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If a chap was buying a blanket for his mistress's pony would he be quoted in ells or hands? I think we should be told otherwise a terrible fox pass could unfold.

Let's stop beating about the bushel and admit none of us could give a peck !!! :smoking:

Don't be so rood or you will have an ell of a fall off your perch.

It won't last fur long!!

..... and you lot moan about my jokes .... ???? ... talk about the pun calling the kitten black.

Not in the same league!!

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Originally Posted by Phillthechill (Post 39311)

I see the 'flying car' has reappeared with the forecast, 'This is the future!', accompanied by a description of hundreds of these vehicles criss-crossing towns/cities etc. etc.

Every one of the 'drivers/pilots' would need to have a PPL, (Private Pilots Licence) to be qualified to fly one of these vehicles with, also, the possibility of needing a CPL (Commercial Pilots Licence), if the vehicle in question was carrying a fare-paying passenger i.e. a taxi.

Could you imagine the chaos of hundreds of these car/aircraft flying at various altitudes, (as they would need to be in the current 'stacking system'), over our small island!

Methinks these vehicles will become toys for the super-rich and certainly not in every-day use! Phil

I spent about 9 years working with an aerospace engineer. The only way we came up with to make a car fly safely...was stick it in a C-130

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Originally Posted by Engine Serang (Post 39390)

If a chap was buying a blanket for his mistress's pony would he be quoted in ells or hands? I think we should be told otherwise a terrible fox pass could unfold.

Arrant errancy.