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Lies, Damned lies and Railway Timetables, eh?
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A fine day out indeed. I was home by just after midnight, despite a 'missing' train that delayed me. I must confess to a rather sore head (and dicky tummy) this morning. Always the sign of a good night before.
There was a proliferation of picture taking so I will post a select few of mine to start the ball rolling .... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 001.jpg Penguina ponders what she has let herself in for, shortly before throwing her pint over the table ... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 003.jpg Saab "they aren't with me", BRL, Smurph, FFF and Penguina on the jetty http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 005.jpg The catamaran we planned to ride. Unfortunately it had just finished for the day :{ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 011.jpg We ended up on more conventional river transport for a few minutes. BRL blagged us onto the bridge .... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 012.jpg Off to Chinatown for a mad meal. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 013.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.h...e bash 015.jpg That's all for now. See you all again soon, for more of the same :ok: TallGuy. |
PIREP
Nice pics, TallGuy! Haven't got mine on-line yet, but they don't really add very much.
I was the first one to arrive, surprisingly, since I was a little late. But I hadn't even finished ordering my pint when BRL turned up, shortly followed by TallGuy, and Penguina and Smurph (who were delayed because they had to take their shopping home first :rolleyes: :D) As we drank, we started to plan the day. It wasn't much of a plan, but it involved following Paulo's original plan of getting on a boat at some point in the afternoon. Then Saab called, and told us he'd be joining us in about an hour. So we changed the plan, and decided to wait for Saab before getting on the boat. We did our best to be noisy, obnoxious and foul-mouthed in the mean time. We managed to get a few glares from some of our fellow drinkers who had come out for a quiet pint by the river. Then Saab turned up to help us in our mission. But despite that, and despite Penguina spilling her pint all over the table, we left the Founders Arms several hours after we arrived, completely voluntarilly. Where's Grim Reaper 14 got to - Grim, we need you, we can't get ourselves kicked out of the pub without you!!! As we arrived on the jetty, the boat pulled up, and we were told that there would be no more trips that day. Damn! But then another boat arrived, so we got on that one instead. It turned out to be a much more tame journey than the catamaran we'd planned on riding on, but we had some good commentary all the way up to the London Eye, and then across the river to Embankment. But there was no sign of BRL or Saab :eek: The chances of BRL falling overboard without causing a large enough splash to get some attention were pretty small, so I wasn't really that worried. And, sure enough, a few minutes later they were back on deck, ushering us towards the back of the boat, where they'd arranged a "cockpit visit" for us. We watched as the pilot skillfully brought us in to embankment peer, asked lots of questions, and probably made a complete nuisance of ourselves, but it was fascinating. We followed the visit with a debate on whether it was easier or harder than landing a plane. Much more precise, was the conclusion, but much slower too - so difficult, but in a different way to our own landings. We were closer to being successful at getting thrown out of the next pub, but that was only because we sat ourselves down in the restaurant area, and were warned that we'd have to leave if the tables were needed by diners. Well, diners turned up, and we re-arranged ourselves to as to only be in their way a little bit. But all this talk of food was making Saab hungry, and he led us into Chinatown for a meal. Excellent food. Pity about the service. Smurph had finished his main course before the rest of us had been given our starters. I think we ended up missing a couple of starters and a soup or two. And I'm not sure whose soup I had, but I know that Saab had mine. Still, we washed it all down with a couple of beers, so it didn't really matter, and once the bill was settled we, erm, went to find more beer. Smurph, who knows a good pub in every corner of London, let us down here, by leading us to somewhere which was selling beer that tasted old, and cheap nasty vodka that came out of a Smirnoff bottle but definitely wasn't Smirnoff. We stayed long enough to watch the couple sitting next to us almost start undressing each other, but by now we were too loud for our own good, and once they heard us sniggering they decided to move on, and we finished our drinks and headed to another pub until closing time. All in all, an excellent day out. The bash was very tame by Private Flying standards, probably because there weren't as many of us as usual, but that made it a very pleasant, sociable day out. And there's talk of another one in December, to help Iainpoll celebrate finishing his exams, so watch this space! FFF ----------------- |
Good pix and pirep chasps :ok: :ok:
Please make the next one sometime between 5th November and 2nd December so I can get there instead of being in Kazakh-bloody-stan :cool: :cool: |
Saab:
We are // extremely // sorry for this falsehood and any inconvenience it may have caused you. Good pictures and a v. good day! When's the next one? Can we time it so we have the added pleasure of LowNSlow? |
Some pictures of a very good day/night. Can't really add too much more to the above threads...............
Not happy with throwing her pint all over the place, she does her very best trying to get us kicked out........... http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1151.JPG The one and only............. http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1153.JPG Look everybody, here comes the fast ferry............. http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1158.JPG ...........and err......there it goes, without us......!!!! http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1160.JPG So we had to put up with this....................... http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1161.JPG "I did it myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy........" http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1165.JPG This was taken in the pub that sells fake vodka and has its own "Live Show"......... ;) http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/111_1192.JPG It was getting late by now and things were a bit blurred or was it just me.............. http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/112_1202.JPG Nahhhh, think it was me.................. End of a great session....... http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.evans28/112_1208.JPG :ok: |
Nice pics BR L, seems like a few scoops were scooped :ok: :ok: If the camera hand was shaking that badly what were you doing with the other one?
Penguina / Penguinetta that table looked really nice. Did it taste better with salt & vinegar on it??????? Or were you demonstrating what light cirrus (salt) and acid rain (vinegar) could do to a cheap table???? |
Great. Someone else who just doesn't appreciate Modern Art.
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No sea horse impressions, though, Penguina??!! :D
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CB
We were treated to a brief Sea Horse impression, but unfortunately I was too slow to capture the moment on film :( Talking of which, I seem to remember someone (FFF?) filming a clip of BRL using chopsticks. That must deserve publication on pprune :E TG. |
Tall Guy,
Yes, I do have that - but unfortunately my web-site only allows me to publish photos, not movies. If anyone has any spare capacity on their web-site, I could e-mail you the file and then link to your site..... (Will try to remember to check how big it is when I get home tonight. I think it's quite large - it does go on for several minutes, just because it was several minutes between me starting filming, and BRL getting the courage to move the chopsticks towards his lips for the inevitable finalle :eek: :D) FFF -------------- |
I'm not sure if NTL will let me host video - I've never tried. If the file is smaller than say 5MB, then you could email it to me, assuming you have the technology at your end (dial-up would be too painful). I'll PM you my home email.
I can edit the vid for highlights if necesary ;) |
Especially for Circuit Basher
Small technical problems getting the video on-line, although I'm going to have a go, with some help from Tall Guy, at the weekend.
In the mean time, though, I got all the photos off my camera. And was quite surprised to find one which I'd forgotten that I'd taken. So, especially for Circuit Basher (and notice the furry one in the background, as well as the impression): http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/42676...YAwl_Ab18UPjKd (If that doesn't work, go to my website, and into the Private Flying bash section, which is mainly photos from a previous bash, although you'll find the one photo in question right at the end of the second page.) FFF ---------- |
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Circuit Basher,
I think Yahoo have had some problems with their photo albums recently, the site has been up and down, so keep trying. Unfortunately, my firewall at work has blocked me from the site completely, so I can't check it until I get home tonight. <Strafer impersonation> Personally, I think all of Yahoo's technical staff are probably from <insert random place that you want to insult the inhabitants of>, and that explains why it isn't working ;) </Strafer impersonation> Since you seem to be obsessed with seahorses, if you still can't get my link to work, drop me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send you the photo. It's Penguina, in the same pose as that photo but side-on, and clutching onto a very fetching furry seahorse-shaped handbag :ok: FFF -------------- |
FFF, if you want, you can add it to the page that the picture above is on and link to it there...............
As for this 'video'........... Hmmmmmmm............. I hope its not too painful to watch....... :suspect: |
FFF, me and the fluffy seahorse bag do actually charge a bit of a fee for appearing together, you know. Circuit Basher's apparent obsession with us looks to us like a good money-making opportunity... ;)
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I don't know about seeing Penguina and her bag together, but I'd pay a lot to see Penguina and Penguinetta together.
Now that would be an achievement! :p Cheers SD |
Excellent sea horse impersonation Penguina , very convincing.
I take it that is was the Pinkster in the background?? |
Yes sir...................
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