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From Downunder........
GGGggg....Ok guys........and gals...!!
1. Who was the first to fly a engine powered aircraft...and where...?
2. Who invented Baseball......?
3....And No, Aussie's were'nt involved in either......but we did lever away the America's Cup, so many years ago.........and even survived the court challenge [such is sport]..........and then there was the little plaything about the Commonwealth Games.......all that GOLD..!!
4...Over to you..!!
1. Who was the first to fly a engine powered aircraft...and where...?
2. Who invented Baseball......?
3....And No, Aussie's were'nt involved in either......but we did lever away the America's Cup, so many years ago.........and even survived the court challenge [such is sport]..........and then there was the little plaything about the Commonwealth Games.......all that GOLD..!!
4...Over to you..!!
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Come to Mexico
All of you get over here, CanCun perhaps? And while looking at scantily clad ladies on the beach, next to a huge bucket of "cerveza corona" in ice, we can all argue who is dumber, and who kicked who out of where!
I think someone asked where the first air to air combat and the first aircraft to ship attack took place, does anyone know the answer?
I think someone asked where the first air to air combat and the first aircraft to ship attack took place, does anyone know the answer?
Re: From Downunder........
1. Who was the first to fly a engine powered aircraft...and where...?
RICHARD PEARSE Nr. Timaru, New Zealand
2. Who invented Baseball......?
A game played with a ball called 'Base' has been recorded in 15th Century England.
RICHARD PEARSE Nr. Timaru, New Zealand
2. Who invented Baseball......?
A game played with a ball called 'Base' has been recorded in 15th Century England.
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We agree on the country of origin.....just the dates that differ..........your two centuries older than me...!!!...but yes the UK..
But about the first flight....Sorry, try again.
But about the first flight....Sorry, try again.
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Well boys and girls, what started as an attempt to bait SASless - one which he evaded well - has turned into a xenophobic free for all....excellent!!!!
There has been some top class banter which has raised a smile and that is a good thing to have on a forum populated by the best pilots in the world (there are 2 types of pilots, helicopter pilots and fixed wing pilots that wish they were helicopter pilots).
Just don't get me started on the blo*dy French - the list is too long of their failings as members of the human race!! Not only have they persistently been a pain in the bum to us Brits at home but they want to try and control a chunk of the Commonwealth as well - fortunately the English speaking Canadians don't have much good to say about them either and are still very much in the majority.
Cyclic Rick - good call about the president, in fact you have to think long and hard to find one in recent times who hasn't been a clown, a liar, a womaniser and a liar or just incompetent. How can you expect foreign policy from someone who had never been outside of the USA until he took office?
There has been some top class banter which has raised a smile and that is a good thing to have on a forum populated by the best pilots in the world (there are 2 types of pilots, helicopter pilots and fixed wing pilots that wish they were helicopter pilots).
Just don't get me started on the blo*dy French - the list is too long of their failings as members of the human race!! Not only have they persistently been a pain in the bum to us Brits at home but they want to try and control a chunk of the Commonwealth as well - fortunately the English speaking Canadians don't have much good to say about them either and are still very much in the majority.
Cyclic Rick - good call about the president, in fact you have to think long and hard to find one in recent times who hasn't been a clown, a liar, a womaniser and a liar or just incompetent. How can you expect foreign policy from someone who had never been outside of the USA until he took office?
Crab.....I read you like a book, mate!
It was a nice try but no cigar! It is amazing how many other fish arose to the bait though....well done!
Seems the some on that small ex-island adjacent to the old country seem to be a bit sensitive to their new next door neighbors......now that water-walking isn't required to gain access to Blighty. Very kind of the UK government to accomodate them by providing an all-weather, rain free means of access to the home counties....have they installed pedestrain turnstiles in the Chunnel yet.....as a means of updating the census figures for immigration into the UK?
Do you reckon one of the byproducts of this new joining of the UK and France will be improved cuisine in Britain and better beer in France? Seems interesting that after all these wars and acrimony between the UK and France.....you now have a land border......not even continental drift could keep you apart....seems it was meant to be. You folks in the UK should get over this petty hostility towards your neighbors and embrace all things French......as I am sure they will embrace all things British.
It was a nice try but no cigar! It is amazing how many other fish arose to the bait though....well done!
Seems the some on that small ex-island adjacent to the old country seem to be a bit sensitive to their new next door neighbors......now that water-walking isn't required to gain access to Blighty. Very kind of the UK government to accomodate them by providing an all-weather, rain free means of access to the home counties....have they installed pedestrain turnstiles in the Chunnel yet.....as a means of updating the census figures for immigration into the UK?
Do you reckon one of the byproducts of this new joining of the UK and France will be improved cuisine in Britain and better beer in France? Seems interesting that after all these wars and acrimony between the UK and France.....you now have a land border......not even continental drift could keep you apart....seems it was meant to be. You folks in the UK should get over this petty hostility towards your neighbors and embrace all things French......as I am sure they will embrace all things British.
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Embrace the French? I thought that had been banned by law, if not it should be.
This "Brit bashing" thing turned out to be "Yank baiting" and was working quite well but now it's getting insulting.
Back to "Yank baiting" it's much more fun.
I feel sorry for the poor old Canadians having to live next door to Hollywood..... or was it Disneyland....you know the place, where reality comes from.
This is below the belt but has eveyone heard the latest about protecting our poor troops from "friendly fire"? Most of our casualties in the Gulf were caused by our nice friendly cousins over the water and ont the bloody enemy. They obviously haven't been watching their own films on how it's done...
Cor that's going to cause some puffed cheeks!
Embrace the French? I thought that had been banned by law, if not it should be.
This "Brit bashing" thing turned out to be "Yank baiting" and was working quite well but now it's getting insulting.
Back to "Yank baiting" it's much more fun.
I feel sorry for the poor old Canadians having to live next door to Hollywood..... or was it Disneyland....you know the place, where reality comes from.
This is below the belt but has eveyone heard the latest about protecting our poor troops from "friendly fire"? Most of our casualties in the Gulf were caused by our nice friendly cousins over the water and ont the bloody enemy. They obviously haven't been watching their own films on how it's done...
Cor that's going to cause some puffed cheeks!
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Another late arrival here but am compelled to add a post given that I made my way in the US and am now back in Europe earning my crust...
Heres a few of my observations...
1. Brits have adopted yankee bashing as a national pastime... Yanks couldnt give a damn.
2. Brits will gladly take a pay cut for an extra stripe.... Yanks will want the cheque signed beore any commitment to managerial grief.
3. Show a Brit. how to do something today and he'll be showing you how to do it properly tomorrow...( quote from a good aul boy I brought offshore)
4. Brit approach.. If in doubt make it complicated... Yank approach... if in doubt make it simple.
5. Most brits arrive in the US giving out like mad but subsequently do everything in their power to stay.
6. Despite all the volumes of regulations and procedures, and all those exams, the way things are done over here aint all that much different in the end.
Heres a few of my observations...
1. Brits have adopted yankee bashing as a national pastime... Yanks couldnt give a damn.
2. Brits will gladly take a pay cut for an extra stripe.... Yanks will want the cheque signed beore any commitment to managerial grief.
3. Show a Brit. how to do something today and he'll be showing you how to do it properly tomorrow...( quote from a good aul boy I brought offshore)
4. Brit approach.. If in doubt make it complicated... Yank approach... if in doubt make it simple.
5. Most brits arrive in the US giving out like mad but subsequently do everything in their power to stay.
6. Despite all the volumes of regulations and procedures, and all those exams, the way things are done over here aint all that much different in the end.
Bunnion,
Your candor and honesty is welcomed and appreciated. I fear Crab....who sometimes has episodes of backsliding....and others might take you to the woodshed for your statements. In this case....beer is on me should you get to the Piedmont region of the Tarheel State.
Your candor and honesty is welcomed and appreciated. I fear Crab....who sometimes has episodes of backsliding....and others might take you to the woodshed for your statements. In this case....beer is on me should you get to the Piedmont region of the Tarheel State.
I like you Bunnion, and your experience reflects my own. I recently returned to the UK after a prolonged absence. I lasted 18 months before exiting stage right again - for the last time! Perhaps I am fortunate in having more than one nationality to choose from!
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Two things that I would like to know the answer to, from any of you Yanks reading this:
1. Why is the bad guy in American films always an Englishman?
2. Why do the Americans invariably end up assasinating their Presidents. (in that they either actually shoot them or impeach them for having blow-jobs in the White house).
Just interested...that's all.
1. Why is the bad guy in American films always an Englishman?
2. Why do the Americans invariably end up assasinating their Presidents. (in that they either actually shoot them or impeach them for having blow-jobs in the White house).
Just interested...that's all.
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1. Why is the bad guy in American films always an Englishman?
2. Why do the Americans invariably end up assasinating their Presidents. (in that they either actually shoot them or impeach them for having blow-jobs in the White house)
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Umm, actually, Clinton was not impeached.
As to why the villains in American movies are usually Brits, its simple...the accent, old man. Believe me, if you've ever tried to follow a conversation with someone from the deep south or mid-western US states, you'd understand. Its just too damned hard to be "villainized" when you're too busy laughing your a$$ off at the abuse of the language.
As to why the villains in American movies are usually Brits, its simple...the accent, old man.
Believe me, if you've ever tried to follow a conversation with someone from the deep south or mid-western US states, you'd understand. Its just too damned hard to be "villainized" when you're too busy laughing your a$$ off at the abuse of the language.
Mrs Reynolds's first language is not English. She has lived in the US and the UK. Generally speaking she finds Americans much easier to understand than Brits. She agrees that the inhabitants of the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina present a considerable linguistic challenge, but this is matched by the inhabitants of Gateshead, Birkenhead and most of the Thames Estuary.
Now ease up on the hillbilly folk of my native state Sir! Ms. Reynolds should try for the back hill folks of Carroll County, Virginia for a translation exercise.....I grew up on a farm there....until I had to seek alternative employment after falling out of a cabbage patch and breaking a leg. (for those on the eastern side of the saltwater divide.....Carroll County has some rather steep hillside farms with a main crop of cabbage) The reedy, nasal, twang of those folks was much more a challenge to understand......along with the single large eye and the cloven hoofys to distract one's attention. There were some folks there that had never been further than Hillsville...the county seat...and had yet to have a telephone or electricity or even running water inside the house. Nicer people I have never met....but they definitely had a very isolated view of the world around them.
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...sounds like some of the folk from northern Maine where my wife grew up, especially the area between Bangor and Calais. Some of the folks there always reminded me of the movie "Deliverance". Then again SAS, bein' a good 'ole boy, you'd know about those types better than anyone.
...sounds like some of the folk from northern Maine where my wife grew up, especially the area between Bangor and Calais. Some of the folks there always reminded me of the movie "Deliverance". Then again SAS, bein' a good 'ole boy, you'd know about those types better than anyone.
Topp.....
I usedta think I'as a Good Ol' Boy and a Redneck.....up and until I spent a couple of years in good ol' Albenny, Jawga. Down yonder I met fellers that were sur' nuff Rednecks.....complete with Budwieser-itis, snoose lip, and pickup trucks with gunracks that were really used for that purpose. They also spoke in a somewhat different dialect from that which I had grown up with. Words and phrases like "sneakin' " for trespassing with the intent to poach...."cooter" meaning either Snapping Turtles or the part of the female anatomy that so intriques helicopter pilots....."take a lil' drink " which usually translated into getting commode hugging-fallin' down drunk...."beer joint" which meant an out of business gas station now turned into a pub which specilizes in crisps, peanuts, pickled pig's feet, and Budweiser.....outdoor loo's and women not allowed inside. Until you have been "redneckin' " with the genuine article.....you just cannot understand the difference between common perceptions and reality. Whew wee....son! As they said down there...."If you can't run with the big dogs...then don't come out from under the porch!"
I am quite certain our good friends from the eastern side of the saltwater divide would find real Rednecks to be a bit coarse, certainly too American, and in all likelihood feel just a bit intimidated by it all. I know I was......and that is why I prefer the shady spot next to the steps.
I usedta think I'as a Good Ol' Boy and a Redneck.....up and until I spent a couple of years in good ol' Albenny, Jawga. Down yonder I met fellers that were sur' nuff Rednecks.....complete with Budwieser-itis, snoose lip, and pickup trucks with gunracks that were really used for that purpose. They also spoke in a somewhat different dialect from that which I had grown up with. Words and phrases like "sneakin' " for trespassing with the intent to poach...."cooter" meaning either Snapping Turtles or the part of the female anatomy that so intriques helicopter pilots....."take a lil' drink " which usually translated into getting commode hugging-fallin' down drunk...."beer joint" which meant an out of business gas station now turned into a pub which specilizes in crisps, peanuts, pickled pig's feet, and Budweiser.....outdoor loo's and women not allowed inside. Until you have been "redneckin' " with the genuine article.....you just cannot understand the difference between common perceptions and reality. Whew wee....son! As they said down there...."If you can't run with the big dogs...then don't come out from under the porch!"
I am quite certain our good friends from the eastern side of the saltwater divide would find real Rednecks to be a bit coarse, certainly too American, and in all likelihood feel just a bit intimidated by it all. I know I was......and that is why I prefer the shady spot next to the steps.