What cheered you up today?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

nowhere else in the world can you see two engines with a total of 16 nominal horse power pull a 200+ ton trailer up a 1:12 gradient, not just steam though, amazing night life, plenty of tractors, military vehicles and classic cars, all working exibits too, 400 acres of steamy fun, during the show it becomes in effect the 3rd largest town in Dorset and even has it's own radio station.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Becasue nowhere else in the world wants to see that... Classic cars yes, Military vehicles ok, but as a general rule steam fairs stink to high hell and you get filthy within an hour or so...Each to their own, but I find them extremely dull and pointless...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but this's different as they're not just sitting there doing nothing, they're all working as they would've 100 years ago and this's one of the only places you can still see stuff like that, nowhere else in the world can you see 6 ploughing engines working one feild at the same time!

 

[cheddar cheese]

I can see that would be interesting for some, doesnt float my boat though...Id rather see a Challenger 2 mindlessly blowing stuff up, much more fun

My Uncle built a scale model traction engine from scratch (about 6 feet long, 3-4 feet high) and its really ott...He went to that fair, drove all the way up there with the engine, went all the way back to Redruth and picked up his caravan, and the same on the way back...too much effort...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

dude one man ships his 10 ton engine from New Zealand just for the event! it's so expensive though he can only afford it once every ten years, this really os one of the biggest events in the world it's worth the effort to say you're part of it!

 

[cheddar cheese]

I ship my 10-ton engine everywhere I go but that never makes the news

 

[Erich]

Adler my friend am not sure why things come off the way they do. I always approach with an open mind and ask some pretty simple basic questions with full understanding I may never hear from these vets. I am though a member of the 352nd, 355th and the 339th fg's as a freind so that probably gives a little clout, plus the extrememe interest I have had for many a year. guess throwing in 10.-25.00 US does help as well though most US vets do not want the monies, just a afew bucks to cover return postage.

just received 2 neat e-mails from former 356th fg pilots with enounters with Me 262's during 44-45 yesterday and this morn. Some very interesting highlights I will present in the Piston engine over 262 thread soon ......

 

[Erich]

hey just got off my road bike busting out 45 miles in the smoke from the local forest fires and sure enough another package came from a P-51 ground attack ace from the 355th fg............. ah yes life is groovy man

E ~

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

sounds good

having a nice conversation with a friend that's been away for a while........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Felt good being back in school again...for some reason

 

[Henk]

I only loved it to see all the new girls and see how the girls look after the holiday, those who lost weight and those who left their boy friends.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

we'll have quite a few new girls this year as we've a lesbian... i mean all girls school nearby, so who knows, maybe one of them will be an aircraft fanatic

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

finished assembling an Academy Ju-87G

 

[cheddar cheese]

Finally got my jacket and belt, more than a week after the first delivery was attempted...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

several things, one of which was racing my two computers, on my laptop i was downloading a 22meg .NET program on a 1 meg connection, on my desktop i was burning 550megs onto a data disk at 10x speed, so who finished first? the burning...........

 

[Twitch]

Yeah, the guy is here to refinish my deck, gazebo and jacuzzi!

 

[cheddar cheese]

several things, one of which was racing my two computers, on my laptop i was downloading a 22meg .NET program on a 1 meg connection, on my desktop i was burning 550megs onto a data disk at 10x speed, so who finished first? the burning...........

You need to get out more

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Scottish football team actually won (and convincingly at that) today. 6-0 against the Faroe Islands

Yeah but look at who they were playing against!

Germany, England, France, Italy or Czech would have pulverised them 10-0 or worse!

 

[Gnomey]

That is why there was a at the end...

 

[cheddar cheese]

Finding out there's a £500 prize for the person who gets the best/most interesting work experience placement next year. Any suggestions? That money is mine