Some of those American words I’d never heard of – what is cruller?

And, how can you say caramel with only two syllabes? Isn’t that camel??

After all Steve Paterson said about the USA not having roundabouts, it seems they do, but they call them rotaries. I’ve heard of rotary engines, rotary lawnmowers, rotary clothes lines, but never rotary roads. Or traffic circles either.

As for that easy class one, well here in NZ a gut is your belly, a blow-off is a fart, and crip course I cannot fathom. Does that mean somone as thick as a crip can pass it?

Where does Kitty Corner and Catty Corner come from for diagonal? I’ve never heard that one either. Some of these are fairly obscure references.

Y’all is one of the most vile words invented in my opinion, it makes my skin crawl.

Hi Dave,

Lets see if I can explain some of the words for you.

First; Cruller=Pastery in Midwestern talk
Second; Carmel up here in the North East thats how we’s speak it
Third; Crip Course= North Eastern Colleges terms for an easy class
Forth; Kitty Corner is an old English term used by our Founding Fathers
Fifth; Roundabouts here in Southern Maine we have three of them one is quite fun it has seven roads that come to it. You find alot of Roundabouts in the Greater North East, don’t know why but it seems that we have alot of them.

Now my score was simple

60% American
40% Yankee (Thats Mainer to you folks)

Cheers
RER

Hi All,

I can speak on Kermits aircraft, since I was on one of the last flight that David had in it before Kermit bought it alonmg with the B-26.

The plane had been up in New England with two down engines #1 and #4 plus it was out of annual. When Kermit bought it he stated that he was going to fly it for a few months and then pickle it till he had time to completly rebuild her.

To say its in rought shape is an understatement I remember doing a walk around before we fired it up for it flight down to Florida and I swear any place it could leak it did. We had a problems getting #4 to turn over had to change the mags out twice.

Thou the plane is IN MY OPPION the most original 24 out their its going to take alot of time and money to bring her back to airworthy status. Beside I think Kermit is more interested in getting the new buildings done at FOF.

RER

Some more information on High Jump,

On Jan. 29,1947 the USS Philippine Sea CV-47 launched the first of six R4D towards Little America, the first aircraft carried RADM Richard Byrd the pilot was CDR William Hawkes. Operation High Jump really started in and around Dec. 24 1946 with six PBM based on the USS Tangier AV-8.

Their job was to photograph the Antartic. Between the PBMs and the R4D they logged 650 hours covering 1,500,00 square miles of the interior and 5,500 miles of the coastline or the equivalent of half the area of the United States and its entire coastline combined.

The Duck was used to bring the mail and other supplys to and from the fleet to Little America while the HNS-1 most likely where assign to the Philippine Sea as one of their plane guards. The USGC also has a base at Little America and that would explain the presents of USCG aircraft.

Hope this help out some.

RER

Ok Flood,

I can buy that but why was I banned when acourding to your new rules I should have been put in GD Jail then given another warning then banned was it because I know some stuff that has been said about me and others on the Mod. board and let the Webby know that he/she should watch who they slander on a close Mod forum board.

If I recall before I was booted you made some sort of slanderoius remakes about Steve Patterson and I step up and called you on it. I never attack you I just said you where wrong, as I’ve and others have said you should re-think your position as GD mod because at times it appears to be a conflict of interest when your involved.

Now if you want to call this a personal attack then fine go right ahead and bane me.

Now back to the question at hand is it to much to ask if something is close or deleted that a quick pm saying hey I closed/locked it becasue of this reason.

RER

Hi Mark V,

Thanks could you give me a little hint will it be on the east Coast or the West Coast of the States. 😀

Cheers
RER

Hi All,

Like to add some Yank stuff,

This is from NAAS Sanford Maine, first one is the Last intact unchange US Navy WWII Tower on the East Coast of the States. I along with a few others help the owner get it put on the National Historical Registery. They are in the process of restoring it back to the WWII standers and if things go right we might have a new musuem opening up in a few years.

The second one is what is left of the Aux.Tower it is sitting in a compound next to the WWII Hangers.

Cheers
RER