Well-intentioned though this latest turn of events is, I don’t see it working quite as well as you might hope.

As others have hinted, people tend to like to eyeball those who they are going to be flying with (it works both ways, passenger-pilot). We all know that there are no socially unacceptable people on these forums… don’t we? But, not everybody here might be ideal pilot/passenger material.

Quite right Moggy. In fact, the Deltic Engines (as opposed to the locomotives) were originally designed for use on Motor Torpedo boats, so Kevin, my tame schoolboy tells me.

A Deltic, unless I am much mistaken.

I’ve had difficulty synchronising realities

I’m not surprised, have you consulted Microsoft’s Knowledge Base.

likewise there is usually a big gulf to cross to achieve mutual comprehension

With language skills like that, I am not entirely surprised. Do you write User Guides for a living?

Sadly, I fear that your recourse to Law is going to be limited. A Lawyer friend of mine tells me that in this instance “All Day Breakfast” is a description of the style of meal that you will receive. The fact that that we can happily visualise it on a forum such as this is proof of the (Black) Pudding, bacon, beans, fried egg etc, that we all know it will contain, just based on the description alone.

So long as its limited availability is posted with similar prominence, there is no offence.

The nice young man who came flying with me yesterday was kind enough to pick up both the breakfast and the landing fee. With my svelte figure and rather heavy aircraft, the landing fee was considerably in excess of the cheese and pickle baguette. I would love to claim that he was a spotter, but in fact, he flies a gorgeous yellow Cub (and occasionally a similarly gorgeous Chippy). Sharing rides amongst Pilots is very much the “done” thing. Our lunch companions at Kemble were also sharers.

It is a shame that we seem to find it so difficult to reach over the divide and involve the “enthusiasts” in our circle of friends.