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  • September 20, 2010 at 3:18 pm in reply to: Lovely model.. but what would you pay? #1908168
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    Who?………..:(

    September 20, 2010 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Flights in a Spitfire #1140440
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    “”In order for passengers to be carried for valuable consideration, the operator would require an Air Operators Certificate.”

    Being very ignorant of these rules and regulations does this phrase imply receiving payment? If so presumably a private owner is at liberty to take a “friend” for a ride. If money changes hands privately between the two parties is that an infringement of the letter, if not the spirit of the regulation?

    September 20, 2010 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Flights in a Spitfire #1140473
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    Given that it’s about £400 for a Stearman or Harvard flight then gawd knows what a Spit would be, if it were even possible. Thousands..??

    There is this..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1vZjPi7ZSk

    September 20, 2010 at 2:20 pm in reply to: General Discussion #330135
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    Curses – my cover has been blown.:diablo:

    September 20, 2010 at 2:20 pm in reply to: How does the Popemobile travel……. #1908189
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    Curses – my cover has been blown.:diablo:

    September 20, 2010 at 2:17 pm in reply to: "First Light" thread #1140554
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    She is quite right, although D H Lawrence used it extensively in Lady Chatterley in 1928. Writers like Miller, Salinger and Mailer used it soon after the war and then comedians like Lenny Bruce and much later Peter Cook and Dudley Moore gave it a wider currency in the 60s and 70s. But of course it is a good old English word.

    September 20, 2010 at 2:08 pm in reply to: BBC. One you either missed or saw. The McGregor BoB programme thread #1140558
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    I too loathe the celebrity culture which pervades our lives but to be objective about it I don’t believe that in the case of Ewan MacGregor and David Jason it applied. I don’t happen to like David Jason particularly and didn’t enjoy the programme that much, nor have I seen much of Ewan MacGregor and no little about him, but in neither case did I have the sense that these were “celebs” being paraded as such. Both programmes were more about the men and the aircraft and the those few time-changing months in 1940.

    September 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm in reply to: General Discussion #330146
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    And of course his parents were from your neck of the woods………….

    September 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Roald Dahl, or then again….. #1908199
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    And of course his parents were from your neck of the woods………….

    September 20, 2010 at 1:59 pm in reply to: How does the Popemobile travel……. #1908202
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    But now both he and his ice-cream van have gone! I enjoyed the Matt cartoon last week – as the Popemobile threaded its way though the crowd a voice shouted “Two choc ices and a 99 please”.

    September 20, 2010 at 1:59 pm in reply to: General Discussion #330148
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    But now both he and his ice-cream van have gone! I enjoyed the Matt cartoon last week – as the Popemobile threaded its way though the crowd a voice shouted “Two choc ices and a 99 please”.

    September 20, 2010 at 1:48 pm in reply to: "First Light" thread #1140576
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    I am sure you are right. The idea that our “chaps”, let alone “chapesses” didn’t swear is bizarre. Swearing has been a part of the spoken language for generations and it would be astonishing if the odd expletive was not let rip on occasion.

    September 20, 2010 at 1:42 pm in reply to: BBC. One you either missed or saw. The McGregor BoB programme thread #1140580
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    Hear, hear! Enjoyed every minute of it – even omitting Leigh Mallory’s name. There was great and clearly totally unforced warmth and shared enthusiasm between the brothers and I quickly forgot one of them was a well known actor. The scenes with the likes of Nigel Rose, Geoff Wellum, Bob Wilson and William Walker were bliss and Walker’s final words were very moving. And was apt and right that they left him to speak those words.

    September 19, 2010 at 5:14 pm in reply to: BBC. One you either missed or saw. The McGregor BoB programme thread #1141824
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    Well I’d rather have this pair than Dan Snow and David Dimbleby!!!:confused:
    I’m really looking forward to it – mobile off, phone off, chocks away….:)

    September 18, 2010 at 11:58 am in reply to: General Discussion #330491
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    Kev

    I regret to say that you have a point. That’s the wonder of the irrationality of religious belief – the glass is always half full.

    SH

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