What you should know about me! (1 Viewer)

[In a Pickle]

Many, many years ago my husbands father thumped Jimmy Seville.

 

[Boris7]

I started a war

Go on then, no one else wants to bite so I'll offer myself up

 

[SuperMike]

Though I did pass the knowledge movan I must come clean and explain how Im able to remember all the roads in the City of London! The reason is, there arent any
They are all streets, places, yards, Lanes etc.
If you want to be pedantic, half a road, coz the boundary goes down the middle of Goswell Road!
If only they had a Raspberry icon

Also there are no mountains in the Peak District, and only one lake in the Lake District.

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[jessthedog]

Also there are no mountains in the Peak District, nor lakes in the Lake District.

Bet ya!!

 

[SuperMike]

Bet ya!!

You‘ve modified my post, cheat.

 

[jessthedog]

You‘ve modified my post, cheat.

Like your style

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[Otter Spotter]

I've walked away, well maybe hobbled way from 3 air crashes.

Please explain, how what why

 

[Otter Spotter]

I drive an Audi with indicators, and I use them!!

There isn’t one made with indicators 🏎🏎🏎🏎

 

[dna]

For the summer before going to university (a long time ago) I volunteered as the level crossing keeper for oakworth station of Railway children fame

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[Brockley]

I've walked away, well maybe hobbled way from 3 air crashes.

I walked away from one semi air crash and two engine failures.

 

[Two on Tour]

Please explain, how what why

1st one was the "bowl" at Dunstable downs, while flying a hangglider, I was hit by a squall that came through as I turned into wind and the force snapped my leading edge resulting in ending up in a large bush.

2nd one was when I was working for a hanggliding company and our designer having read about the sail designs of ocean going racing yachts decided that he could design a wing that would have a very low stall speed be to keeping the boundary layer attached longer by using vortex generators.
Muggins here was was the first to fly the prototype, and it flew very well and after ten minutes the bods on the ground yelled "now try a stall". I put on some height on that would have normally given me enough recovery height and gently eased the bar out and it got slower and slower until it stalled. Bar to the knees to recover the stall but it didn't, tried to flair hard, but to late.
Luckily we had had a week or so of appalling rain prior and as I hit the softened ground and the hangglider collapsed around me. Stunned and winded, part of the wreckage was lifted and a voice shouted out "F*ck me, he's alive". Hobbled away from that one a tad muddy and wet.

3rd was again a prototype, but a fixed swept wing microlight called a CP16 which the American designer reckoned by his calculations would fly well powered by a 250cc Fugi Robin engine.
A nice long field for it's maiden flight and a slight headwind. A couple of medium speed taxi's down the field and back to get a feel of the controls and check the engine.
Turn back into wind and full throttle. On this machine it was weight shift for pitch control and no brakes, and as I got about half way down the field at about 20 plus knots I moved back expecting the bloody thing to lift, but it stayed to the ground. Now running out of field and no brakes, glanced across and noted that the field was "L" shaped so turned to give myself distance to roll to a stop, but then I saw that the two bits of field were divided by a ten foot wide water filled ditch, bugger. Not enough distance to stop again, so full throttle and as I approach the ditch I throw my weight back to get it to lift and jump the ditch, but instead it just ploughed into the ditch. Aircraft totally destroyed, but as it broke up it absorbed a lot of the impact and I came away with a broken ankle and little finger.
It turned out the designer had got the position of the C of G wrong.
With the C of G position corrected on the next ones built and 440cc Fugi Robin engine powering it, it flew well and I went on built two from kits for customers.

 

[emjaiuk]

I have over 300 jumps out of a Shorts Skyvan. A very good friend of mine died in Spain piloting one.

This was a scheduled service, Santa Barbara to LA. They gave out free sweets during the flight.

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[Wanderlust]

When I was a motorcycle despatch rider in London I very nearly ran over Norman Lamont.

 

[dabhand]

I had a pint with Micky Rourke on a Greek Island

 

[RobbyMClark]

Many, many years ago my husbands father thumped Jimmy Seville.

Shame he didn't hit him harder and where it definitely hurts.

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[RobbyMClark]

I started a war

Go on then, no one else wants to bite so I'll offer myself up

I would also be intrigued! !!

 

[SuperMike]

I won the Queens Award to Industry for my Millimetre Wave Interferometer.

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

Had a beer with Bobby Robson at the bar of an all inclusive resort in St Lucia back in the late 90s.

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[g3cwi]

I would also be intrigued! !!

I passed the message from the MoD to the Marines on South Georgia giving then permission to “engage the enemy”. Falklands War 1982.

 

[RobbyMClark]

I passed the message from the MoD to the Marines on South Georgia giving then permission to “engage the enemy”. Falklands War 1982.

Wow.
Friend of SWMBO was in Randy Andy's air maintenance crew during it.

 

[Kelso]

I sat down with Charlie Chaplin, and he bought me a beer .

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[RobbyMClark]

Have watched thr TT with Norman Wisdom.

 

[JaG]

My whole day's planning revolves around whether it fits in with Jean and Benji the Dog.

 

[M-J]

I fart into jars to reduce my carbon footprint

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[icantremember]

I had breakfast with Terry Nelhams-Wright and his wife Jackie at their moated mansion.

 

[Rosemary1]

I nearly drowned while riding my horse!

 

[Silver-Fox]

I had breakfast with Terry Nelhams-Wright and his wife Jackie at their moated mansion.

If that’s a name drop it’s shot over my head

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[Rosemary1]

Hubby want to join in “crashed into a police car on a motorbike while wheeling showing off to a new girlfriend”. I remember it well

 

[RobbyMClark]

Have some Adam Faith he is telling the truth.

 

[Foxycow]

I’m an Englishman (Cheshire) who moved to Scotland 56 years ago and I’m almost accepted now so come on up Jim they’re quite friendly !!!

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