Nothing In Particular

[IslandPink]

Waaah !!
Oh no, hang on. It's just father Christmas without his costume on.

[Mike H]

I asked him once why he volunteered ( for Chris'sake!!!!) for the Parachute Regiment. He thought a bit and replied that it was the red beret.... babe magnet, apparently. Oh and it was one shilling and eight pence more pay a day.

[Mike H]

I just remembered one of the last things my dad did was got involved with motor torpedo boats, for the reason that he knew French and German so could act as interpreter in case they went across the channel (?). The boats were like floating bombs, plus all the petrol to make the big engines work (no diesel yet) so there was a no-smoking rule.

[pre65]

Possibly three 1,400HP Packard engines ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosper_73 ... rpedo_boat

[jack]

Possibly three 1,400HP Packard engines ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosper_73 ... rpedo_boat

Essentially an American made marine version of the Rolls Merlin x 3. Basically a floating bomb!

There used to be one (converted to a houseboat) in very poor condition in Rye Harbour...

[Ray P]

A little later, seeing 1950s service, this restored patrol boat operated out of Watchet harbour for several years (apparently now on the River Avon near Bristol). It certainly made an impression when it started up its engines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gay_Archer_(P1041)

I wonder if we'll ever have another Gay class of Royal Navy vessels?

[Ray P]

Was 'tidying-up' in the spare room last evening and found a box with a pair of Fostex FE167E drivers. I bought them from Phil back along with a view to building some OBs and then put them away and forgot about them.

[jack]

Happy New Year/Decade!

Humbug!

[Mike H]

Anything you did in 1990 will now be 30 years ago. How scary is that.

[pre65]

Anything you did in 1990 will now be 30 years ago. How scary is that.

Not as scary as being 70 in June.

[Ray P]

Anything you did in 1990 will now be 30 years ago. How scary is that.

Not as scary as being 70 in June.

C'mon Phil, you know you're only as old as the man you feel!

[pre65]

Anything you did in 1990 will now be 30 years ago. How scary is that.

Not as scary as being 70 in June.

C'mon Phil, you know you're only as old as the man you feel!

Substitute woman for man and you're very nearly there.

[Ray P]

Not as scary as being 70 in June.

C'mon Phil, you know you're only as old as the man you feel!

Substitute woman for man and you're very nearly there.

[jack]

Bizarre!

Kenneth Williams as a guest presenter on Tomorrow's World in 1981!

Weirder that spinach!

https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet ... 3543303169

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