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for the poison Helen gave him after reading about his girlfriend Janet.

BG is just angry because the PM won't officially recognize him as the true ruler of Canada. Angus is angrier as, being a commie pinko elitist Obama-wannabee, he cannot stand his own ilk being out of power.

I think Jensen is looking gobsmacked because the PM just told him not to expect BOB by Christmas.

dragged the family out for an event last week and got a chance to intro the family to the PM. Stephen Harper. Parker is on the left, Jensen on the right. Me, looking like I'm asleep, on the far left. Also, wife Sasha. The PM was real cool with the boys...taking the opportunity to chat with them a bit. The older chap at the back was a Lancaster navigator during the war. He was shot down on his 22nd mission with the Pathfinders. He had flown the Halifax for about 15 missions, then one day (upon a crash landing) found out they'd been transferred. 85 years old and still going strong.

just confirmed vacation plans with wifey... looks like we'll do a weekend in Cambridge then head off to Italy from UK

Next day Bell telephone showed up to advise me I had managed to drop it on my neighbours telephone line and cut it. I had to take my backhoe out and dig a new trench for their stupid wire. you should have buried the idiots from Bell in that trench. Wouldn't have been missed.

Glad you are ok Jim. Glad they didn't have to do any worse to you than give you the drugs for it. Word of advice: use the excavator you have from now on. no longer should you be moving 5 ton boulders by hand like before.

maybe he means quiet after 10:30 in the morning?

I'm home sick today...so will be on coms for the Tuesday usual. will give some details then... FT, yeah...close in Cdn terms. But can't find one closer that is reasonable.

Holiday Inn Express. Includes breakie looks on map to be relatively close. this rate is not open to the public...so to speak. If all are serious - I can go about helping book the rooms. 2. CAMBRIDGE 15-17 COLDHAM BUSINESS PARK NORMAN WAY CAMBRIDGE, CB1 3LH ENGLAND Distance from city center: 1.44 MI / 2.32 KM Add Hotel To Favorites £58.88 - £66.73 GBP VAT Excluded for Some Rates Average Nightly Rate Range Average Nightly Rate To calculate the Average Nightly Rate, add the rates for each night of your stay and divide the total by the number of nights in your stay. The individual nightly rates can be found on the rate information and confirmation pages. Please note: Extending or reducing the number of nights in your stay will affect the Average Nightly Rate. You will be responsible for the rate that is determined by the actual number of nights in your stay. Close Window Average Nightly Rate Range From Original Hotel: 1.44 MI / 2.32 KM Hotel Reservations: 1 877 660 8550

holy cow! what a great site. EVERYONE: get in here!

Ahh, I'm so proud of my price gouging hotel brethren. Simple supply and demand... If we want, I might have an 'in', (no pun intended) if we wanted to venture as far out as Cambridge...nice hotel around 60 pound per night.

I was planning on having Sid hold you down while I smothered you with a pillow, but he started spooning you instead, so I just moved to a different room.

oooh. I think I just might have to come over this year. Get my fix of DD's. Wifey and I are hoping to hit Italy, so maybe I'll do Duxford then we'll hope a flight over from Heathrow.

good one Snack! "land mines on the runway!"

One thing I forgot to mention that Mr May was a two-time member of the "Caterpillar Club". Besides the crash landing in the Mossie, he bailed out twice.

lost them to ROF maybe...

Just some photos from the past from our downtown airport, where our Aviation Museum is ( and where the Lanc, Corsair, B25 Grumpy landed). It is an old BCATP base from the war and home of 418 Squadron, which flew Mossies and B25's. The other night we hosted a fundraising dinner at the hotel, and at the head table was a Mr Terry Champion, and old B25 pilot based at that airport. One of the speakers did a 70 year review of the airfield, including an (in)famous crash way back. Turns out the pilot of the crash happened to be none other than Terry Champion - who commented that night that the only reason he survived the crash was that the seat came loose and he was pushed backwards instead of being squished. Here are some old pics of the event...and a pic of the B25 being rebuilt there - that will bear the colours of his plane once done. Old crew photos The crash oh, and Parker and Jensen in the cockpit of a DC3, just flown by the Ice Pilots (www.icepilots.com)

Great pics FB, great pics. You'll have to share some more from these little squirrel-simulator missions you do.

Me and Mr May in my hotel lobby (the hotel was a kind sponsor of his visit...) Because of the Parkinsons, it was bit hard to understand Mr. May - but he told me that he had read the book "Terror in the Starboard Seat" (tale of the adventures of a reluctant Cdn navigator during his Mossie tour) and found it an excellent book. When shot down (they crash landed) Mr May told me he went one way with a group of partisans, and his navigator when another way with a different group. Both fled/fought/hid for half a year before reaching Russian lines. Mr May was wounded in the arm at sometime after the crash. Both survived. His navigator passed away in mid-1990's. We ran into a couple of Air Canada pilots in the lobby. (Airbus pilots). When asked if he missed flying, Mr May replied "every day of my life". Mr. May before going overseas in 1944, was an instructor with the BCATP. One of his pupils who he taught (in a Tiger Moth) was at the museum that day as well. Very cool.

Saturday, we had a member of 418 "City of Edmonton" Squadron alumni come visit our museum...F/L Stuart May. He is 89, and suffering from Parkinsons, but he came all the way from Ontario (BG-land) for one last trip to Edmonton before he passes. Some stuff on Mr. May The Alberta Aviation Museum and the Northern Wings Committee are pleased to announce that World War 2 pilot F/L Stuart N. May will be in attendance at the Alberta Aviation Museum on Kingsway Avenue. Mr. May flew the de Havilland Mosquito with the famed 418 Squadron. Mr. May and his Edmonton navigator Jack Ritch, are credited with the destruction of four V-1 Flying bombs. On October 17th 1944, May and Ritch were shot down in Czechoslovakia behind enemy lines. Surviving the crash landing of their aircraft, they evaded capture for six months with the aid of Partisans and Russian troops before eventually returning home at war's end. During the Second World War, 418 Intruder Squadron rose to prominence as "The City of Edmonton Squadron". This unit the highest scoring RCAF squadron in the war and were formally adopted by Edmonton City Council in March, 1944. They flew day and night operations from bases in Great Britain and Northern Europe and were successful in downing significant numbers of German aircraft and V-1 flying bombs. a neat site of someone 'rebuilding' his plane: http://www.iconicaircraft.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2943&p=145141 Being interviewed...I think I'll be able to post a video of the interview two medals he received from the Czech government about 10 years ago for his time with the resistance after being shot down. F/L May in the cockpit simulator flying a Mossie (on MS flight sim). He commented that it compared very favourably to a Link Trainer

Hey, but not all bullocks bud. 2000...well done!

Skypup is right. As men, it is our duty to not overlook an excuse to upgrade our electronics.

and somewhere, a tear falls from Brando's eye

http://www.acesofww2.com/Canada/aces/may.htm Mr. May is staying with us at my hotel as my guest... I've been promised a coffee with him.