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RickAns replied to the thread Air India flight 171.I happened across this video yesterday afternoon. He does a great job of describing those switches and protocol in using them. Was not expecting the turn the video took about 2/3rds in (@13min) where he mentions he is also a... -
The preliminary report on this air accident has been published and it finds that both engines had been shut down manually by one of the pilots moments after take off. Both fuel cut off switches had been switched to the off position and...
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RickAns posted the thread Scarborough Fair - Yorkshire Coast Documentary (1973) in General Discussion.Saw this on the interwebs and wondered if anyone on here was in Scarborough 1972 / 1973 time frame. Maybe you are in the video! Skimmed through it but not watched the whole thing yet.
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RickAns replied to the thread New Weather Station.Yes, pretty much. Mine is displaying in Imperial measurements.
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RickAns replied to the thread Midsummerwine Day.Sounds like great fun. Wish I could be there.
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As you may of seen from the poster I shall being doing a quiz at 2pm, please note I cannot be bribed for the answers, unless it is an amount over £10,000 which I will then give to Jonathan towards his fund raising.
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RickAns replied to the thread New Weather Station.Very nice, sure beats a bit of seaweed. Didn't Glenda or Barry mention something about using a bit of seaweed in the show?
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I have a new weather station at home, and by clicking on the link below you should be able to see our local weather https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ILINCO327
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I'm simply struggling to reconcile a middle-aged mind trapped in an elderly body. And architecturally, I'm still stuck on perpendicular (late) gothic, although I also find the solidity of the Norman style comforting.
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RickAns reacted to mashibinbin's post in the thread The Snowdropper (1977) with Peter Sallis with
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It's always worth watching our heroes in an unfamiliar situation proving they really can act when you consider the difference in roles. Another nice one to spot is an an early Brian Wilde in the film Rattle of a Simple Man. It also has... -
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I've been there only in summer. Wouldn't attempt a winter visit. My maternal grandfather grew up in the southern foothills of that mountain range. We visited "up home" the second Sunday in August each year for the family reunion, but...
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Oh no, this was near Washington, DC, far from coal and pigeons.
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#117 on the map Amos https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1pHFiIBJv0-fU2FvALG7gDKcgoWbbEkLJ&ll=53.67644920095903%2C-1.81049551656151&z=15
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RickAns reacted to theatrically_inclined's post in the thread Did I Imagine It, Or Was This Tune Quoted In An Early Episode? with
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It's not in FotSW... I have 'shazammed' every episode! -
Went on the underground tour at the National Coal Mining museum last year. Had a local ex-miner as the guide and he asked everyone where they had come from. I was too ashamed to say I was from Nottinghamshire, even though I had...
