What Cheered You Up Today? (1 Viewer)

[Bucksnort101]

Sounds like a day trip is in order.

Yep, except I'm taking Friday off and heading over to the museum on Friday mid-morning. Last time I did this they had planes in the air all afternoon doing rehearsals with very few people on the grounds. Make sure you bring a chair and plant it next to the hanger nearest the southern end of the runway. You won't see what's coming in from behind you, but you won't have the sun beating down on you all day and it looks like it will be a hot one (if you can trust the weatherman/woman).

 

[SaparotRob]

"That's good Cavalry thinking, troop"
Captain Wilton Parmenter

 

[at6]

Nice, but it's wrong-handed

You must Australian if you want it upside down.

 

[Gnomey]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/cricket/58516706

 

[Viking1066]

We were going to go catch a game at Wrigley today but changed plans. As I watched my team of 37 years lose their 8th game in a row and give up 18 runs, I decided a change of plans was in order. I told my wife who had me buy the tickets in April we were not going. The 96 degrees and seats in the sun I could live with, the misery on the field not so much. I scrapped that plan and decided we will go up to the Mil town and do whatever. Already booked the room last month. Going to Mi Cielito Lindo, have some margaritas, some chorizo and cheese to start, followed by a nice meal. Then whatever!

 

[buffnut453]

Nerd warning alert...some of you know I'm a bit of a family history nut and that I've been working on the history of a relative who served in the RFC and RAF in WW1. This post is a further part of that ongoing saga so feel free to move along and ignore my ramblings.

My relative's logbook and some photos are held by the RAF Museum Archives. I'd visited there a couple of years ago to copy them for use in my research. During that visit, I discovered that his collection also included an Aldis gunsight as fitted to the Bristol F2b Fighters that he flew. I vowed to return and see the gunsight but, alas, covid got in the way (plus a house move and a ton of other "life happening" things).

Today, I finally made it back to Hendon and was able to get my hands on the gunsight. Although its complete provenance isn't documented, we do know that my relative owned it and that his family gave it to the Museum, I suspect it came from an aircraft he crashed on 9 June 1919 while he was part of the RAF Rhine occupation force in Germany. Here's a photo of his crash (which resulted from engine failure) with the Aldis sight visible just in front of the cockpit (it's a black metal tube about a yard long):

Just for fun, I took a look into the sight and, surprisingly enough, it worked perfectly. I was even able to get a picture of the view, including the sighting markings on the graticule/reticle:

I know it's a pathetically sad thing to get so excited about...but it was cool to handle this piece of equipment that my relative had actually used, and that it still functioned as it was designed to do.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nothing pathetic or sad about it. I wish more people would get this excited over history and historical items.

 

[fubar57]

Yesterday I won my first ever job posting....grader operator....the job I've been doing for the last 9 years. On our crew, I'm the only one who can run all three sizes

 

[Greg Boeser]

Congratulations!

 

[Greg Boeser]

My youngest got a perfect score on his gun safety test yesterday.

 

[SaparotRob]

My youngest got a perfect score on his gun safety test yesterday.

Obviously. You're still alive.
Remember, gun control is a tight grouping.

 

[T Bolt]

My daughter just got her first real job after getting her Masters. Social worker at a grade school that's only a 10 min walk from home.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Just closed on our new house.

 

[Viking1066]

My daughter just got her first real job after getting her Masters. Social worker at a grade school that's only a 10 min walk from home.

That's fantastic!!

 

[Gnomey]

England seal 3-0 series win over New Zealand

Watch highlights as England romp to victory on the final day of the third Test against New Zealand at Headingley to seal a stunning 3-0 series win.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ARTESH]

Shiraz, Fars Province
Summer 2022

 

[vikingBerserker]

Regardless of the location, kids are kids.

 

[rochie]

My daughter just got her first real job after getting her Masters. Social worker at a grade school that's only a 10 min walk from home.

fantastic Glenn

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Karl. She's excided, and scared. She went in to sign the contract today and the showed her around. Nice size office all to herself. She's going to be the only social worker in the school so she'll be hitting the ground running.

 

[ARTESH]

T Bolt , glad about her, but a question in my mind: exactly what is this 'Social worker'?