It's Howabout BEagle, not walkabout - you'll give me a complex. Personally, I think you should go the whole hog. I am thinking of similar treatment for my old red darling, currently sitting out in the rain as she has for many winters. But, no complaints, and she'll continue to chug on.

Currently reading Vulcan 607, lent to me by my son. I wouldn't have bought it - I probably would have thought 'yeah another Andy McNab-like thriller.' But this one is seriously good stuff. It's nice to see the NAVs and AEOs getting the credit they deserve. Fascinating stuff - the POMMY ingenuity is something else.

I bet none of these guys were (or are) GASSERS! - too much guts, initiative and class. And they'd puke if you offered them a VB.

On the other hand, I can well imagine the entire English cricket team, with the possible exception of Freddy (and that Swann bloke, who seems to have a good attitude), being captives of Satan's bottom. What a dull bunch - definitely GASSERS.

Yes, I appreciate that you only fail in one area - the P155 you drink and not the fuel you use.

For those who think the British Summer and its three days of sunshine available for the BBQ (whilst thinking about being a Pilot - for PPRuNe justification reasons), whilst enjoying the VB (and despite the protestations from some 'experts') - I wish to add that the temp here in Nevada has remained above 100 Degrees since June!! - BBQ weather!!! - Fantastic...!

Well LJR, that makes eminent sense. Sand, rocks, cactus, desolation, VB and GAS all go together.

It is almost warm enough for a barbecue today but I am too busy doing my patriotic duty. I happened upon the Beach Volleyball on Sky Sports :\ and it is sponsored by the Royal Air Force. A man has got to do.........:ok:

BEagle – regarding your spots,I think you’re getting it all confused with arc welding. There, there.

Both MIG and TIG use argon for shielding. And last I checked argon was a gas – indeed it is called a noble gas. :)

But the point that you are missing, by applying a gas axe to your blackfellows wobbly bits, is that you would be doing humanity a favour in their removal.

At that age its far too old to consider firming anything up and even Viagra wouldn't help its cause. Do the decent thing old chap and don't let it suffer any further.

As for its owner........:hmm:

Now Howabout – I applaud your efforts to emerge out of your primordial ooze in your attempts to read. Well done indeed that chap. :D Vulcan 607 is wonderful reading. It even has pictures I recall. But it’s all rather advanced stuff. “Fun with Dick and Jane” or “Janet and John go off to play” might be more appropriate for you at this stage? Just remember it’s easier to turn the pages if you take your gloves off first.



aviation link: TIG is used in aircraft construction.

My error - I didn't study manual labour at school, so welding is something of a mystery to me.

Just a few spot welds should sort out the old blackfellow's dicky leg and fill in the crack in the bottom....:ooh:....of the kettle, though!

Ah, kluge old chap. Wonderful to see you back. For a while, I was worried that you might have choked on something like macro-biotic lentils, or been arrested in Honkers dressed (entirely innocently, of course) as an ingenue after a meeting of the local theatre society. I am greatly relieved that neither is the case.

As for reading; yes I do it from time to time. But I tend to read those ones with hard-covers. They do exist you know; but I suspect that literature is probably a foreign concept for the GAS fraternity.

Notwithstanding, 607 is a very good read. I'm actually amazed that someone who probably counts the likes of Clive Cussler in their pantheon of the world's greatest authors to GAS by actually had the wherewithal to read a decent book.

Anyway, good to see you back old fellow. Just stop reading the likes of Cussler, that Seth African git Wilbur-what's-his-name, and the plethora of other rubbish that seems to appeal to those of the short attention span.

You are not beyond redemption.

Clearly you studied double entendre and innuendo. But not such manly topics as chemistry or metalwork it seems. :hmm:

If by his semantics a man be judged then your second sentence is definitely cause for concern. :suspect: Home economics and jelly making more your thing? :eek:


Howabout g’day g’day indeed. Thank you for your kind sentiments, I’m sure. Been "earning a crust" you know - manual labour 'n' all that. :ok:

Having read some of Cussler’s earlier stuff in my yoof I see nothing wrong with the dwelling in which the hero abides.

Notwithstanding Vulcan 607 I would have thought this more up your street - Australian Romance Readers Convention - ARRC09

Actually I’m an Economist reader with the occasional Spectator, Wired, Nat Geo and of course good old Aeroplane Mntly thrown in for balance. Unfortunately these publications don’t come as hard backs, so not having an opposable thumb may make them difficult for you to hold. Nat Geo does have lots of pictures though. ;)

Oi! That Wilbur Something-or-other is no Saffer. Hails from Zambia or thereabouts.

One has been doing one's bit to save Africa. Had goat on the menu the last two or three weeks. Have to admit that roast goat is a dashed fine chunk of nyama.

Remember, the damned things are a scourge and contribute significantly to desertification. Save Africa - Eat a goat...

Save Literature, Burn a Cussler.

I rate Wilbur Smith very highly - although that ancient Egyptian stuff in one of his more recent novels was heavy going....:bored:

Wouldn't wipe my backside on The Economist though - but I'll go along with Aeroplane Monthly and Nat Geo!

Vulcan 607 wasn't bad - if a bit simplistic for aficionados. But it told the tale very well to the unwashed genpub - and gas users with the retention span of a goldfish with Alzheimer's....:suspect:

I suppose we have to be grateful that nGUs have an interest in the written word, even if used for a – ahem – slightly different purpose than intended.

Yes yes paper can be used for more than lighting BBQs.

An alternative to biomass briquettes then.;)

Well BEagle, that kinda explains it. Drinking VB and reading Wilbur-what's his-name probably go hand-in-hand. He's in the same class as Cussler, and I'm very much with Gainesy on this one; so I'd add Wilbur to the list. You and kluge should form a Cussler/what's his-name book club.

Long ago, I had the misfortune to read a Cussler 'novel' - circa 1980 - it arrived from the book club my wife belonged to. You know the deal - 'we're sending you the selection of the month.'

It was a hideous text called 'Vixen 03.' To this day, I refuse to read anything by this bloke (or what's-his-name, for that matter - I ran out of patience after that blockbuster "When the Antelope ****s" was released). In fact, for nearly 30 years now, if I happen to be browsing and find a that book is endorsed by Cussler, or what's -his-name, I won't buy it on principle.

It certainly doesn't surprise me that kluge is an ardent admirer of this dross. However, it's a start kluge, and I do admire the fact that you are trying to read something other than comics. At least you've made the effort to start somewhere; albeit at the LCD level; but I do have hopes for you.

....ok go then - just for a laugh - you know you want to.

submit your reading list please (and do include something aviation related other than Vulcan 607) :zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz:

An nGU reading list - there's an oxymoron.

Just be careful of accepting any higher order magazines from BEagle. :eek:

Cogniscent of both thread drift and threats of advertising from the stasi, I did come across this : National Barbecue News, with barbecue, barbeque, bbq, bar-b-que, recipes, news, and products and more. (It is in topic so I ask please for leniancy from the powers that be) :)

Although the recipe of the month - "Pabst beer bread on the side" sounds like something the neighbour's cat regurgitates.

Probably the best thing for the beer in question though.


Aviation link: Von Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst (1911-1998) -
German physicist who designed the first operational jet engine. He was not, however, the first to invent the jet engine.

http://files.me.com/birrddog/xxtbqz

Tasted even better after SA beat the Kiwis and Wallabies.

Tenuous aviation link, planes often fly by at low level in line with those trees, as previously mentioned.

kluge, to list the hard-cover books I read, aviation or otherwise, would just be precocious on my part. And that I ain't. However, I am reasonably confident that my library, on all manner of subjects, is a little superior to your comic and paper-back collection.

I can, though, offer something that may be of some use to you.

When my eldest was 9, or thereabouts, he was still suffering from the depredations of the Aus schooling system and took a little while to spool up with his reading.

Fortunately, we had the opportunity to live in SEA (free from a politically correct society) and he found a complete set of Biggles - which I still have in one of the book cases.

His reading improved remarkably over a very short period, so that he leap-frogged Cussler and Wilbur totally.

This could be a possible solution to your problems. In the spirit of lending a helping hand to the less fortunate, and encouraging a much valued aquaintance in the aviation fraternity, I'd be most happy to set up some sort of arrangement whereby I could send you the Biggles books.

They're also soft-cover, by the way, so you won't feel intimidated.

To add relevance, I'm just up to the penultimate refuel southbound with the K2s. BEagle, no doubt, will pooh-pooh my lack of intrinsic knowledge, quote:

But, on the other hand, he drinks a P155 called VB, so maybe his gyro's have toppled.

Birrddog, that looks like a nice piece of kit. But I am confused with respect to the fuel. Is that GAS and volcanic rock, or is it the 'pure' fuel? Right-lower looks like GAS controls. The other worrying aspect is that the beer is Corona 'light.' This concerns me. If it's GAS and light beer, then I have to wonder whether you and kluge are a double act.

Howabout, you may be reassured to learn that birrddog's device runs on the only true fuel. It is a Weber 'Performer' - but it looks as though it's the version which has a gas ignition system....

I agree about that suspicious looking bottle... But is it beer? Or has the bottle been, errm, used for an alternative purpose? Could anyone taste the difference...:uhoh:

Incidentally, amongst my hard-backed aviation books is the first edition 'Fate is the Hunter' I was fortunate enough to come across last year.

Nice cold VB last night with a couple of jumbo snags in a sub roll. 'Jumbo' as in 'large', not made from elephants........I think / hope..:\

Back to gas - do we consider that it is ever acceptable in polite society? Not as the main fuel, quite clearly. But as a built-in ignition method? Or is a gas lighter ( I confess to owning one) the only acceptable use for bottled fart fuel if used in conjunction with normal kindling materials?

Of course, Howabout, I accept that you probably have access to the local tribal elders who can teach you how to make fire without ever needing a match, let alone a gas lighter - but here at the head of the Commonwealth, getting modern health and safety matches to spark up one's true fuel blackfellow can be an utter pain!

Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black?

Rest assured, that Weber was burning true hardwood charcoal.

It has a gas ignition system, which means I don't need to pour petroleum gloup or lighter fluid into my coals affecting the flavor, or use a chimney with newspaper getting newspaper (st)ink into my coals.