Coronavirus - Keeping it light :-)

[Wilko]

This is us at home. The Cat still breaks the rules though.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Quote of the day:

Living on the earth is expensive
But it does include
A free trip around the sun
Each year.

 

[OnlQQker]

Day 21 of isolation

Donald Trump

 

[Mike Johnson]

The logic of children:

Teacher:
How old is your father?
Johnny:
He's six.
Teacher:
But you are only six.
Johnny:
Yes, but he wasn't a father until I was born.

 

[static zap]

.....Yes, but he wasn't a father until I was born.

mmm .. which one Mathematician ,Scientist ,Politician
--OR -- " Spin Doctor "?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Vulcan

 

[ipf]

Vulcan

What a plane from Avro. My favourite jet.

vulcan jet - Bing

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[Mike Johnson]

I had a letter from my doctor telling me I can still have sex at 75
This please me a great deal, I live at 68 so it's a short walk.

 

[Mike Johnson]

What a plane from Avro. My favourite jet.

But do you remember the Vitor and Valiant?

 

[telectrix]

i rfemember the Victor. wasn't it relegated to become a flying gas tank?

 

[westward10]

The V planes.

 

[Mike Johnson]

And the Valiant was the only one that actually dropped an Atomic and at another time a Hydrogen bomb.

 

[telectrix]

And the Valiant was the only one that actually dropped an Atomic and at another time a Hydrogen bomb.

no it wasn't.I dropped one this morning.

 

[littlespark]

If I can find my old photos, I’ve got one of a real life Vulcan. (The plane, not Spock)
Also one of 13 red arrows.... normally only 10

 

[Zerax]

Also one of 13 red arrows.... normally only 10

I thought they had a signature "Diamond 9" formation ? Where did the 10th one fit in ?
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I’ve got one of a real life Vulcan.

I remember being at the British Grand Prix in 1986 at Brands Hatch... and part of the pre-race entertainment was a Vulcan flying display... and this was before flying over crowds was banned ! What an incredible aircraft !! I can still remember the smell of the jet fuel as the aircraft came in low and slow above us, before turning skywards and powering off into an almost vertical climb... Good ol' days...

 

[westward10]

Often used to see XH558 winging around Northants with plumes of black billowing from it but it is now grounded.

 

[ipf]

But do you remember the Vitor and Valiant?

Course I do. Vickers Valiant and the Victor was made by HP....same as them that did the brown sauce. Free bottle with every new flyer.

 

[Mike Johnson]

But only if you had a window seat.
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The red arrows use the minuscule Hawk, I wonder how that would get on with the SU, it's enormous.

 

[telectrix]

But only if you had a window seat.
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The red arrows use the minuscule Hawk, I wonder how that would get on with the SU, it's enormous.View attachment 57585

not impressed with it's pusher propellor though. like those on a Florida everglades swamp glider.

 

[Mike Johnson]

And this is one of mine.

 

[Zerax]

not impressed with it's pusher propellor though. like those on a Florida everglades swamp glider.

that's what I was thinking...

 

[Midwest]

Here's a pic of the Vulcan at Bournemouth Air Show 2014. I've also got a grainy vid I took on its last flight around the country.

 

[ipf]

Course I do. Vickers Valiant and the Victor was made by HP....same as them that did the brown sauce. Free bottle with every new flyer.

How things have changed, though. Don't remember getting one with the laptop.

 

[Baddegg]

Times like this I’m grateful for my children....I’ve a strong suspicion that if my wife didn’t have them to home school she’d be trying to domestic me instead ?

 

[telectrix]

Times like this I’m grateful for my children....I’ve a strong suspicion that if my wife didn’t have them to home school she’d be trying to domestic me instead ?

perish the thought.

 

[Baddegg]

perish the thought.

22 years last Saturday I’ve driven her nuts for apparently.....?

 

[telectrix]

22 years? you get less for murder (with remission).

 

[Baddegg]

22 years? you get less for murder (with remission).

A fact I regularly remind her of mate.....she counters with silly facts and statistics that women generally get lesser sentences and could’ve killed me twice....at least?
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Listening to radio 2 and have just heard the tale of a man who organised an Easter egg hunt for the family, but didn’t actually hide any eggs, they still looking 10 days later! Legend! ???

 

[pirate]

Can anybody help me with this?
I have to put up an outside lamp which will be powered from a socket in my garage. The lamp is sealed, with only a short length of cable attached so I will mount a junction box on the wall beside the lamp. I don't have any of my usual JBs in stock, so i have dug around and come up with one which should do the job, however I am keen to ascertain its likely IP rating as there is nothing marked on it.
Oddly, despite its green/yellow markings, there is actually no earth terminal on the box itself, which is hardly surprising as it's made entirely of plastic. I intend to drill holes for 22mm glands in each end and use some choc-block to connect the cable.
It's a reasonably sheltered location so i don't think water ingress is too likely, but any advice on the likely IP rating of this box would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

 

[Mike Johnson]

I bow to your superior knowledge on seafaring matters, but I thought Wiltshire was landlocked, why would you need an Anchor.