Overlord 2004

[DaveCox]

At least I'll be able to find you all when I turn up at the show with the wife and son next weekend......I'll just look for the smoke signals!!!!!!!

[Snowtractor]

...yeuch ! Rather waste my money on Beer, metal and ballistics
If I am going to burn up my money its going to be the gastank of some rumbling beast...currently my LIfted 345ci Scout II and the Big bad 1 Ton 6L Ram 4x4 Quad cab Dually ( wanna pull a 17 pounder in and out of the danger zone at 100mph ) and soon...oh so very soon the MKII carrier......Oh , oh yeah and takng care of the missus of course

Sean

PS: Richard, at the airport, Geoff will be the one being supported by the two large members of the constabulary...don't worry by the time they get to the wagon he'll have spun enough yarns you'll have the first round on them and a police escort home

Originally posted by FV623
... in any event the Canadian pixie ...

R.

the pixie never holds altitude ... unless its high entertainment ... and they can have a clever and bratty way of playing with that too...

...off topic ... my foster Mom was from Bristol, I think. Is that close to where you are?

Originally posted by Snowtractor
....Geoff's gone now...LET'S BE BAD !!!

Errrrrrrr, he watching you know; well not right now he gone for a drink. . . . . . . .

R.

R. ... you said;

1. Go in the bog and open the basin drain, keep
ciggy in sink and blow "exhaust" smoke into basin
drain where the vacuum system whips it all away
before the smoke sensor sees it.


.... dos this REALLY WORK? If so ... I'll try that if I ever get on a plane again and the flight is too long between smoking areas!

Originally posted by V_D
R. ... you said;

1. Go in the bog and open the basin drain, keep
ciggy in sink and blow "exhaust" smoke into basin
drain where the vacuum system whips it all away
before the smoke sensor sees it.


.... dos this REALLY WORK? If so ... I'll try that if I ever get on a plane again and the flight is too long between smoking areas!

We had a recent doucmentary entitled "One Mile High" presented and narrated by ex and serving airline cabin staff that covered all the shenannigans that staff and passengers get up to on long flights. This was one of them.

They also covered every aspect of, shall we say, THE one mile high club, and how to be successful without embarrassment eg, do not back your partner onto the low-set attendant bell push or the bog flush; especially the latter as people had been literally sucked into the pan and suffered injury.

Also you note the staff have complete control of your well being, for extremely awkward and bombastic passengers, just two of the issued eye drops they all need to carry, because of the dry environment, is undetectable in any drink but will have you in and out of the bog interminably for 24hrs with a severe case of the trots/Dehli belly/Montezuma's revenge or crop-spraying for our Oz chums.

Now, perhaps Mr McSpool can expand on this, since he does have a senior cabin staff partner. . . . . . . . .

Esteemed Mr. MLU SITREP:
After only four beers en route home here, and sparrow-like solid food intake, we kept him up until past 24:00 local with harder liquor and now Mr. "I'll be up before you at 06:00" is soundly away in the land of nod at 07:30 local.

His uniform is prepared for the memorial re-dedication later today of the 21st AG "King's Stone" when he salutes for us before the rep of HM Queen, the Dep. Lord Lt. of Hampshire, Rear Admiral D. Bawtree and the rep of the Canadian High Commissioner to England, Maj. J-C. Boisvert.

I would hope to post a piccy later, we have hidden the transported store of hard stuff temporarily.

R.

SEAN ... do you happen to have a pic of your little guy? I'd love to see it

Esteemed Mr. MLU ... you'll salute well and be immortalized while doing so ... Mr. R. N. has promised to catch you in the act and share th results with us. Cool!

Am looking forward to seeing photos G. As I'm sure everyone else is in here. I hope you'll take time to type to MLU "comments" about your experiences.

Master R. No comment on what nicky nicky shenanigans happen in airborn toilet rooms... :

and my dears

[Snowtractor]

I have several pics of him, but they are black and white. When he actually arrives sept. 24th-ish I will snap some pics in colour...blue and wrinkled I imagine.
Hey X-ray erm stingray erm....keep a look out for the 2 mounting towers for a carrier for me would you....I'm good for it...I know you don't have any good eyes this AM but use the good eye latter on if you are perusing any MV goodie tables.
Thx muchly
Sean

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by FV623
Now, perhaps Mr McSpool can expand on this, since he does have a senior cabin staff partner. . . . . . . . .

Back in the days when she was flying passengers were still allowed to smoke. If the Havana cigar smoke was a bit too much, they opened a window. DC3's only fly at 1,000 feet, you know . . . .

Would love to hear how the colonial is doing and how things went at the re-dedication of the 21st AG "King's Stone" today.

H.

SEAN ... oops ... for some reason I thought your son was due LAST fall, not this coming. I take it you have ultra sound images?

Mr Ball-Spinning has been doing this.

He may send a report later. . . . . . . .

R.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Details to come, but back at that nice Mr Hilter's house for the first time since last week, sunburnt and tired but happy. Friday we leave for Normandy! Just said auf wiedersehen to Andreas the Herr Oberst Kettenkradfixenführer as he's on his way back to Chermany tomorrow; it's going to be difficult to stop talking in pigeon German now....

SUNRAY MINOR is here and being successfully Assimilated by the Solent Borg Collective. Hmmmmm....

This place is absolutely mad, and full of absolutely mad people. I'M the only normal one here...

Cheers, all, wish you were here too.

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

This place is absolutely mad, and full of absolutely mad people. I'M the only normal one here...
Cheers, all, wish you were here too.

Bloody well wish we were there too!
Aaaah well, there is a contingent of Aussie vets who set off today - as you probably know we didn't have such a big presence there, mainly people serving with the RAF in all sorts of capacities from glider tug pilots to those in the Lancasters of 617 Squadron dropping a pattern of "window" to simulate a slow moving convoy to confuse the Germans.
Take LOTS of pictures, and, if anyone is filming on DV in PAL format - shoot a segment to use in the Year of the Blitz 2! Lots of interviews, please...
You'll get a credit!

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Just said auf wiedersehen to Andreas the Herr Oberst Kettenkradfixenführer as he's on his way back to Chermany tomorrow; it's going to be difficult to stop talking in pigeon German now....

Ah, sehr gut, ve are alles korrekt Englisher now talking.

SUNRAY MINOR is here and being successfully Assimilated by the Solent Borg Collective. Hmmmmm....

Hey, pal; better that than the Blair Borg EU collective.

This place is absolutely mad, and full of absolutely mad people. I'M the only normal one here...

Bollocks (two L's), if you believe that you can plait sawdust.

I'm sending him off to France soon (ah, peace and quiet) so we can have the fridge back for food instead of just breakfast wine and beer : :

Great to see Dave there even if I had to be whizzing about everywhere, but I was relying on someone for piccies as duties precluded those activities. . . . . . . .

Now, I do have a MLD one of a very un-spinning ball mid afternoon, best wait until he's overseas perhaps. . . . . . . .


R.

[kettenkrad]

Originally posted by FV623
Mr Ball-Spinning has been doing this.

He may send a report later. . . . . . . .

R.

After Mr. W.-Ball did his salute to the officials, he had other work to do. See attached picture.



In the meantime the Kettenkrad and me are safely back in Germany. Hope you have a nice time in Normandy.

Best regards
Andreas

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by kettenkrad
Hope you have a nice time in Normandy.

Thanks Andreas, I'm off, will report back later!


Hanno

Originally posted by kettenkrad
After Mr. W.-Ball did his salute to the officials, he had other work to do. See attached picture.

In the meantime the Kettenkrad and me are safely back in Germany. Hope you have a nice time in Normandy.

GOSH!!!!!!

I missed that, Ball-Spinning doing the washing-up.

As this is a reply to the posting from our great friend, and quite anglicised loony; Herr. Oberst. Kettenkradfixennführer Andreas, a gentleman who happily takes the crew to the supermarket on a real WWII ex-Wehrmacht Kettenkrad; I should perhaps relate the tale of Spinning-Ball and the French stick.

To compliment the boot (trunk) full of excellent wurst Herr.Ob. Kk.Ff. transports from the Ostfront of der Vaterland, we decided on copious quantities of garlic bread also and thus dispatched the esteemed Mr MLU Ball-Spinning for a white-knuckle ride facing backwards on the somewhat rapid KK being aimed by our rather out of national character Vaterlandvolk Andreas KK.Ff.

It transpires that Ballington-Winn has a firmer grip on the KK than the shopping, which is not altogether unreasonable, as you'd all agree, if you have ever had the experience of thrashing down a UK main road facing backwards on a 3/4 track motorbike.

Thus one of the excellent and long baguettes was launched from the flying Kettenkrad much like a hypothetical version of a KK mounted, self-propelled Nebelwerfer. The completely befuddled motorist following in a daze at the never before seen, or likely to be repeated, spectacle of a speeding tracked motorcycle; made no attempt a bread-avoidance and accurately rendered the light-brown and crispy, pointed tubular missile into a long and thin chapati within a millisecond and thus it was fit for nothing more than nailing on the wall.

The attached image depicts the result of this activity with the evidence duly displayed by Herr.Ob.Kk.Ff. Andreas; the grinning git on the right is alleged to be none other than our esteemed and revered leader; The Rapidly Rotating Spheroid.

For the observant Constance Babbington-Smith's amongst you, it may be noted that Binnington-Wall could do with taking two paces closer to the razor in the mornings.

We have marked his card accordingly.

R.
SH.SC.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

It looks like W-B ,from that hair raising ride ,was sitting in something soft and warm ...and hadn't had a chance to change his knickers yet...

Originally posted by Alex Blair
It looks like W-B ,from that hair raising ride ,was sitting in something soft and warm ...and hadn't had a chance to change his knickers yet...

You may be right. . . . . . . . . . .

R.
SH.SC

[DaveCox]

Don't tell me you still ate that extra-fine tenderised baguette-thing? Or under the affluence of incahol don't you notice the tyre marks? Perhaps rubber and tarmac improves the flavour?

Next time I get the chance I'll definitely think about staying overnight - looks like fun..............

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by FV623
For the observant Constance Babbington-Smith's amongst you, it may be noted that Binnington-Wall could do with taking two paces closer to the razor in the mornings.

We have marked his card accordingly.

R.
SH.SC.

Yes, it's even been noted by the R.S.M...... :

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
Yes, it's even been noted by the R.S.M...... :

You're determined to get me soundly bollocked on His return aren't you.

R.
SH.SC

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by FV623
You're determined to get me soundly bollocked on His return aren't you.

R.
SH.SC

Who Me?...............nah......................

Originally posted by FV623
Not after we've filled you with
Stand by for a MLD picture. . . . . . .

R.

As promised, since Mark W T has already comprehensively dropped me in the poo via the technicalities of photoshop, I may as well finish the job off and just have one concurrent bollocking from Himself.

I was supremely confident of a MLD picture and here it is, Ball-Spinning claimed jet lag and fresh air tiredness after a week of acclimatisation and announced he'd have an afternoon nap at the show. What I cannot depict is the unconscious emulation of Ford CMP second gear engagement at rest, made every other second; take my word for it.

In fact it might have something to do with the de rigeur two mugs of "breakfast" wine retained by a minimum of six beers before the forenoon is out; which is my theory and I'm sticking to it.

R.
SH.SC

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
Who Me?...............nah......................

OH!! REALLY?

I have a premonition I shall be wearing them as earrings.

R.
SH.SC.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by FV623
OH!! REALLY?

I have a premonition I shall be wearing them as earrings.

R.
SH.SC.

We'll have to keep it down to a dull roar.....SUNRAY is trying to sleep and dream HAPPY THOUGHTS ........

He's sucking his thumb Waht did you DO to him R.??????????????? You BEAST!

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by V_D
He's sucking his thumb Waht did you DO to him R.??????????????? You BEAST!

Carman, Denise here, I thought the same thing when I first say the picture......

Psst, Carman, it's Mark, better watch what you say in regards to SUNRAY SUCKUNG HIS THUMB ....you could be DELETED from afar.....poof...gone.....

Originally posted by V_D
He's sucking his thumb Waht did you DO to him R.??????????????? You BEAST!

It may look like that but I think you're all mistaken, the necessities of sizing and compression remove a lot of detail.

Mark's thought bubble is of course entirely wrong and should read thus:
wine, wine, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, rye, beer, rye, rye, beer, beer, beer.

R.
SH.SC.

Originally posted by FV623
It may look like that but I think you're all mistaken, the necessities of sizing and compression remove a lot of detail.

R.
SH.SC.

Well, I'm surely glad you didn't cause that poor man to regress by depriving him of anything ....

Hey DENISE ... Hi there! You'd better do some quality control on that mad-man too! (no... DON'T ... I LOVE the nw photos!)