Nothing In Particular
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#10981 Re: Nothing In Particular
Waaah !!
Oh no, hang on. It's just father Christmas without his costume on.
Oh no, hang on. It's just father Christmas without his costume on.
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#10982 Re: Nothing In Particular
andrew Ivimey wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:46 am 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.
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#10983 Re: Nothing In Particular
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.
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#10984 Re: Nothing In Particular
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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#10985 Re: Nothing In Particular
Essentially an American made marine version of the Rolls Merlin x 3. Basically a floating bomb!pre65 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 4:59 pm Possibly three 1,400HP Packard engines ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosper_73 ... rpedo_boat
There used to be one (converted to a houseboat) in very poor condition in Rye Harbour...
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#10986 Re: Nothing In Particular
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?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gay_Archer_(P1041)
I wonder if we'll ever have another Gay class of Royal Navy vessels?
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
#10987 Re: Nothing In Particular
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.
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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#10988 Re: Nothing In Particular
Happy New Year/Decade!
Humbug!
Humbug!
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#10989 Re: Nothing In Particular
Anything you did in 1990 will now be 30 years ago. How scary is that.
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#10990 Re: Nothing In Particular
Not as scary as being 70 in June.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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#10991 Re: Nothing In Particular
C'mon Phil, you know you're only as old as the man you feel!
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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#10992 Re: Nothing In Particular
Substitute woman for man and you're very nearly there.
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#10994 Re: Nothing In Particular
Bizarre!
Kenneth Williams as a guest presenter on Tomorrow's World in 1981!
Weirder that spinach!
https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet ... 3543303169
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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#10995 Re: Nothing In Particular
link doesn't work for me
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