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Offline Barman

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« on: October 16, 2007, 09:24:33 AM »
I was delayed at Heathrow for an hour yesterday because of ‘Congestion over Germany’.  Banghead

FFS we used to send a thousand bombers over there at night with no radar or clever navigational tools and sixty years later they can’t cope with a few jets flying off to Majorca in daylight with radar, transponders inertial navigation systems and another fifteen thousand feet of sky to play with. Pathetic.  noooo:

I did notice when we flew over that Germany has thousands and thousands of wind turbines – I guess they’re not planning to get caught short with that ol’ bouncing bomb trick again eh?  whistle:
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2007, 09:43:00 AM »
But the occasional collision was acceptable during the war, it isn't now.
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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2007, 10:50:28 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on October 16, 2007, 09:43:00 AM
But the occasional collision was acceptable during the war, it isn't now.
There were also 'other hazards' in the air at the time as well, generally involving smaller bit of metal moving rather faster.
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« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2007, 10:51:29 AM »
I think we should invade Germany. It would take them by surprise and they deserve it anyway for being, er, German.
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« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2007, 11:00:30 AM »
Quote from: Nick on October 16, 2007, 10:51:29 AM
I think we should invade Germany. It would take them by surprise and they deserve it anyway for being, er, German.

By the time we had assembled an invasion the French Air Traffic Controllers will be on strike again and we'll have to call it off.
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« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2007, 11:04:55 AM »
We could go via Holland. They'd never expect that.
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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2007, 11:06:02 AM »
Dutch petrol is the only one dearer than ours!  evil:
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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2007, 11:06:57 AM »
We could fill up on this side and then commandeer the German petrol stations. This makes perfect sense. Actually, I may be turning into Jeremy Clarkson rubschin:
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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2007, 11:09:20 AM »
Well if it's any help I do know the way by road like the back of my hand ~ having driven it a zillion times (well two or three times each way a year for about 12 years)
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« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2007, 11:11:55 AM »
We could go via Belgium (but don't look out fo the side windows as we pass through_. Not a pleasant place. Even the Belgians admit that. It's just a swamp with two languages and Peter Mandelson drawing a fat salary in the middle. sick2:
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2007, 11:13:53 AM »
And they eat chips with everything.
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2007, 11:15:21 AM »
This is about invading Germany, not some gastronomic tour of northern europe!
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2007, 11:16:03 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on October 16, 2007, 11:13:53 AM
And they eat chips with everything.

. . . and mayonnaise!
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« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2007, 11:16:29 AM »
Can't we just get the Yanks to do it?

Photoshop Bin Laden onto a picture of the Brandenberg gate and they will be all over it like a Wench on a catering box of Wispas.
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« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2007, 11:22:10 AM »
So ~ It's Dover- Zeebrugge and then the A10 to Gent .. the A14 to Antwerp, (that ring road is a b@st@rd) then the A67 straight through to Venlo ..... Cross the Maas there and on to German soil. I know a good restaurant in Venlo BTW.



Yes MG In know 'bout the Mayo .... that's where I picked up the habit.
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