|
[^] Somewhere in Thailand, an old dog tries to keep on sleeping, something I can relate to intimately.
Would that my morning attempts at slumber (so oft gang aft agley) be elephanted so gently 
But, there has been a dramatic improvement in the last year, after a nearby neighbor, and his coterie of chickens-on-steroids, left the 'hood: he raised fighting cocks, and one of them began screeching every early am, between 4am and 5am, continuing every other minute for many hours emitting a cry that sounded like a cross between a dentist's drill whining-in-your-mouth (back in the days (pre 1960's) when they were big things), and someone trying to scream: "I'm a turkey."
It took weeks after chicken-menagerie-man's departure for me to stop hearing in my head every morning, as I tossed, and turned, and awoke fitfully, "I'm a turkey."
bill
Google CEO, Erich Schmidt: "I keep asking for a product called Serendipity. This product would have access to everything ever written or recorded, know everything the user ever worked on and saved to his or her personal hard drive, and know a whole lot about the user's tastes, friends and predilections." 2004, USA Today interview
|
|
|
|
|
Awesome!
This dog is just not a morning person, just like me! ^^
And the background rooster give a great dramatic dimension!
|
|
|
|
|
Great Video...
He or she is dog tired.
I have always loved my roosters and chooks but now I live in town.
Here Chooks are OK but roosters are not tolerated.
Especially the 3 am ones...
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
|
|
|
|
|
A regional Auntie[^] has described the plans for a fond farewell to two old stalwarts of the RAF's refueling fleet.
This comment is the general plan: "On their final flight the VC10s - affectionately known in the RAF as the "Funbus" - will refuel a Eurofighter Typhoon, Tornado GR4, Hercules, Boeing E-3 Sentry as well as each other."
I like the idea of them refueling each other; like raising a glass of beer and toasting each other for a job well done, which it was of course.
I remember the VC10 when they were used by BOAC.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
|
|
|
|
|
SeptimusHedgehog 151576 wrote: I remember the VC10 when they were used by BOAC.
You are very old Sir!
I too remember BOAC and BEA.
I have flown on many a VC10 and found them to be noisy and uncomfortable (This is a Military Spec aircraft remember) and yet still a lot better that the Budget Airline of today.
(At least you could smoke on them).
---------------------------------
Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
|
|
|
|
|
BEA. They used to fly Tridents, I recall (when they weren't crashing into the ground). I never flew in a VC10, maybe a couple of times in a Trident. As a youngster, flights to Joburg used 707s and flying with the mining company my old man worked for, there was often a Dakota DC3 involved as well.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
|
|
|
|
|
I didn't know you were old enough to remember "Better On A Camel"!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
|
|
|
|
|
OriginalGriff wrote: "Better On A Camel"!
Someone once commented on the Camel cigarette brand that they are the only cigarettes to have a picture of the factory[^] on the front.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
|
|
|
|
|
I made parts of the VC10 when I was an apprentice at Vickers in Weybridge, ditto 1-11 and Concorde ( they made the hard bit here )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
|
|
|
|
|
Somehow when I read "RAF" I always think first of this[^] instead of this[^]. The sentences even make almost sense...
|
|
|
|
|
I dare say that the NSA has already informed the Swiss government that you're a suspected ter'r'rist.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Re-fueling "each other" ? Sounds incestuous.
bill
Google CEO, Erich Schmidt: "I keep asking for a product called Serendipity. This product would have access to everything ever written or recorded, know everything the user ever worked on and saved to his or her personal hard drive, and know a whole lot about the user's tastes, friends and predilections." 2004, USA Today interview
|
|
|
|
|
How many method can be used to get the detail information of pc hardware? Like the speed,type,vendor of RAM,and so on.
|
|
|
|
|
I think it's the wrong forum.. No programming question in the Lounge..
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
|
|
|
|
|
I feel it's more of a philosophical quandary, much of the same ilk as how many roads must a man travel [in order to run over the ex]
speramus in juniperus
|
|
|
|
|
Forty-Two.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
|
|
|
|
|
Plus one to screw it in.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Forty-Two looks some how different to the the real answer which is 42.
It looks really different when spelt out.
Never realised this before.
It is the same however.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
|
|
|
|
|
As many ways as there are programmers.
speramus in juniperus
|
|
|
|
|
|
My wife's an engineer.
Not so disappointing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
My wife's cute; not even a smidgen disappointing. 
speramus in juniperus
|
|
|
|
|
My wife chose me, so I had better not complain!
---------------------------------
Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
|
|
|
|
|
My wife's in the room, and is truly wonderful and perfect in every way.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
|
|
|
|
|
The sheep can read?
speramus in juniperus
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
