Captain

"Dont even mention their name" demanded Oldratspoo."We have enough shame and scandal in the family without raising that old hoary chestnut again. I can never forgive them for..........

.... hoaring when there were chests and nuts involved."

"And sticks were being shaken by the OA's and OAM's too (some were even shaking their own)" said Nanna "Or, at least I thought they were sticks until I partook of the hoaring and found that they were ........

...Nobu who was once accused of being a French cooking spy for his penchant for roadkill roo legs garnished with garlic and redwine jus (not just any red wine, but Chateau Le Capitaine Wagga Wagga 36)Nobu has been known to don a gold braid outfit in order to try and bluff his way out of seedy motels without paying, which brings us to the case of the missing......

.... virginity .......... as Virgin had sent a plane (aviation reference) to Cowla & it went missing (another common aviation reference of late) up in the Wineries where there was a one piece bikini fashion parade and general perve (Planey reference), and it came back with the name on the tail changed to "Defiled" (Turpsy reference).

"Don't wolly about that Virgin fright" said Nobu "As it is more applopliate to wolly about what Turbs will find when he investigates the Lodents famiry tlee, because we all know that it is full of Nobel Plize winners, Chairmans of various Boards, a heap of CWA Life Members, a few Knights of the Lealm and more OA's and OAM's than you can shake a stick at, but the thing that will cause the biggest stir is when Turpsy discovers that El Latsack is lerated to ............

.........wrapped itself around his body and squeezed, and squeezed, until Turbo had to call for help. Fortunately the chef arrived with his meat and with one swipe sliced the serpent's head off, then, being a mediocre tennis player, batted the head out into the rainforest.

From that day on, Turbo always complimented his chef on.......

...... his Ette-i-Quette (he was a well known Chef Fancaise, and half brother to the Pilotte Francaise [and Taswegian flying school fearless leader] E Paul Ette) both of whom were famously infamous for french kissing their way around the CWA speaking circuit, and for taking advantage of .....

PS - My Aunt (who is a bit of a smart-arse) was looking at Turps's photo of the LW on takeoff in his post #6725, and she wonders whether that aircraft has been moved to 19- rego yet due to another minor little "mistake" in the HQ Citadel. If not, she thinks that it must be one of the few aircraft that are retaining their original number ...... out there in the garden.

..... will be made about what Cheetahs taste like when cooked with a side of fricassee'd Goana, and how our indigenous brothers really did invent Aussie Rules, the laws of Flight, Gravity, the brasier (and the brazier) and the way that the pioneering french aviator E Paul Ette was the first to discover ............

PS Nanna is showing an unnatural interest in the "Rainbow Serpent" (apologies to Brine, who all his mates know as "Horse")..

So with Tubby raping and pillaging his way thru F'nQ, and bothering Madge & Hongie (also known as Schlongie) on their way to Monto ........... and-with-bull-working-up-in-the-territory (where-men-are-men-and-the goanas-are nervous) while reporting downed survey aircraft, the NES had ground (not that there is anything wrong with that, [and hard aviation term]) to a full-stop (aviation term).

The rodent therefore jumped (aviation skydiving term) in (sexual inuendo term) to continue the story ............

"I can vouch for zat pioneering french aviator" commented Nanna "As he taught mon a lot as a junior member of zee CWA, when he lived up to his family name (oral term), and then showed me a re-enactment of that special dream-time story about his rainbow serpent, which ...................

The only employee I am unhappy with is the man at the top (CEO). The office staff have always done a great job for me, and are always cordial on the phone.The Tech manager is the job with the major load, and I'm not even sure I would like to take that one on. I am not happy with the man at the top because he is not 'UL' enough, IE: too GA and too ex-CASA.

We have a vast pool of real UL talent in this country, and I'd rather see someone from that pool at the top with our interests #1 in their focus..................................................................................Maj...

To be clear, I am in no way referring to the office staff who handle every day calls. Like you, I have always found them to be EXCELLENT.

To those that have voted as they did in the bottom 3 poll questions, ..... do any of you want to change your vote now that the background to the Ibis grounding has been discussed on this forum? What a cock-up, that will surely be the subject of (another) Court action.

Regards Geoff

....task of searching for Captain's ancestors. Turbo is on Cape Yorke Peninsula, and after many years of rumour and innuendo, and a small group of people making trouble, has photographic proof that the Endeavour could not have hit the Great Barrier Reef because there is not one there. Turbo has found the site where the Endeavour allegedly landed, but said "Careened my ar$se, she was an old lighter, solid as a rock and although using her on a long trip was the same as taking an HQ, nothing happened to the ship. I met a Native yesterday who told me the whole dark and sordid story"Today, the Native, Slarti Slarti is taking him up the sinister river in an orange-bark canoe, where further revelations......

..... will be made about what Cheetahs taste like when cooked with a side of fricassee'd Goana, and how our indigenous brothers really did invent Aussie Rules, the laws of Flight, Gravity, the brasier (and the brazier) and the way that the pioneering french aviator E Paul Ette was the first to discover ............

PS Nanna is showing an unnatural interest in the "Rainbow Serpent" (apologies to Brine, who all his mates know as "Horse")..

...... effort is a bit of an effort these days, and the NES readers where stuffed after reading Tubb's saga, which was an unusual one for the NES, as it appeared to be based on a smattering of fact substantiated & interlaced by photos (which took 6,725 posts to achieve).

However, as the TurpsDrinker was up in F'nQ, ("I hate f'n Q" he was heard to mumble) and had been made an honourary QUEENiSLANDER (and bull,,,,..--shipper____;;), he headed a little further north to visit the Mini Minor, & to then tour the Bundy factory where he hoped to spend some time with that cute white bear ........... and to attend the ...................

Turbo apologises for not being capacitated to continue writing but he's tied up at dinner on the verandah of a tropical beachside restaurant with the ever ao gentle caress of the warm trade wind blowing over his bare flesh

"Erky perky (apologies to Ahrox-off)" said Nanna "As I have seen Turps in all his glory (apologies to all deities), and the site of that red hair (apologies to Orangutans) being caressed by a warm trade (apologies to all tradesmen and LAME's) wind (apologies to all those with irritable bowel syndrome) would be enough to make a sailor (apologies to all seamen) ...............

...........something like road kill after the new low bull (no offence intended bull) bars on road trains have rolled and carted the pig or roo out to the side to protect low level brake fittings, which causes hawks to fly right in to the truck stops to pick small chunks off the bars. Trbo had been walking around the parked trucks picking off his breakfast, since truckstops charged such high prices for their three hat services, when...

..... a bull bar (apologies to bull [and to his occasional bar]) and a cigarette lighter can provide a roadside feast that is fit for a prince or princess (aplogies to bull & to brine).

"I particularly like the mix of goat, rock-rat and kookaburra that you get from the bull bars (apologies bull) of trucks that travel between Hillston and Cobar, or the mix of grey roo and Koala that you can scrape off the bull bars (apologies bull) at Yea" said Turps "But most of all I like using a Coleman firelighter to BBQ the scrapings from a ..................

But-he-has-hurt-his-back-trying-to-fit-in-a-matchbox,,,,,,,That-was-silly-said-bull-from-bone-whos-space-bar-has-decided-to-escape-too---------------------------------Elratto-said.............

.... "I like eating Space Bar's too, and also those Milo Bars that look like they are made of Rice Bubbles. I hope that doesn't make me a Queen Slander!!!! *5$-------,,,,,,,,..:::::;""""'''=======.

And then, in chipped Yassar from Redcliff who said "Where I come from (not that there is anything wrong with that) E(xplosion) = M(an) X C(emtex) squared readily equates to ............................

With this rich history in mind McTurbo just had to find some evidence (or be Moderated even more), and by a million to one chance, when stopped beside the highway he found the grave of old Lachie McLachlan, the escape artist from Loch Lachlan (See photo)

.... who had excaped by carefully removing nine palings from the enclosure because the lock on the gate at Loch Lachlan was located ...............

Test out the "what happens when an immeasurable force meets an immovable object" They get to be the immovable object....we supply free...the immeasurable force....but <sigh> they always seem to move....One day we'll get it right though......

..... as where I come from, is old hat, because Yassah Bed-Linen (the Isaac Newton of the Gaza Strip and the Albert Einstein of Bengazzi) has recently proved that E (Explosives vest) = Man X ...................

.... who's business wasn't going too well, and were having difficulty making ends meet. Aaaakmed the new L2, who was repairing a broken flap hinge on a nearby aircraft with double-sided tape, butted in with his garlicy breath, befitting a camel, added that where he came from they would overcome such behavior by......

..... skitching a Robber's Dog onto them, making them walk to Afghghghanistan & back, forcing them to sit on the pointy end of a pyramid for 40 days & 40 nights, and then by being part of the explosives display at the Cairo Airshow. That always works" said Acchchcmed the L2, "But for some additional high-jinks we cack ourselves by making them ..............

Mate it's RAPT - from rapture. A wrapper is something that gets discarded...

..... I simply grabbed the opportunity to.........

..... grab an opposing ......

member..............popularity

..... and always remember that the members must always be satisfied .............. or they end up as Rabble Rousers that will often get .............

Further to the other Poll about RAAus management, how do you feel about the Board and the Executive?

Further to several recent threads, I pose the above question:

"Oooly Dooly" exclained Tubs, i've always liked "fire in the ****" things that simply fly, now i'm gonna crank up my blow-off valve (engine tech term) to...

...... lift the boost (another techy term for 914 owners) of my .....

I have last Friday made an offer to RAAus that once Runciman, Tizzard, Middleton and Reid are no longer on the board, representative(s) of this web site is willing to sit down with the RAAus board and see how we can work together for the betterment of the recreational aviation industry. Failing this, it is possible that we may be able to look at ways in working with other more professionally run governing bodies. I believe there could bye 3 entities out there looking at providing the same services as RAAus and more.

Most/all of the particular issues comes back to communication and our demands for improved governance of the organisation, and actions discussed and taken through this website have just been attempts by the members to improve things.

I think that there is also a culture in the OMC at the RAA to shoot the messenger (this website) when they don't like the message that gets through when it occasionally does. Hence we are seen as rabble rousers and dismissed by the OMC on that basis.

But I don't favour the undoubted turmoil that would flow from a change of organisation controlling our sport unless it was considered as an absolute last resort, however I must admit that competition does breed improved performance.

I have been involved in motorsport for yonks and alternative controlling organisations have been established in both 4 wheeled and 2 wheeled motorsport when the members and participants felt that the existing body wasn't listening to, or not providing, what they want or need. CAMS were seen as cravat wearing fuddy duddies that were only interested in promoting V8 Supercars, so a more appropriate alternative was established to the satisfaction of the great unwashed masses (who mostly wore overalls).

It is not hard for good managers to be communicative and to provide good governance that listens to the members.

CONCLUSION ............ Good management is all that is needed, by both full time employees and elected Reps.

Regards Geoff

PS .... Stick your hand up if you already think RAAus is well managed, or better still go to the 2 polls I have created today and feel free to comment on any extra poll choice that should be added to each.

unrest, if super-glue is used on your shoes to make sure you stay put during ellections.Ahhh! commented Nobu, when I was a much younger man, I was velly interested in my ellections, ewry morning before my bowl of rice, i'd.........

..... get one. But when dayright saving came in it would always happen at the bus stop."

"That's nothing" commented bull from bone® "As I can get one at the drop of a hat (ooooopps,,,,,my cap,,,..,,,just fell off again) and at ..............

...jewels. "Aye bewties they be," beamed McNakajima .

"It's an oriental tradition that the 1st part of our name tells the story, and if you've got 'em you should flawnt 'em" said Nakamura to NakaAckanacka.

"I agree" said Plonkahlocks to TwobumsPlanner.

"I'm not so sure about that" said steer (smallbull) to Brine & Planey as they fondled Nanna's jewels of leadium carbon diamonds that ............

.....McNakajima, all 1.6 metres (1600 mm, 5'3",3 cubits) of him, strutting like a peacock, glancing from side to side......

..... because that is the way he had to walk.

His mum had named him "Jima", but he had been renamed by his mates once they saw that he had a huge set of ................

Pete

See the thread in Governing Bodies .......... RAA Stopping Membership for an update.

".........made to glow vegetables for the shopkeepers of Cowla, who spent the time bleeding bodgies with Blyrcleem...."

....... and drinking Scotch.

"We will neverrrr surrenderrrrr" cried the GPS (with a Mel Gibson accent & a blue stripe down the screen).

"Come over here Mel" said Morag from Inverness "And I'll toss your caber off."

But before she got it done, into the room walked .............