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  • in reply to: The Non-Aviation Photo Thread Part 3! #1888946
    davecurnock
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    Seen in a supermarket in Ibiza – bacon sandwich anybody?

    in reply to: General Discussion #300674
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    On the contrary, Bumble, the yearning does eventually disappear – especially if you keep away from those nasty people who do it in your presence (after all, they can’t do it in many public places, apart from the great outdoors.

    Besides which, think about the prospect of living long and prospering (paraphrase!) – literally ‘costs a packet!’ nowadays.;)

    Good luck in your attempt!

    davecurnock
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    On the contrary, Bumble, the yearning does eventually disappear – especially if you keep away from those nasty people who do it in your presence (after all, they can’t do it in many public places, apart from the great outdoors.

    Besides which, think about the prospect of living long and prospering (paraphrase!) – literally ‘costs a packet!’ nowadays.;)

    Good luck in your attempt!

    in reply to: How do you wash a jet engine? #559121
    davecurnock
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    Crushed walnut shells were used on RAF c-130 engines when I was a lad!

    I know of one instance where the hopper was filled with ‘sorbsil’ oil absorbent (chicken-sh£t to some) by a slack sod who couldn’t read the packet (not me!).
    Didn’t get the chance to read the findings of the Board of Enquiry.

    in reply to: Which aircraft would you choose and why #559123
    davecurnock
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    Bring back the Dak! 😀

    in reply to: Spirit using non-reclining seats #559125
    davecurnock
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    “As for other carriers – if a passengers pay for a seat that reclines, seems entirely reasonable to me that any customer who wants to should use it.”

    And they should be made to place them upright during meals services so that passengers may eat in reasonable :rolleyes: comfort!

    in reply to: General Discussion #303123
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    60 quid of that was mine, moggy!

    6 emps over the limit, facing open countryside at 08:00 on a clear, dry, Saturday morning – not trying to overtake either!

    Paid the man – went on the ‘driver awareness course’ in lieu of the 3-points.
    Never been done before, but guilty in the inflexible eyes of the device (never saw it, honest guv!).
    (Insert appropriate non-smilie here)

    in reply to: SpeedSpike #1892982
    davecurnock
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    60 quid of that was mine, moggy!

    6 emps over the limit, facing open countryside at 08:00 on a clear, dry, Saturday morning – not trying to overtake either!

    Paid the man – went on the ‘driver awareness course’ in lieu of the 3-points.
    Never been done before, but guilty in the inflexible eyes of the device (never saw it, honest guv!).
    (Insert appropriate non-smilie here)

    in reply to: Fairey fastener tool? #1110964
    davecurnock
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    That ‘modern’ dzus tool didn’t work very well in 1964 either, bas (or at any time, I suspect) unless it was operated by using it gripped between the jaws of pliers or similar.

    in reply to: Saturday at Old Warden & North Weald #458929
    davecurnock
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    Nice set there, Elliott!
    Especially like the aberration/facial displacement 😮 of the bystander in the second SU-29 shot.

    in reply to: General Discussion #308292
    davecurnock
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    The thing I was always told was that only those too lazy to find the correct size of spanner use an adjustable.

    Unless you were there at the time, you wouldn’t believe that when I was working on a C-130 acceptance team, we were issued with adjustable spanners by the RAF – the reason being IIRC was that the Americans could not provide a comprehensive spanner-size list for tool scaling purposes (and there were a lot of in-betweens :eek:).
    Needless to say, our brand new aircraft had a few ’rounded corners’.

    in reply to: Do we have any collectors of old tools? #1895888
    davecurnock
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    The thing I was always told was that only those too lazy to find the correct size of spanner use an adjustable.

    Unless you were there at the time, you wouldn’t believe that when I was working on a C-130 acceptance team, we were issued with adjustable spanners by the RAF – the reason being IIRC was that the Americans could not provide a comprehensive spanner-size list for tool scaling purposes (and there were a lot of in-betweens :eek:).
    Needless to say, our brand new aircraft had a few ’rounded corners’.

    in reply to: General Discussion #308293
    davecurnock
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    I always have my camcorder at the ready when I stop at a motorway services too.:o

    davecurnock
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    I always have my camcorder at the ready when I stop at a motorway services too.:o

    in reply to: BA Virgin or AA #569733
    davecurnock
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    WRT to in flight service, IMHO most of the U.S. airlines suffer from far too many 67 year old flight attendants…..:)

    Opportunity to ‘grab a granny’ though:D
    Seriously, travel AA if you don’t plan to check in hold baggage – they have been known to lose SOME in the past.

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