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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Just One More on March 04, 2008, 10:11:55 PM
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eeek:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185
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eeek:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185
Jeeeeeeez! lol:
I wonder if they went round or tried elsewhere?
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I just read the report in the local paper here.
Apparently they went round and landed on an alternate runway – presumably one which didn’t have a 50% crosswind component! point:
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I remember flying Dan Air noooo:
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In RAF parlance that is known by the highly technical term "WHOOPS!"
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. . . . and FWIW, it was a Lufthansa flight landing at a German airport in allegedly 150 winds (can't remember whether they were quoted as m.p.h. or k.p.h)
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Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.
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Warm Saki anybody?
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Warm Saki anybody?
Ouch! I bet that caused a few narrowed eyes.
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Very unlucky to get struck by lightning so many times noooo:
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Very unlucky to get struck by lightning so many times noooo:
Do you often fly JAL?
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No. Why do you ask? rubschin:
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Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.
Is wind speed not quoted in knots, generally? rubschin:
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Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.
Is wind speed not quoted in knots, generally? rubschin:
If it was in a tabloid (or on the BBC) it was prolly how many times faster than a double-decker bus the wind was… whistle:
But yes, air speed is generally in knots. ;)
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Airspeed usually in Knots, Windspeed in UK and US usually in Mph, Windspeed on the Continent usually in Kph.
Note the difference between Windspeed and Airspeed. Windspeed is, as it says, the speed of the wind. Airspeed is the speed of something (in most cases an aircraft) passing through the air.
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
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Try telling that to the BBC weathermen ::)
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If it was in a tabloid (or on the BBC) it was prolly how many times faster than a double-decker bus the wind was…
If it was in the Sun it would be "Knots per hour".
The Guardian would print "konts". ::)
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Airspeed usually in Knots, Windspeed in UK and US usually in Mph, Windspeed on the Continent usually in Kph.
Note the difference between Windspeed and Airspeed. Windspeed is, as it says, the speed of the wind. Airspeed is the speed of something (in most cases an aircraft) passing through the air.
Bloody hell.. This pub skould get an award from Ofsted
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Airspeed usually in Knots, Windspeed in UK and US usually in Mph, Windspeed on the Continent usually in Kph.
Note the difference between Windspeed and Airspeed. Windspeed is, as it says, the speed of the wind. Airspeed is the speed of something (in most cases an aircraft) passing through the air.
Bloody hell.. This pub skould get an award from Ofsted
I was going to apply for one but I couldn't spell it... osfted that is... whistle:
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
Doh? Excuse me teacher Sir, how come knots are not available then, are they an endangerd species or sumfing?
GOS Junior sinks behind desk awaiting sharp retort.
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
Doh? Excuse me teacher Sir, how come knots are not available then, are they an endangerd species or sumfing?
GOS Junior sinks behind desk awaiting sharp retort.
Only Conservative controlled councils have them now…
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
Doh? Excuse me teacher Sir, how come knots are not available then, are they an endangerd species or sumfing?
GOS Junior sinks behind desk awaiting sharp retort.
BANG (That was a sharp retort)
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
Doh? Excuse me teacher Sir, how come knots are not available then, are they an endangerd species or sumfing?
GOS Junior sinks behind desk awaiting sharp retort.
BANG (That was a sharp retort)
BNAG (that was a Grauniad Retort)
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/curriculum/lesson_plans/weatherobserving/partc.html
"Wind speed should ideally be measured in a large open space away from buildings etc which could provide shelter or help funnel winds.
Wind speed is measured using an anemometer. This can either be hand held or ideally mounted on a roof top or mast 10 metres above ground. An anemometer is made up of cups attached to handle with a scale on it. The stronger the wind the faster the cups rotate and the higher the reading on the scale. Handheld anemometers should be held at arms length and the values read off from the scale. Several readings should be taken over a couple of minutes and an average taken. The measurement should be made in knots, or if this is not available in miles per hour."
rubschin:
Doh? Excuse me teacher Sir, how come knots are not available then, are they an endangerd species or sumfing?
GOS Junior sinks behind desk awaiting sharp retort.
BANG (That was a sharp retort)
BNAG (that was a Grauniad Retort)
drumroll:
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Bizarrely someone from the Grauniad is trying to interview me and wants a call back. scared2:
"Hello, " I shall say, "this is Mr Ncik"
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Oooooooooo! Do tell when it is to be published and I'll break the rule of a lifetime (well retirement anyway) and buy a copy. I usually only get the odd "Sunday" with a free CD or the free papers that come through the door unbidden so it will be a real event like.
And I'll cut it out and stick it in my scrapbook of heroes wot I have known (a thin volume I admit)
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It will be "off the record" and it should be in next Tuesday|
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Off the record eh? That means Nick's out to knife someone. Whooo Whoooo .... Go for it my boy!
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No, it means I don't trust effing journalists and refuse to have my name put to comments. Ever since that incident in 1997 evil:
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'Kin ell'
Not the famous '97 incident?
On a par with the Great Winter of 62 and the great eathquake of 08 whistle:
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No, it means I don't trust effing journalists and refuse to have my name put to comments. Ever since that incident in 1997 evil:
Know what you mean.
Back in 1972 I got stitched up by the local BBC Radio in a recorded interview that they subsequently "edited" to the point that I was heard saying things completely the opposite to that which I had really said. Their excuse to my complaint was "Shortage of time on the programme" ..... BUT apparently enough time to edit the 30 minutes down to four new questions recorded and my answers cut and pasted in as replies to the new questions in a distorted manner that just happened to suit the point they were trying to make. evil:
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Precisely!!
The 1997 incident was one of a journo calling me on the mobile just as I was about to descend into Oxford Circus tube.
"What do you think of X?"
"I think it's a pile of crap, why?"
"That's all"
Headline in national trade publication the next week "Mr Nick says X is CRAP!" redface:
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Yup.
I was a trade union offcial and there was an unofficial dispute going on. I was interviewed and tried to put the case for both sides and explained why the Union would not be making the "action" "official" with all that would imply. At one point I said "The problem is that a few of those involved have convinced themselves that they have been sold down the river ~ this is patently nonsense but it is a point of view that we need to address with the local management"
Intro to prog article "UNION SAYS WE'VE BEEN SOLD DOWN THE RIVER BY POST OFFICE MANAGERS" and then Intervewer asking "Would you agree that your members have been sold down the river by local management?"
and me saying "It is a problem that we need to address"
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And have you stopped beating your wife?
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'cactly. B@st@rds!
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I will now forward this thread to a jounalist acquaintance. Are you willing to be interviewed about it?
See also: involuted
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lol: whistle:
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ME ME! I'LL BE INTERVIEWED!
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I will set that up for you!
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Can I be the pub Defence Correspondent please and can I have a nice uniform for the piccies and some medals would be cool, Prince Harry's flack jacket and Glock/Browning would look good too. eh? please! cloud9:
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Get to the right thread!
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Can I be the pub Defence Correspondent please and can I have a nice uniform for the piccies and some medals would be cool, Prince Harry's flack jacket and Glock/Browning would look good too. eh? please! cloud9:
Of course GOS... shrugs:
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I fear he may have gone bonkers. noooo:
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I fear he may have gone bonkers. noooo:
Like that bloke at Colditz?
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He's still there. It is him!
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I fear he may have gone bonkers. noooo:
Like that bloke at Colditz?
He may have been that bloke at Colditz
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I fear he may have gone bonkers. noooo:
Like that bloke at Colditz?
He may have been that bloke at Colditz
rubschin: true...
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They all left and left him behind. He is like a Jap on one of those islands.
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I could do a tunnel from the cellar if you want noooo:
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I always thought the glider was the best escape plan. Shame it never got to fly.
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I always thought the glider was the best escape plan. Shame it never got to fly.
Didn’t they re-build it for some TV programme a while back – or did I imagine that? confused:
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or did I imagine that. . .
. . .as well. noooo:
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or did I imagine that. . .
. . .as well. noooo:
surrender:
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I always thought the glider was the best escape plan. Shame it never got to fly.
Didn’t they re-build it for some TV programme a while back – or did I imagine that? confused:
With all this talk of gliders, you guys have made a serious mistake!
The topic is almost back on topic! Wonders will never cease!
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I always thought the glider was the best escape plan. Shame it never got to fly.
Didn’t they re-build it for some TV programme a while back – or did I imagine that? confused:
With all this talk of gliders, you guys have made a serious mistake!
The topic is almost back on topic! Wonders will never cease!
rubschin:
Bit of a worry that... whistle: