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By jump the ladder (Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 07:24:38 AM EST) (all tags)

At The Anchor.

Inside: quick catchup...

Bullets

SLD has a new Slovakian bf so it is definitely over.
Still cycling into work, have lost 6kg as a result but still a long way to go.
On casual talking terms with little pest which is a bit better especially as she goes to a lot of social events that I'm at.
Work is going fine despite market turbulence. Should get my 12 month contract renewed.
Going for a helicopter lesson on Sunday as a result of getting a gift token last xmas. Never been in a helicopter before so it should be very interesting.

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Turbulence by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #1 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 07:26:45 AM EST

*cough*ColinMcRae*cough*

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: I ride in a bike in central London by jump the ladder (4.00 / 3) #2 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 07:28:39 AM EST

I have a deathwish :)

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I'll be there by Phage (2.00 / 0) #3 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 07:52:43 AM EST

Certainly if we can get a few more people together.

Founder member Golgafrinchan 'B' Ark

Years ago, by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #4 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:02:27 AM EST

I had an argument with a friend about helicopters. He had resolved that, unless he was being dragged off a mountain face with shattered bones by some kind mountain-rescue types, he was never going to set foot on one. At the time, I saw this as being essentially irrational and attempted to persuade him otherwise. He rebuffed all arguments, claiming that, in the event of engine failure, an aeroplane at least maintains many of the characteristics necessary to facilitate a safe-ish landing, whereas a helicopter has all the aerodynamic lift of a pig.

Over the past decade or so, I've come around to his point of view. The vortex ring effect scares the bejeesus out of me, even just conceptually.

Best of luck, mate. But, really, are you sure you wouldn't prefer a nice Cessna or Spitfire?

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Your friend is still wrong, though by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #7 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:25:35 AM EST

If the engine cuts out on a helicopter, you can glide in. I wouldn't like to try it, but then, to be fair, I wouldn't really like to try gliding in on a 747 either.

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Yah by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #8 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:55:40 AM EST

Autorotation. Although I've never seen anyone actually do it, whereas I've seen planes landed without power for fun (helicopter pilots seem less keen on the idea for some reason). It sounds to me like the sort of instructions which read, "When travelling at 70mph, if a jack-knifed lorry appears to have blocked all the lanes of the carriageway, correct application of the brakes should prevent any dangerous accident from occurring": i.e. more easily said than done, especially given the inherent stability of helicopters.

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I have seen it done by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #9 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:59:22 AM EST

On a tv show, with the presenter in the helicopter at the same time, so the pilot presumably wasn't that worried about it. I'm told it's part of the test for a helicopter pilot license, but can't be arsed to verify it.

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Fair enough by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #11 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 09:08:59 AM EST

I'm still sticking with the 'pig' hypothesis.

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The way I see it by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #12 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 09:26:19 AM EST

If God had meant us to fly, he wouldn't have invented ground.
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: my semi dyslexic brain by TPD (2.00 / 0) #13 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 09:44:25 AM EST

scanned that as
If God had meant us to fly, he would've inverted the ground.

Rock Hard Abs are just a sw-sw-swivel away!
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Re:SLD by anonimouse (4.00 / 1) #5 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:05:44 AM EST

I thought her replacement was already up and running so as to speak.

s/definitely over/over till she comes to England again/

Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL

Anchor by TPD (2.00 / 0) #6 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 08:23:11 AM EST

I should be able to make it there so expect plenty of drunken proclamations about the suredness of Arsenal winning the league this year (even though we're only 5 games in).

What sort of time are people likely to be there from?

Rock Hard Abs are just a sw-sw-swivel away!

: 6ish for me by jump the ladder (2.00 / 0) #17 Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 07:46:24 AM EST

Expecting a massive amount of piss taking over last night's events, no doubt...

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You know by blixco (4.00 / 7) #10 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 09:02:23 AM EST

I had a dream between tasks this morning (maybe 3:00am or so) where I was in London and was staying with someone from the London HuSi User's Group (or HUG) who wanted me, while I was out touristing, to pick up a rare coin.

And it occurred to me in this dream that all the cash that I'd previously enjoyed in the US was now worth fifty-three percent less.

So i had to pick up this rare coin and it was going to cost me 1500 pounds sterling, which translates to like $25,000 american, so I was a bit worried. So I didn't pay.

I stole it. In this dream, I guess I was cagier and a bit more sneaky. I mean, a six foot three hundred pound American pulling off the coin heist of the century? Puh-leeze. No way would them Bobbies or whatever let that happen. Them boys from Scotland Yard would be all up in mah grill, yo.

But in this dream, I was all sorts of James Bond sneaky. So i shows up for drinks at the local pub with the local HUG, and I hand the coin to my host (a certain Matthew) and jhe gives me like $25,000 US for it. And I woke up suddenly knowing what i have to do for a living:

Start getting some better quality rest.
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I by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #14 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 11:02:06 AM EST

Will be in ur Latvia, drinkin ur beer an stuffin tenners dwn ur strippers pants.

Sorry, no by Herring (2.00 / 0) #15 Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 12:48:49 PM EST

knee operation is definitely happening tomorrow. OK I should be over the anaesthetic by then but it's probably not a good idea.

I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. - Bill Bailey

: I've resisted for so long: by DullTrev (4.00 / 1) #16 Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 06:26:04 AM EST

Do you really kneed this operation?

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