Crewroom

New Topic

3240 topics

Page 86 of 130
- Jump to page:
Previous
1
…
84
85
86
87
88
…
130
Next

Topics

Replies

Views

Last post

European GPS

Last post by OFSO « Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:25 pm
Replies: 2
by OFSO » Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:46 am

First post

The European GPS system based on Galileo has been switched on. Good: it works. Bad: it is I-don't-know-how-many-years late. Something like 15 ? years...

Last post

No, it is up and running with the minimum number of satellites. Two smartphones already have the capability of using it. But as you say, if you can...

2 Replies

122 Views

Last post by OFSO
Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:25 pm
Car Service Interval

Last post by OFSO « Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:01 am
Replies: 20
by OFSO » Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:30 am
1

2
First post

As my shiny new Ford is one year old this month I automatically booked it in for a service at the Main Agents (who are good guys, BTW). Needless to...

Last post

Turbo question: the bearings are fed with oil from the engine. If you turn the car off while hot the oil flow stops and what's left in the bearings...
20 Replies

349 Views

Last post by OFSO
Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:01 am
That story...

Last post by More Aviation « Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:57 pm

by More Aviation » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:57 pm

I was watching this fabulous story recounted by English racing driver Peter Gethin's son about his dad's famous (and only) F1 Grand Prix race win at...

0 Replies

201 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:57 pm
My Lad is...

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:04 pm
Replies: 7
by Fliegenmong » Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:06 am

First post

....20 today! ....Oh wow, Mrs Fliegs and I were young!.....What a fine young Man he has grown up to be to!! :-bd ....Happy Birthday "Best little...

Last post

Congratulation to you and your lad. It is nice to have such a small difference! So many thinks to do together.

7 Replies

232 Views

Last post by Rwy in Sight
Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:04 pm
Here a talented man with a message...

Last post by Airborne Aircrew « Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:57 pm
Replies: 25
by Airborne Aircrew » Sun Dec 11, 2016 5:22 pm
1

2
25 Replies

696 Views

Last post by Airborne Aircrew
Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:57 pm
It's that Time of Year Again

Last post by wings folded « Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:56 pm
Replies: 12
by Sisemen » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:50 pm

First post

For Slasher and other aficionados ....

Last post

Samson Flamsteed Sinusoidal.
Always liked that.
Well, till now, the name

12 Replies

381 Views

Last post by wings folded
Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:56 pm
ORD-CGJ

Last post by BackToAllNightLights « Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:18 pm
Replies: 6
by flynverted » Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:36 pm

First post

Flying ORD -CGK next month
Option are
Turkish connecting in IST
QATAR connecting in DOH
JAPAN AIRLINE connecting in NRT

Connected in NRT last time,...

Last post

Do you know what the Japs did to the Dutch during the war?"

It's a tough old world.

Do you know what the Germans did to the Dutch during the...

6 Replies

228 Views

Last post by BackToAllNightLights
Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:18 pm
RIP - Ian McCaskill

Last post by More Aviation « Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:10 pm

by More Aviation » Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:10 pm

Veteran BBC weather forecaster Ian McCaskill has died aged 78, his family has confirmed.

The former weatherman presented on the BBC for 20 years...

0 Replies

191 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:10 pm
Entertaining tourist guests in London

Last post by More Aviation « Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:56 pm
Replies: 10
by More Aviation » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:10 pm

First post

A work colleague has a trio of South African guests with her here on business, they are engineers, and was wondering where she should could take them...

Last post

they are engineers

Depending on what sort of engineers they are they might appreciate the Thames Barrier.

OTOH if they are anything like the...

10 Replies

161 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:56 pm
So another idiotic gadget dies.....

Last post by OFSO « Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:50 am
Replies: 32
by OFSO » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:39 pm
1

2
First post

Having bought Pebble for the software, the new owners, Fitbit, have said production of the Pebble watch range stops immediately and customers with...

Last post

Both members of the OFSO household travel quite a bit; Eurostar & SNCF keep us updated with travel news & so does Google for anything they...
32 Replies

587 Views

Last post by OFSO
Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:50 am
Comment on the news.

Last post by More Aviation « Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:49 pm
Replies: 4
by Alisoncc » Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:44 am

First post

Sometimes you see an item on the news and wonder. Anyone with half a brain cell would have forecast such and such happening, or just another instance...

Last post

It's not so much that they are stupid, although they certainly are, but more that they are greedy, dishonest, corrupt and utterly selfish and don't...

4 Replies

163 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:49 pm
Another checkout. Adrian (A A) Gill

Last post by Capetonian « Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:15 pm
Replies: 4
by Capetonian » Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:36 pm

First post

Outspoken columnist, reformed alcoholic, food writer, after what he described, typically, as :

".......... an embarrassment of cancer, the full...

Last post

I can't support his killing of a baboon for fun, despite them being horrible things, but I do agree with his sentiments about the Welsh. I understand...

4 Replies

160 Views

Last post by Capetonian
Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:15 pm
Religion of Peace strikes again??

Last post by Fliegenmong « Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:36 am

by Fliegenmong » Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:36 am

I'm sure they're just misunderstood! .... [-X

0 Replies

197 Views

Last post by Fliegenmong
Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:36 am
So how do you......

Last post by 500N « Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:21 pm
Replies: 9
by Fliegenmong » Sat Dec 10, 2016 3:55 am

First post

....wash glasses (the drinking vessel variety) correctly? Jnr Fliegs was helping out the other day (Igot some high speed film out to caapture that!...

Last post

Dishwasher. Solves all the problems (including how to get teenagers to wash up )

Turn off the internet, soon gets them out of the room complaining...

9 Replies

144 Views

Last post by 500N
Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:21 pm
Sinking skyscraper and land subsidence

Last post by OFSO « Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:02 am
Replies: 11
by probes » Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:29 pm

First post

The 58-story Millennium Tower — also called the leaning tower of San Francisco — opened its doors in 2009, and has recently shown signs of sinking...

Last post

what if the solid land moves, too?

In a relative way, it tends not to, which is why it is called "solid".

So there were these two...

11 Replies

213 Views

Last post by OFSO
Sat Dec 10, 2016 8:02 am
Happy 100th Birthday Kirk Douglas

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:52 am

by Pinky the pilot » Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:52 am

Although he is not a member of this esteemed site, and when I think of it, that to only happen to read about it on a small column buried in today's...

0 Replies

175 Views

Last post by Pinky the pilot
Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:52 am
John Glenn

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:13 am
Replies: 5
by Wodrick » Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:39 pm

First post

A man with the T shirt,

God speed John Glenn

Last post

The last of the Project Mercury Astronauts gone.

What MA said! :-bd

5 Replies

84 Views

Last post by Pinky the pilot
Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:13 am
Andrew Sachs died today...

Last post by Slasher « Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:39 pm
Replies: 13
by Airborne Aircrew » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:31 am

First post

Most here won't know of whom I speak....

Those that do will know of the brief but comic star that was lost...

I know nothing...

Last post

Yeh me too TS. Some of me faves...

13 Replies

280 Views

Last post by Slasher
Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:39 pm
Grouty is no more.

Last post by OFSO « Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:14 pm

by OFSO » Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:14 pm

The actor Peter Vaughan died yesterday. Although he hated being defined by the role of 'Genial' Harry Grout in 'Porridge', saying he'd done far...

0 Replies

207 Views

Last post by OFSO
Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:14 pm
Thailand Chicken

Last post by Fliegenmong « Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:43 am
Replies: 49
by Flame Lily FX » Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:06 am
1

2

3
First post

It could just be me but I'll ask anyway, does anyone have an issue eating chicken from Thailand in the UK? I am also reluctant to eat any meat...

Last post

We've had some vastly different experiences Cape! :)
49 Replies

775 Views

Last post by Fliegenmong
Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:43 am
BBC News Reader

Last post by More Aviation « Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:34 pm
Replies: 18
by Boac » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:53 pm

First post

For our UK readers..............

There is a lady news reader who does mid-day news on the BBC called Anita McVeigh. I really wish someone could give...

Last post

If anyone think their national broadcaster is bad, tune into a South African TV station. It will give you a new insight into amateurish, biased,...

18 Replies

639 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:34 pm
Gambling - Buying dreams

Last post by A Lutra Continua « Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:31 pm
Replies: 16
by Alisoncc » Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:49 pm

First post

I buy a lottery ticket each week, costs me about 5 quid. Often don't check the numbers until I am due to buy my next one. Being mathematically minded...

Last post

Ginger tom and a pint of bitter?

My kind of evil!

16 Replies

476 Views

Last post by A Lutra Continua
Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:31 pm
Fly Africa Website Suspended

Last post by More Aviation « Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:20 am
Replies: 10
by OFSO » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:55 pm

First post

Does anybody with links to SA know what's happened to the Fly Africa website ?

Last post

New site is up and running at the same url

MA

10 Replies

316 Views

Last post by More Aviation
Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:20 am
Uncontacted tribes

Last post by 500N « Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:16 pm
Replies: 20
by probes » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:23 am
1

2
First post

New photos reveal an uncontacted Amazon tribe is persisting despite illegal gold miners

OK, and now tell me what these people might be thinking of...

Last post

I thank God that I was born an Aussie, and a tribesman of some obscure tribe in some Southern Hemisphere backwater.... ;) :D
I was not born an...
20 Replies

824 Views

Last post by 500N
Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:16 pm
Eleuthra Island

Last post by Fliegenmong « Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:12 am
Replies: 5
by Fliegenmong » Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:50 am

First post

Anyone been here?....looking to go year after next maybe.....It's a helluva long way from here though....

Last post

Thanks Unifox! ....I gathered that very quickly!!! ..... though 30 odd years ago I picked up a golf ball at a local golf club...and printed on it was...

5 Replies

182 Views

Last post by Fliegenmong
Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:12 am

New Topic

3240 topics

Page 86 of 130
- Jump to page:
Previous
1
…
84
85
86
87
88
…
130
Next

Return to Board Index

Forum permissions

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum