RE: Distance travelled while eating

Dave
True, but I do get a kick out of eating precisely and carefully packing all the wrappers into the little plastic box’s and even placing the cutlery tidily on my tray, trying to get everything once its finished with into a container. Annoys the hell out of who ever is sitting next to me but great fun all the same and no, I’m not like that at home

Andrew

Yup, good ‘ol RAF airlines. I’m not in the forces but get the option to travel in style once in a while. I havent been in any of the Vicky’s configured for tanking but have been in both types of Timmy, one for pax and one for pax / freight. gotta admit the freighter is better cos theres less seating, hence more elbow / leg room.

Cheers

Gary

RE: Distance travelled while eating

‘Fraid so mate.

Its either a Vicky10 or a Timmy Tristar that I use to fly back and forth from the UK. VC10’s are weird cos the seats face backward and when you rotate during take off, you end up almost falling out of the seat onto your face and its not natural when the guy in the front presses the loud levers and you dont get pressed into the back of your seat…the seat leaves you!!!!.

Gotta admit the roar when they open the taps on the Conways makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. I’ll send you some piccies in the next few days, if you like.

Cheers

Gary

RE: OFMC – Mark Hanna.

Merlin

This is from my own collection and was taken if I remember correctly at a Great Warbirds sometime in the dim and distant past. It was certainly displayed in a proffessional manner !

Any use ?

Cheers

Gary
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RE: Which Star Wars character(s), if cooked properly, would taste like chicken?

Arthur

Gotta agree about Jabba the Hutt (and his brother Pizza the Hutt) wouldn’t go too well when cooking as any salt would make him froth up and dissolve

Cheers

Gary

RE: Halloween!!

Too right I do !

Used to work in a Chemist in a local village, doing photo processing (boy could I tell you some stories about that game…teehee) and it was well known by those who worked there that it was supposedly haunted by and old bloke. Yeh yeh yeh.
One evening while working late on my own, the photo printing machine ran out of paper so I had to go upstairs into the store room to refill the cartridge. No worries. did it and was walking down the stairs when the hairs on the back of my neck didn’t just stand on end…they nearly fell out. I tell you now, and people may scoff, I WAS FOLLOWED DOWN THOSE STAIRS !.
To say my sphincter was puckered would be a very very big understatement.
Not only where there footsteps (out of sync with mine I should add) but there was a ‘presence’. Normaly I try to take one step at a time coming down stairs…I think I cleared the last nine in one leap!.
Funnily enough, I didn’t do any more processing that night (got a rollicking for not locking the shop properly though !) and when I mentioned it the next day, was told the old man had only passed on in the last two hundred years and that he had a double barreled surname.
After that incident, I felt his presence, and on two seperate occasions could clearly make out a figure standing with a slight stoop, on numerous occassions and almost allways in the same room. Interestingly though, I never felt any mallice from whatever it was there.
And heres another one. A few years ago, one the guys in my office passed away and it was muggins here who had to clear out his desk drawers. A week after his funeral, 5 of us where working late in the office when all of us heard my name called out. It was the recently departed’s voice, all of of us there vouched for that fact. We looked outside the windows…no one in site and when we looked into the corridor…yeah I know it sounds cheesy but…there was a definite chill by the office door (mid summer time !). Basically, it scared the whatsit out of one of the girls who promptly asked to be escoted to her car and never worked late agin.
The followin night, the remaining four of us where again working late when again something happened that we could not fathom out. One of the girls had left her handbag on this guys desk…in the middle of his desk…and we where all working away at the other end of the office, when her handbag fell to the floor. Now I like to think that there is a rational reason behind this but I cannot think why an unnattended handbag would suddenly decide to slide two feet to the edge of a desk and drop to the floor on its own.
Yes I do believe that there is somthing that could be called a ghost or spook or whatever.

And finally on a lighter note, most people believe in life after death, how do I know ? why else do they put you 6 feet under with a concrete slab on top.

cheers

Gary

RE: Weekend Activity

Jamie

Motor bike club bit of land ?

I take it from that, you are into off roading ?. the bike club here at RAF Akrotiri has its own off road track and we do a fair bit of rider training for those who havent riden before. We hold a Chappiethon (Moped) marathon race twice a year (one six hour and one twenty four) for charity and generaly have a good time.
I’ve just recently sold my Fireblade and when I get back from the UK this weekend am going to Nicosia to buy a Harley. I’ve also got a fouteen year old Honda XL 125 trialy that I use for bimbling around on the Bondhu.

cheers

Gary

RE: Keeping fit……………

Exercise…? whassat ?

Mixed emotions about this. known friends (now departed. RIP) who exercised regularly, did this sport , did that sport and what did do for them ? I’m still here and they arent.
Cant make my mind up about this. I mean, you exercise to keep fit but invariably do just that little bit more and then the next thing you end up doing is some form of body building. Now body building looks good (I wish I was fit and athletic) but to my mind its putting un-warrented wear and tear on the whole body so it’s gonna get worn out quicker!. Then you have the opposite end of the spectrum whereby some people choose not to do any kind of activity to enhance their physical stature. Do they last as long ? Dont fink so somehow!.
I think that you should take a moderate form of exercise daily, nothing strenuous or impact orientated and just enjoy life without worrying about whether the bit of totty on the other side of the road is eyeing you up (and yes I do still suck my breath in and its a b*gg*r when you live two clicks from a beach I can tell you !!!)

Hey, just be happy that you are walking, talking, breathing.
Cheers

Gary

RE: A Friendly Reminder….

Cheers Dave

Hopefully flying back to UK tommorrow (Tuesday afternoon)…if its stopped blowing and the ‘planes are working….for a few days to sort some stuff out. Not sure whether to bring my flying jacket or not…mind you, look a bit of a ##### standing at Akrotiri in shorts with an Irvin slung over me shoulder !!!.
Trust Blighty is still green…havent seen a green field for a long time… and I’m bound to be the first one at work with a cold when I come back.

Ho hum

Cheers

Gary