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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:14:18 +0100, "Beav" wrote: I remember you mentioning the odd prob. As soon as I get my refund (Which I *STILL* haven't received) I'll be posting all the gory details.... I wait with bated breath. That's always a good thing. You can even see the weather from your bed :-) I have the airport's ATIS on my speed dial. Just press 1# and I'm connected. You're beoming an anorak you are :-) - plus the chief pilot has something like 20,000 hours in helicopters) He must've used up all his luck by now When I got my sign-off to fly their R22s under my ticket, I had to go do autos with him. He flew the 1st one with his left hand on the cyclic and his right hand on MY collective and did a full down with a setdown gentler than my setdowns with power. *******:-) A friend of mine is an instructor on R22,'s and even with close to 2000 hours insrucing on them, he still hates doing full down auto's when he demo's them for students. He's about to convert to Enstroms now though, and they auto a lot more easily. The man can fly the hell out of a helicopter (And he's a helluva nice guy to boot!) Looks like a damed good combination. I've heard rumors he autos his MD500 to the trolley he uses to cart the thing in and out of the hangar with. I'd love to see that... I have another pal in Sweden who used to do the same thing with both his Bell 47G and his Enstrom. The cart had two lines painted on it (one for the left skid, the other for the front cross strut) and was never more than half an inch off being dead centre when he landed. Very impressive. He had a (home fitted) gas strut that held the door open on his Enstrom and he unlatched the door as he was auto-ing, then leaned out and just looked at the cart. Put the ****s up me when I first experienced it, but he was GOOD, so I got used to it. Mind you, he's another guy that doesn't fly heli's anymore. He bought a float plane (lots of places to land in Sweden in one of those) and now enjoys much cheaper thrills. -- Beav Reply to "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message ... OK, Ya lost me there... The only meaning of anorak I'm aware of is something like a jacket.. I guess you could be inferring I'm flatulent (i.e a "windbreaker") or I'm taking the wind out of your sales.. I wish you Brits would speak English... heehhe Heh-heh... Got to love the subtleties of the English language as spoken by the English. Reminds me of when I lived in Canada and my friends would borrow my UK motorcycle magazines: "I don't get it. They rave about how good this bike is, then say it's the ********... Doesn't ******** mean bad?" I gave them the whole treatise on the word and found it's got about six different meanings, most of which are contextual. But in this case, you're right: Anorak is a type of jacket. But it's the most unfashionaly uncool style of jacket you could have. The kind of lightweight thin (often blue) plastic that folds up into it's own pocket allowing you to carry it around strapped to your belt for that *really* uncool look. The term's used to describe someone who's obsessive about their subject, (often one that bores everyone else within range, like train spotting.) It's most commonly used in jest, to imply someone just knows that little too much. Someone who spends all day on their computer (and waffles to anyone who'll listen about Linux, or memorises aircraft specifications, or football statistics could all be called Anoraks. Si |
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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:
WTF is train spotting??? Kevin.... I'm shocked train spotting - standing by train tracks looking at trains plane spotting - hanging around airports looking at planes girl spotting - hanging around anywhere looking at chicks cop spotting - what drug dealers do when they are standing around |
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As I see it, the main problem is similar to 'You say tomahto, and I say
tomayto.' In the UK we see an enormous amount of US media, films, TV, soaps etc. Our TV is almost overpowered by it, and we soon get to know American slang, even if we don't always use it. On the other hand, the US only screens a very small percentage of UK films and TV and so our contemporary slang is thus less familiar. We know what a geek and a dork is, but we call them anoraks. ******** is not good, but 'The dog's ********' is excellent ! I reckon the Freeflow Bermuda Scenery is the dog's ********! Cheers, Quilly |
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Those 2 I know.. But what exactly is a "bollock"? It's a long time since anyone asked me that! But it is simply a more colourful word for a testicle. -- Cheers, Quilly Sorry, but an individual reply goes into my spam filter |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:52:50 +0100, Simon Robbins wrote:
I remember from when I was a kid, as my dad was a "railway enthusiast", "train spotter" being considered a derogatory term if I recall correctly. Basically you can buy these little books with all the registration numbers of all the UK based trains. People travel the whole country just to track down or see by chance any engines they've not seen before. They then strike-off that reg in the book. (Yeah, I know. It doesn't make any rational sense...) I think plane spotters kind of do the same. Girl spotters, well yeah. Again, it only counts if you get their numbers!! :^) Well, it takes all kinds to make the world interesting. Did you know that there are actually people who make a hobby out of finding and documenting navaids? The travel around and track down NDBs, VORs and other such "interesting" things... g Bill |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message ... train spotting - standing by train tracks looking at trains Sounds like fun... (uh huh) I remember from when I was a kid, as my dad was a "railway enthusiast", "train spotter" being considered a derogatory term if I recall correctly. Basically you can buy these little books with all the registration numbers of all the UK based trains. People travel the whole country just to track down or see by chance any engines they've not seen before. They then strike-off that reg in the book. (Yeah, I know. It doesn't make any rational sense...) I think plane spotters kind of do the same. Girl spotters, well yeah. Again, it only counts if you get their numbers!! :^) Si |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:49:49 +0100, "Beav" wrote: As soon as I get my refund (Which I *STILL* haven't received) I'll be posting all the gory details.... I wait with bated breath. Like you have any other kind??? hehehe Garlic tonight That's always a good thing. You can even see the weather from your bed :-) I have the airport's ATIS on my speed dial. Just press 1# and I'm connected. You're beoming an anorak you are :-) OK, Ya lost me there... The only meaning of anorak I'm aware of is something like a jacket.. Precisiely that. And people who wear them are usually some kind of nerdy pencil collecting, speed dial using train spotters:-)) I guess you could be inferring I'm flatulent (i.e a "windbreaker") or I'm taking the wind out of your sales.. I'm selling nowt this week. I wish you Brits would speak English... heehhe I wish you Yanks could SPELL in english:-))) (Sails) *******:-) A friend of mine is an instructor on R22,'s and even with close to 2000 hours insrucing on them, he still hates doing full down auto's when he demo's them for students. He's about to convert to Enstroms now though, and they auto a lot more easily. I don't care for autos in the R22 either. Things happen way too quick in 'em. Now the R44 is another story entirely.... He (my pal) was out in a 44 this week. Not doing the flying, but just enjoying the ride. He thinks it's a world away from his 22. The man can fly the hell out of a helicopter (And he's a helluva nice guy to boot!) Looks like a damed good combination. Yep. Gonna get my R44 sign-off this weekend with him. Once that's done, I've promised my kids a ride for the $1000 lunch.. Looking forward to flying wit him 'cuz he's such a wealth of knowledge it's not even funny. I'd love to work for/with him once I get my CFI... Get your request in now, or some other bugger will get in there before you. I have another pal in Sweden who used to do the same thing with both his Bell 47G and his Enstrom. The cart had two lines painted on it (one for the left skid, the other for the front cross strut) and was never more than half an inch off being dead centre when he landed. Very impressive. He had a (home fitted) gas strut that held the door open on his Enstrom and he unlatched the door as he was auto-ing, then leaned out and just looked at the cart. Put the ****s up me when I first experienced it, but he was GOOD, so I got used to it. That'd be cool to see in either case, much cooler to be IN the thing when it was done. I wonder if Rocky can do that. I wouldn't doubt it for a minute. As for it being cool, it is, but only after you get the idea it's not all going to end in tears. Mind you, he's another guy that doesn't fly heli's anymore. He bought a float plane (lots of places to land in Sweden in one of those) and now enjoys much cheaper thrills. I can't afford even the cheap thrills... Although I'd love to have a Lancair.. I can't tell you which model of plank he has, but it'll be getting plenty of use, I know THAT much at least. Too many aircraft spend too much time sat sitting, but his never do. -- Beav Reply to "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) |
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"Simon Robbins" wrote in message ... "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... OK, Ya lost me there... The only meaning of anorak I'm aware of is something like a jacket.. I guess you could be inferring I'm flatulent (i.e a "windbreaker") or I'm taking the wind out of your sales.. I wish you Brits would speak English... heehhe Heh-heh... Got to love the subtleties of the English language as spoken by the English. Reminds me of when I lived in Canada and my friends would borrow my UK motorcycle magazines: "I don't get it. They rave about how good this bike is, then say it's the ********... Doesn't ******** mean bad?" It's "The ********" when it's good. Something that's "********" on it's own is bad, but something that's "THE ********" or "the dog's ********" is good. A LOAD of bollcks is te same a "it's bull****". Here endeth the first English lesson, which was actually the dogs goolies of a lesson, even if I do say so myself:-) I gave them the whole treatise on the word and found it's got about six different meanings, most of which are contextual. But in this case, you're right: Anorak is a type of jacket. But it's the most unfashionaly uncool style of jacket you could have. The kind of lightweight thin (often blue) plastic that folds up into it's own pocket allowing you to carry it around strapped to your belt for that *really* uncool look. The "Dwayne Dibbly" look. "Dwayne" is the Duke or Dork and stars in the occasional episode of "Red Dwarf". His anorack is to DIE for, as are his teeth. (You need to be a fan of course) The term's used to describe someone who's obsessive about their subject, (often one that bores everyone else within range, like train spotting.) It's most commonly used in jest, to imply someone just knows that little too much. Someone who spends all day on their computer (and waffles to anyone who'll listen about Linux, or memorises aircraft specifications, or football statistics could all be called Anoraks. Indeed they could (a-) -- Beav Reply to "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:31:15 +0100, "Simon Robbins" wrote: "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... OK, Ya lost me there... The only meaning of anorak I'm aware of is something like a jacket.. I guess you could be inferring I'm flatulent (i.e a "windbreaker") or I'm taking the wind out of your sales.. I wish you Brits would speak English... heehhe Heh-heh... Got to love the subtleties of the English language as spoken by the English. Reminds me of when I lived in Canada and my friends would borrow my UK motorcycle magazines: "I don't get it. They rave about how good this bike is, then say it's the ********... Doesn't ******** mean bad?" I gave them the whole treatise on the word and found it's got about six different meanings, most of which are contextual. But in this case, you're right: Anorak is a type of jacket. But it's the most unfashionaly uncool style of jacket you could have. The kind of lightweight thin (often blue) plastic that folds up into it's own pocket allowing you to carry it around strapped to your belt for that *really* uncool look. The term's used to describe someone who's obsessive about their subject, (often one that bores everyone else within range, like train spotting.) It's most commonly used in jest, to imply someone just knows that little too much. Someone who spends all day on their computer (and waffles to anyone who'll listen about Linux, or memorises aircraft specifications, or football statistics could all be called Anoraks. OK, now that begs the question.. (and shows my apparent ignorance) WTF is train spotting??? Ahhh, well there you go. Train spotting is an art, only to be undertaken whilst wearing an anorack and carrying a thermos flask and a plastic Tupperware box full of cheese sandwiches. And a pickled onion. It requires GREAT skill and fortitude as it entails spending endless hours standing (real train spotters never SIT) at the side of a well travelled railway track (or better still, at a train siding (depot to you blokes), taking note of the locomotive's number as it rumbles, speeds or slitheres by. This number is then checked against the numbers in the Train Spotter Reference Book, where once found, the number is actually UNDERLINED in the book. This can then be used to demonstrate to other train spotters that you spotted NUMBER 432186. That can be worth at least 2 pints down the boozer. A good train spoter will have at least 50 books all underlined in neat script:-) They are NOT obsessed:-))) Couldn't Beav have just said "you're a dork" or "you need to get out more often"? "Dork" just doesn't cut it Kev. Sory, but anyone using a speed dialer is FAR FAR beyond the Dork stage:-) -- Beav Reply to "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) |
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