THE THREAD!!!

[Chickenboy]

I gots me a job another year INP. [&o]

[Kwik E Mart]

...TTIF tithe!!! [&o]

[Schanilec]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Schanilec

Good morning. CB, going out for the fishing...err, ice fishing opener?[:D]

Nah. Wife unit works 1.5 days this weekend, so I'll be corraling the young 'uns. Unless...

...Say, Shanilec, how far are you from Fargo? And how many seats 'ya got in your boat? [;)]

72 boring miles. We'll tie an inner tube to the back of the boat for ya'.[;)] Though not much fishing around these parts, still 12 to 20" depending on which lake.

Twin Cities cold? Sissies.

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Schanilec

Good morning. CB, going out for the fishing...err, ice fishing opener?[:D]

Nah. Wife unit works 1.5 days this weekend, so I'll be corraling the young 'uns. Unless...

...Say, Shanilec, how far are you from Fargo? And how many seats 'ya got in your boat? [;)]

He doesn't need a boat. Just a truck and an extra seat in the ice fishing shed.

[Grollub]

Good evening friends.

Back from Belgium/Holland.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Sounds like a lad with his head screwed on right. All this navy stuff is unnatural...[:'(]

His head is screwed on right, but it has nothing to do with his preference of service branch. [:D]

Well, no normal people WILLINGLY join a navy or an air force.

[Terminus]

Playing a new iOS game called Sid Meier's Ace Patrol on mah iPad. Like it a lot!

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: warspite1


warspite1

Found it on the website! There is a flypast commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic at Greenwich. Unbelievable - why didn't they advertise it?!?!?!?

Seeing that Swordfish has made my day [:)] Funny to see loads of blokes looking intently up at the sky on my way home - while women just carried on walking [:D]

Warspite1,

The Swordfish and the Catalina I get, but why the Helis associated with the "Battle of the Atlantic"?

I'm guessing that the FAA was trying to do a "Heritage flight" equivalent. But they retired the last Sea Harrier. So if the FAA has no fixed wings , you use what you have. And that's helo's. [:(]

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, been a busy boy.

The RN do have a heritage flight of sorts. But compared to the RAF's BBMF it's a smaller effort that's (iirc) got far more civvy involvement. They've got a mix of stuff, but there isn't much WW2 era FAA stuff kicking about really, a couple of Swordfish and a Firefly is about the lot I think*. They've got a Sea Fury, that came to CGY for a visit last summer but the pilot taxyed his a/c into some steps...

There wasn't much call for Seafires post-war, let alone Fulmars, Barracudas or Albacores. The BBMF are lucky that Spitfires were used quite widely after the war so there are a lot still around.

*Old Warden have a Sea Hurricane as well, the only flying one of her type surviving.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Sounds like a lad with his head screwed on right. All this navy stuff is unnatural...[:'(]

His head is screwed on right, but it has nothing to do with his preference of service branch. [:D]

Well, no normal people WILLINGLY join a navy or an air force.

No normal people are ALLOWED to join a navy or air force.

[Schanilec]

Well you boys hash it out.[;)] I am outta here. Have a great weekend all.[8D]

[SuluSea]

Go Yankees!!!!!! That is all................




[:)][;)][:'(]



Hi Micheal we have 4 of us going to an O's game in June, 3 O's fans and one Yankee fan.....[:)] I hope Pettitte is pitching.... Man it should be a blast!!!

I just got 2 Thurman Munson jerseys compliments of my friends in China... I'm stoked!!

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: SuluSea

Go Yankees!!!!!! That is all................

Glad that the A's just recently took the series from the Yankme's. In spite of your proclivity towards the Yankees SuluSea, it's good to see ya'. How's life?

[nashvillen]

Good morning!

Buried in Federation and Empire Q&A for the day... Will attempt to surface occasionally to look around. Otherwise, run silent, run deep.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Good evening friends.

Back from Belgium/Holland.

Well, what did your liquid refreshment reconnaissance in force teach you about your preferences? A full SITREP, if you please. [8D]

ETA: I guess it would be an After Ale Report (AAR) or After Pilsner Bulletin (APB)?

[Terminus]

Tithe...[>:][>:]

[Chickenboy]

Watched The Bourne Legacy. Fell asleep halfway through. [>:]

A tip for 'action / adventure' directors: try to have some, will ya? Otherwise, theatre audiences may be bored waiting for anything interesting to happen. [>:]

[Chickenboy]

Remember to phone up your mommies today, gents. Happy mother's day, mom! [&o]

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Watched The Bourne Legacy. Fell asleep halfway through. [>:]

A tip for 'action / adventure' directors: try to have some, will ya? Otherwise, theatre audiences may be bored waiting for anything interesting to happen. [>:]

I thought it was kinda okay, actually. Not as good as the others, but still...

[Grollub]

Tithe.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Good evening friends.

Back from Belgium/Holland.

Well, what did your liquid refreshment reconnaissance in force teach you about your preferences? A full SITREP, if you please. [8D]

ETA: I guess it would be an After Ale Report (AAR) or After Pilsner Bulletin (APB)?

Sorry, no AAR. Were not that many ales. Many lager and trapister beers though [:)]