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#481 Post by TheGreenAnger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:53 pm

Bobby Chariot... =))

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#482 Post by TheGreenAnger » Thu Aug 11, 2022 5:49 pm

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#483 Post by bob2s » Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:23 pm



Shows you can get musical sounds out of almost anything.

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#484 Post by Karearea » Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:14 pm

Discovered this YT channel, looks ideal for sleepless nights or when one needs some quiet distraction:

Nemo's Dreamscapes
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#485 Post by TheGreenAnger » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:51 am

So well spoken and en route to Cape Town... ;)))

Interesting film, with some good acting based on the reality...



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#486 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:40 pm


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#487 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:01 am

Nice story (and, heaven forfend, the first one I have ever enjoyed in GBN). :-bd
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#488 Post by Karearea » Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:33 pm

I'm not sure which is more of a joy, the commentary or the scenes of the race itself:

IUAA Womens 4 x 400m Relay Final - What a Finish!! [4:28]

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#489 Post by TheGreenAnger » Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:24 am

Well, I am not sure we need "more" people like John McAfee, he being the ex-CEO of the eponymous software company marketing my anti-virus of choice, albeit now owned by Intel, these days, but 'Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee', currently being shown on Netflix is well worth a watch.

I used to view McAfee, born in the forest of Dean in the UK, gifted ex NASA software developer, drug addled genius, yogi, guru come gun-toting capitalist, fugitive, tax evader, and would be US presidential candidate as an anti-hero for our times but this documentary casts an altogether darker picture of the man, who it seems may have been responsible for the murder of his neighbour in Belize, as well as his own father. Whatever the case, John McAfee was clearly a fascinating man while still being as mad as a box of snakes, and a narcissistic sociopath whose life came to a shabby end. His life is a cautionary tale in this mad world of ours.


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#490 Post by TheGreenAnger » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:28 am

If John McAfee proves to much then one's soul can be refreshed by this old classic.


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#491 Post by Karearea » Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:31 am

The Gathering Storm - 1974 (Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Robert Hardy) 1hr 15min.
Had never come across this film before. Richard Burton as Churchill - powerful.
Glorious music from Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3

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#492 Post by Rossian » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:24 am

.....I agree, a heartwarming little tale but what the hell is an "Aircraft specialist first class"?? Don't tell me we are going down the US Army rank system. What's wrong with SAC?

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#493 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:26 am

One can never have too much of Prof. David Kipping...

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#494 Post by G-CPTN » Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:49 am

Faster than light?

I think I must have missed seeing that . . .

:D

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#495 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:10 am

G-CPTN wrote:
Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:49 am
Faster than light?

I think I must have missed seeing that . . .

:D
You blinked! ;)))
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#496 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:53 pm

Toast( and Plough)... =))


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#497 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:50 pm

Videos of naval operations like this one.


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#498 Post by TheGreenAnger » Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:12 pm

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#499 Post by G-CPTN » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:19 pm

Captaining a flying boat must have been equivalent to a Jumbo with the added difficulty of locating an unmarked runway - and no landings in darkness?

What happened if the flight arrived late?

I don't suppose we have any flying boat pilots remaining here?

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#500 Post by TheGreenAnger » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:29 pm

G-CPTN wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:19 pm
Captaining a flying boat must have been equivalent to a Jumbo with the added difficulty of locating an unmarked runway - and no landings in darkness?

What happened if the flight arrived late?

I don't suppose we have any flying boat pilots remaining here?
Where have all the Sky Gods gone? Old flying boat Gods don't fade away, they simply sink, or take to drink! ;)))

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