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Old 5th Sep 2020, 10:05
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"The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades." - Herman Goring (Goering, etc)
Source: www.azquotes.com › author › 23192-Hermann_Goring
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 09:37
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If things don't change they'll stay as they are......
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 09:50
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'I thiught it a good idea at the time...'
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 10:51
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"No idea what it will do the enemy but it scares the "crap" out of me"
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 11:43
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" Yes , you stuffed us Germans last time in WW2 .



But remember, next time its your turn to have the Italians",
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 11:59
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Get in close and smash it!
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Old 6th Sep 2020, 18:33
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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 04:02
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Get some time in.

How long have you been in? Don’t look at your watch!
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 04:56
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When asked why something was done a certain way, a colleague used to say; "It's Historical. We've always done it that way."
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 08:24
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Originally Posted by Aneas
'I thiught it a good idea at the time...'
I believe this was said by a now deceased aerobatic pilot when climbing out of the wreckage of his aircraft!
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 09:30
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"Never assume - Guess."

"It aint about the size of the 'ole - it's about the size of yer 'ammer!"

"it looked alright to me?"
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 14:00
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In one of his books the late, great and thoroughly politically incorrect writer (and veteran of the Burma campaign) George MacDonald Fraser quoted an 18th Century Judge:

"Reform - why, aren't things bad enough already?"
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 14:12
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" We’re the air force. We drop bombs, kill people and break their stuff. "

General Chuck Horner
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 14:27
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"How many people work here?"

"About half of them...."
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 14:31
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...”My own view is that if Saint George’s first priority with tackling dragons had been force protection, I don’t think he would now be the patron saint of England”....

Air Vice Marshal Tony Mason, RAF
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 14:43
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Remember that all the bits on the aircraft were supplied by the company that put in the lowest tender.
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 15:16
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"Don't just do something, stand there"

Ronald Reagan
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 15:17
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If at 1st you don't suceed then change the succes factor.
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 15:18
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It depends what "is" is.

Bill Clinton
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Old 7th Sep 2020, 15:19
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"I did not have sex with that woman, ok it was just once, the evidence you have seen is Chelsea."

Bill Clinton on HRC
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