Painless

~S~ Ash sir, Thank you very much for sharing that, it has brightened up an otherwise fairly dull day LOL ! The film gives a really great impression of what it must be like to go for a "jolly" in a Spit. ~S~ Painless.

~S~ JP , Sorry to hear that M8 . Just goes to show that even you cannot arrange the bloody weather ! I am confident that you will still get a flight at some stage because the great Jason Perk does NOT take "no" for an answer. ~S~ Painless

~S~ Tonar and Artie sirs, Many happy returns of the day to you both, "live long and prosper" ~S~ Painless

Yeah, I guess I can come an hour earlier. But I can't guarantee anything, because I have a pretty crazy schedule that day. ~S~ Lakatos, OK TY M8 ~S~ P.

~S~ LakatosI ( Lak-a-tosh ) right ? (what happened to the "I" at the end ? ) Glad to see you have decided to take up my offer sir. These guys are all bloody crazy but in a good way !! LOL I'm affraid you will not be graduating from BFS now that you have told the guys that Bojan and myself crashed while landing our Mustangs in formation (Bojan was going for 0.001km separation ! LOL).....sorry !!! See you on Monday M8 BTW: V284FS_Radira has had a few medical problems but he should be on TS one hour early on Monday so I can get him up to speed. If you can be early also you could fly in formation, with Radira as flight leader ? ~S~ Painintheass

~S~ Nick M8, Well doesn't time fly ! There you were standing at the bar demanding a slice of cucumber for your Pimm's when the words "flying IL2 online" came drifting into your ears ! Cheers to another 3 . ~S~ Painless.

~S~ Chaps, Here is a selection of pics from Sid's retirement from the Fire Brigade Party at the fire station......... A retard gate crashes the party !!! LOL Nick with his charming young lady Claire (is that how you spell it M8 ?) Nick, Claire and slightly tiddley Siobhan (Mrs Painless) This guy nearly got spun onto his backside by uncle Skidders. Sid having a fit! People begin to joint him LOL Sid...."you see that bloke there?....he fancies you Nick" LOL A very proud Sid with his daughters ! 1x BMW + 1 x Guzzi +1 x Sid. Sid's lovely Moto Guzzi "Griso" ( I want one!) ~S~ Painless

~S~ Sir Jimbo, WOW, looks mighty fine M8. Where is the helipad going to be ?? LOL ~S~ Mick.

~S~ Glad you liked them lads, captions now added ~S~ Painless

~S~ Chaps, The DDz violinist (my M8 Tim) who came with us to Normandy has given me his pics. Here is a selection of them...... TOP DOGZ ! Painless to JABO: "don't you bloody well fire that thing ! " JABO : "mmmmmmmmm artillery" Sid : "STOP IT !!!" JP: "you can tell it's old, it's drooping" FT : "I'll never get WIFI in there " Sid thinks: "is that a big ship far away or a small ship close up ?" Painless: "diamond formation on my mark!" "Mark!" "looking good boys" "big, no small, no big! Sid thinks about JP's proposal Painless: "I've farted!" FT cracks the sea wall with a single blow! Kelly salutes his countrymen. Nick: "Hands up Sandra!" "HELP !" Three men and a monkey "so who wants a fight then ?" Kelly and Nick hold hands ! "hang on a minute lads, the ferry sails in an hour !" Sid moons the shopping area below. Painless to JP: "close your legs Kelly, your shorts are slowing us down !" ~S~ Painless

~S~ JP M8 You are one lucky bugger, fantastic job getting the "inside story" . Whats next , an IL2 maybe ? LOL Great pics ~S~ Painless.

~S~ Fine fellows, RIGHT UP THE DOGZ !! May all of our fleas and ticks be gentle. ~S~ Painless

~S~ JP M8, Very nice pictures, and what a great way to end a great week that was ! Having some "time with the boys" is such a fantastic tonic don't you think ! We knew how to make things interesting even up to the last minute....." hang on boys, the Ferry leaves in an hour ! " Sid..."sums me up perhaps....level-headed? " I know at least one of you is, but the others ..... !! LMAO FT... NEXT TIME ! I will get Tim's pics uploaded next week. ~S~ Painless.

~S~ SkyPup, Sorry to hear that M8, dogs are often better company than most people, so it hurts when they go. ~S~ Painless

~S~ Nick. No words , just.....WOW !! ~S~ Mick.

~S~ Skiderny, Very nice M8, again really clear See you in a couple of weeks for a beer or 10 ~S~ Brainless

~S~ Nick M8, Superb pics, so clear ! Glad you caught my barrel roll in "TL-B" LOL Pleased to see that you are back on the www. ~S~ Mick.

Hey Kelly, Very nice pics M8. They made me feel like I was there ! LOL BTW , that picture of your face you sneaked onto my computer as a desk top ....Lennox growls at it and the boys won't come into the room when the computers on! LMAO Settled back into routine yet M8 ? Cheers, Mick.

~S~ DDz, I could see the look of pride on Jim's face when he was surveying all of the smiling DDz faces around the table at the Red Lion. The DDz are quite simply down to Mr BG ........... THREE CHEERS FOR BLAIRGOWRIE..........HIP HIP ................. ! ~S~ DD_Painless

~S~ Kimo M8, You look the way you sound........chilled dude LOL ~S~ P.

~S~ FT M8, That was a cracking good vid clip, shame about the sex pest harrassing that poor girl !!! LOL ~S~ Brainless

More pics...... It was hard work trying to push JP between the rudder pedals ! LOL "Painless lucky boy right...over" "Keep still JP ! One is trying to have one's picture taken" I really love this plane xxxxx This man is one of my heroes because he does alot more than perhaps he gets credit for : ) This man is officially under the wing ,so to speak, of Mr Jason Perk. Sexier than Colins hat ! Boooooo ! Hurray !! Hurray !! Hurray !! Hurray !! "Did I tell you about when I used to work as a 1970s porn star ? " "There was this one time when I was behind this babe with a perfect bum ......" www. (wicked wing jig) look at the rivets on that ! This aircraft seems to have something stuck to the starboard wing !! LOL Mr Eric "winkle" Brown no less !! Due to government cuts to help pay for the Olympics this will be the BoBMF from 2012 DDz war faces ? LOL JP to Colin........ "Have you pissed in my pint !?" Hellauxxxxx JP...... "where is my friggin KY !? Jabo.....is this it ? A Jabo serious moment. Sid and Tim holding their own ! LOL Point du Hock...Note that the flag in the background is mainly white : ) "Tim" honourary NDD (Normandy Danger Dog) and squad musician. It was completely black in here without the flash Achtung I am Austrian not Cherman !! More bunker. JP got quite sentimental at times !! LOL Don't get captured if you crew one of these ! The famous Pegasus Bridge cafe Phew ! Hope you enjoy. ~S~ Painless

Well what a fantasticulatious 10 days that was !! Started on Wednesday at my M8 Pete's house near Windsor where I got drunk and laughed alot. Stayed overnight then off to Heathrow to pick up JP on Thursday. Pete drove us both to "Shepherds Bush" (got to love the name LOL ) tube station. Short trip to Days hotel then to the IWM to meet up with BG, Pook,(+ wives) Jabo, Jedi and Colin. Got drunk and laughed alot in the evening at the pub. Off to Duxford on Friday meet up with more most excellent DDz go for a tour of "Romania" (restoration hangers) at Duxford thanks to JP and his incredible schmooze machine. Did I mention that I sat in a Spitfire LMAO. It was a RCAF(Kelly) Mk IX with the cerial number "PL344" Pain Less 3 44(Klingers number) Spooky ! Registration number "TL-B" which FT said stood for Tender Lovi'n Brainless LOL THANK YOU JP !!! Friday night got drunk and laughed alot at the Red Lion. Saturday was the airshow itself and yet more excellent DDz showed up. What a show and what great company. I only wish we had had more time so that I could have had a decent chat with each and every DDD (Duxford Danger Dog) Saturday night Rog visits again, this time with his lovely family. Only one thing to do....Get drunk and laugh alot ! Sid, Fruitbat and myself managed to "moon" JP from the flat roof outside our window at about 1am Sunday morning say good-bye to BG, Helen, Pooka, Joanne, Crash, Fruitbat, Jabo, Jedi, Friar (To be honest I was a little sad to to leave such a great bunch of people). Drive back to Portsmouth (via Windsor to collect my car) in convoy with FT and Sid's cars. Stayed at my place got drunk and laughed alot. Monday Jabo arrives and we collect my M8 Tim. Drive to the continental ferry port via the isle of wight ferry port OOOPS ! (because my brain is old and tired ) Had a fantastic time for four days doing the DDz Normandy tour, got drunk and laughed alot ! So many funny things happened I cannot list them so I will let JP/Sid/FT/Jabo do that. Thursday FT drives to Holland and we come back to Blighty in the evening. Nick drives home late that night , Tim goes home and now there are only 3. Friday morning Tim comes round to my house to give Sid a send off by playing his violin on the driveway ! LOL Now there are only 2. I drive JP to the airport and say a fond farewell...now there is only 1. I reflect on the drive home to portsmouth.........I wish we all lived alot nearer to each other ........~S~ Good friends !!! Mick. Pics.....

(...) And Painless and Sid are no slouches! Put them in a calendar shirtless in their fire gear hauling 100lbs of hose and I'm sure someone will uh.. take notice? Oh wow, me thinks you'll make JP a very happy man once he sees this one ... ~S~ Fellow Virtual Wombat Pilots, Snacko M8, how the hell did you get your hands on a copy of the August page from the 2009 British Firefighters calendar ?? ~S~ "AXE"

~S~ Chaps, Just like to thank Mr Friar for a brilliant reading of the prayer and a superb presentation ceremony. Bloody good job Colin we all salute you !!S!! ~S~ Painless (with Sid and JP standing beside me LOL )