Already mentioned but this was the coolest fighter in WW2, Johhny Reds Hawker Hurricane….

I would imagine modern communications devices would be more useful than weapons to the troops on the ground the generals.

This is bringiong out my model making youth…the TA152 was alway my favorite prop fighter


Already taken, but to keep the British end up, how about this beauty…the Fairy Swordfish, hero of Taranto

After tax I try to live by the 30% rule i.e. 30% on rent/mortgage, 30% on bills (inc Food), 30% on savings/pension and 10% to spunk at my leisure.
Sometimes its not easy to do but I find that when I get this balance right then life is good.

CRC taking up to 8 working days to get kit out to me in Hong Kong.
Also, I was on a United flight last month that didnt have a personal entertaiment system, we all had to watch the same films together for 13 hours.

+1 Taff

I always like to watch these again and again even though there are not my favorites…..

Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home
Red Dawn
Rambo

I’m with the OP on the poppers, cant stand them and now only buy shorts that do not have this design. You can still get early Endura Singletrack shorts with the belt design on CRC.

The Irates of Penzance – Group of London dwelling Nimbies object to a hostel being built near they 2nd homes

Winnie the Poo – Eyeore has lost his tail, and lashes out at the one friend nearby who may be responsible.

Sorry, stuck at my desk for lunch….

The Prince and the Paper – Two lookalike boys, one a poor Vegas party animal and the other a prince, exchange places to see what the other’s life is like without the UK papers reporting it.

Barefoo in the Park – Dave Grohl parties with Prince Harry and wakes up in a park, in Vegas

So, one of your your suggestions is to artificially fix the market (the withdrawal of rent) to enable you to take advantage of this financial situation?

No, your not a communist.

The 30 Spartans – Spartan king Leonidas has a tough battle to fight after the 481BC Defence review starts to take affect on his troop numbers.
Casio – Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a cheap Japanese watch.
I spit on your Rave – A writer who is brutalized during attempt to get tickets to a rave seeks revenge on the organisors, who left her for dead…at the door.
Ostel – Three backpackers head to a commune in Northern France that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the boredom that awaits them.
Sake Land – Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster caused by Japanes number one liquor.

First they came for the Jammy dodgers,
and I didn’t speak out because I was eating a Garibaldi

Then they came for the Digestives,
and I didn’t speak out because I nibbling on a Custard cream

Then they came for the oatcakes,
and I didn’t speak out because I was a bit bloated after a dunking a rich tea in my coffee

Then they came for me,
and asked me to chip in to the biscuit tin

WAR IS PEACE!
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY!
BISCUITS ARE ABUNDANT!

These biscuits, how many varieties?

Only have space for one bike…plus I just cant carry off the lycra look

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her over – The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between turns bowling for her local cricket team.

An independent Scotland, is this a good or a bad thing?

Loddrick +1

We are going to need a bigger boat

My answer to every thread like this, get a Blur TRc, best trail bike ever*

* in my opinion, opinion my vary

Seen two good German films recently, Goodbye Lenin and The Lives of Others, very enjoyable.

Like other have posted, the Married Life scene in up always brings a small lump to my throat.

From what I saw on TV I enjoyed it a lot and friends back in the UK all seem to have had a fun time with many getting to go to some of the events.
Very positive press out in Asia, well done team GB and good luck to the Paralympic athletes.

UK House (Berkshire) pays for itself + and extra 500 GBP a month through renting it out.
Just been in HK for 2 years and not thinking about buying yet, 25% or my salary currently goes on rent here, not bad as to buy, our little 750 Sq ft apartment would cost about 350k GBP…. and we are way out of town near the airport.

I am 34 and I find large is fine, well for their Singletrack (with belt, pre-2012 models) and Hummvee baggy Lite shorts.

Getting up at 6am for a ride around Tai Mo Shan, hopefully finish with a few beers at the Gold Coast, maybe hang by the pool on Sunday.

I’ve heard the Queens Head in Dogmersfield in still good…
The Queens Head

+1 Dickies suggestion.
With XT Groupset, 140-110 Talas at the front and Mavic ST’s mine still comes in around 11.5kg though I cant speak from experience how she would cope in the Alps she manages the trails out here OK, also a better climber than my previous Yeti ASR-5.

Nicolas Cage was also in The Rock, this allows him to make 10 bad films before he can be slated….. sadly he has passed that point.
Cant stand the Harry potter films (never see all of one yet), just never could understand why they are so popular.
Apart from the first 2 star wars films, I also try to avoind anything directed or producewd by George Lucas although I have a soft spot for Howard the Duck.

What never happened?

Saying sorry for things beyond our control (i.e. sorry about the weather) and we used to have the best self deprecating humour in the world.

As someone who usually flies once a month, mostly from HK to Europe, the States, India, China and Singapore I would rank United high up there for poor service.
Last flight with them in June involved a 13 hour flight (HK to SanFran) on a plane with no personal entertainment system and they also managed to miss-lay my baggage.
I also avoid where possible BA (poor service/timekeeping), Iberia (goodbye Baggage/running out of fuel mid-flight and dropping off in another country!) and any Indian airline on a flight longer than 4 hours.
Where possible I fly Cathay, Air New Zealand and Emirates.

When it comes to these prices bear in mind import duties, VAT etc
I speak as a middle aged man who could build his SC Blur TRc up for around 3k GBP due to a complete lack of import duties or sales taxes where I live.

Ukrainian athlete Natalya Fokina-Semenova

Tonight I will dream of my olympic success followed by a long hot shower in the Olympic village showers with my fellow team members from the womens beach volleyball team…..

Due to time difference I have to start work 7 hours earlier than you so think yourself lucky!

+1 Grahams