Jim.
Yes will be there.
Weather forecast looking bearable too.

Please send pictures of your stripper.

Andy

I suggest you wind your neck in…

No, I suggest (like the others have also suggested above) that you you wind yours in.
Mike has a CV in vintage aviation that you’d give your eye teeth for.
You might learn something if you listened to him.

As to JJ, there seems to be very mixed feelings locally to EK about her flying.
Many I suspect rather wish she’d stay on the ground–doing what she does brilliantly. That being keeping the memory of the men alive to a wide audience.
That way, she stays intact for generations to come–and view her.

Andy

Can any of the Old Warden regulars tell me if the engineers prefer mince pies, Christmas cake or chocolate biscuits ? Let’s say thankyou properly!

Any of the above I would say.
Just don’t take Couscous or anything wrapped in any sort of leaves.

A.

I’m off to drive to Lincolnshire now.
Which to some might feel like the end of the World (or worse).

I won’t be to my destination until after lunch so I expect I’ll die crossing the bl**dy fens–somewhere north of bl**dy Peterborough.

Regrets..?
One or two I admit.
Mostly though, it’s been a gas.

See you all after Christmas.
I’ll be at Old Warden on Sunday 30th for the open workshop event–I’ll be with the Edwardian motorbikes and cars.
See you there.

Andy.

Well my children.
Less than 24 hours left.
I’m planning on spending my last day before vapourisation quietly.
In a minute I’m popping over to the collection to deliver a Christmas gift or two and a couple of cards–although I realise now that I could have saved my money–but of course, post apocalypse, money won’t have very much meaning.
Then a bit of motorcycle fettling and home for me tea.

Anyone here doing anything special for their last day–parties, orgies, sniffing Cocaine, swinging..?
Or are you all like me, middle aged and boring, and intending to watch the televised highlights later??

If you are bored though, today might just be the day to practice your powers of persuasion by popping round to no. 32 and telling that blond divorcee with the big knockers about the fantasies you’ve had about her all these years.
You may not get another chance…..

I’d like to say it’s been a pleasure knowing you all, but it hasn’t.
See you all on the ‘other side’.

Andy

I agree with that–a referendum is really needed.

But where we differ, Andy, is that I don’t believe that much will change quickly, for the reasons I already posted. Our trade imbalance in the EU’s favour puts us in a strong position, not a weak one.

Yes but.
Are UKIP relying solely on this..?
Serious question to you Charlie.
Are you speaking as Charlie Hunt or is this actually UKIP policy??
I need to read more on the subject.
Andy

John.
No I meant what would UKIP do the day after we left the EU..?
I suspect the fall out would be enormous and the country would need good, clear thinking government to steer us through those difficult early days.
Like Charlie, I think eventually Britain would find new markets, and possibly more lucrative ones, but that wouldn’t happen immediately and some loss of turn-over would occur.
That’s what I mean about hardships.
British business would need to be freed up by a considerable amount if they were going to pursue new business in new markets–and win it.

Are UKIP for instance, that clear in their statements on how they would achieve this??–for instance, and this is where I call in my earlier statement about Panacea politics. It’s easy to say we’ll find new markets–and of course that can indeed be done. But it actually needs to be done by someone–not just talked about. Business would need assistance to do this.
Likewise, my guess is that initially at least, until that happy state had been achieved, unemployment would rise and standards of living drop. Again have UKIP done any forward planning for this?–got any advanced thinking on it?? And that again begs again my earlier question. Have the rank and file really got the stomach for this..?

You convince me of some of the above–and you’ve got yourselves a convert.
Andy