The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Morning folks. Nice day but chilly start. 38 bats again. We think the increase is from small ones coming out from under mother's wings. Up to the safari camp camp to interrogate wheedle out from, the company CEO what is going on with the change over of management. This is our local pub we have a right to know. Not driving 40 kms to the next nearest pub.
We were talking to one of their guides yesterday nice S.A. NR. He was asking for our advice on getting a PPL.
We were talking to one of their guides yesterday nice S.A. NR. He was asking for our advice on getting a PPL.
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Isn’t it a bit warm for IKEA assembling or have you hired a punkawallah
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20C at the moment, forecast rising to 28C. Masses of Swallows flying around and sunning themselves on the roof. Never seen so many, counted 23 on the roof and there must be another dozen or so swooping around.
The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
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Another day as the merciless sun beats down on the hard baked earth, dotted with the last vestiges of brown burned grass. Overhead the vultures circle, spiraling in the vault of the furnace coloured sky. Here on the earth only the infernal hiss of the cicadas and the distant, and constant pounding of the drums (or perhaps those idiot builders up the road), trouble one's heat induced fever dream...
Actually...
EGSS 100820Z AUTO 04006KT 010V070 9999 NCD 22/15 Q1027
Another warm day with naught but the faintest cirrus to distract one's view of the sky.
Pleasant but more African than British weather methinks...
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-c ... 42048.html
Actually...
EGSS 100820Z AUTO 04006KT 010V070 9999 NCD 22/15 Q1027
Another warm day with naught but the faintest cirrus to distract one's view of the sky.
Pleasant but more African than British weather methinks...
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-c ... 42048.html
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Good Moaning All,
Guess 32c, currently 29c 53% sort of cloudless grey/blue.
Some splendid pink bodies around.
The Privit Horsepitil in AGP say they have found SM's file and are returning it by courier. We will have to give the courier 15€.
Strikes me we are paying the courier.
15€ probably less than the fuel.
Guess 32c, currently 29c 53% sort of cloudless grey/blue.
Some splendid pink bodies around.
The Privit Horsepitil in AGP say they have found SM's file and are returning it by courier. We will have to give the courier 15€.
Strikes me we are paying the courier.
15€ probably less than the fuel.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Cool here today, up to about 16C. Funeral today of an old friend who died aged 94. He had dementia, but not too badly.
Unlikely anyone here would know him, but on the off chance, Jim Paice was ex RAAF instrument tech 1951~60.
Unlikely anyone here would know him, but on the off chance, Jim Paice was ex RAAF instrument tech 1951~60.
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Might have consumed a tad too much incahol last night. The joy of not having to do any uni work.
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Vultures circling? We've got Chinooks. Never realised how noisy they are. Drown out the sound of the A-380's struggling off to Dubai....
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When all else fails, read the instructions.
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It's extremely humid and 31c, this temperature contraption doth say. My steam catapult in the garden says its 36c.
Siesta time.
Siesta time.
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Both vaccinated with Covid booster shots today. Number Five! Long discussions in getting mine as don't have a NHS number, plus all those weird Catalan shots we got,. Finally agreed not to mention the ones from the veterinary or the ones from Nigerian oil salesmen. For the first time we done got certificate cards. Name, DOB, manufacturer and batch number on one side and "Best in Show" on the reverse.
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Just got this message when I tried to log into the site via Firefox.Never seen it before.
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Logged into site via Chrome as usual.
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Logged into site via Chrome as usual.
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Try https://ops-normal.org ?
The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
https://www.glenbervie-weather.org
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
That works C16.Its strange that something should change after a number of years.My PC is creaking badly.A new one is being delivered on Friday so that might cure it.I can log in one way or another.
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The .com site/domain authentication certificate has expired or has been misconfigured.ribrash wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:15 pmThat works C16.Its strange that something should change after a number of years.My PC is creaking badly.A new one is being delivered on Friday so that might cure it.I can log in one way or another.
This server couldn't prove that it's www.ops-normal.com; its security certificate is from sentry.corp.ventraip.net.au. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
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When we had the big fire up the hill they would fly directly over our house on the way back to refill. Very loud.
I accidentally trained the dogs to run outside when they hear one because I was trying to get a good picture, so I was rushing out every time I heard one.
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llondel wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:43 pmWhen we had the big fire up the hill they would fly directly over our house on the way back to refill. Very loud.
I accidentally trained the dogs to run outside when they hear one because I was trying to get a good picture, so I was rushing out every time I heard one.
All this Chinook chat rubs the wound of opportunity lost this year raw. Good friend invited me to Odiham for lunch and then a flight in a Chinook to London and back. I had to cancel close to the date as we had a work related crisis. He sent me some photos...
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Overcast, spots of rain, 3.6°C, expecting 7°C.
Rubbish and recycling collection this morning.
House Fairy comes at 9am.
To town afterwards for paying bills and etc.
Rubbish and recycling collection this morning.
House Fairy comes at 9am.
To town afterwards for paying bills and etc.
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Knackered tonight.
Went into Derby to do a few church-chores this a.m. Then over lunch,
She: "Damn. I forgot to turn the air con off."
He <Sigh> "Oh well, I need to see one of the tenants anyway. I'll go back." That was most of the afternoon gone, but a useful meeting.
Then at 21: 55 a phone call from The Operatic "Jim, the fire alarm has gone off just as we were leaving the building. It wasn't us, really."
Yeah, right.
So off down the A38 again. Reset the fire alarm. Deffo finger trouble. Gits. but they did stick around to help me patrol the building, especially when I told them that it had been insecure while the alarm was sounding... security locks disabled.
A Zebedee moment now, I fancy.
(Might be a really boring and totally pointless snippet to you, but felt very close to a day's work for an 84 year-old...)
Went into Derby to do a few church-chores this a.m. Then over lunch,
She: "Damn. I forgot to turn the air con off."
He <Sigh> "Oh well, I need to see one of the tenants anyway. I'll go back." That was most of the afternoon gone, but a useful meeting.
Then at 21: 55 a phone call from The Operatic "Jim, the fire alarm has gone off just as we were leaving the building. It wasn't us, really."
Yeah, right.
So off down the A38 again. Reset the fire alarm. Deffo finger trouble. Gits. but they did stick around to help me patrol the building, especially when I told them that it had been insecure while the alarm was sounding... security locks disabled.
A Zebedee moment now, I fancy.
(Might be a really boring and totally pointless snippet to you, but felt very close to a day's work for an 84 year-old...)