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Old 18th May 2017, 07:34
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
 
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Never, never ask someone in a bar if they are a fighter pilot. If they are, they'll tell you; if they're not, you'll embarrass them.....
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Old 25th May 2017, 11:25
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Never do business with the Navy!
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Old 26th May 2017, 05:44
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"To be somebody or to do something.
In life there is often a roll call.
That’s when you will have to make a decision.
To be or to do?
Which way will you go?”

John Boyd.

Never a truer word spoken in my opinion...
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Old 26th May 2017, 12:57
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Memorable remarks from teachers I greatly respected:

Translate ideas not words

Mozart never knew when to stop

Enid Blyton has much to answer for

Always back the favourite at a point-to-point


Everything else at school was mere detail
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Old 26th May 2017, 13:07
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Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears at first instance
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Old 26th May 2017, 13:19
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Told to me by an ex RAF Fighter Pilot and Ex Captain in the Airlines.....


The 3 most useless things in aviation:


Fuel you've burned.
Altitude above you.
A commendation from the CEO of the Airline....
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Old 26th May 2017, 15:57
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Today's favour may well turn out to be tomorrow's obligation.
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Old 26th May 2017, 16:10
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Following on from 111, a couple more old favourites:
The air in your fuel tanks.
The runway behind you.
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Old 27th May 2017, 07:28
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
 
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MT is always late.
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Old 27th May 2017, 17:49
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Attributable to today's Times. Ex Ukip MEP calls for the death sentence for suicide bombers
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Old 27th May 2017, 19:22
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Ex Ukip MEP calls for the death sentence for suicide bombers
Would that be a bit overkill maybe?
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Old 27th May 2017, 21:42
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better to be 5 minutes late than dead on time

DoT
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Old 27th May 2017, 22:18
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UKIP with it's firm grasp of the pulse.....
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Old 27th May 2017, 23:25
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BA's IT systems are second to none.

Edited to add; sorry. Wrong section. Should be in the '18 Gp Cake & Arse' thread.
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Old 28th May 2017, 13:57
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any privilege attributable to the next higher rank is removed as/when one attains that rank.

and a weather one:

many a forecast has been ruined by one last look at the observations to check.
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Old 28th May 2017, 14:26
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If in doubt, back out.
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Old 28th May 2017, 15:23
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The wife spends your pay rise before you get it.

The wife will spend twice the actual pay rise (if she went to the same school as Diane Abbot.
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Old 28th May 2017, 15:26
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If it's the last item in Stores you can't have in case someone wants it.

Always go to Stores with someone, then you can get it if someone says they don't want it.
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Old 28th May 2017, 16:05
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PN the part could be on a shelf next to the store man, you can almost touch it
but if you don't know the part no.....
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Old 29th May 2017, 12:33
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"Its no good pointing at it, the computer says we haven't got any."
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