When I was an 'orrible spotty teenager, there was a magazine that wwas loaned out amongst us fourth years showing the aforesaid Ms. Drake in some low budget Italian (I think) porno film. Only saw the wobbly bits, but enough for me to remember her name face and errmm...


Conan

Why would she wear a white bra under a black see through dress?




...erm I just happened to notice it that's all.

Gentlemen... hope to see you in Church on sunday morning suitably repentant :D

The Rocket: It was SHADO. Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organisation.

Blimey I was at school then. Remember her like it was yesterday.

Why has this thread taken 300 views in under 4 hours?

Oohhhhh! Does she want it Sir? Suits you Sir! Oohhh!

PS - BEagle, are you standing the chaps to a round of drinks when you hit 10000 posts? A medal from the PPRuNe moderators perhaps?

Whilst I admire you older gents regressing to a time when you could still get it up of an evening, I thought i'd pick up on Mmmmnice's point about mobiles.

Cable and wireless will now sell you a sim card for your phone down here which will enable you to have as much contact with your loved ones back home as you have money in your secret savings account! Available in all good Naffi shops (while stocks last). A step in the right direction I think, unless of course you revell in the lack of contactability gained from your sentence in 'Stills'-ville.

Now, where did I put my phone charger.............

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http://www.touch.co.fk/RoamingUK.htm <--- Says roaming should be available by May 2006, whether this will be reciprocal (ie our phones will roam down there) I know not :\

However the current coverage only covers MPA and Stanley. which is fine aslong as your not up one of the mountain sites :mad:

Anyone remember waiting for the SSVC videos on the mountain sites before the broadcasts were relayed - eg the joys of 5 nations matches 3 weeks old?
Or the radio - live boxing title fight cuts to the latest wool prices or inter-island flight manifests? The sheepdog Spot with his owner off to Carcass Island again - fascinating! Why is SACW X travelling to Sea lion Island with Flt Lt Y, I wonder? Or the bloody Archers at 5pm! [The BBC was often cut for the local radio].
Radio darts - topped only by the darts season preview featuring 2 of the natives discussing the fixtures? 'Sid from the Globe is always much more accurate after he has had a couple of pints'.
My personal favourite: - Islands trivia quiz. This is true, I swear:
Quiz Master: 'What is Krypton?'
Buzz - Contestant 'A green glowing mineral'.
QM: What is the Russian alphabet known as?
Contestant: 'the Acrylic'.
I suspect the sound of screaming from my skid on Kent could be heard in Stanley. I also decided it was definitely time to go home when I knew the latest prices for wool.

I was "on holiday" in the FI when the BFBS system, Bennyvision, was commissioned.

The first programme aired to the awaiting TV starved masses was...................the results of the General Election back in the UK.

However, that election had been called, and implemented, at such short notice that we poor souls down South were disenfranchised as the time period for registering for a postal vote had expired even when the GE was announced.

Thieves and Vagabonds.
 

C&W in the FI are thieves. During my accompanied stint we tried to get them to contribute some phone cards for the troops at Christmas/millenium. They said no; the reason? They will pay anyway, they have no choice. That was actually their official response.
It would have also been quicker to send mail by dolphin and donkey.
I have nothing but utter contempt for them and had a wry smile to myself when their landrover was attacked once at MPA.

You don't seriously expect us to believe you got as far as the fourth year......??:D

I sincerely hope that Bennyvision will show daily runs of "The Life of Brian", which was (and should evermore be) compulsory viewing for all inmates of FI. From an ex-inmate of the coastel (or was it the sperm bank?)

Has anyone tried using a normal UK cellphone mobile in Bennyland yet?

Back to Gabrielle Drake - I'm told (;)) that if you look carefully during the intro credits of the film 'Au Pair Girls', in the background shots at London Airport you can see people removing the wreckage of the BEA Trident which was clobbered by the out-of-control Airpseed Amabassador in July 1968.

The BKS Ambassador carrying racehorses from France had a flap failure on short final - one retracted, the other stayed down. Due to the uncontrollable roll, the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft swung upside down into 2 parked Tridents.

Mount Pleasant has a 'gym'? I don't think I saw a 'gym' in my 6 weeks down there.

Was it near any bars?

In the days of three week old television, the best had to be the test match which was rained off. So three weeks later, SSVC showed the video of the wicket covered over with rain falling. For 6 hours!!!!!!!!

No-one had the common sense to put a film on instead. Unbelievable :ugh:

I may be mistaken, but I understand that the Catholic priest (or his predecessor) on FI uses (or used) VOIP. Long delays, though -- almost need to use radio protocol rather than speaking naturally, over.

People can use VOIP with a dialup connection, if they can put up with the lower quality.

adr

If you register with Sipgate you can for free (most others charge) get a UK number eg 01234 123456 (you choose the area code, too, so it looks like "home"). When you are logged off it goes to voicemail, which can send you a free email with the message converted to a .wav file, and when you are logged on, it'll ring! Most free numbers from VoIP cos are 056x, so are not counted in a fixed/mobile free/cheap calls package.

Reference TV (I forgot what this thread was about) - I can guarantee that the World Cup will be shown; after all, on Saturdays, thats all you can watch. And if you miss it, 6 hrs later you can watch it again on another channel.

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