old timers look here must be 50+ years only
I have seen others do it that way.
04-07-2020, 06:04 AM
#8029
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It has been reported the tigers at the zoo has covid-19 If this is true it is definitely wise to isolate ones self, If wild animals can get the virus and spread it around we are in a serious mess. no matter what, I am staying away from everything.
even mail delivery has me concerned. I trust you are all well and being cautious.
I have also noticed it is much more quiet around here except for the train hauling materials for the asphalt plant down the street, the real problem is they deliver and use the horn in the middle of the night or early in the morning, during the rest of the day they are mostly quiet, seems like lousy timing to me.
even mail delivery has me concerned. I trust you are all well and being cautious.
I have also noticed it is much more quiet around here except for the train hauling materials for the asphalt plant down the street, the real problem is they deliver and use the horn in the middle of the night or early in the morning, during the rest of the day they are mostly quiet, seems like lousy timing to me.
04-07-2020, 06:27 AM
#8030
Some Brazilian music recording company is claiming exclusive rights, I nicked their tune.
I filed a counterclaim, for which I am waiting for a response. The problem is that YouTube uses artificial intelligence computer programming to identify possible matches of posts containing copyrighted content. This is readily apparent as it was identified as soon as I uploaded it. I don't have monitization turned on, but I have heard that YouTube sometimes turns it on anyway when these type discrepancies pop up.
04-07-2020, 06:48 AM
#8031
I have been watching Kieth Appletons videos of his repairing of steam engines, and he was commenting on the one video that it was flagged as adult content. He was replacing the drain cocks on the cylinders. Can't understand WHY it would get flagged as adult content.
04-07-2020, 10:04 AM
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It has been reported the tigers at the zoo has covid-19 If this is true it is definitely wise to isolate ones self, If wild animals can get the virus and spread it around we are in a serious mess. no matter what, I am staying away from everything.
even mail delivery has me concerned. I trust you are all well and being cautious....
even mail delivery has me concerned. I trust you are all well and being cautious....
Let's be sensible chaps!
04-09-2020, 07:07 AM
#8036
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Last night I put in several hours in the shop, It felt real good and progress was had on my king kobra, It was full of filler so I put it aside to dry and I started to complete the wing. I ran into that well known problem of no matter how many times I cut the wood it remained too short
That is when I knew it was time to get some sleep.I want to put a door over the nose gear and did not do a very good job with the kit bird so I will have to put more thought into this one. Looking around my shop at incomplete models it looks like the gear door problem has existed for quite sometime
04-10-2020, 06:38 AM
#8037
Telemaster, here's something you may not have seen yet, published yesterday. Seems pensioners (retirees) have all sorts of ways to get themselves into a little bit of a bind, the French not excepting.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/0...ign=syndicated
It makes for a somewhat humorous read. Please enjoy all your mornings, fellow builders and fliers.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/0...ign=syndicated
Originally Posted by The Register
An elderly and reluctant Frenchman was ejected from a French Air Force fighter during a retirement day jolly – and narrowly missed taking the pilot with him, an investigation report littered with unintentional howlers has revealed.The unnamed 64-year-old was éjecté from the two-seat Rafale-B from a height of 2,500ft in March last year after grabbing his ejection seat handle to steady himself, France's BEA-E aviation investigator concluded.
04-10-2020, 07:12 AM
#8038
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Yikes Mike, some year back I was member of the U.S. Coast Guard and stationed at the Air Station Humboldt Bay California. I was asked one weekend if I wanted to go for a demo flight on a HH65-A helicopter. I got to ride in the co pilots seat and was very excited about about my upcoming flight. The pilot told me bluntly not to touch any of the controls and to keep my feet off the foot pedals! it was an hour long flight as we flew to a local event as we go there one of the guys was lowered from the side hoist down to the ground which he got out and then got back in. The pilot who was a very standoffish person kept yelling at me through the entire flight to keep my feet away from the pedals at least three times. I fidgeted a lot trying to get comfortable in that seat and I might have hit one of the pedals but not on purpose! ha That happened almost thirty years ago and that was the only time that I got to go for a flight on my 4 year enlistment.
good day
Michael Johsnton
good day
Michael Johsnton
04-10-2020, 07:50 AM
#8040
Telemaster, here's something you may not have seen yet, published yesterday. Seems pensioners (retirees) have all sorts of ways to get themselves into a little bit of a bind, the French not excepting.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/0...ign=syndicated
It makes for a somewhat humorous read. Please enjoy all your mornings, fellow builders and fliers.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/0...ign=syndicated
It makes for a somewhat humorous read. Please enjoy all your mornings, fellow builders and fliers.
The link about the general using the fighter trainer as a personal air taxi was a real howler too!
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/0..._france_probe/
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04-11-2020, 11:15 PM
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Yes Happy Easter Gentlemen!
As well as its religious significance, this time of the year is a time of the re-awakening of nature in the northern hemisphere. I have a cherry tree on the boundary of my property which is a picture in April. It's rather too tall for me to collect the fruit so I let the birds eat it Fortunately I have some other smaller trees in the orchard.
As well as its religious significance, this time of the year is a time of the re-awakening of nature in the northern hemisphere. I have a cherry tree on the boundary of my property which is a picture in April. It's rather too tall for me to collect the fruit so I let the birds eat it Fortunately I have some other smaller trees in the orchard.
04-13-2020, 03:23 AM
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I believe that it is spring wheat. The farmer who works that field owns several hundred head of Limousin cattle. He uses the field to grow feed for his amimals. He grew maize last year and sunflowers the year before. He doesn't own the field, he rents it.
04-13-2020, 05:34 AM
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I said, "Buy me a bottle of wine!"
I am prepared to believe that I am being ripped off but can't be bothered to challenge him, in French! I do not need that land and my pensions are adequate for my needs here in France. Since then, every October I get a bottle of cheap wine!
Incidentally, I keep an account of how much fuel my van is using in order to check its mpg. How many litres to fill the tank, date, cost etc. I was feeling pretty smug yesterday when I checked the records and found that I had last filled the tank on my birthday, 11th March and that I'd still got 3/4 tank left! Obviously since the lock down I've hardly driven anywhere. Then I reflected that since "house arrest" I've had to cook all my own meals so have saved money by not eating out.Then I took a look at my wine cellar...😟
Stay safe gentlemen.
04-13-2020, 05:40 AM
#8049
Irony is, gas and diesel has been the lowest in well over a decade, or longer. I haven't paid $2.09 a gallon for diesel in so long, I don't remember. Come to think of it, 2004 maybe. Filled my truck with Premium for $1.99. THAT hasn't happened in a very long time. I should probably go fill the diesel up again, it has a 26 gallon tank, so doesn't take much driving to drop the fuel gauge.
04-13-2020, 07:21 AM
#8050
Irony is, gas and diesel has been the lowest in well over a decade, or longer. I haven't paid $2.09 a gallon for diesel in so long, I don't remember. Come to think of it, 2004 maybe. Filled my truck with Premium for $1.99. THAT hasn't happened in a very long time. I should probably go fill the diesel up again, it has a 26 gallon tank, so doesn't take much driving to drop the fuel gauge.