Bullbasket Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, RACETRACK said: or aka Canvey.. Ah, yes. I used to live there myself, 25 years ago. Fenwick Way, back of the golf course. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACETRACK Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 wow! small world, were on Driveway! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 3 hours ago, LaurieS said: Just for you Whofan Thanks, must learn to read whole thread before embarrassing myself. Glad to see you do it right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 26 minutes ago, Whofan said: Thanks, must learn to read whole thread before embarrassing myself. Glad to see you do it right ! I have the same problem. Just nice to see that I am normal () I think. Laurie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, LaurieS said: I have the same problem. Just nice to see that I am normal () I think. Laurie Same here Laurie,posted things that come across as taking the michael.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: Same here Laurie,posted things that come across as taking the michael.... Not Con-vinced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 A Royal Navy Commando Merlin growled over the house twice today. Lovely to see and hear as any military stuff is a rarity here these days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Sunday 15th; afternoon & evening. 6/10 cloud, not too warm nor too cold, no rain. I have my front window open and radio on. From outside; screams and shouts of many children doing what children do best; being children and playing. They are so loud I cannot really hear the music on the radio Most excellent!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Spring! It's finally sprung here, no rain for two days and none forecast for another week. I was out in one of our horse fields this morning checking the fence for any bad connections when a deer trotted across the next field, about 50m away. When it got to the tree line it stopped, looked at me then ambled off into the copse, another one the hunters missed. Hooray. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 What makes me happy? A BIG bag of pork scratchings! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Spring! It's finally sprung here, no rain for two days and none forecast for another week. I was out in one of our horse fields this morning checking the fence for any bad connections when a deer trotted across the next field, about 50m away. When it got to the tree line it stopped, looked at me then ambled off into the copse, another one the hunters missed. Hooray. No doubt the chasse will have it sooner or later. It's about 25 degrees outside at the moment, so time to get my sit upon mower (aka Black Betty) out and cut the foot high grass. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm easily pleased so when I visited Prestwick today I was delighted to see that it looked like a proper Fleet Air Arm station with 2 Merlins and 3 Hawks. The RAF popped in with 2 Hercs and 2 Hawk T2s and there was a Canadian Herc parked up. Add Cobham's 5 Falcons and it made a great visit. Star for me was this beastie (excuse the cropping but it was on the far side of the airfield): 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Scimitar said: I'm easily pleased so when I visited Prestwick today I was delighted to see that it looked like a proper Fleet Air Arm station with 2 Merlins and 3 Hawks. The RAF popped in with 2 Hercs and 2 Hawk T2s and there was a Canadian Herc parked up. Add Cobham's 5 Falcons and it made a great visit. Star for me was this beastie (excuse the cropping but it was on the far side of the airfield): Built the 1/48 Airfix. One of the best models I have built. Went together very well. Very enjoyable. Not sure they have the colour quite right. Obviously used a close Tamiya in place of Vallejo. Never mind they seem to have a better fit on the canopy than mine. Anyway what scale is the one above in the picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, LaurieS said: Anyway what scale is the one above in the picture. It's the 1/700 scale one that came with a ship kit. Looks real doesn't it? I seem to be mastering this model photo malarkey 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Spending a pleasant couple of hours on a Sunday morning getting the car all washed and shiny. Allows me to switch me head off for a bit. Regards Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I must be getting soft in the head in my old age. Every time that I go into our gite (which is unoccupied for most of the year), I find a load of trapped flies and bumble bees. The BB's are big beggars and if I can catch them I release them outside. Today I found one slowly crawling over the window sill, so slowly that it really looked as though it was on it's last knockings. So I picked it up and put it outside in the sunshine, thinking that it wasn't long for this world. But after a couple of minutes, and a few false starts, it gracefully rose into the air and flew away, with me shouting encouragement. I did feel chuffed. If any of my neighbours heard me, no doubt they thought "crazy anglais!!" John. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bullbasket said: I must be getting soft in the head in my old age. Every time that I go into our gite (which is unoccupied for most of the year), I find a load of trapped flies and bumble bees. The BB's are big beggars and if I can catch them I release them outside. Today I found one slowly crawling over the window sill, so slowly that it really looked as though it was on it's last knockings. So I picked it up and put it outside in the sunshine, thinking that it wasn't long for this world. But after a couple of minutes, and a few false starts, it gracefully rose into the air and flew away, with me shouting encouragement. I did feel chuffed. If any of my neighbours heard me, no doubt they thought "crazy anglais!!" John. On behalf of insects everywhere, thank you John – hero of the bug world. I hate the usual 'go to' option of most people, “Errr bug, kill it”. They may not be beautiful or cuddly (to most people) but we couldn't manage without them. When we find a sizeable spider in the house, we name it and let it go about its business. They have just as much right to life as we do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 What makes me happy: The sun, family and friends, days without pain 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 What makes me happy...???? Saturday morning, I turn on my trusty old Jeep Cherokee Laredo.....six cylinders roaring steady. Then heading to my LHS, were a group of freaks meet to talk about models (some daring one even builds anything)...... then to a restaurant in the countryside....enjoying local, traditional food and wine....then back to the hobby shop and spending the rest of the evening drinking some beer, and again talking about models...that makes me happy....very happy.... cheers... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Gorby said: On behalf of insects everywhere, thank you John – hero of the bug world. I hate the usual 'go to' option of most people, “Errr bug, kill it”. They may not be beautiful or cuddly (to most people) but we couldn't manage without them. When we find a sizeable spider in the house, we name it and let it go about its business. They have just as much right to life as we do. The field opposite me has a couple of cows and next door have three horses,every summer the spiders in my place think it's christmas,they're a great way of getting rid of the flies... Edited April 27, 2018 by Vince1159 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Nocoolname said: What makes me happy: The sun, family and friends, days without pain 😊 Amen. Thinking of my eighteen month old Grandson, diagnosed with AML Leukemia, started his first five weeks of Chemo today..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 59 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: The field opposite me has a couple of cows and next door have three horses,every summer the spiders in my place think it's christmas,they're a great way of getting rid of the flies... If one neighbour has got cows and one neighbour has got horses and you've got spiders, you might need to up your game there Vince, it's not very impressive livestock. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 21 minutes ago, Gorby said: If one neighbour has got cows and one neighbour has got horses and you've got spiders, you might need to up your game there Vince, it's not very impressive livestock. I've got a cat if that counts as an upgrade,the horses are gorgeous animals (there isn't much that's better than hearing them neigh) cows on the other hand are just mobile steaks.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 32 minutes ago, Gorby said: If one neighbour has got cows and one neighbour has got horses and you've got spiders, you might need to up your game there Vince, it's not very impressive livestock. Have you seen the size of his spiders though? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, PhoenixII said: Amen. Thinking of my eighteen month old Grandson, diagnosed with AML Leukemia, started his first five weeks of Chemo today..... I'm really sorry to hear that. Here's wishing him all the best! Cheers, Mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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