futurshoxOriginally posted by At6Pilot2B
Jumpin Jaques was also around, but it was put away into the hangar just before the dup arrived.
Yeah, what was she up to? She landed, backtracked, took off again, did a circuit, landed and sloped off round the back to the safety of her hangar… Would have been nice to see her taxy along the front really, especially as I’ve not really seen her properly before… Ah well.
So, At6pilot2b, were you the one in the beige/green-ish coloured P-51 Mustang jacket?
futurshoxSE5AFAN, that little lot sounds like some of the aircraft that were in and out of North Weald yesterday, during their Halloween fly-in.
Edited to say yes, it was Janie and the Doll.
futurshoxOK, you asked for it so here goes. My personal view of swearing:
F*ck: Can be used in oh so many ways, from ‘Who gives a f*ck’ (who cares?) to ‘Fancy a f*ck?’ (Would you like to have sex with me?) to ‘He broke my f*cking leg!’ (He broke my leg!). It is said that the English word ‘set’ has the most uses in the language – I submit that ‘f*ck’ has more. Used to be used chiefly by sailors, now is used by virtually everyone. Context of use denotes level of severity.
C*nt: A metaphor for a certain part of the female anatomy. Generally used as an insult i.e. ‘You stupid c*nt’. A very hard word, not to be used lightly.
Damn: A lighter swear word. One might even hear a vicar utter ‘Damn and blast!’ Useful when one stubs ones’ toe.
Sh*t: Similar to the F-word in that it has many uses, but is of lighter tone. You may hear that someone is full of sh*t (talking a load of nonsense), or someone might exclaim ‘Sh*t!!!’ (vis. when spilling a pint of beer).
Cr*p: Like ‘sh*t’, this word is of scatological origin but has a subtly different usage. Whereas ‘sh*t’ is generally used to describe displeasure, ‘cr*p’ is used more to describe an item or thing, i.e. ‘that is a piece of cr*p’ (that is no good), although this is not exclusive as it borne witness by the phrase ‘P.O.S’, which is ‘piece of sh*t’, a commonly used Hollywood word, often referring to a motor car (Ref: Men in Black). Usage also describes skill levels, i.e. ‘She is cr*p at running’ (she is not an athlete). One is less likely to say ‘she is sh*t at running’.
Smeg: Found more in the UK than the US, this one originates from the TV series ‘Red Dwarf’ and was portrayed as an all-purpose swear word which was allowed by the censor while giving the impression of swearing. Speculations of the origin of this word include a derivation from the word ‘smegma’ which I will leave the anatomically curious to look up in the dictionary.
Boll*cks: Referring to the spherical parts of the male anatomy, this occurs in such phrases as ‘What a pile of boll*cks’ (I do not believe this to be true), or plain ‘Boll*cks!’, which is generally negative, covering various emotions from disbelief to dismay.
Arse (UK) / Ass (US) : An ass in the UK is related to a donkey, which may go some way to explain the American spelling. An arse is one’s posterior region and can also refer to a stupid person, or ‘Arse!’ might be short exclamation of annoyance. Again, myriad uses exist for this wonderful word.
W*nker: This one also exists only in the UK. The action of wanking is to masturbate, hence one who masturbates is a w*nker. It is, naturally, derogatory to be called by this term. In the US, ‘W*nker’ is a brand of beer and a British person may have endless fun with other Brits by winding up Americans about W*nkers in general.
Swearing in general: I try not to, but do find myself using ‘sh*t’ and ‘smeg’ a fair amount. The F-word comes out on occasion but I try and restrict it to when it’s really necessary, not to use it gratuitously as so many people seem to do these days.
I don’t have kids but I wouldn’t enjoy hearing them swear if I did. Not that many parents seem to give a smeg (see?) about this, judging by the number of pre-teens I hear using foul language in the centre of town.
As for films, it seems that a certain number of swear words are deemed necessary to lend the film enough grittiness, according to Hollywood, anyway. I’m sure they wouldn’t hurt to lose a few, but it really annoys me when a film is dubbed on TV with people saying ‘flaming heck!’ when you *know* they’re saying something worse…
futurshoxOK, you asked for it so here goes. My personal view of swearing:
F*ck: Can be used in oh so many ways, from ‘Who gives a f*ck’ (who cares?) to ‘Fancy a f*ck?’ (Would you like to have sex with me?) to ‘He broke my f*cking leg!’ (He broke my leg!). It is said that the English word ‘set’ has the most uses in the language – I submit that ‘f*ck’ has more. Used to be used chiefly by sailors, now is used by virtually everyone. Context of use denotes level of severity.
C*nt: A metaphor for a certain part of the female anatomy. Generally used as an insult i.e. ‘You stupid c*nt’. A very hard word, not to be used lightly.
Damn: A lighter swear word. One might even hear a vicar utter ‘Damn and blast!’ Useful when one stubs ones’ toe.
Sh*t: Similar to the F-word in that it has many uses, but is of lighter tone. You may hear that someone is full of sh*t (talking a load of nonsense), or someone might exclaim ‘Sh*t!!!’ (vis. when spilling a pint of beer).
Cr*p: Like ‘sh*t’, this word is of scatological origin but has a subtly different usage. Whereas ‘sh*t’ is generally used to describe displeasure, ‘cr*p’ is used more to describe an item or thing, i.e. ‘that is a piece of cr*p’ (that is no good), although this is not exclusive as it borne witness by the phrase ‘P.O.S’, which is ‘piece of sh*t’, a commonly used Hollywood word, often referring to a motor car (Ref: Men in Black). Usage also describes skill levels, i.e. ‘She is cr*p at running’ (she is not an athlete). One is less likely to say ‘she is sh*t at running’.
Smeg: Found more in the UK than the US, this one originates from the TV series ‘Red Dwarf’ and was portrayed as an all-purpose swear word which was allowed by the censor while giving the impression of swearing. Speculations of the origin of this word include a derivation from the word ‘smegma’ which I will leave the anatomically curious to look up in the dictionary.
Boll*cks: Referring to the spherical parts of the male anatomy, this occurs in such phrases as ‘What a pile of boll*cks’ (I do not believe this to be true), or plain ‘Boll*cks!’, which is generally negative, covering various emotions from disbelief to dismay.
Arse (UK) / Ass (US) : An ass in the UK is related to a donkey, which may go some way to explain the American spelling. An arse is one’s posterior region and can also refer to a stupid person, or ‘Arse!’ might be short exclamation of annoyance. Again, myriad uses exist for this wonderful word.
W*nker: This one also exists only in the UK. The action of wanking is to masturbate, hence one who masturbates is a w*nker. It is, naturally, derogatory to be called by this term. In the US, ‘W*nker’ is a brand of beer and a British person may have endless fun with other Brits by winding up Americans about W*nkers in general.
Swearing in general: I try not to, but do find myself using ‘sh*t’ and ‘smeg’ a fair amount. The F-word comes out on occasion but I try and restrict it to when it’s really necessary, not to use it gratuitously as so many people seem to do these days.
I don’t have kids but I wouldn’t enjoy hearing them swear if I did. Not that many parents seem to give a smeg (see?) about this, judging by the number of pre-teens I hear using foul language in the centre of town.
As for films, it seems that a certain number of swear words are deemed necessary to lend the film enough grittiness, according to Hollywood, anyway. I’m sure they wouldn’t hurt to lose a few, but it really annoys me when a film is dubbed on TV with people saying ‘flaming heck!’ when you *know* they’re saying something worse…
futurshoxAnother vote for SuSE Linux here. Been using it for a few years now and it’s pretty good. I’m the kind of person that just wants to get on and do things on the computer rather than be constantly fiddling with the OS, and SuSE works great for me in that respect.
futurshoxAnother vote for SuSE Linux here. Been using it for a few years now and it’s pretty good. I’m the kind of person that just wants to get on and do things on the computer rather than be constantly fiddling with the OS, and SuSE works great for me in that respect.
futurshoxOK, not free, but Duxford museum shop sells CDs with all kinds of aircraft sounds on. There’s at least two – I have one with prop-driven warbirds on, I think the other one has jets maybe. They’re called ‘Aero Sounds’ volumes 1 and 2. Hope that helps!
futurshoxHave a look at the forum of concordesst.com: clicky here – they have all kinds of information!
futurshoxRe: Duxford – Our second home
Originally posted by black6
The fast, banking passes over the Superhanger, were indeed a sight to behold and worth the 400 mile round trip and entrance fee alone. On Sunday, the pilots seemed so consious of the ‘voices of discontent’ that the show could be described as ‘Tame’.
Apart from the B-25, then, whose display was quite superb. First time I’ve seen one being flown so energetically.
futurshoxI heard that Hugh Grant was up to play Arthur.
PLEASE, GOD, NOOOOOOOOO!
futurshoxI heard that Hugh Grant was up to play Arthur.
PLEASE, GOD, NOOOOOOOOO!
futurshoxOriginally posted by Ashley
Fried Mars bar? YUCK! :p
That’s just dessert. Ask for a pizza in a Scottish chippy and they’ll ask you if you want it battered or just plain deep fried.
futurshoxRe: OFF TOPIC – SORRY
Originally posted by Moggy C
If you mix in that sort of circle, you wouldn’t know anyone who would like to buy a Daimler Ferret 2/3 off me would you?
Now, I wonder what size trouser leg you need for one of those to run up? 😉
futurshoxCongratulations! 😀
futurshoxOriginally posted by SteveYoung
Joint Aviation Administration.In the old days, we had the CAA (UK Civil Aviation Authority) and the FAA (US Federal Aviation Administration). Well, we’ve still got them, but there’s also now this joint authority which acts as an overall body. An aircraft and pilot licenced in one JAA member state can operate in another member state. It’s much the same type of agreement that the CAA and FAA had ten years ago, but more widespread.
Hope that helps.
Okay, so as I understood it, if you got an FAA license in the US, you had to ‘uprate’ it to a CAA license before you could fly in the UK. I thought that was why there’s all those flight schools in Florida that churn out CAA licenses to UK pilots – i.e. they get the cheap flight training *and* a licence they can use.
Is that all changed now with the JAA?
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