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by Nobby » Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:49 pm
Harry wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:52 pm
Nobby wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:49 pm
Harry wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:37 pm
Being dropped off to do a job in eastern Iraq when it first kicked off...
(that's a loadie on the ramp, I'm taking the picture)
Did you take all your Tools ?
It’s a bugger if you leave something behind.
Water, bullets, weapon systems, 24hr MRE's and whatever was in my belt kit.
They'd be back the next day to collect us.
Eh , I thought you were a Sparky. Should have taken small tools and a plug in Martindale at the very least.
With your stuff you could end up killing somebody.
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by slowsider » Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:58 pm
Nobby wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:49 pm
Harry wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:37 pm
Being dropped off to do a job in eastern Iraq when it first kicked off...
(that's a loadie on the ramp, I'm taking the picture)
Did you take all your Tools ?
It’s a bugger if you leave something behind.
Never mind that. What watch were you wearing?
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by Potter » Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:55 am
slowsider wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:58 pm
Never mind that. What watch were you wearing?
An issued Omega that fires poison darts, turns into a super-magnet and the bezel can wizz around and cut ropes in case we get tied up.
If things really go to shit you pull out the crown and it's a hand grenade.
Standard issue, along with the Aston.
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by Horse » Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:37 pm
He should visit schools more often.
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by slowsider » Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:49 pm
Harry wrote: ↑ Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:55 am
slowsider wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:58 pm
Never mind that. What watch were you wearing?
An issued Omega that fires poison darts, turns into a super-magnet and the bezel can wizz around and cut ropes in case we get tied up.
If things really go to shit you pull out the crown and it's a hand grenade.
Standard issue, along with the Aston.
"Covert insertion, Bond?"
"Don't mind if I do, Moneypenny."
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by Saga Lout » Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:47 pm
Taff wrote: ↑ Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:37 am <snip>
If something goes wrong as it hits the deck, the jet is now spread across a large area potentially leaving nowhere else for the others that are airborne (and quickly running out of petrol) to land.
<snip>
Erm... "petrol"...?
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by Horse » Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:52 pm
Saga Lout wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:47 pm
Taff wrote: ↑ Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:37 am <snip>
If something goes wrong as it hits the deck, the jet is now spread across a large area potentially leaving nowhere else for the others that are airborne (and quickly running out of petrol) to land.
<snip>
Erm... "petrol"...?
Flyer slang for keeping the bird in the air?
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by Yambo » Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:19 pm
That's a gannet, not a petrel.
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by Horse » Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:35 pm
Yambo wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:19 pm
That's a gannet, not a petrel.
http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/node/148
Antarctic petrel
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin, 1789)
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
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by slowsider » Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:10 pm
Yambo wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:19 pm
That's a gannet, not a petrel.
It hasn't got contra-rotating props
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by Horse » Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:20 pm
slowsider wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:10 pm
It hasn't got contra-rotating props
Not a chinook either
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by Mr. Dazzle » Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:39 pm
Horse wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:20 pm
slowsider wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:10 pm
It hasn't got contra-rotating props
Not a chinook either
Yeah the horse would be a dead giveaway if he were a Chinook.
Feathered head dress is on point though.
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by Horse » Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:06 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:39 pm
Horse wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:20 pm
slowsider wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:10 pm
It hasn't got contra-rotating props
Not a chinook either
Yeah the horse would be a dead giveaway if he were a Chinook.
So Sioux me
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demographic
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by demographic » Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:33 pm
Spotted this when I was walking through town a while ago.
demographic
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by demographic » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:12 pm
Horse wrote: ↑ Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:37 pm
He should visit schools more often.
This has possibly been mentioned, if so I missed it so...
Kind of like this one where he went to a school and got a lesson off the librarian.
This was the book list, well apart from Exodus by Julie Bertagna which apparently is a distopian future novel.
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by Horse » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:21 pm
Apparently the librarian had a disagreement with management and resigned in February, she left the books as a parting comment to the bosses. The management, showing their commitment, closed the library and no-one had used it until BJ's visit.
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demographic
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by demographic » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:26 pm
Oh well, serendipity.
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by the_priest » Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:31 pm
My chariot at my Church. Lovely day for it.
Proverbs 17:9
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