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Old 8th July 2021, 11:21
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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.
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Old 8th July 2021, 11:25
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Let's stop beating about the bushel and admit none of us could give a peck !!!
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Old 8th July 2021, 13:57
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Don't be so rood or you will have an ell of a fall off your perch.
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Old 8th July 2021, 14:33
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..... and you lot moan about my jokes .... ???? ... talk about the pun calling the kitten black.
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Not in the same league!!
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Old 14th January 2022, 20:43
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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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Old 14th January 2022, 20:52
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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.

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