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Old 5th April 2025 | 23:28
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BEagle
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Golf? I'm with Mark Twain and Jeremy Clarkson on that: “Golf is a good walk spoiled.”.

On the subject of idiots with guns taking pot shots at aeroplanes, an ex-colleague of mine once bought an ex-Iraqi Hawker Fury ISS in the US around the time of GW1. It was dismantled prior to shipping, but when he went to inspect it, he found a large hole had been made in one of the wings, which matched a similar hole in the hangar wall. Some ignorant redneck had obviously taken offence to the "Goddam Eye-Raqui fighter" and had loosed off from his portable cannon....
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