Yes, because mutilating the Mother would instantly and magically undo the crimes of her children.

Been reading Harry Potter, old shape? :diablo:

Mutilation? No, done proper in the Hozzie. It would be a mercy operation on society. Won’t undo what’s been done but will prevent her making more mess.

Never read a word of, or seen a minute of the Harry Potter stuff. Thieving cow stole most of the idea from Pratchett anyway.

Swear today?

The two Brothers (Aged 10/11ish) in Court for GBH with intent (Should have been attempted murder) on two other boys aged similar. They literally tortured them to near death. WTF can be done with “Children” like that? The mother must be as much use as a blokes nipple so she should have her womb out to prevent more being produced.

Ive always been fond of the Rogers Dynasonic. Its such a unique sounding snare. What Floyd Snead did with it while playing with Three Dog Night was great.

Some day Ill own one. The few times Ive had the opportunity to pick up a 60s vintage one the timing was never right for one reason or another–usually financial.

Les Paul thread?

They didn’t claim to be bigger than the Beatles, they always claimed the Beatles were the best band EVER and they blatently admitted copying their style because of that.

As I said above, download “The Dreams we have as children” by Noel. It was free in the Sunday papers so downloading won’t upset the music industry.
It is a fantastic acoustic album, showing the talent of Noel G.

Also via Wikipedia….
The A300 was the first twin-engined widebody airliner in the world. It inspired Boeing twins such as Boeing 767 and 777 and paved the way for ETOPS flights.

And on Wiki itself (Airbus A300 site)
In 1977, the A300B4 became the first “ETOPS compliant” aircraft – its high performance and safety standards qualified it for Extended Twin Engine Operations over water, providing operators with more versatility in routing. Garuda Indonesia became the first airline to fly A300-B4. By 1981, Airbus was growing rapidly, with over 300 aircraft sold and options for 200 more planes for over forty airlines. Alarmed by the success of the A300, Boeing responded with the new Boeing 767.

Unfortunately, Airbus isn’t real forthcoming with ETOPS information/statistics. I’ve searched their website without luck, and even emailed them, without success. One gets the impression that they don’t really support ETOPS, as it has pretty much killed the A340 (even if it has helped the A330), and there are proabably some who would argue it is hurting A380 sales.

The ridiculously conservative requirements by some countries haven’t been found to be necessary based upon actual operations…..where are the crashes? And even though some countries may have waited the 12 months, that didn’t stop them from purchasing large numbers of 777’s, such as Japan…..which coincidentally hasn’t ordered any A380’s.

It was Airbus that fought tooth and nail to get ETOPS for the A300 and A310 and won. But they still had 3 crew. IIRC the B767 was the first Twin Lumped/Twin crew A/c to gain ETOPS.

All very old Gold…but still good.

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, ‘What’s on TV?’ I said, ‘Dust.’
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My wife and I are watching “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” while we were
in bed. I turned to her and said, “Do you want to have sex?”
“No,” she answered.
I then said, “Is that your final answer?”
She didn’t even look at me this time, simply saying, “Yes.”
So I said, “Then I’d like to phone a friend.”
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Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed
the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to
the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The
wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the
radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into
bed. I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation,
and whispered, “The weather out there is terrible.”
My loving wife of 10 years replied, “Can you believe my stupid husband
is out fishing in that?”
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I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road
and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes
you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah,
well I couldn’t believe it…. He was a DWARF!!!
He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, “I AM NOT HAPPY!!!”
So, I looked down at him and said, “Well, then which one are you?”
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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, ‘I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.’
I bought her a scale.
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After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social
Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver’s license
to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.
The woman said, ‘Unbutton your shirt’. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, ‘That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me’ and she processed my Social Security application
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.
She said, ‘You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten
disability, too.’
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My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I
kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.
My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’
‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to
drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she
hasn’t been sober since.’
‘My God!’ says my wife, ‘who would think a person could go on
celebrating that long?’
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I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my
order first.
“I’ll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.”
He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?””
Nah, she can order for herself.”
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A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, ‘I feel
horrible; I look old, fat and ugly.
I really need you to pay me a compliment.’
The husband replies, ‘Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.’

Brilliant scene but they could never get away with that today !!!

curlyboy

Dunno….Shameless and Royle Family did worse.