What Cheered You Up Today?

• Jan 9, 2020

• #9,621

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Shortround6

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Central Florida Highlands

Fabric covering in 1/48 scale????

 

• Jan 10, 2020

• #9,622

Tieleader

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Feb 4, 2016

rochie said:

Channel surfing.

Landed on a "B" movie called flying WW2.

Plot has a 757 flying through a storm and emerging in the middle of the night during a WW2 air battle.
the 757 is then buzzed by Me 262's.
Cuts to inside the cabin and two history geeks are reading a book on WW2 aircraft, they point to a pic of a Ju 87 then inform the captain they saw He111's being escorted by Ju88's !

They then say the 757 has emerged over a Luftwaffe air raid on St Nazaire in 1940.

it is then engaged in a furious dog fight with 4 Me 262's.

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Wikipedia says there was a schwarm of pre production prototype jets flying escort for the He-111s that were acting as pathfinders for the Ar 234 strike package. I'm pretty sure that the Mk 108s couldn't penetrate the plot armor on the 757 in any event...

 

• Jan 11, 2020

• #9,623

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ThomasP

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While driving today I noticed an Auto Repair Garage with a sign saying the following:

"We use only essential oils and all our parts are gluten free"

 

• Jan 11, 2020

• #9,624

Airframes

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Been needing a new bookcase for some time now, as all the current shelves are full, and every horizontal surface in the house has a pile of books on it - including parts of the floor !!
I've been dallying over getting the Ikea 'Billy / Oxberg', with glass doors, in oak finish, which costs £125, so not too bad - but then there's a whopping £40 for delivery - and I'd have to struggle to un-pack and assemble it !!
Just found one, used but in good, nearly new condition, and of course assembled, 1 mile away from me, for £50.
I be a happy bunny !
Oh, and I've just ordered a new office chair, all singing, all dancing - with a massage function too !!
(No Jan, it doesn't come with a Swedish blonde bird !)

 

• Jan 11, 2020

• #9,625

N4521U

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Miranda, NSW

I too use Gumtree here, some great bargains.
Some even if I use Once is cheaper than renting tools.

 

• Jan 11, 2020

• #9,626

Gnomey

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49ers beat Vikings for 1st playoff win since 2013

 

• Jan 11, 2020

• #9,627

DerAdlerIstGelandet

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The 49ers win!

One game from the Super Bowl!

 

• Jan 12, 2020

• #9,628

Tieleader

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Feb 4, 2016

Took a short ride in our M4 Sherman when it got moved to the display floor.

 

• Jan 13, 2020

• #9,629

Lucky13

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Aug 21, 2006

In my castle....

World War Two Lancaster Bomber being rebuilt in Newquay

 

• Jan 13, 2020

• #9,630

Airframes

Benevolens Magister

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Aug 24, 2008

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Strange, extended nose on that Lanc - wonder if it's a Lincoln with a Lanc nose grafted on to the front ?

 

• Jan 13, 2020

• #9,631

T Bolt

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It could be the distortion from a wide angle camera lens

 

• Jan 13, 2020

• #9,632

Airframes

Benevolens Magister

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That's what I thought at first, but look at the length from the transport joint, in front of the cockpit, to the front of the nose.
Also, the length from the front wall of the bomb bay (which is the rear wall of the bomb aimer's compartment) to the front of the nose.
The Lanc has a slight slope from the windscreen to turret, whereas this is straight, and longer, like the Lincoln.

 

• Jan 13, 2020

• #9,633

vikingBerserker

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Apr 10, 2009

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Gnomey said:

49ers beat Vikings for 1st playoff win since 2013

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Boooooooo.........

 

• Jan 15, 2020

• #9,634

fubar57

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Son was laid off at the end of 2019, part of the horrendous down-turn in the forest industry here in B.C.. Today he was hired for another job, without an interview. They just told him to show up prepared to work

 

• Jan 19, 2020

• #9,635

DerAdlerIstGelandet

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• Jan 19, 2020

• #9,636

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michael rauls

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Jul 15, 2016

The wife got me an early birthday present.
.........but I guess that does mean I'll be a year older here in a few days.

 

• Jan 20, 2020

• #9,637

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ThomasP

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Apr 17, 2017

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I was at the airport the other day and the couple in front of me were talking. I heard the man say (with a hint of sadness in his voice):

"The TSA took my peanut butter."

 

• Jan 20, 2020

• #9,638

Wayne Little

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fubar57 said:

Son was laid off at the end of 2019, part of the horrendous down-turn in the forest industry here in B.C.. Today he was hired for another job, without an interview. They just told him to show up prepared to work

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• Jan 20, 2020

• #9,639

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at6

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I turned 70 on the 5th and can now say that I truly am an "OLD FART". At my favorite tobacco shop, they call me Bernie Sanders because the kids there think that I look like him. So I just tell them that if I'm elected, there will be a Toilet paper Tax. If you have money to flush I want it.

 

• Jan 20, 2020

• #9,640

vikingBerserker

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Happy Birthday my friend!