First 2 1/2 hours PPL(H) today!

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Are you kidding? I was an absessive train spotter when I was a kid. I
lived
close by a MASSIVE siding, complete with all the maintenance sheds. (This
was in the steam days too) A day at the sheds was better than a day at
Disneyland for a train lover. All the building were destroyed when I was a
kid though, along with most of the local stations so it was a very short
obsession. Things don't get much better than riding on the footplate of
"The
Royal Scotsman" when you're a steam driven kid.

I spent most of my childhood being dragged around from Portsmouth to
Doncaster, Newcastle to Crewe, all over the place by my dad in search of
elusive engine numbers. I enjoyed it, as it was a day out with my dad,
which looking back seemed quite rare. I loved the adventure of the travel,
going somewhere I'd never been for a day with binoculars and a camera. My
dad grew up in the steam age, and worked in his teens on the footplate of
steam trains coaling the furnaces, before he joined the RAF. So I guess I
can excuse his anorakism!

Si

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Donkey jackets back then. (we're talking 45 years ago)

Damn.. You must remember when the Dead Sea was merely ill... when
the Great Wall of China was merely so-so..

I used to have the occasional cup of tea with Methusela too:-))

I have a well blessed dentist in Sweden, and a very nice dental assistant
over here, but the Brit dentist's a bloke. Nice enough guy though and he's
helped me with this dentist phobia thing. He still nows better than come
anywhere NEAR me with a needle in his hand though.

Ooh.. The swedish dentist... ehehhe

The perfect foil for my Swedish wife.



Just like my brother. Not like me. I'm a little on the obsessive side when
it comes to things being in their rightful place and having things cleaner
than they were when new:-)

My office is a pig-sty. My kitchen is as organized as can be. Same
with my garage. No room in there for anything, but everything is
where it's supposed to be and very well organized.

My son asks me where "such and such" is and I say, "Back right hand corner
of the third drawer down in the 2nd cabinet, where it always is" :-)



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"Beav" wrote in message
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Are you kidding? I was an absessive train spotter when I was a kid. I
lived
close by a MASSIVE siding, complete with all the maintenance sheds. (This
was in the steam days too) A day at the sheds was better than a day at
Disneyland for a train lover. All the building were destroyed when I was
a
kid though, along with most of the local stations so it was a very short
obsession. Things don't get much better than riding on the footplate of
"The
Royal Scotsman" when you're a steam driven kid.

I spent most of my childhood being dragged around from Portsmouth to
Doncaster, Newcastle to Crewe, all over the place by my dad in search of
elusive engine numbers. I enjoyed it, as it was a day out with my dad,
which looking back seemed quite rare. I loved the adventure of the
travel,
going somewhere I'd never been for a day with binoculars and a camera. My
dad grew up in the steam age, and worked in his teens on the footplate of
steam trains coaling the furnaces, before he joined the RAF. So I guess I
can excuse his anorakism!

Steam trains always draw huge crowds even now, so "Anorakism" is alive and
well:-)


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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:12:51 +0100, "Beav"
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It's a forlorn hpe that things'll change too:-))

Old dogs.. new tricks....

And in my case, a new dog this week. (We rescued one from the vet's needle)

Better, but with a similar snese of the ridiculous. One TV prog from the
states WAS (what appeared to be) a half arsed attempt at Red Dwarf, but it
didn't work too well. That was "Lexx" with that lip enhanced tart who's
name
escapes me. She was a sex slave in the program.

I can think of several dozen lip enhanced tarts I'd like to have as my
sex slave... Hell, I can think of a bunch more with OEM lips that can
have that same honor..oops.. honoUr hehe

I think her name was Xenia something. Weird looking tart I have to say.
Seeburg, that was her last name. (it just popped up)

I heard that, but I never saw it. I believe it's on one of the movie
channels this month, so I'll look out for it and see if it's as bad as
reports say it is.

I made the mistake of actually paying to see it in a theatre...

That bad eh?


I'm a bit of an anorak when it comes to those shows too. Massive Engines,
Mega Structures, etc. Disovery Wings ain't too bad either when something
new
airs.

We don't get Discovery Wings anymore. Cable company changed it to The
Military Channel. Watching a show on he development of the Mig 21
right now..

We're still "Winging", but it's getting to the point where every show's a
repeat.


Not enough violence involved doing that. I can't beleive his shows still
go
out on air y'know. He was Ok(ish) "back then", but slapstick comedy died a
well deserved death over here, thank ****.

I liked the ladies in their lingerie..

You are forgiven:-)


At least I don't have to dress up in wimmins tights and wear a **** load
of
protective gear. Oops, as you were, I'm bike rider:-))

As in the pedal kind?

Yeah, right. I can just imagine me pedalling a bike around!!

I know you right a street-fighter of sort...
The visual of you in tights and elbow pads gives me the willies...

I've got my VN 750 and my Z1000, so of COURSE I need to wear ladies
tightsElbow pads are optional




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"Beav" wrote in message
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Not enough violence involved doing that. I can't beleive his shows still
go
out on air y'know. He was Ok(ish) "back then", but slapstick comedy died
a
well deserved death over here, thank ****.

Reminds of a few years back when I was camping at Loudon for the AMA
Superbike race weekend. An American guy starts telling me how much he
loves
British TV, and one show in particular, except he can't remember the name.
It was about a shop, and there was a woman in it who kept on about her
pussy... "Are you being served"!!!! God, I thought those tapes had been
burnt years ago.

They should've been burnt before anyone put them on the air. That was THE
biggest load of crap I've ever seen.

And this was a young guy asking me if I knew when the next
series was out as all he was getting were re-runs! He was dead shocked
when
I told him they were twenty years old. That's one thing I noticed about
my
North American friends was that they find it impossible to date British TV
culture.

Last night, someone in another place (America) commented that he was under
the impression that Britain doesn't see temperatures above 70 degrees, even
during the height of summer. NOTHING surprises me about American's views of
anything outside of America unless they've been outside of America. Then
they see the light:-)


A few of my friends watched Red Dwarf. It's got a small cult following in
NA. Same for Blackadder, but I think that's even more English than Red
Dwarf. Still, I guess turnip jokes are universal..

"Bladder" is excellent. Better even than Fawlty Towers which was good first
time around, but got old VERY qiuckly. I can watch all the Blackadder series
as many times as they air. As for the turnips jokes... Classic:-)

Baldrick should get an Oscar:-)

Actually, Tony Robinson's on the box right now doing a "Da Vinci Code"
destruction:-)


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"Beav" wrote in message
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We don't get Discovery Wings anymore. Cable company changed it to The
Military Channel. Watching a show on he development of the Mig 21
right now..

We're still "Winging", but it's getting to the point where every show's a
repeat.

I have great fun every time Sk phone up and ask if I want to renew my
subscription, since I cancelled it about a year ago. I love all the
documentary channels, but I don't need another season of the same shows
recut and re-editted. 3 months with satellite tv and I could probably pass
a "Nazi history" exam or get a job as a shark expert...

I take great joy in telling Sky jus how rubbish their 200 odd channels are!
(I do miss Wings though.)

Si

"Beav" wrote in message
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Last night, someone in another place (America) commented that he was under
the impression that Britain doesn't see temperatures above 70 degrees,
even
during the height of summer. NOTHING surprises me about American's views
of
anything outside of America unless they've been outside of America. Then
they see the light:-)

I'm not surprised. I was at a US Superbike race a few years back and one of
the commentators was English. It was raining (as it seems to do every year
in New Hampshire) and the English commentator was jokingly apologising for
bringing the weather with him. That's bloody typical I thought. When I
brought a friend over for the World Superbike at Donington he was shocked to
experience California like sun. We don't do our climate any favours. I
flew today (report later) and it was bright, sunny, calm wind. A perfect
day. (Oh, and I gave up going to New Hamshire for the racing (before I moved
back to the UK), it rained 3 years on the trot and they wouldn't race in
conditions the British series would take in its stride.)

Actually, Tony Robinson's on the box right now doing a "Da Vinci Code"
destruction:-)

Yeah, I saw that a couple of months ago. I'm completely blaise (sp?) about
Dan Brown's book. I read all the stuff he plagerised for his book years ago,
and also the stuff disproving and debunking a lot of the theories his book
relies on. I wont be watching he movie!

Si

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:49:01 +0100, "Beav"
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I used to have the occasional cup of tea with Methusela too:-))

Yeah? How's he doin' these days?

He's dong well, but his Dad's not as good as he could be. I think a little
exercise s called for.



My son asks me where "such and such" is and I say, "Back right hand corner
of the third drawer down in the 2nd cabinet, where it always is" :-)

Yep.. Wife asked me for something the other day. "Third pile on the
left, about halfway down, right under the pink paper" Damned if that
wasn't what she was looking for.. ehehh

hehhee. My missus is currently nursing a broken foot, so I've quickly had to
learn where everything in the house is. MY places I know, but the rest of
the house is hers and I don't even know where the bread is (was). She
mentioned something about a washing machine tonight, said it was in the
kitchen somewhere, but I'm not even looking for it:-)


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"Beav" wrote in message
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We don't get Discovery Wings anymore. Cable company changed it to The
Military Channel. Watching a show on he development of the Mig 21
right now..

We're still "Winging", but it's getting to the point where every show's a
repeat.

I have great fun every time Sk phone up and ask if I want to renew my
subscription, since I cancelled it about a year ago. I love all the
documentary channels, but I don't need another season of the same shows
recut and re-editted. 3 months with satellite tv and I could probably
pass
a "Nazi history" exam or get a job as a shark expert...

That's a ****er isnt't it, when a "new" show os advertised only to discover
that it's just a re-titled re-gurgitation. maybe that's why it's called the
Discovery channel.

I take great joy in telling Sky jus how rubbish their 200 odd channels
are!
(I do miss Wings though.)

Aerobatics: Pushing the limits. that starts at 1o'clock tonight/this
morning. I'll be watching that then. I don't *think* I've seen it, but all
will be revealed:-)


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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:56:56 +0100, "Beav"
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And in my case, a new dog this week. (We rescued one from the vet's
needle)

Been thinking about surprising the kids with a pooch... But then
common sense gets the better of me and I realize it'll be dad picking
the **** up out of the back yard.

I'm married and her indoors wanted the first dog, so she got that job. she
wanted the new one too, so she get's THAT job too:-)

I think her name was Xenia something. Weird looking tart I have to say.
Seeburg, that was her last name. (it just popped up)

I'll have to goolge for her to satisfy my curiosity..

Weird looking woman that. VERY weird around the lips. Looks like someone
shoved two lengths of rubber inside 'em. Great legs though




That bad eh?

As with most books made into movies, it just left a lot to be
desired..

I read "Timeline" (Micheal Crichton) last week and as I was reading it, I
was thinking "I've read this book before" but I knew I hadn't. Then it
dawned on me. I'd read a resume of the film earlier last week and it was
showing again later. I finished the book the day the film aired again, so I
watched it. I almost wish I hadn't bothered. The film was good, but it
missed a LOT of "the good stuff" from the book.


We're still "Winging", but it's getting to the point where every show's a
repeat.

Yeah, that was getting old.. Military Channel is pretty cool. Got a
nasty cold so I didn't go to work today.. Been lying in bed watching
a documentary on Wernher von Braun and his work with the V2 and
running NASA..

Better than watching Sesame Street:-))


Yeah, right. I can just imagine me pedalling a bike around!!

In your wimmin's tights no less!

Oh yes. Gotta keep them spindly legs warm and i goves the hospital staff
something else to laugh at:-)

I know you right a street-fighter of sort...
The visual of you in tights and elbow pads gives me the willies...

I've got my VN 750 and my Z1000, so of COURSE I need to wear ladies
tightsElbow pads are optional

I'd have figured you for a knee pad guy.. ehheh

Knee pads are for those who can't get their knees down. Scars: The mark of a
man:-))


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