JensenPark

I have Beurling's...I'll e-mail it to you.

Merry Christmas indeed. Painless - your pants are like that 'cause you buy them 2 sizes to small to show off your 'Christmast package' better.

modcheck still running after 24 hours...at 98.9% complete. so close... what's the UAC slider btw?

you guys are the best. Now all I have to do is get my porn back (calling Painless...calling Painless) and I will be all set.

I'm sorry...who is this Painless chap?

and now I get a "CRC match" error when I try the megapatch. Argh.

unfortunately when I try checkmods I get: Component Msinet.ocx or one of its dependencies not properly registered FT...any idea?

effen Saitek doesn't have x45 anymore on their website. damn their eye. Oh, and I lost all my porn as well. Blast and blast.

thanks gents. I had the game (well, 46 and 4.09) backed up on the external... dimwitted as I am, I never got around to backing up the more recent. I lost all my porn as well. Blast.

ack...hard drive crash...lot most of everything. can someone send me a decent profile for an X45... and big question: I lost all of my games, downloads, etc except for 1946 stock and 4.09 stock. Any idea even where to begin...?

Well done Friar.

our posties here are just as bad. they get paid 8 hours to do their route...and often take just 2 or 3 hours.

you'll also note that a Canadian runs the Royal Mail, Canary Wharf, Selfridges, Heathrow Airport, Vue Entertainment and HSBC Holdings. And here you thought all of us Canucks coming over during the war was to help. We were there to set up a beach head. We are just not in that much of a hurry to take over. You can try to escape our control by a ticket for the National Lottery or taking the high-speed rail line to France, but Cdn companies own those. Bwu ha ha. (and as soon as we can find a spare 5 quid note, we're buying Painless as well).

we share the same haircut and jowl line...

yeah, a real wing nut. Born and raised in the UK though. Might explain it.

You gain is our loss. I see the Pound went up and our dollar went down once it was announced. You'll see him come back to Canada one day as our Prime Minister.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/26/pol-finance-minister-flaherty-ppp.html The colonials are coming to help out the Mother country again. You are very fortunate...Mark Carney is an absolute brain. If anyone can help drag you out of recession and keep you out it it is him. He'll stay out of politics and run the bank for the betterment of the UK as a whole...and for the long term. And, btw, he grew up and went to school here in Edmonton close to where I live.

as long as I'm healthy and employed, I shall make it over the pond this year. my pledge: if I don't make it over, I'll send a 50 quid note to buy the first round.

It's the Pedo-mod for Painless

on a clear day you can see the white flags I'm sure.

they say you get the government you deserve...but I'm not sure what our southern neighbours did to deserve that. a great night for China, Iran and muslim therocracies.

this from a newsletter of the Vancouver Island Aircrew Assc newsletter (the group of retired RCAF and RAF flyers). A Mossie getting rebuilt in my old hometown of Victoria (near Vancouver and Seattle for the geographically challenged). So one more Mossie in the air soon. Our gracious host, Mel Johnstone, who is in charge of the restoration of this aircraft, owned by Mr. Bob Jens, of Vancouver, was kept busy answering many questions about the work that has been done and how much more needs to be done before the aircraft will be airworthy. We had 15 of our members along with some friends, plying Mel with questions – and Mel is a fountain of knowledge about the aircraft. This particular aircraft was built in England for the RAF, by the Airspeed Aviation Company. After being decommissioned by the Air Ministry, it was purchased, together with some others, by Spartan Air Surveys of Canada, in order to do aerial surveying, photography and mapping of northern parts of our country. This operation took place in the late 1950’s and early 60’s. I remember seeing four of the aircraft at Vancouver Airport in about 1961. After finishing the task for which they were brought to Canada, I believe that one or two of them were sent to Mexico and South America, for more mapping. When Spartan Air Surveys had no further use for the aircraft, they were sold to various individuals and groups who wanted to restore and show them. This aircraft changed hands two or three times before ending up in Victoria. After restoration, it will, presumably, be flown back to Vancouver to reside in Bob Jen’s hangar beside his immaculate Mk. XV Spitfire. A tremendous amount of skilled work has been done to renew fuel, hydraulic, and pneumatic lines as well as electrical wiring, and many other “bits and pieces.” The Mk B35 was equipped with an extra large bomb bay – capable of carrying a 4,000 lb bomb. These aircraft were employed on a regular run to Berlin with the same sized bomb load as the B17 Flying Fortress, but with a crew of only two. I seem to remember one or two rather disparaging songs that compared the “Mossie’s” bomb carrying capabilities to those of the “Flying Fortress” that left no doubt in the minds of listeners that the Mossie was indeed superior. It has, however, been decided to alter the size of the bomb bay to give the aircraft a slimmer appearance. New bomb bay doors were ordered from New Zealand and have been fitted with new operating jacks to compensate for the change in size. The Rolls Royce engines have been completely overhauled in California, and test run for over five hours. They are now back in place in the aircraft. The radiators have been rebuilt in the UK, and will be installed as soon as they are returned. Fuselage and wing surfaces have been sanded ready for painting. That is nearly the last step in the refit, and will take upwards of a month to complete. After that will come plenty of testing plus a strict examination before a Certificate of Airworthiness is given. It is probable that the aircraft will not be flying until next spring. I hope that I will be able to hear the good old Merlins do their usual coughing and spitting before settling down to a steady rhythm. Then we will watch the “Old Girl” take to the air once more.

Funny story on this Mossie. It is the last surviving war-time Mosquito and was used by the RCAF. From what I was told by our local aviation museum curator, It was taken from Canada quite illegally as it is considered by Heritage Canada as a significant heritage article. they were denied permission to remove it from the country and did so anyway (it is apparently owned by a wealthy Virginian...where it will end up soon). One day we will sneak down to the US and steal it and fly it back...one day.

not latent at all...is front of mind for me. Duxford 2010 I think...

I'm surprised the web page didn't auto-complete to "I've got crabs and gonorrhea" as that is a more common post from these louts