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What was he thinking?

Last post by OFSO « Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:15 am
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by OneHungLow » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:19 pm

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Any other examples, aviation wise or not where one might ask what was he/she thinking?

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Aka the scream liner, for those of us living under LHR departures.

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Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:15 am
Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!

Last post by limeygal « Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:43 am
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by John Hill » Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:11 am

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Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:43 am
Strong winds blew my balls off

Last post by Hydromet « Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:12 am
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by OFSO » Tue Aug 29, 2023 12:27 pm

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One of the large concrete balls topping our five gateposts was blown off last week during gale-force winds and ended up twelve foot below in the...

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In the Australian outback, it gets so cold it would blow the walls off a bark humpy.

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Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:12 am
You know you are getting old when...

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:50 pm
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by OneHungLow » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:08 pm

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Your good friend accuses you of going senile when he mentions some bloke in your class in 1977, and you say you can't remember the dude, and...

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....when all four chairs in the optician's waiting area are occupied and a young lass in one of them offers you her seat. ^:)^

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:50 pm
Tourists Behaving Badly

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:59 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:29 pm

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Tourists arrested for spraying soccer graffiti on 460-year-old Italian landmark

Not again! Yet another Italian historic landmark has been...

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Yellowstone visitor charged after going off trail in thermal area and burning himself
The famed national park routinely warns its millions of...

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Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:59 am
It never rains in Southern California...

Last post by OneHungLow « Mon Aug 21, 2023 5:35 pm
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by OneHungLow » Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:06 am

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It pours, man, it pours! To quote the title of the Albert Hammond song .

Tropical Storm Hilary and now a magnitude 5 earthquake.

Hilary.JPG...

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I expect PHX is getting his tootsies wet across there in Arizona too! =))

Walking the one mile home from dropping D#2's car off at the garage to...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Mon Aug 21, 2023 5:35 pm
Give me C, give me a D. Limeys, scurvy, all that jazz!

Last post by 1DC « Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:46 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:27 am

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Vitamins, I mean, and not the notes!

I was fascinated to read this historical vignette about Vitamin C and its role in a little known Antarctic...

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Even in my early days at sea,the late fifties, I remember occasionally on a long voyage running out of fresh vegetables and a bottle of Board of...

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Last post by 1DC
Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:46 pm
Something found...

Last post by Karearea « Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:01 am
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by OFSO » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:29 am

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I found this card among my fathers papers. It's embroidery, RFA must be Royal Field Artillery, and on the back is written...

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^ limeygal - interesting :)
and thank you for that link.

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Last post by Karearea
Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:01 am
Pacific Airshow

Last post by EA01 « Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:27 pm
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by EA01 » Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:02 am

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Will go check it out from Mrs Fliegs Office tower on Saturday

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The Winter months are a great time of year here in SEQ....

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Last post by EA01
Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:27 pm
Stupidity goes deep!!!

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:05 am
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by John Hill » Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:19 am
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“We were too dumb,” Flynn said. “We didn’t understand who we had there at that moment. When 9/11 occurred, all the emotions took over, and our...

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A man who was one of three hikers who died together walking the Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe last weekend has been named by his family as Graham Cox.

A...
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Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:05 am
Musk vs. Zuck

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:40 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:16 pm

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Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg fight will be streamed on X, according to Musk

The possible showdown between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will be...

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From the Guardian...

Never challenge anyone to a fight. Not even if you think you would win. Especially not if you think you would win. To break...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:40 am
The price of electricity

Last post by Karearea « Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:23 pm
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by talmacapt » Sat May 20, 2023 4:54 pm

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I know this has been discussed before and, if there is a dedicated thread running, perhaps it can be moved there.

After earlier discussion, I moved...

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Power bill due tomorrow which for 786 kWh over 29 days plus fixed charges, daily charges, GST, and payment processing fee, is NZ$266.19.

The...

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Last post by Karearea
Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:23 pm
Aviation specific humour.

Last post by Karearea « Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:06 am
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by OneHungLow » Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:54 pm

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Anecdotes, ditties (but not titties), songs, poems and the like should be posted here.

For those that flew the Harvard (Texan T-6)...

Yes, it...

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Airlines - Shelley Berman

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Last post by Karearea
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:06 am
General Members Only Stuff

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:36 pm
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by Pontius Navigator » Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:56 am

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This now resides in the 'Members only' section, 'General members only stuff

Is there a General members only stuff?

There is a Visible to Members...

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Yes, that's done it. Now visible in 'Members Only'.

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:36 pm
The Return of Woody...

Last post by Woody « Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:41 pm
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by OFSO » Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:14 pm

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Hundreds of British Airways passengers are stranded in Johannesburg after a series of problems affected links to and from London Heathrow.

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Have the 380s resumed carving a trench in the sky between Joburg and LHR yet?

Yes they are, but taking about an hour longer due to the Niger...

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Last post by Woody
Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:41 pm
Messing about in boats...

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by John Hill » Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:59 am

Yes, you have to watch on YouTube!!

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Last post by John Hill
Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:59 am
My sock drawer - a portal to a parallel universe?

Last post by Hydromet « Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:32 am
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by OFSO » Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:43 am
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An inexplicable incident. Firstly, from the matching pairs of socks Mrs OFSO bought me last year, only two pairs remain. The others are now all...

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It would have made StarTrek more interesting. Instead of the transporter room, crew wished to be beamed could have gone to Scotty's cabin, opened his...
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Last post by Hydromet
Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:32 am
Solar panels

Last post by 1DC « Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:58 pm
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by barkingmad » Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:22 pm

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Of concern to our offspring and their offspring when the Net Zero kit comes to the end of it's life;

A gloomy prospect but just think of all...

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We are single story and a hose is suitable.

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Last post by 1DC
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:58 pm
Wokeness or wokery

Last post by Boac « Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:40 pm
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by FD2 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:09 am
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A new thread to give us all a laugh in these troubled times. Please contribute examples of 'Wokery' that have caught your eye! Here's one to kick...

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Golly! Did you use a JCB to exhume that post by TGG? All I can say is that he, and his successors (in title) appear to be 'free' and certainly not...
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Last post by Boac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:40 pm
NZ children supposedy abandoned in Australia by their parents.

Last post by admin2 « Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:55 am
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by EA01 » Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:46 am
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“His story was his parents moved over here from New Zealand, left him and his siblings here and moved back to New Zealand,” he says.

Thanks so much...

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But I suppose it's not PC or 'Woke' to raise facts like this.

It most certainly is acceptable here to raise it but with no obvious evidence this...
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Last post by admin2
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:55 am
IFR in to Queenstown

Last post by EA01 « Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:17 am
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by John Hill » Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:46 pm
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May be worth a few minutes pondering....?

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Yes, used to drive around with a Silverfern sticker on the back of their car...
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Last post by EA01
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:17 am
Let's see your tattoos

Last post by EA01 « Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:15 am
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by G~Man » Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:45 pm
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Just got a new on the other day.....on my left arm at Outer Limit Tattoo shop in Long Beach California, the oldest in the United States.

I designed...

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Nil tattoos.....

Thought about one in the early 90's....then said to myself....give it 5 years and see if you still want it....and 5 years later so...
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Last post by EA01
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:15 am
Another old aircraft pic!

Last post by tango15 « Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:43 pm
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by John Hill » Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:19 am

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Another old aeroplane pic!

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Not a good photo, a copy from a 45 year old 124 format slide, but I have a personal connection with the aircraft which had a bad ending shortly after...

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Last post by tango15
Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:43 pm
Best Beaches you've enjoyed

Last post by limeygal « Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:39 am
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by EA01 » Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:21 am

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.....following on from best & worst Hotels...

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Not a beach lover but there is one in NW Florida that took my breath away. Went on a drive with a friend who is a local historian and was researching...

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Last post by limeygal
Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:39 am
Best and Worst Hotel Experiences

Last post by John Hill « Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:59 pm
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by Ex-Ascot » Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:29 am
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Most of us have spent vast numbers of nights in hotels but I can't find a thread on this subject. This is prompted by Britannia Hotels having just...

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It is a long way from NZWN to Briz Norton on a 727 but we managed it (in 1982), we even had a few stopovers on the way. Our ever efficient travel...
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Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:59 pm

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