SirPeterHardingsLovechild (your #29),
... so they turfed the ground crew out of theirs and took it. The ground crew were left to their fate...
I do not believe this for one moment, and I hope nobody else will.
...and more likely to be from any random old codger at the table...
Some old codgers are not what they purport to be. Walter Mittys come in all ages. We've had one or two on here.
Danny.