LostThePlot

LostThePlot Wrote:

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> > I think it's something like 2nm horizontal and

> > 1,000 feet vertical separation.

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> I've dropped a message to my nephew. He's

> currently undergoing his commercial pilot training

> in Oxfordshire. Not sure of he's done the "How not

> to hit anyone else" part of the course yet though.

Just got a mail from him, and yes, 2nm seperation that's if they are landing on parallel runways, like heathrow, but if the same runway it's 3nm. It's 500m Vertical in good weather, 1000 in not so good weather.

Will be funny flying on your hols one day with Nephew in charge of the flight....

Brendan Wrote:

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> Anyway the experience has made me think twice

> about older properties. I wonder how an estate

> agent would react if I asked if I could just be

> left alone in a place for a few hours before I

> decided to buy it.

They'd sell their mother for a commission so will no doubt "Humour" you. If it affects you then don't see why you should not ask. FWIW I shared a large house in Putn*y many years ago, and we had our beds shaken without fail about three times per week. You'd wake up, say "bugger off" and it stopped. Bit like having a pet, but without the need to look after it. Was never worried about it.

My wife's aunty is very suscepible to such activity, and one day, when some young lads had disappeared and were all over the news, she had an urge to walk with her husband to the pub one afternoon, something she never did. Sure enough she had a feeling that the boys were in the corner of a field. They called the police, they found the bodies, and she was chief murder suspect... Needless to say evidence didn't support this, and the newspapers reported "A man walking his dog" found the kids. Now, think about how many times you've read that, and it makes you wonder just how common this may be.

Ask them, they can only say no...or set up as a consultant to them. Anyone who can make money form estate agents deserves it ;-)

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I was strafed* by a spitfire this time last year

> at a barbeque in Loughborough. Really made my day

>

> *he didn't actually fire his guns I hasten to add.

Has anyone heard the latest advert for the RAF on Virgin Radio. Starts of talking about an AWACS flying at a given height, then says this is kept there by the people on the ground. "The Technicians" (Then engine sound dies away) then other people get a mewntion and it creates the impression that it's the ground staff keeping it in the air. All well and good, then there is mention of protection from attack by enemy aicraft...then you hear a Stuka Siren building up, as if it's attacking it! Made I laugh!!! (For info on the Stuka, and a rousing Stuka marching song have a look at http://www.myunclewillies.com/about5.html2.html or this, for a true model...http://www.myunclewillies.com/about4.html1.html

BarryRoad Wrote:

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> I did a google on the aircraft spacing thing and

> haven't come up with anything. I left my private

> pilot's textbook at my mum's.

>

> I think it's something like 2nm horizontal and

> 1,000 feet vertical separation.

I've dropped a message to my nephew. He's currently undergoing his commercial pilot training in Oxfordshire. Not sure of he's done the "How not to hit anyone else" part of the course yet though.

James Wrote:

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> "young student-look-a-likes who dress in rags and

> then drop money on champage at the EDT and snap up

> ?250k 1 bed flats somehow"

"Trustafarians" sums them up best I feel

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> According to my nephew compared to the

> British Army the American military are "f**king

> useless and trigger happy dickheads." Hence my

> lack of shock or surprise.

?I?ve always respected the Americans?in my 2 and a half years flying a Spitfire, they were the only ones who shot me down.? - Childhood hero and someone I was lucky enough to interview before he died - Raymond Baxter

Brendan Wrote:

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> Does Bon Scott count? A Scot who grew up in

> Australia and just happened to drown in his own

> vomit in our blessed borough.

Where abouts?

Mark Wrote:

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> My brief point here is that surely these sorts of

> companies should be setting an example and not

> getting people to disclose their personal

> information over the phone. Just seems daft to me.

Always give the wrong info to see if they spot it is wrong...

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> OK, I might be up for that. How about a kickabout?

> If it's non-competitive does that mean there won't

> be any jumpers for goalposts? Maybe I'll just

> catch you in the pub later.:)-D

I'll be up for a kick-about. Nothng too serious though as one of those who loves to play but is absolutely cack at it..and no hard footballs, just those nice soft ones that go anywhere in a slight breeze....

Quite Interesting, if you like that sort of thing...

Been in "Just having a look" but it's one of those places, like a builders yard, or an operating theatre, that unless you fully understand the language, and it's relavence to what's on display you are made to feel as welcome as a fart in a space suit...

> Chains like the

> Beefeater and Harvester are still seen as the

> staple for a night out in places like Birmingham,

> Manchester, the London suburbs. You therefore

> cannot expect high qualty customer service across

> the board when all we are doing is diversifying

> into chains!

Customer Service is not linked to the chain or the private restaurants, it should be seen as being something that delivered irrespective of the establishment. I have had excellent service in Licorish, and also the Harvester up the top of LL, likewise I have also had to go to the bar at both places to ask when my food is going to complain.

Sadly, we do have a habit of being "British" about making a scene when we're not happy with something. Making a scene is being a bit Am Dram about it, with wailing and gnashing of teeth. Never do that. Just state it quietly, and simply that you're not happy. Which you seemed to do. You're paying for a service, and that service should be delivered. Food is tricky though. If you don't like the taste fo something then it's not necessarily grounds for complaint. If however like Louise you get mucked about then you've every right to complain, and do so without being ashamed. Bob's VOTE WITH YOUR FEET comment is right. Never be afraid to walk out.

My 2p worth

> Re the distance between planes - dont know, there

> is a limit when flying into an airport.

I was at Heathrow for the last concorde flights, and have a nice shot of three of them on the flight path for the final touch down. Must be about 2 miles apart, but obviously very hard to judge that sort f stuff in the air.

Sadly the hard drive the images are on went PHUT, so am deliberating spending ?????'s to get it recovered... :-(((((

> I've heard that some of the smart mobile phones

> young people have these days have built-in GPS

> devices. I be interested in some reports of the

> heights above sea level of some of the East

> Dulwich landmarks such as the Crystal Palace

> Tavern.

Commercial GPS is not wholly accurate. I rode to Sevenoaks last week, and using my GPS system got home to discover I had tackled a 600m peak on the way!

Can i suggest you just get an OS map, and look at the contours...

Last week I received a nice picture of my car parked in Camberwell Green, at 00:23, as I waited to collect my wife off a bus, rather than let her get a bus home from there herself.

Summons tells me I was parked on a Red Route. I e-mail my objections stating I was in a red route parking bay, and that there were plates saying the route operated between certain hours, and as it was half midnight, Unlikely that they were in operation.

Yesterday I got a letter back. Penalty cancelled "Due to lack of sufficien evidence" So, my question is this. IF there is now lack of sufficient evidence, wasn't that just a ticket issued in the hope I would just accept it?

Also, something people should remember is this. Issuing a ticket is a low cost affair. However, to then go through the process of looking into a ticket further, and dealing with a complaint costs the company money. So if there is the slightest doubt then there is a good chance they'll back down, as it's not worth persuing.

I worked for one of the utilities and if a person was in debt below a certain amount then it woudl be written off, as the cost of recovery was known. I woudl just like to add though. If you use something and don't pay for it, like leccie, or your phone, or gas then you're thieving scum. But this whole parking thing......some of it is just plain wrong. Last night, I saw a car getting a ticket outside Belaire House, at 10:45. Simply unbelievable!

lordship_bod Wrote:

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> You see, this is exactly what i'm talking about.

> period conversions are still selling like hot

> cakes. out of interest, has anyone actually

> visited a "GV15" or a "DKH" show flat?

A Friend has visited the GV15 flats, and they are looking at Circa ?260k for them. From what he said they are quite narrow, running the width of the building, so you can choose to look at the bookies, or go trainspotting, as your desires take you.

Taking Amelie's point. I bought my flat in 1993 (In Wimbledon) for ?37k (Sorry!) and last valuation made me laugh "You'll never get someone to pay that will you?" I asked. "Many times over" came the reply. But as mentioned. If you look at it in the harsh light of day, ignoring the marketing bo**ocks, then all the prices are stupidly inflated.

jim_the_chin Wrote:

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> saw this on bbc news today

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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6290

> 302.stm

>

> Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

>

> prolly not so friendly or welcoming as you common

> or garden milf.

Splitters!!!!

Ganapati Wrote:

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> So what exactly constitutes an ED yummy mummy?

Anyone with two children and a "Toblerone" .....some may need this explaining.

Keef Wrote:

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> Oh, and I was watching a film called "Last Orders"

> the other night (Michael Cane, Ray Winstone and

> Bob Hoskins), and I've-met-Jimmy pointed out that

> the pub is the Wishing Well on Bellenden, and you

> see various bits of the area.

I use to walk past that every morning on my way to Peckan Pie rail station. One morning I walked past, and suddenly noticed, while in the middle of it that the pub had changed colour, and that there was a MK1 Escort and Vauxhall Viva parked in the road. Felt like I had walked through a time portal. All the trucks etc were parked up the side of the Peckam Exp. so wasn't obvious I was on a film set.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Or The Great Train Robbery - Biggs went to what is

> now The Vale for a pint afterwards (plus ca

> change)

And, if I'm not very much mistaken, BIggs went there some time after the actual event.

Ant Wrote:

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> I'll put some pics up over the weekend.

Please do, only way I can get my feline enjoyment without gasping and wheezing....

Also would suggest a submission to www.ratemykitten.com

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> Anyone know what is going on? Is Jenny appearing

> in "Through the Keyhole"?!

Is her house the "Architectural" looking one on the way down from top of Dog Kennel Hill to Denmark Hill?