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RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:42 am
by stuman
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Productive day ... have put up all Christmas paraphernalia (not that its so much being a bachelor), went downtown and finished all my Christmas shopping and topped it off by doing one months worth of accumulated laundry.
Time to award myself by finishing off what's left of the bottle below ... [:)]
Smooth ... and with just that perfect little touch of rum in it ... bliss ... [:'(]
You had a very productive day. We are planning to do the xmas decoration thing today also. Some years we get it done this early, some years it is not finished until the last minute.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:52 am
by anarchyintheuk
Good line from a Simpsons episode. Homer: "Ah the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel".
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:55 am
by stuman
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Good line from a Simpsons episode. Homer: "Ah the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel".
Hehe, that is a great line. Without the Nazis I am not sure there would even be a History Channel.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:06 am
by Grollub
ORIGINAL: stuman
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Productive day ... have put up all Christmas paraphernalia (not that its so much being a bachelor), went downtown and finished all my Christmas shopping and topped it off by doing one months worth of accumulated laundry.
Time to award myself by finishing off what's left of the bottle below ... [:)]
Smooth ... and with just that perfect little touch of rum in it ... bliss ... [:'(]
You had a very productive day. We are planning to do the xmas decoration thing today also. Some years we get it done this early, some years it is not finished until the last minute.
Same thing for me. I just had a short burst of productivity.
BTW, up early or going to bed late?
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:33 am
by stuman
Going to bed late. My brother was in town for the Holiday. We spent the entire day setting up two new TVs , DVD payers, etc for our parents. New cables, so forth and so on. I did not get home until around 2 am or so. And just cannot get to sleep.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:39 am
by Grollub
Ok. Sweet dreams whenever you manage to go to sleep [:)]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:04 am
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: stuman
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Good line from a Simpsons episode. Homer: "Ah the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel".
Hehe, that is a great line. Without the Nazis I am not sure there would even be a History Channel.
It's quite certain that there wouldn't have been...
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:00 am
by Chickenboy
Good morning dudes.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:07 am
by DivePac88
Early morning tithe.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:15 am
by DivePac88
ORIGINAL: scott1964
Ooch that redhead is hard on the eyes, she's got a guys bum, shaw it's no a drag-queen.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:12 pm
by Apollo11
Hi all,
Good afternoon... ice rain is falling...
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:39 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Cannon-armed Spitfire in November 1940...
There were few (very few) Mk IB's...
ORIGINAL: Dixie
Not seen it yet. Looks interesting though.
He's got his Spitfire all wrong for November 1940 though
Should be brown/green for 1940, without the band round the fuselage. And the MkV wasn't in service then either [;)]
Movie was made in 2008... he usually puts it on Internet for free but this one went to few movie festivals and thus it is not released (as far as I know) to general public thus far...
And agreed about cammo scheme (although this is November 1940... perhaps the cammo started to change at that time)...
Leo "Apollo11"
I'm just nitpicking I guess [:D]
The sky fuselage band came in during early 1941 iirc, and grey/green camo in 1942. The thing about using a MkV cockpit for a MkI Spit isn't going to make any issues.
But the wings are CGI right, so there's no reason for those to have the cannon on them.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:55 pm
by Chickenboy
Dixie,
Hearing you pick nits re: the cockpit / armament / paint scheme used is actually interesting, believe it or not. I hadn't really thought of the camo pattern at all until you mentioned it. What's the rationale for the R/W/B striped 'flag' on the foreward part of the tail? It looks awfully French...[&:]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:00 pm
by Onime No Kyo
Tithe.
Seems I have gotten myself into trouble by patching too early. [:(]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:16 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Dixie,
Hearing you pick nits re: the cockpit / armament / paint scheme used is actually interesting, believe it or not. I hadn't really thought of the camo pattern at all until you mentioned it. What's the rationale for the R/W/B striped 'flag' on the foreward part of the tail? It looks awfully French...[&:]
iirc, it's a holdover from the days of the ASF in France. Just another form of quick identification brought in to provide similar forms of ID between French and British aircraft. The RFC in France used a similar thing in 1914-18.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:05 pm
by DuckofTindalos
The joys of joint operations. British Sea Hurricanes were painted with US insignia during Operation Torch to avoid being attacked by American fighters.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:08 pm
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Tithe.
Seems I have gotten myself into trouble by patching too early. [:(]
When there is something important involved never be "early adopter"... [:(]
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:13 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Terminus
The joys of joint operations. British Sea Hurricanes were painted with US insignia during Operation Torch to avoid being attacked by American fighters.
And Albacores, Martlets, Swordfish...
iirc they were painted with the stars as it was thought the French would be less likely to shoot at the Americans than us. Apparently the French were slightly upset that the RN sank their fleet [X(]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:19 pm
by Grollub
ORIGINAL: Dixie
ORIGINAL: Terminus
The joys of joint operations. British Sea Hurricanes were painted with US insignia during Operation Torch to avoid being attacked by American fighters.
And Albacores, Martlets, Swordfish...
iirc they were painted with the stars as it was thought the French would be less likely to shoot at the Americans than us. Apparently the French were slightly upset that the RN sank their fleet [X(]
How unsporting. It's not like the RN had done that a couple of times historically ... [8|][:'(]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:40 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Terminus
The joys of joint operations. British Sea Hurricanes were painted with US insignia during Operation Torch to avoid being attacked by American fighters.
No kidding. I never knew this before. Anyone got a pix?