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To some, Lady Penelope is beyond reproach, indeed anyone with a pink car is. I used to know a person with a pink GTR XU1, and then a Capri (German). She had them both painted hot pink. Respect.
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But we got invited to a real party, with other people, it was joy! I didn't even stuff up, no incidents, though I see some people still blanch at the blue arm (Hunter S and Ralph Steadman, The Curse of Lono).
BTW, I don't like where you're taking this Hartnell stuff, really, I like Paris, and poor Joe, you know, they left bits off him, it's not his fault.
And the good thing, no matter how silly we get on this thread we will never be topped by, you know the nameless from that other thread. I like the way the THEATRE thing is shaping up though, we shall get the Grant, my precious. -
Dyan, really, you can post as long as you like, it is genuinely interesting, the real life stuff, the real stories (surfers call it talking story), your style...I'd really like to see those photos and read your Father's recollections. My Grandfather was posted to Fiji with the Air Force, but never talked of it. My step Grandmother saw service in Africa, she told wonderful stories that had the same feel of real about them that yours do. I know a person who publishes such things here in NZ.
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Well handled. What is becoming apparent is that the spotlight is on inter-generational violence and that is a good thing. It will take some time for some to catch on that it is a big problem. In the meantime the Courts and the Police will push public opinion along with convictions and sentencing, because that's what they also do.
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Thanks Sam F, yep that's the stuff, my Dad's Uncle was shot down twice, the second time in flames (red eyed caterpillar badge, rare). Apparently the tail gunners were young and small because to exit the bubble when in trouble you had to pivot backwards on full extension and drop backwards through the tiny gap (with your parachute), most didn't get to do this. It is said that after a particularly bad mission, they simply hosed the plane out...
I'll look for the book. Hard To Find is great, so is the K'Road one. Jason in Lorne St. is also quite good, prices are creeping up though. -
Dyan, that is a brilliant post, you can write. I have always been fascinated by Lancasters, especially the tail gunner, (the whole 9 yards, their ammo clip was 9 yards long and if they came back with an empty clip, they'd gone the whole 9 yards...) or so I was told by an old fellow at Motat on open day inside a bomber, I think it is a Lancaster, when you sit in them you realise how crazy the whole proposition was.
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As long as you don't start saying we descended from apes, you'll be fine, as for how we've played round with the cow gene pool over the years, well.
Factoid, they eat the bulls they kill in the corrida, very tasty. -
Interesting question, what with nature vs nurture being such a hot topic these days. However, and this may be controversial, was Brains, well, that brainy, really?
I think Gordon may have been a bit dim, because you know, the puppet gene pool didn't stretch that far in the Thunderbirds.
Virgil hung out with Oliver Reed and George Best, and there was talk of an American career, but GWB2 got the part. -
Well done Dave, you've put in a good day.
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That's brilliant, however, I think you'll find Brain's was the Father, he swapped heads with Poppa Tracy, cunning little puppet.
The tell all was lost in the BBC fire, some say Parker lit it.