The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#7801 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun May 19, 2019 11:40 am

I don't remember any of the aircraft numbers I flew any kind of solo or memorable event on, but I do remember the events themselves in great detail. Except the jets that had my name on, which I do remember, partly because we were both obliged to and wished to keep monitoring what was going on with them.

Service and NI numbers, I do remember, even though I haven't used the latter for 6 years. I cannot yet remember my Canadian SIN, but I can't have used it more than 20 times.

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#7802 Post by 603DX » Sun May 19, 2019 12:07 pm

I never had a service number to remember, because despite being officially deferred from National Service whilst at university, the politicians abolished it while I was away studying. Annoying, I was mentally prepared to serve, as required of all 18 year olds, and had even passed several CCF exams which I optimistically hoped, together with my degree, would maybe help to get a relatively rare NS Commission. So much for my Baldrick's "cunning plan"! So I sulked, got a job, and abandoned service life before even starting.

However, I CAN remember my dad's WW2 service number (73 XX X74) , the phone number of my Chelsea flat over 50 years ago (FLAxman 2296), and the mean period of rotation of the moon about the earth and its own axis (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes and 11.47 seconds). So maybe I might have managed a modest service number, if ever given one ... ;))) 8-}

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#7803 Post by ribrash » Sun May 19, 2019 1:06 pm

I can remember the Reg plate of my first car,a Ford Anglia.XCA 667.

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#7804 Post by ian16th » Sun May 19, 2019 1:25 pm

ribrash wrote:
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I can remember the Reg plate of my first car,a Ford Anglia.XCA 667.
I brought a 50cc Mobylette Moped back from Istres/Orange in 1958.
On landing in the UK it suddenly became a Motor Cycle.

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#7805 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sun May 19, 2019 1:28 pm

ian16th wrote:
Sun May 19, 2019 10:48 am
One for the flying types.

Any of you NOT remember the serial registration number of the a/c that you flew your 1st solo on?
Have absolutely no idea but could look at my log books which are down south. More interested in planting it in one piece rather what was written on the side.

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#7806 Post by 603DX » Sun May 19, 2019 2:34 pm

Regarding first car reg numbers, mine in 1961/2 was a 1949 Hillman Minx Mk III, EFN365. With a full-width front bench seat and steering column gearchange, and an 1185 cc side-valve engine producing a claimed 35 bhp, it wouldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding. But it wasn't my first choice. That was a rorty-looking Allard type J (or K), with a massive Ford V8 engine, temptingly placed in the window of "The Chequered Flag" sports car premises in New Cross, London. Amazingly to my young mind, its price was not a lot more than the prosaic Hillman in a Maidstone dealer's window, so I gave serious thought to purchasing the potent-looking Allard. That got as far as insurance enquiries ... =))

I definitely couldn't afford to insure the Allard monster, and hard reality made the reluctant choice for me. However, this proved to be a good decision for a young bachelor with his eye on one or two girls. That bench front seat was where I learnt things that weren't taught at university, and on first dates that steering column gearchange was a marvellous indicator of whether anything was likely to develop, if you see what I mean. The term "passion wagon" was a revelation to my inexperienced mind, at that stage in my life. :)

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#7807 Post by G-CPTN » Sun May 19, 2019 2:50 pm

My first car was a Morris Minor estate - with a 'playroom' in the back when the rear seats were folded - though my first 'experience' was in my father's Humber with fully reclining front seats,

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#7808 Post by Smeagol » Sun May 19, 2019 3:08 pm

Mine was a Moggie 1000, 1962 vintage, Reg No. 5908 PH. Bought it for £25 and sold it for £21 (had to haggle for the last pound!)
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#7809 Post by om15 » Sun May 19, 2019 8:03 pm

Family car was a Morris Oxford registration number ULX 43. It ran on JP4.

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#7810 Post by Wodrick » Sun May 19, 2019 10:06 pm

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#7811 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun May 19, 2019 10:48 pm

975 KMV. 1956 Austin A35. Bought for £175 in 1964. Wrote it off the same year driving one weekend from Bournemouth to Culdrose after seeing the then girlfriend. I fell asleep at about 0100 near St Austell. Road went left. Car went straight on into a Cornish stone wall.
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#7812 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun May 19, 2019 10:52 pm

Happened to eight of my ten course mates over Basic and Advanced...one guy three times. Only the cars got damaged, thankfully. The two bikers (me being one) had no accidents. We weren't the best pilots..although the one who crashed 3 times was the worst.

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#7813 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Mon May 20, 2019 4:54 am

Any of you NOT remember the serial registration number of the a/c that you flew your 1st solo on?

RCAF Harvard Mk II # 776 April 24th 1956 ( 1st solo )

NZ Warbirds Harvard Mk II #1057 April 25th 2006 (NZ Local ) ( but not solo ! )

Cars ... 1st ownership, Morris Minor 1000 convertible, TFY 140. Cost £650 ( carbon copy for sale down the road, price tag NZ$10,000)

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#7814 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 20, 2019 5:17 am

Our first family car was a Morris Minor traveler 145 FVP. It wasn't unknown to have 4 adults on the seats and four kids in the back.

Nice day, out at 06.30 for a walk. Passed by the village shop for some beers. She didn't have the right change so said just take another beer. I shall drink the change now.

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#7815 Post by Ibbie » Mon May 20, 2019 6:40 am

Just back from an early morning appointment with vampire. Now having breakfast.

Normal blue outside. 17c going up into mid 20s.

Our first family car was an Austin7 FRB 5. Wonder if that reg is still about? Must be worth a fair bit if it is.

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#7816 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon May 20, 2019 7:04 am

G-CPTN, Travellers were mini shooting brakes. At least real wood whereas the US ones were paint.

Our first family car was one of Britain's best designs (not). Standard 8, 2 doors, plastic tip seats, access to boot through back seats. No idea where the spare was, probably underneath but you would need a midget or 10 years old boy. The jack might have been under the bonnet. Sure as hell there was not much else in there.

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#7817 Post by Capetonian » Mon May 20, 2019 7:14 am

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My first cars and bikes in GB and ZA, I've forgotten the more recent ones although I can remember current ones.

Same with phone numbers.

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#7818 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 20, 2019 7:37 am

Talk about slave labour. 92 year old lady thrown into the kitchen yard bashing spuds here for no pay. Not quite sure why she is not on the street (no cars just donkeys) where she can chat to folk. Owner's mother. She asks for jobs to do. Doesn't stop all day.
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#7819 Post by Hydromet » Mon May 20, 2019 7:43 am

Our first family car was one of Britain's best designs (not). Standard 8,
Probably the only car worse than my first car, the Standard (stranded) 10. No idea of the rego. number.

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#7820 Post by ricardian » Mon May 20, 2019 8:23 am

First car was an A35 van, previously owned by a fish merchant in Torpoint. I had the van for several years and despite frequent scouring with bleach and industrial strength cleansers it still smelt of fish first thing in the morning. Next came an A40 Farina, an MG Magnette (beautiful beast!) then a half-timbered Mini Clubman.
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