What Are You Doing In Real Life II - Page 126

Aktungbby · 07-25-18, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Are sure you want to visit Mexico Jim?

https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=c...D661CB646A7F18

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Originally Posted by STEED

JIM..

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/mexico

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Originally Posted by ME

MY THOUGHTS ENTIRELY; AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY I WOULDN'T GO.

Jimbuna · 07-26-18, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Are sure you want to visit Mexico Jim?

https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=c...D661CB646A7F18

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Originally Posted by STEED

JIM..

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/mexico

I'll be relying on that quoted below but either way, the complex is so large I doubt we'll be going sightseeing.

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Over 513,800 British nationals visited Mexico in 2016. Most visits are trouble-free.

STEED · 07-26-18, 05:40 PM

Met office has issued a thunder storm warning here...I will only believe that when i see it. Today was another scorcher above what those jokers tell us at the Met office.

Catfish · 07-27-18, 01:34 AM

Have not slept well the last nights, worst drought ever now in Germany. It rained once in two months here, and temperatures are by now getting above 35 degrees Celsius, around 95 Fahrenheit, while they do not get below 25 degrees Celsius or 77 Fahrenheit at night any more.
We live in a forested area, and there are some ponds and lakes, but there are now a lot of dead birds.

Problem is now the harvest of grain like wheat, rye and all that.. the EU has decided to come up for the damage financially, but you can't eat money and the rising temperatures show a trend. Seems the weather is getting more extreme, we also get tornados now

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-18, 05:23 AM

This is a quick sketch (blown up somewhat) of a plane which crossed our skies yesterday, heading in the direction of Coningsby.

It had 2 big noisy radial engines (the sound had me running outside) and looked like a 1930s airliner. It had a hump-backed look, rather like a Caudron 'Simoun' shape but was not a Caudron of any kind... if anything, it looked more like an 'Electra' but for the single broad tailfin. I'm pretty sure it's not a Boeing 247 either, because of the nose shape, but it might have been.

It was a cream colour overall with (I think) a narrow diagonal red band at the rear of the fuselage. I'm going to look at other books but does anyone know of a preserved airliner like this over here?

Von Due · 07-27-18, 05:49 AM

^Any air shows/museum flights in the area this weekend?

I guess the DC-3 is right out. The humpback look wouldn't fit that. Curtiss-Wright AT-9 is no airliner and the nose is a bit off from what you drew there but who knows. The Blenheim which is flying this weekend has a distinct and different nose and not really a hunchback.

Catfish · 07-27-18, 06:16 AM

Avro Anson?

Jimbuna · 07-27-18, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Avro Anson?

Highly likely, the Anson is a regular visitor to Coningsby.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=av...w=1920&bih=947

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-18, 08:43 AM

Yes, a civilianised Anson would fit the shape completely... I'll look into it

Edit: Thanks, guys... that must've been it. I've never seen it before so never even crossed my mind. The 'cream' colour might have been the late afternoon sun plus a lot of yellow dust in the air (we had a combine harvester working just the other side of the hedge yesterday). The red fuselage band was there and the hump-back shape. Yes, That was it

Jimbuna · 07-27-18, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Yes, a civilianised Anson would fit the shape completely... I'll look into it

Edit: Thanks, guys... that must've been it. I've never seen it before so never even crossed my mind. The 'cream' colour might have been the late afternoon sun plus a lot of yellow dust in the air (we had a combine harvester working just the other side of the hedge yesterday). The red fuselage band was there and the hump-back shape. Yes, That was it

I've been in her

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-18, 03:13 PM

A mate just sent me this (he lives in Kings Lynn). I'm right slap bang in the middle of this lot

Catfish · 07-27-18, 03:39 PM

Hope you ride it out .. tornadic activity?

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-18, 04:01 PM

I think it's just a bit of scaremongering.

When we had a real downpour about six o'clock (before the thunder and lightning) my mad wife went out and danced naked in the garden. When she finally came in she said she felt cleansed and uplifted. I only managed to get a photo from the knees down

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-18, 06:11 PM

It's now past midnight and there've been no more storms. I think that map was probably a bit of fakery dreamed up just to scare people on Facebook

STEED · 07-27-18, 06:33 PM

Once again the stupid Met Office got my area wrong, they said thunder storms and heavy rain all day. And all I got was bit of rumbling in the distance and very light rain that failed to fill a egg cup half way! Hey Met Office you are a joke..

07-26-18, 05:40 PM	#1878
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Met office has issued a thunder storm warning here...I will only believe that when i see it. Today was another scorcher above what those jokers tell us at the Met office. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

07-27-18, 01:34 AM	#1879
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Have not slept well the last nights, worst drought ever now in Germany. It rained once in two months here, and temperatures are by now getting above 35 degrees Celsius, around 95 Fahrenheit, while they do not get below 25 degrees Celsius or 77 Fahrenheit at night any more. We live in a forested area, and there are some ponds and lakes, but there are now a lot of dead birds. Problem is now the harvest of grain like wheat, rye and all that.. the EU has decided to come up for the damage financially, but you can't eat money and the rising temperatures show a trend. Seems the weather is getting more extreme, we also get tornados now __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-27-18, 05:23 AM	#1880
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Can you id. this aircraft? This is a quick sketch (blown up somewhat) of a plane which crossed our skies yesterday, heading in the direction of Coningsby. It had 2 big noisy radial engines (the sound had me running outside) and looked like a 1930s airliner. It had a hump-backed look, rather like a Caudron 'Simoun' shape but was not a Caudron of any kind... if anything, it looked more like an 'Electra' but for the single broad tailfin. I'm pretty sure it's not a Boeing 247 either, because of the nose shape, but it might have been. It was a cream colour overall with (I think) a narrow diagonal red band at the rear of the fuselage. I'm going to look at other books but does anyone know of a preserved airliner like this over here? __________________

07-27-18, 06:16 AM	#1882
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Avro Anson? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-27-18, 08:43 AM	#1884
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes, a civilianised Anson would fit the shape completely... I'll look into it Edit: Thanks, guys... that must've been it. I've never seen it before so never even crossed my mind. The 'cream' colour might have been the late afternoon sun plus a lot of yellow dust in the air (we had a combine harvester working just the other side of the hedge yesterday). The red fuselage band was there and the hump-back shape. Yes, That was it __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 07-27-18 at 09:25 AM.

07-27-18, 05:49 AM	#1881
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,662 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	^Any air shows/museum flights in the area this weekend? I guess the DC-3 is right out. The humpback look wouldn't fit that. Curtiss-Wright AT-9 is no airliner and the nose is a bit off from what you drew there but who knows. The Blenheim which is flying this weekend has a distinct and different nose and not really a hunchback.

07-27-18, 03:13 PM	#1886
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Bugger me... A mate just sent me this (he lives in Kings Lynn). I'm right slap bang in the middle of this lot __________________

07-27-18, 03:39 PM	#1887
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hope you ride it out .. tornadic activity? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-27-18, 04:01 PM	#1888
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think it's just a bit of scaremongering. When we had a real downpour about six o'clock (before the thunder and lightning) my mad wife went out and danced naked in the garden. When she finally came in she said she felt cleansed and uplifted. I only managed to get a photo from the knees down __________________

07-27-18, 06:11 PM	#1889
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's now past midnight and there've been no more storms. I think that map was probably a bit of fakery dreamed up just to scare people on Facebook __________________

07-27-18, 06:33 PM	#1890
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Once again the stupid Met Office got my area wrong, they said thunder storms and heavy rain all day. And all I got was bit of rumbling in the distance and very light rain that failed to fill a egg cup half way! Hey Met Office you are a joke.. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!