Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

Finally - the pics of the Messerschmidt 109 and 2 Spitfires.

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Finally - the pics of the Messerschmidt 109 and 2 Spitfires.

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Thanks Paul !!!
Nice photos and we can easily discern that the BF-109 has the real McCoy engine; a Daimler-Benz 12 cylinder vee INVERTED, thus placing the exhaust ports toward the bottom of the front cowling. As I mentioned earlier, the 109 restorations I've seen were fitted with the RR Merlin which you can tell by the ports toward the top of the cowling like the Spitfire or Hurricane.

RE: Sandy Denny
I had discovered her and Fairport Convention a couple years ago. It was sad to read of her life cut short by a freak accident. Here's a wonderful song by FPC, perfect for an early Sunday morning or a gray wintry day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8


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^ That was beautiful. A perfect combination of voice, mood and lyrics.


Paul: Are those planes the real thing, or replicas? They look a bit on the small side. One of the Spitfires is a Hurricane, you can tell by the greenhouse they used for a cockpit cover.

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^ That was beautiful. A perfect combination of voice, mood and lyrics.


Paul: Are those planes the real thing, or replicas? I only ask because if I had a wartime Spitfire or a 109 I wouldn't want people clambering all over them.

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http://www.battleofbritainexperience.co.uk/

It says on the website that they are replicas. The website is on the banner in one of the photos.

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I could not help noticing the serial no of the Hurricane replica: The original was flown by RAF ace R. Stanford Tuck. More info here and here.

/Claes

Thanks Claes - fascinating stuff.

I've just been down the allotment. We have been clearing rubbish and fixing boundary fences around the site for the past couple of weeks, but this week it is chucking it down.

Our "Boundary Task Force" comprises of 5 blokes and one woman, and is akin to something out of Last of the Summer Wine seeing as I'm the youngest at 48. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZr_...feature=relmfu

Having said that, we had to traverse a fence, using two ladders and "yomp" upriver to where a load of rubbish had gathered on the bank, and remove it. We were, I felt, moving from Last of the Summer Wine closer to Where Eagles Dare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGhG0W0LQ

Here's a link to the Last of the Summer Wine and aviation. Wally also contributes an interesting twist to our linguistics discussion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bit3wkgHtVc

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...Having said that, we had to traverse a fence, using two ladders and "yomp" upriver to where a load of rubbish had gathered on the bank, and remove it. We were, I felt, moving from Last of the Summer Wine closer to Where Eagles Dare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGhG0W0LQ

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Here's a link to the Last of the Summer Wine and aviation. Wally also contributes an interesting twist to our linguistics discussion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bit3wkgHtVc

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Thanks for the allotment updates.
Where Eagles Dare or perhaps the The Eiger Sanction...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEc1aEYmiA8

Summer Wine was funny, there's a nice detail shot of a Mick style wall at 6:51

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I think I may be a Dadaist.

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I love the sound of air-wrench in the morning.

I am pheeling a bit patriotic aphter all those jubilee shinanigans. (apologies - grandchild sprinkled tea on keyboard.)


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I wonder i Mrs P... No phorget that.

Haha, spice it up.

That looked like quite the shin-dig over there.

By the way, on my last post I was thinking of pneumatic tools; now, for some strange reason, my thinking has come around to hydraulic tools.

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I wonder i Mrs P... No phorget that.

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Ahh, Glorious Albion from last year's play.

RE: missing letters -I too thought you may have tipped the Jubilee bottle one too many times.

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...my thinking has come around to hydraulic tools.

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Which is consistent with the fluid nature of this thread.

Yes, the Jee and the phirst letter o the type o creature Dracula is, won't work. I could'e used them as substitutions phor each other i either one was ok. I hawe tried warious other substitutions and ommissions but am wery weary oph it now. So iph you chaps hae any suggestions on what to use as a tea solent, I would be grateul, beore I need to spell aour or ga or some such.

Have you tried popping the keys off and do some hoovering?
That "V" sound is a challenge to spell out.

In case you miss it on the Everyday is Interesting thread, I know you would be interested in my son's knapping progress, so I'll post here as well...


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Mick> Try doing some vacuuming (at lowest setting) over the keyboard or use the hairdryer to get rid of any unwanted dust or crumbs hiding under the keys. Also, running the tip of a safety pin around and under the troublesome keys helps at times.

If not, you might use < as a substitution for "v" maybe.

Gilliat> What is "knapping"? I get the feeling it is not same same as "napping".