avoid vodafone like the plague , once used them and thier billing was unusual to say the least !!

i’m now on o2 and no grumbles !!

I am on Vodafone and so are my family and we have had no problems whatsoever with the service. Coverage and reliabilty have been excellent.

I have us O2 as well on contract and had been since they were Cellnet and I have had no grumbles with their service.

I have a couple of friends on Orange and they have had coverage issues.

Mrs TGR has used T-mobile and had a lot of problems with their customer service though

Martin

Just after I went to see Titanic, I saw a programme on the telly about the making of the film and it was amazing to see the amount of research that went into the filmmaking to get the background story (the real story) and all the little details across in the final film. Especially as Cameron actually went to Titanic herself and let the ship tell her story, to a degree. Then used the footage in the film rather than using models of the wreck.

Martin

Excellent pics! They remind a little of the painting, that was discussed here a while ago, of an old airfield building with a broken window and a scene from WWII shown in the hole and the same field ‘today’

Martin

The only film I’ve ever cried at was James Camerons Titanic. It wasnt any of the far-fetched mushy stuff with Leo diCrapio and Kate Twinset but the scene that did it for me was where Isador Strauss and his wife went back to their cabin and laid on their bed in each others arms with the water flowing around their bed. As the wife starts to cry it (strangely) reminded me of my mums face, as the train left the station, when I left home to join the RAF.

I have seen a few films though that have had a profound effect on me. Some ones that spring to mind are.

Platoon – so well made and realistic (this was confirmed to me by a Vietnam Vet I spoke to about ten years later) especially as ‘Chris’ would not have been much older than me at the time I saw the film.

Shawshank Redemption – I was going through a low point in my life at the time and it gave me a virtual kick up the rear to turn my life around wth the line ‘Get busy livin or get busy dyin’

Titanic – After seeing a story so well told (about the ship, passengers and crew not the soppy love story) I felt somehow moved emotionally as though I was there to a degree.

Band of Brothers – OK not a film but I still got the same feelings I got from seeing the others mentioned

Martin

IIRC Jools Holland had a replica of the Jet One car built out of a couple of old Rovers (80+75) and using Jaguar running gear. It was featured on a series of ‘Chop Shop’ on Discovery.

Jools Hollands Jet One

Martin

I have two incidents that spring to mind.

The first was back in the summer of 1985 as a 15 year old Air Cadet on Summer Camp At RAF Coningsby and I spent most of the week working on the BBMF and forgot to take my camera, especially as I managed to get a trip with the then boss in their dH Devon VP981 and helped out in the Lanc cockpit on an engine test. The only pic I came away with was the squadron camp photo with everyone in best blue and me in green coverals after PZ865 decided to spew luminous green glycol down her paintwork on her engine run. 🙁
Sadly that pic has since disappeared, so the only memento I have left of that week is a Merlin exhaust valve, given to my by then SNCO i/c Engineering – WO Barry Sears.

The second was on a visit to RAF Kinloss a few years last and managed to get on a flight on one of the FRA Falcon 20s doing a simulated interception with HMS Ark Royal (I think) somewhere over the North Sea, flying out in formation with 6 Buccaneers from 208 Sqn at Lossiemouth, Again sans-camera! One day I will learn :rolleyes:

I try to at least have my binoculars in the car so it least I can see the aircraft even if I can’t take a pic

Martin

I think I’ll pass on the deep fried spiders and bulls private bits but guinea pigs and rats? Why not? Most of us don’t bat an eyelid at the thought of eating rabbit so I don’t see the difference really! Perhaps they could be presented in a more appetising way though![/I]

I would also pass on the insects too aslo any thing that still has a face such as that sheeps head. but if the Guinea pig and Rat were presented as a ‘steak’ I would give it a go even the ducks tongue looked appetising till i found out what it was. As for the Haggis mmmmmmmm bring it on lol

Martin

Was it the Saracens Head mentioned in Guy Gibsons “Enemy Coast Ahead” ?

IIRC it is also mentioned a few times in Jack Curries ‘Lancaster Target’. Shame its no longer around.

I remember the Wig and Mitre well. A nice watering stop too on the climb up the aptly named Steep Hill going up to the Cathedral

There is also the Witch and the Wardrobe down by the riverside

Martin