thread. Living in the middle of nowhere with no TV etc we do read a lot. Trouble is Amazon will not deliver here...
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That one sounds like a good gift for the Granddaughter. Will put it on the list. Thank you.
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Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:40 am
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What's racist, what's not?
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EA01 » Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:34 am
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Earlier this year I was sick to death of hearing about someone called Sam Kerr, who is the Austraalian Ladies Soccer Captain. Everytime the radio...
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Bougainville, mid 1970s. The Hash House Harriers are drinking club with a running problem. Membership is by invitation and is predominantly white,...
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Last post by Hydromet
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:04 pm
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Formula One
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OFSO » Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:56 am
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Having access to TV channels from half-a-dozen different countries, I can usually find at least one showing the F-1 qualifying. This morning,...
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The GTC series - German Touring Cars series - used also to be fun to watch in the old days when I had the RTL channel, due to the complete absence of...
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Last post by OFSO
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:16 pm
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What I do in my spare time.
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Hydromet » Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:09 am
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A thread where you can post pictures of your hobbies, interests etc.
My hobbies are woodwork and photography, so I'll start with some of my...
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As I was putting stuff away I realized I used 30 gauge wire, not 32 as I stated above.
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Last post by Dushan
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:51 pm
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OK, Which one of you bought it?
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PHXPhlyer » Fri May 20, 2022 2:22 am
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Mercedes just sold the world’s most expensive car for $142 million
Mercedes-Benz confirmed on Thursday that it recently sold the world’s most...
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Any of the car buffs on here going to admit to this.
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Last post by Woody
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:36 pm
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Kids and parents... or vv.
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probes » Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:40 am
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Interesting. Looks like finally the pendulum is turning back.
How touchy-feely parenting and therapy have created the loneliest, most helpless,...
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Sod 'em! :)
It's a vital aspect of British life, but buying a round in the pub has been branded potentially triggering for students at a top...
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Last post by probes
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:29 pm
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Questions asked and not yet answered...
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TheGreenAnger » Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:52 pm
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From my ex-wife to me today...
And why are those little sheds at the end of airport runways always painted in red and white blocks?
Any ideas?
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From my ex-wife to me today...
And why are those little sheds at the end of airport runways always painted in red and white blocks?
Any ideas?...
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Last post by Dushan
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:10 pm
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Vibrator virus steals your personal information
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:57 pm
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From a Malwarebytes blog today :-o :
Malwarebytes blog - beware out there!
A Malwarebytes Premium customer started a thread on Reddit saying we...
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Designed to f**! your computer.
It wasn't clear whether it was supposed to have an active USB peripheral or whether that was an unexpected addition.
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Last post by llondel
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:38 am
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Write your own Daily Mail aviation incident drama
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by Capetonian » Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:50 pm
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Now anyone can be a Daily Mail aviation expert/consultant. All you have to do is select one of the options from the italicised parts of the...
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Makes a change from drug smuggling, IRA bomb factories etc.
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Last post by Woody
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:25 am
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When did the flying bug first really bite?
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Opsboi » Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:52 am
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I'd always enjoyed flying as pax, but when I was a kid of 17 I was Opsboi for an air taxi company ex GCI
One day a lovely guy whose name escapes me...
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Don't know when it started, but probably soon after birth! Becoming a pilot was always my goal, which I achieved at 17 when I was awarded a Special...
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Last post by Smeagol
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:02 am
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Looking for a cheap simple 4G candy bar
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unifoxos » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:13 am
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With the imminent demise of 2G/3G I have been looking for a replacement mobile phone. I have no signal where I live so I only use it when out and...
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With the imminent demise of 2G/3G I have been looking for a replacement mobile phone. ...
Curious you should mention this: I had a text from my...
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Last post by Karearea
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:39 pm
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We had a party in the hangar!
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John Hill » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:29 pm
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Thats about half the number of aircraft we had to drag outdoors...we have 40+ aircraft in total (depending on what is counted as an 'aircraft!...
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No, the client got caterers and party managers in. It was sure enough work for us codgers to drag everything out and to scrub the floor etc.
This...
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Last post by John Hill
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:09 pm
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Drunkonyms
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probes » Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:10 pm
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A study in Germany has found there are 546 words which mean drunk, including .... .
The team believe this could be because of Britain's...
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I like the West Country term 'Spannered', oft heard around Bath, Brizzle, and in this case, Sh!t-n-Smellit*.
*As the locals refer to Shepton...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:32 pm
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Stupid Is As Stupid Does
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:13 pm
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Florida man calls 911, requests for meth to be tested for authenticity, police say #-o L-) :ymdevil:
SPRING HILL, Fla. (Gray News) – Police in...
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..and a really good defense lawyer would then win a counter-claim for victimization by the authorities for [ Insert not less than 3 -isms here ],...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:05 pm
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I need a Nav Aid, area nav, engineer?
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John Hill » Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:17 am
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I have some ESP32 and ESP8266 micro devices which are quite small (not really tiny) and include WiFi and various analog and digital IO.
We also have...
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I did not see an $$ figures but there is enough to convince that I could have more fun for the money elsewhere!
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Last post by John Hill
Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:36 am
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Wot's for Tea, Ma?
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by henry crun » Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:01 pm
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Am sat here at Castle Crun in front of a roaring log fire toasting hand-made crumpets and spreading them with gorgeous creamy local butter. Yummy!...
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Yes it is Hydro!
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Last post by EA01
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:41 am
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Limerick Thread
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OFSO » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:30 pm
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When Liz Hurley got stuck in Antigua
She e-mailed our Woody what a pig you are
for BA are just wankers
They should all be on jankers
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Poor husband of prosthetic lady*
Felt the burden, heavy and weighty.
With bills piled high,
He let out a sigh,
Financial woes driving him crazy!...
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Last post by probes
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:07 am
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Aviation question, if you please.
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John Hill » Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:38 pm
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As our Link trainer replica gets closer to completion I am often asked questions which my aeronautical but non-flying career has not prepared me...
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Well of course our Link has ailerons and full flapping tail feathers too, as does our WWII original. This new one also has toe brakes and I suppose...
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Last post by John Hill
Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:25 pm
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Animals Behaving Badly
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:16 pm
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Surfboard-stealing otter not taking the 'bait' as wildlife officials try to catch her
SANTA CRUZ - Catching a sea otter that's been pilfering...
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08:00 Fat cat Marlene given breakfast
08:45 I head out to car, off to gym. Marlene says still hungry, gets a top-up. I leave.
09:10 Rachael arrives...
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Last post by Karearea
Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:44 pm
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I am glad I saved for my old age!
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John Hill » Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:03 am
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It comes to everyone, you eventually realize that saving for old age is not really necessary any more!
So here we are in 2024 and I have been...
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I note that the radio only plays Country.
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Last post by Woody
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:31 am
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Buy your own airfield!
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John Hill » Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:16 am
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Airfield with sealed runway, house, hangar and clubhouse. Only 18,000 kms from London.
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Difficult, maybe, but apparently not impossible.
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Last post by John Hill
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:02 am
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Word of the day!
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John Hill » Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:34 pm
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'Prostrate' !!!!
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Some fellow with an expensive sounding accent was talking on Al Jazeera this morning, 'Direct from London' was indicated and he used the word several...
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Last post by John Hill
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:05 am
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Mr Bates versus The Post Office
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:04 pm
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Having watched the excellent ITV drama over the last four nights I was appalled by the way the Post Office and their CEO Paula Vennels handled the...
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The water industry in Australia and many other countries uses an excellent software suite for handling lots of data and doing many types of standard...
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Last post by Hydromet
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:43 pm
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A bit of a strange one.........
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John Hill » Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:50 am
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If you cross that ocean you find yourself in yesterday........!
(No comment on the cinematography or choice of music!)
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Excessive excitement!
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Last post by John Hill
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:33 am
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The New Football Thread
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admin » Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:05 pm
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The new football thread where personal attacks will not be appreciated. Thanks muchly.
Admin/Alison
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Completely shocked about this
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Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:09 am
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