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  1. Thanks for posting those videos Dominic.

     

    I miss Biggin Hill, as I used to be a regular there when I lived nearby in Selsdon.

     

    Occasionally, a pilot would do a fast low-level run heading west along the runway, cross the road, and drop out of view into the valley.

     

    Everyone's heart was in their mouth, waiting for the bang and puff of smoke to appear, but they'd swing around out of sight and to much relief reappear again from the other end of the runway.

     

    Got a short ride in a Lancaster at Biggin which was being restored many decades ago. Bloody noisy thing inside, thought it was going to shake itself apart.

     

     

  2. True. But they'll bum a cigarette. That's why when I was in the USAF (and a smoker way back then) I carried an open pack on Spanish cigarettes in my pocket. When someone "bummed a smoke," I would give them one of those while keeping my U.S. cigarettes concealed in another pocket. After getting one or two of those things, they'd bum off someone else. They tasted like - and left the flavor in one's mouth - of what I always imagined the way smoking a cow plop would taste. 059_whistling.gif.a3aa33bf4e30705b1ad8038eaab5a8f6.gif

    In my early days working and having recently started smoking, a fellow worker thought I was a soft touch, and in a very persuasive manner started bumming smokes off me several times a day. The firm's van driver who came from a gypsy family gave me a horse hair and said pass it through the cigarette with a fine needle an save it for him, which I did. It smelt crook when he lit it up. He was soon heard making unusual noises in the toilet and took the rest of the day off.016_ecstatic.gif.156a811a440b493b0c2bea54e43be5cc.gif

     

    Sorry! Too much thread drift. Back to topic.

     

     

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  3. A man and his ever-nagging wife went on vacation in Jerusalem .

     

    While they were there, the wife passed away . The undertaker told the husband, "You can have her buried here in the Holy Land for $150 or we can have her shipped back home for $5,000.

     

    The husband thought about it and told the undertaker he would have her shipped back home.

     

    The undertaker asked him, "why would you spend $5,000 to have her shipped home when you could have a beautiful burial here, and it would only cost $150????"

     

    The husband replied, "Long ago, a man died here, was buried here, and three days later, rose from the dead.

     

    I just can’t take that chance!"

     

     

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  4. My ex-wife was a hairdresser and she'd normally curl up dye for anyone.babe.gif.538cdeac3b1a1b72d121d00509ec140e.gif

     

    Didn't happen when we going through settlement though, not that I would have wanted that anyway.

     

    We are still good friends, which is the best way to be.

     

     

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  5. HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2030

     

    Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world "Little India" formerly known as Australia.

     

    Tasmania executes last remaining Greenie.

     

     

     

    White minorities still trying to have English recognised as Australia's third language.

     

     

     

    Children from two-parent heterosexual families bullied in schools for being 'different'. Tolerance urged.

     

     

     

     

     

    Melbourne schoolgirl expelled for not wearing Burqa, being a Christian is no excuse says school. Sharia law must be enforced.

     

     

     

    Japan announces that they will no longer consume whale meat as whales are now extinct and the scientific research fleet are unemployed. Australian Government has told the Japanese that Cane Toads taste like whale meat.

     

     

     

    Australia now has ten Universities of Political Correctness.

     

    Professor Goldman of ANU says there is still a long way to go in the fight to stop people saying what they think.

     

     

     

    Australian Deficit $10 trillion dollars and rising. Government declares return to surplus in 100 years which is 300 years ahead of time. Prime Minister Mohammed Yousuf claims increased growth through more immigration is the secret to success.

     

     

     

    Wall Street banks merge to form new super bank, Goldman, Rothschild, Ebeneezer, Epstein & Drescher (GREED). Huge bonuses paid to executives to celebrate launch.

     

     

     

    Baby conceived naturally! Scientists amazed.

     

    Iran still quarantined. Physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.

     

     

     

    France pleads for global help after being taken over by Islamic Countries. No other country volunteers to come forward to help the beleaguered nation ! Serves them right.

     

    Castro finally dies at age 112. Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.

     

    Jose Manuel Rodrigez Bush says he will run for second term as US President in 2032.

     

    Australia Post raises price of stamps to $18 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.

     

     

     

    After a ten year $75.8 billion study, commissioned by the Labor Party, scientists prove diet and exercise is the key to weight loss.

     

     

     

    Average weight of an Australian drops to 115 kgs.

     

    Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year in Victoria India and New South Iraq.

     

    Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut.

     

    Senate still blocking drilling in Canberra even though petrol is selling for 5,000 Rupees per litre and petrol stations are only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.

     

    Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights. Victims to be held partly responsible for crime.

     

    Average height of professional basketball players is now nine feet, seven inches.

     

    New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2035 as lethal weapons.

     

    Australian Tax Office sets lowest tax rate in decades at 75%.

     

    Carlton won this years National Footy final beating the Hindu Hornets 20-11 to 13-18.

     

    Southern Asia (formerly Northern Territory ) voters still having trouble with voting machines and bribery. . . ..

     

     

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  6. Thanks OME. You are confirming my suspicions. I'll take them off and get them machined and matched. Makes me wonder how you are supposed to do a mag check at 1,800 rpm as per the Owners Handbook if the brakes were never good enough to hold it.

    Good luck with overcoming your braking problem Mike. Keep us informed as to your progress.

     

    Whilst many of us have our own theories as to what the problem actually is, we'd all like to hear what the final prognosis is.

     

    Kind regards

     

    Planey

     

     

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