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[Chickenboy]

Happy Labor Day to my American THREAD brothers. Enjoy summer's last (unofficial) day. [8D]

[USSAmerica]

Good Labor Day Evening - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[USSAmerica]

I sure labored over this long weekend. Bought a car for my wife to put her 160 miles/day into that gets around 38 mpg. Then, spent most of 2 days doing "spring cleaning" on the house. Better late than never, right? [:D]

I also managed to get in a 6 mile run on Saturday morning, but still no turn for poor, patient Historiker. [:(]

[Treetop64]

Evening, dudes.

Spent the last week roasting in 100 degree heat in Clovis, then returned to Redwood City today to a wonderfully chilly 85 degrees!

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: USS America

I sure labored over this long weekend. Bought a car for my wife to put her 160 miles/day into that gets around 38 mpg.

That much commute every day?

BTW, are you guys starting to consider all electric (or hybrid electric / petrol) cars like Volt yet?

Then, spent most of 2 days doing "spring cleaning" on the house. Better late than never, right? [:D]

Spring? [;)]

Autumn! [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Back from my first air show with the BBMF [8D] I think I might actually like public relations work [;)]

Nice Martin!

BTW, you wrote earlier that you went out of your base with one colleague to repair Spitfire in one other base. I thought that all other Spitfires are not in flying condition and that only Spitfires that you take care of actually fly...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Back from my first air show with the BBMF [8D] I think I might actually like public relations work [;)]

Nice Martin!

BTW, you wrote earlier that you went out of your base with one colleague to repair Spitfire in one other base. I thought that all other Spitfires are not in flying condition and that only Spitfires that you take care of actually fly...


Leo "Apollo11"

You mean about two weeks ago? That would have been Blackpool. As I'm sure you're aware the Spitfire in particular has a very short range, so it's often the case that the flight will base some of our aircraft elsewhere for a few days. The pilots can do some limited servicing on them, but for a longer term stay the fighters need the TLC that only the techies can provide [:D]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Back from my first air show with the BBMF [8D] I think I might actually like public relations work [;)]

Nice Martin!

BTW, you wrote earlier that you went out of your base with one colleague to repair Spitfire in one other base. I thought that all other Spitfires are not in flying condition and that only Spitfires that you take care of actually fly...

You mean about two weeks ago? That would have been Blackpool. As I'm sure you're aware the Spitfire in particular has a very short range, so it's often the case that the flight will base some of our aircraft elsewhere for a few days. The pilots can do some limited servicing on them, but for a longer term stay the fighters need the TLC that only the techies can provide [:D]

I was away for 2 weeks... [;)]

OK... I understand it now... your Spitfire flew away and you guys had to service it... [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

I was away for 2 weeks... [;)]

OK... I understand it now... your Spitfire flew away and you guys had to service it... [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

We would have. But the Spitfire didn't go to Blackpool so we had a free night out instead! [:D]


This weekend at Bournemouth was something a bit different. A few of us were sent down to look after the BBMF trailer on the seafront. It involved a lot of talking to the public and selling the RAF and particularly the BBMF.

Spoke to a lot of kids, some older people who were thinking of joining the RAF, too many oddballs and one 91 year old ex-rear gunner. The RAF had an area on the seafront with various stands etc and a Chinook mock up for people to look around. A bit of positive PR goes a long way and sending us to mingle means we're in the public eye. The job is even easier when the aircrew come down to talk to the public, all I have to do is sell merchandise and point the annoying ones at the pilots [:D]


The highlight was possibly the conspiracy theorist who claimed that unmarked tankers are releasing heavy metals into the atmosphere. His proof was that it doesn't rain as much any more, after the wettest summer in years! [8|]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

I was away for 2 weeks... [;)]

OK... I understand it now... your Spitfire flew away and you guys had to service it... [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

We would have. But the Spitfire didn't go to Blackpool so we had a free night out instead! [:D]


This weekend at Bournemouth was something a bit different. A few of us were sent down to look after the BBMF trailer on the seafront. It involved a lot of talking to the public and selling the RAF and particularly the BBMF.

Spoke to a lot of kids, some older people who were thinking of joining the RAF, too many oddballs and one 91 year old ex-rear gunner. The RAF had an area on the seafront with various stands etc and a Chinook mock up for people to look around. A bit of positive PR goes a long way and sending us to mingle means we're in the public eye. The job is even easier when the aircrew come down to talk to the public, all I have to do is sell merchandise and point the annoying ones at the pilots [:D]


The highlight was possibly the conspiracy theorist who claimed that unmarked tankers are releasing heavy metals into the atmosphere. His proof was that it doesn't rain as much any more, after the wettest summer in years! [8|]

Interesting, Dixie. Good luck with the PR effort. It's probably an 'easy sell' for most Brits-a popular battle of self-defense that you won. Could be worse. You could work for the HFMF (Hurtgen Forest Memorial Force). Then nobody would give a whit.

As for the conspiracist: clearly the fact that you're bringing it up means that he's right. Oh sure, the facts don't line up neatly. But that's because the government mixes things up occasionally to throw off the suspicious.

ETA: On second thought, you should have explained that the 'heavy metal' program was belayed by order of Queensryche. Working in conjunction with Eddie Van Halen and a hastily-assembled Motley Crue, this effort has ceased.

Plus, the heavy metals in the atmosphere were interfering with the orbital mind control lasers.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I was away for 2 weeks... [;)]

OK... I understand it now... your Spitfire flew away and you guys had to service it... [:D]

We would have. But the Spitfire didn't go to Blackpool so we had a free night out instead! [:D]


This weekend at Bournemouth was something a bit different. A few of us were sent down to look after the BBMF trailer on the seafront. It involved a lot of talking to the public and selling the RAF and particularly the BBMF.

Spoke to a lot of kids, some older people who were thinking of joining the RAF, too many oddballs and one 91 year old ex-rear gunner. The RAF had an area on the seafront with various stands etc and a Chinook mock up for people to look around. A bit of positive PR goes a long way and sending us to mingle means we're in the public eye. The job is even easier when the aircrew come down to talk to the public, all I have to do is sell merchandise and point the annoying ones at the pilots [:D]


The highlight was possibly the conspiracy theorist who claimed that unmarked tankers are releasing heavy metals into the atmosphere. His proof was that it doesn't rain as much any more, after the wettest summer in years! [8|]

Nice! [:)]


BTW, what stuff do you guys sell at those events?


Leo "Apollo11"

[Historiker]

When I was in a stuend fraternity, there was a British guest, very old. We thought it makes sense to organize the seating in a way that he sits next to an equally old member of the fraternity.
When they talked, the British told he is from London. The German said: "Nice city, though I only saw it from above."

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: USS America

I sure labored over this long weekend. Bought a car for my wife to put her 160 miles/day into that gets around 38 mpg.

That much commute every day?

BTW, are you guys starting to consider all electric (or hybrid electric / petrol) cars like Volt yet?


Leo "Apollo11"

Hi Leo, no all electric cars for us, at least not for my wife's commute. She's out on the open highway for most of her miles, so all electric is not convenient, or likely even possible. But also, the cost of these cars is still waaaaaay to high. With the number of miles she drives, we will burn up the value of the car in 3 years or less. Bought a 2010 Focus for 1/4 the cost of a Volt. [:)]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

When I was in a stuend fraternity, there was a British guest, very old. We thought it makes sense to organize the seating in a way that he sits next to an equally old member of the fraternity.
When they talked, the British told he is from London. The German said: "Nice city, though I only saw it from above."

[X(] [:D][:D][:D]

You hear plenty of those sort of jokes from the British side, it's the first time I've heard of a German being the joker. It must happen but I get the impression that a lot of them avoid mentioning the war and any part they had in it.

Have you seen the various adverts for Spitfire beer? They're great [:D]

http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/spitfire-adverts/

[USSAmerica]

Good (feels like Monday) Morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,


Nice! [:)]


BTW, what stuff do you guys sell at those events?


Leo "Apollo11"

All sorts of great stuff. If you're reading this boss, promote me! I bought a t-shirt for Josh at the weekend.


T-shirts and jackets, calendars, kid sized black flying suits, art prints including several limited editions, signed prints, hip flasks and all the other trinkets you usually get at museum shops. For the kiddies (or men in their 40s who should have tried harder at school) we also give out posters, this year it was the Spitfire on one side and the Lanc on the other. If the aircrew are able to then they'll come down and sign the posters for the kids.

[jeffk3510]

Good morning all.

Hope those the had yesterday off enjoyed it.

We hand a wonderful time at the zoo, despite it being 107 degrees. Our boys really enjoyed the animals that were active. The grizzy bear, watter buffalo, petting zoo, tiger, hippo, giraffe, and all of the monkey/apes were especially our oldest's favorites. Since the last time we went a couple of months ago, a gorrilla ran up really fast and smashed the glass right in front of him. He was really scared of course, but that is all he has been talking about since then. "Rilla fast. Bang glass daddy" This time he watched the hippo eat right in front of him. "Hipp chomp romp chomp daddy, blow". He especially enjoyed all of the reptiles/fish exhibits, as he could stand in front of them the whole time and look through the glass.

Wonderful time.

BTW, the frogs we saw were "wrestling" as I told my son.

[Schanilec]

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Good morning all.

Hope those the had yesterday off enjoyed it.

We hand a wonderful time at the zoo, despite it being 107 degrees. Our boys really enjoyed the animals that were active. The grizzy bear, watter buffalo, petting zoo, tiger, hippo, giraffe, and all of the monkey/apes were especially our oldest's favorites. Since the last time we went a couple of months ago, a gorrilla ran up really fast and smashed the glass right in front of him. He was really scared of course, but that is all he has been talking about since then. "Rilla fast. Bang glass daddy" This time he watched the hippo eat right in front of him. "Hipp chomp romp chomp daddy, blow". He especially enjoyed all of the reptiles/fish exhibits, as he could stand in front of them the whole time and look through the glass.

Wonderful time.

BTW, the frogs we saw were "wrestling" as I told my son.

Or they were the leap-frog practice team.[:D]

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Historiker

When I was in a stuend fraternity, there was a British guest, very old. We thought it makes sense to organize the seating in a way that he sits next to an equally old member of the fraternity.
When they talked, the British told he is from London. The German said: "Nice city, though I only saw it from above."

[X(] [:D][:D][:D]

You hear plenty of those sort of jokes from the British side, it's the first time I've heard of a German being the joker. It must happen but I get the impression that a lot of them avoid mentioning the war and any part they had in it.

Have you seen the various adverts for Spitfire beer? They're great [:D]

http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/spitfire-adverts/

hillarious! [:D]