Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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I raise you Harrier for sheer volume.
Lived a couple of miles away from a small aerodrome in Nottingham that had a surprisingly large annual airshow with the likes of Red arrows and Concorde appearing.
Nothing ever came close to the Harrier for insanely loud.0 -
A Rolls Royce vectored thrust twin turbo fan engine that Harrier. Remembered that for an RAF engineer apprenticeship interview.
Got on the reserve list but didn't get in.
I was at Carnegie's pool which is a rock pool in a river near Calvine. I was toweling myself down as a Tornado flew low through the valley. It was so loud that I used the towel to shield the ears. My mate put his hands on them but was in obvious discomfort and was taken to casualty. He had tinnitus for a few days after.
As I looked up, the pilot turned the aircraft almost vertical and we could actually feel the heat off the engines. It was a horrible experience.
Locally we had an RAF base. It's since been demoted to RAE (Royal Aircraft Establishment) and then demoted again to simply an MOD site the further we have come away from the cold war. But the place used to be buzzing with aircraft.
It's a lot more peaceful now.
Incidentally, it's kept open for surveillance and an emergency landing spot for passenger planes.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
On a related note, I suppose it does come one up that aero engines are so much quieter than they used to be, especially on civilian jets.i think the figure I had was something like 80-90% reduction.0
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Strong childhood memories of going outside (in north Somerset) to watch, and even more to listen to, the Vulcans out testing Concorde enginesbriantrumpet said:Vulcan bomber at Filton is the one I remember.
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Usually it's only oncerick_chasey said:What’s more remarkable about these old planes is how often they crash...
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Laugh.bompington said:
Usually it's only oncerick_chasey said:What’s more remarkable about these old planes is how often they crash...
Not a Giro Hero!0 -
A recent trip to Flyup417 (downhill MTB course) and the staff there were excellent with my 5yo - taking his bike to load onto the trailer and talking to him about his riding, what he's done and where he's going - boosted his confidence and made what could've been a good day into a fabulous day.
I know being friendly doesn't cost - but it's nice when a little one is being singled out for praise and encouragement.1 -
Driving an old Triumph Spitfire round the M25 near Heathrow and Concorde was taking off directly above, I thought the world was coming to an end and the car was about to explode clown car style.bompington said:
Strong childhood memories of going outside (in north Somerset) to watch, and even more to listen to, the Vulcans out testing Concorde enginesbriantrumpet said:Vulcan bomber at Filton is the one I remember.
Many years later I was on a motorbike at a red light in front of 4 lanes of traffic at Chiswick roundabout in the evening rush hour and Concorde was flying over directly ahead of us, I had been watching it for a while when I realised the lights were now green and I hadn't seen them change. Stuck it in first and pulled away, then realised nobody else had moved or hooted there horn. Normally a fraction of a second after the lights change there people are hooting if you haven't moved, all 4 lanes were just sat watching it. This was in the final year before they stopped flying.0 -
I couldn't think of anything worse. Was this some form of Penance?veronese68 said:
Driving an old Triumph Spitfire round the M25 near Heathrow ...bompington said:
Strong childhood memories of going outside (in north Somerset) to watch, and even more to listen to, the Vulcans out testing Concorde enginesbriantrumpet said:Vulcan bomber at Filton is the one I remember.
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The car was a hoot, but over 120bhp and little weight or grip made it interesting. The M25 and Heathrow weren't much fun.pinno said:
I couldn't think of anything worse. Was this some form of Penance?veronese68 said:
Driving an old Triumph Spitfire round the M25 near Heathrow ...bompington said:
Strong childhood memories of going outside (in north Somerset) to watch, and even more to listen to, the Vulcans out testing Concorde enginesbriantrumpet said:Vulcan bomber at Filton is the one I remember.
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Watching Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Mark Selby in the semi finals with a display of recklessness, brilliance, guts and sheer genius. Fantastic entertainment!! Just a shame there wasn't a crowd to add some atmosphere.0
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It was good. He was saying on Eurosport that due to a lack of match practice, he was struggling to find a cue action that worked.shortfall said:Watching Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Mark Selby in the semi finals with a display of recklessness, brilliance, guts and sheer genius. Fantastic entertainment!! Just a shame there wasn't a crowd to add some atmosphere.
Well, farq me.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Yeah saw him say similar on BBC. Selby was highly critical of Ronnie saying some of those hit and hope shots were disrespectful but it just looked like sour grapes to me. It was one of the most gripping matches I've ever seen and props to Ronnie for hanging on in there when he looked beaten.pinno said:
It was good. He was saying on Eurosport that due to a lack of match practice, he was struggling to find a cue action that worked.shortfall said:Watching Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Mark Selby in the semi finals with a display of recklessness, brilliance, guts and sheer genius. Fantastic entertainment!! Just a shame there wasn't a crowd to add some atmosphere.
Well, farq me.0 -
Ronnie's B game beat Selby's A game.
Some of the snooker get out shots were outrageous.
Saying he couldn't find a cue action that works shows you the ability of the guy.
I can hold my own with 1 cue action - and if that don't work, I play like a blind pit pony.
He also said that he beat Selby's safety game which he admitted he rarely does and that was a compliment.
Ronnie did similar against M Williams. Maybe being behind focused him when his game was a little off.seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
They flew over my school more or less constantly during the Falklands as we were on the edge of the Beacons that made a perfect training ground. I was military obsessed at the time so loved it.morstar said:I raise you Harrier for sheer volume.
Lived a couple of miles away from a small aerodrome in Nottingham that had a surprisingly large annual airshow with the likes of Red arrows and Concorde appearing.
Nothing ever came close to the Harrier for insanely loud.0 -
Dunno, with defence budget cuts there's probably some ex-Etonian running a Government cut and shut contract from a back street garage.bompington said:
Usually it's only oncerick_chasey said:What’s more remarkable about these old planes is how often they crash...
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Doublebompington said:
Usually it's only oncerick_chasey said:What’s more remarkable about these old planes is how often they crash...
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Ordered some new gear cables from Wiggle on Thursday. Choose to go with free delivery which was due to arrive from Monday onwards. However they arrived yesterday Friday and there was a packet of Haribo.
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Someone has spotted a huge gap on the centre-right for a news channel. The people this is going to trigger is going to be great
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Andrew Neil is head and shoulders above most other political broadcasters so it's a real scoop if they've got him.coopster_the_1st said:Someone has spotted a huge gap on the centre-right for a news channel. The people this is going to trigger is going to be great
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I miss the very clever and articulate Brian Walden.shortfall said:
Andrew Neil is head and shoulders above most other political broadcasters so it's a real scoop if they've got him.
We really don't have enough good political journalists and we really don't have any good political satire anymore.
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Agree with all of that. We don't have many good politicians either.pinno said:
I miss the very clever and articulate Brian Walden.shortfall said:
Andrew Neil is head and shoulders above most other political broadcasters so it's a real scoop if they've got him.
We really don't have enough good political journalists and we really don't have any good political satire anymore.0 -
Spitting Image is coming back apparently.pinno said:
I miss the very clever and articulate Brian Walden.shortfall said:
Andrew Neil is head and shoulders above most other political broadcasters so it's a real scoop if they've got him.
We really don't have enough good political journalists and we really don't have any good political satire anymore."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Honestly this generation in all arts really is bereft of new ideasStevo_666 said:
Spitting Image is coming back apparently.pinno said:
I miss the very clever and articulate Brian Walden.shortfall said:
Andrew Neil is head and shoulders above most other political broadcasters so it's a real scoop if they've got him.
We really don't have enough good political journalists and we really don't have any good political satire anymore.0 -
Spitting image was brilliant. I always liked Ben Elton too 'little bit of politics'.0
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Spitting Image has it too easy this time round.focuszing723 said:Spitting image was brilliant. I always liked Ben Elton too 'little bit of politics'.
All they need do is put their puppets onto real audio soundbites.
Westminster is currently a house of self parody that is nigh on impossible to top.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
This. The parody will seem more real than the reality.pblakeney said:
Spitting Image has it too easy this time round.focuszing723 said:Spitting image was brilliant. I always liked Ben Elton too 'little bit of politics'.
All they need do is put their puppets onto real audio soundbites.
Westminster is currently a house of self parody that is nigh on impossible to top.0 -
Hearing the chuff, chuff, chuff-chuff-chuff of a steam locomotive getting underway.0
