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Old 21st Sep 2019, 14:50
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Some re-volting comments here.
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Old 21st Sep 2019, 18:36
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Is he still there...or is he on `watts app`...?
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Old 21st Sep 2019, 18:57
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This story is certainly generating alot of static - it alternates between current affairs and direct verisimilitude!

Oh! Here's my limo....

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Old 21st Sep 2019, 19:07
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Originally Posted by dctyke
Hope it was a positive rather than negative experience!
Most likely alternating between the two, at 50 cycles per second.
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Old 21st Sep 2019, 19:14
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We should cease now and not pylon the pressure.
 
Old 21st Sep 2019, 19:28
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Presumably he’ll shortly be inducted - into the Caterpillar Club!
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Old 21st Sep 2019, 19:59
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Originally Posted by andytug
Presumably he’ll shortly be inducted - into the Caterpillar Club!
Only when successfully earthed, surely?
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Old 21st Sep 2019, 21:13
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You’d have to be flippin’ switched on to get someone down from there like that.

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Old 22nd Sep 2019, 10:20
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Wire we still here, I thought the charge to comment had long since dissipated.
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Old 22nd Sep 2019, 14:04
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I heard he was taken to hospital.

Has he been discharged yet ?
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 07:01
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"Anyone seen Peeters?"
"Think he's in the circuit, Sir"
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 10:07
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Still, it's better than dangling in front of a microwave dish - that would be too heartwarming!
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 11:58
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Although he had a severe ticking off in the debrief, the air force considered that he had potential.
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 12:05
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His squadron nick-name is Joules.
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 16:05
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The rumours are that he is AC/DC.
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 18:17
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He’s back on the Flypro next week, as he needs a couple more hours to maintain currentcy.
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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 21:22
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Originally Posted by MPN11
He’s back on the Flypro next week, as he needs a couple more hours to maintain currentcy.
Hopefully he stays "Grounded" between flights

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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 22:27
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Once the excitement was over he came back to earth with a shock.
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Old 24th Sep 2019, 07:33
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His next holiday will be to Coulombia.
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Old 24th Sep 2019, 08:04
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If I'd had a day at the office like that, I'd just want to get ohm.
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