Patrick Cox Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 It sure does. I meant to add the 8 in my reply but you know how it when you are an old fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Me too. Can I have one as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexthom Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Some folks say "you are only as old as you feel". Well, I feel like I am going to be 86 next month.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, dexthom said: Some folks say "you are only as old as you feel". Well, I feel like I am going to be 86 next month.. You're still going strong Dex!!! Shine on! You Crazy Diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Well, I'm already 86 and feel like...well.....old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemills Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 3:35 AM, Triplane said: Neither Ian. Although my father's family immigrated here from Scotland is was a long time before The Clearances. Every once in a while one of those "Scottish things" just slips out. When I was growing up in California a family moved in just a couple of houses away. They had a boy my same age (10) and we became the best of friends...after I figured out what language he was speaking . The family came from a small town near Aberdeen (I can't remember the name) and his (their) accent was like nothing I had ever heard before. Eventually I got the hang of it and I still find myself saying things like "wee typo"..........Doug Aye, aye loon, foo are ye dein? I guess that is the type of question you would have had from your neighbours. Broad Doric is a North east scotland dialect, in my mind more a language on its own. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) After all this time of flying, I never thought I would have to give up on a flight but I've had to today. I thought I would do the short flight from LEBB Bilbao to LEAS Asturias. Because it was short I decided to fly VFR - my first mistake. Half way I had to transfer to IFR and descend to 8000'. Don't know why. I think its possibly a Spanish Military controlled zone. Anyway, that was alright I got on to IFR and obeyed the instructions, got on to 'approach' but couldn't see the airport. let alone the runway. Despite 'Go-arounds' I couldn't find it. The IFR became useless and in the end I crashed the bloody thing into the sea. I got the door open and this next bit is imagination; we got out and swam to the beach. And, wet through, we got picked up in a small boat and never did see Asturias. It took us to Santander. When I look at my atlas Bilbao is there but there's no such place as Asturias. Has Orbx dreamed this one up I wonder? Oh, and my wife and I have visited Bilbao. Lovely place and home to the famous Guggenheim musem. The building alone is a work of art and worth seeing. It's a fabulous piece of achitecture. Edited September 20, 2019 by JohnY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnY said: When I look at my atlas Bilbao is there but there's no such place as Asturias. Has Orbx dreamed this one up I wonder? Hello John, I read that it was the Visigoths who dreamed up Asturias in 718 AD, some time before Orbx was founded. In those days, it was apparently a kingdom. It's not so much a place as a province these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattop Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Add me to the list; will be looking at 79 next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Thanks for that info' Nick. I'm going to give France especially and Spain a miss from now on. Well, until we get some decent Orbx Scenery for them. I don't learn, I've been flying there for the last couple of days and everything has ended in failure. I've noticed before that the French traffic controllers just don't know where you are and even misplace their own airports. Also they bring you down to 1000' over hills that are 3000'. Idiots! Well that got that off my chest. I'm now going to read my latest Western on my Kindle which is what I should have been doing this afternoon rather than wasting my time flying over non Orbx scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Don't mean to change the subject, but has anyone seen my glasses? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 9/21/2019 at 7:28 AM, JohnY said: I've noticed before that the French traffic controllers just don't know where you are You think that's bad - wait for the 'No Deal' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I think I left them under bed. Rodger. No point in my replying to your comment Oldendirt. It would just be scrubbed by Nick. But I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 6:54 AM, Patrick Cox said: It sure does. I meant to add the 8 in my reply but you know how it when you are an old fart. What did the Zero say to the Eight?.....”You’re belt is too tight”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 9/24/2019 at 8:35 AM, Rodger Pettichord said: Don't mean to change the subject, but has anyone seen my glasses? Have you looked on the top of your head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Ken 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 OH, how true. 40 minutes ago, Ken Terry said: Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Ken Terry said: Ken LOve it, Ken! Plus aches and pains and rashes and itches and... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 9 hours ago, W2DR said: What did the Zero say to the Eight?.....”You’re belt is too tight”. Or, maybe, “your” belt is too tight? Still have a bit of jet lag.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Please don't talk about rashes and itches Rodger unless you have a cure. If so, I would like to know it instead of having to smother myself in various creams that may or may not do the job on any one day or night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I remember from so many years ago: Life was so much simpler before I got married.... I had absolutely no idea there was a wrong way to put the milk back into the fridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Well, everybody knows this Flyingleaf. There are rules about how fast you drive, when you are allowed to put the dishwasher on and when you can change you shirt, underwear and pants. My wife hasn't quite cottoned on to the trousers and slippers yet, but give her time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 3:33 AM, JohnY said: Well, everybody knows this Flyingleaf. There are rules about how fast you drive, when you are allowed to put the dishwasher on and when you can change you shirt, underwear and pants. My wife hasn't quite cottoned on to the trousers and slippers yet, but give her time. As you well know, John, it's a wise man who obeys those rules. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 1:33 AM, Ken Terry said: Ken Until you are so old that you can no longer hear or smell. At that point explanations don’t matter.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 7 hours ago, W2DR said: Until you are so old that you can no longer hear or smell. At that point explanations don’t matter.......... W2DR, I'm saving that saying for the years immediately ahead. I'm getting there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Rodger said; 'it's a wise man who obeys those rules' He's right....if you want to eat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 15 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: W2DR, I'm saving that saying for the years immediately ahead. I'm getting there... All we can do is enjoy every day. Time isn’t on our side..........Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) Blimey! Don't cheer us up Doug!!! Edited October 1, 2019 by JohnY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 4 hours ago, JohnY said: Blimey! Don't cheer us up Doug!!! And, as my daddy told me long, long ago.....life is too short to dance with an ugly woman................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 3 hours ago, W2DR said: And, as my daddy told me long, long ago.....life is too short to dance with an ugly woman................... Funny, the last girl I asked to dance refused with a variation of that same saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Gee, that never happened to me .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I'm suffering with a bit of nostalgia. This conversation has taken me back to the days just after the second world war before I met my wife. A whole gang of us very young teenagers (14-17) from the local YMCA used to go to the local town halls on Saturday evenings where they had various dance and jazz bands playing. Ted Heath was popular and various small groups who had formed dance bands, so was Humphrey Lyttleton (spelling?). But he was Dixieland Jazz and was only really suitable for Jiving and for me, jumping around! Being trained in ballroom dancing I could never get the tempo right for jazz. On Sunday evenings we went to the local cinema. During one of these evenings we saw Jane Russel showing her big chest in 'The Outlaw' which caused quite a stir, and a bit of sleeplessness after. Many a couple got together at these do's with marriage as a result later on. What is surprising is that this all took place in East London, a crime centre according to the journalists, but there were never ever any problems. And for safety, we took the girls home to their front doors, usually with a brief chaste kiss of thanks as reward. Courtesy at all times was the norm' and expected in those days. Bad behaviour, especially with the girls, was punishable by ostracism. Or rarely, by fists. Then, at seventeen, I met Sheila and it all stopped. And I didn't miss it, or my friends a bit! We were mostly split up by then anyway due to gradually being called up for National Service, usually in the army, or sometimes, the air force. The navy didn't seem to take, or need, National Servicemen. Well, I got that off my chest! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Thanks for the memories, John. Love to hear you reminisce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks for the memories John. For me the times were a bit different, but still the bands, the girls, the courtesy to all were the norm. Met my future wife when I was 16, her 15. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Two elderly couples were having dinner in one of their homes. After dinner the ladies went to wash the dishes and the men were chatting. Hey Bob last night we went to this fantastic reasonable priced restaurant. Man that was one of the best meals I've ever had. Bob says: Wow, Earl that sounds great what is the name of that restaurant? Earl sits back looks at the ceiling and asks: What is the name of that flower that's red and has thorns on its stalk? Bob says: y Uh you mean rose? Earl; Yup that's it and turns his head towards the kitchen and yells: Hey "Rose" what's the name of that restaurant we ate at last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, flyingleaf said: Two elderly couples were having dinner in one of their homes. After dinner the ladies went to wash the dishes and the men were chatting. Hey Bob last night we went to this fantastic reasonable priced restaurant. Man that was one of the best meals I've ever had. Bob says: Wow, Earl that sounds great what is the name of that restaurant? Earl sits back looks at the ceiling and asks: What is the name of that flower that's red and has thorns on its stalk? Bob says: y Uh you mean rose? Earl; Yup that's it and turns his head towards the kitchen and yells: Hey "Rose" what's the name of that restaurant we ate at last night? Oh, man, I couldn't help it. I read your punch line and spit coffee through my nose. Thanks, flyingleaf, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 ha ha Ok, my turn. My Dad, who is mostly deaf told this one to me. Two old guys were chatting when one said to the other "these new hearing aids are wonderful. I can even hear the birds chirping now!" His buddy says "that's great Jack, what kind is it?" Jack replies "O, about 6:30" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Rob Abernathy said: My Dad, who is mostly deaf told this one to me. Yeah Rob my wife said to me: Y'all should get a "Hearing test". And I said:"I don't need "Hair on my Chest" Edited October 4, 2019 by flyingleaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Getting older does have it's advantages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 You fellers are cracking me and my wife up. Keep them coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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