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On Friday, 15 September 2023 at 12:04:17 am UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
> On 14/09/2023 12:52, Magani wrote:
> > On Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 8:30:52 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
> >> On 14/09/2023 10:58, Magani wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 5:38:13 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
> >>>> On 13/09/2023 21:45, Fishrrman wrote:
> >>>>> On 9/12/23 6:12 PM, David Brooks wrote:
> >>>>>> On 22/07/2022 07:34, Savageduck wrote:
> >>>>>>> Since my break from r.p.d. and UseNet I thought I would check in to
> >>>>>>> see the
> >>>>>>> condition of the NGs I usually subscribe to. Everything I see
> >>>>>>> validates my
> >>>>>>> decision to no longer participate in the shit show that UseNet has
> >>>>>>> become.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The usenet news groups are slowly fading away.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I sense that most of those who still read and post to them are getting
> >>>>> old, and will soon be gone as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Even the binary groups (such as
> >>>>> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.yourfavoritegenre) aren`t seeing much in
the way
> >>>>> of traffic any more. Some go for weeks, months, without a post.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A sign of the changing times.
> >>>>> Usenet will live on, but in a declining and perhaps (finally) a "state
> >>>>> of suspension".
> >>>>> Until the servers are simply switched off...
> >>>> Off Topic now ........
> >>>>
> >>>> I`m sure it cannot be a coincidence that a "Fishrrman" also posts on
> >>>> MacRumors, so I`m going a ask a favour!
> >>>>
> >>>> I enjoyed posting on MacRumors as "Brawdy14", but you will note that I
> >>>> am now "Suspended".
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you sufficiently brave to post a question on MacRumors asking *WHY*
> >>>> "Brawdy14" has been suspended - and, if you get an answer, ask for me to
> >>>> be reinstated?
> >>>>
> >>>> "Brawdy14" was my call-sign when I was learning to fly Hawker Hunters at
> >>>> what was, then, RNAS Brawdy near Haverfordwest in South West Wales. I
> >>>> later finished my naval career at RNAS Culdrose, Helston, not far from
> >>>> your apparent home in Penryn!
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for listening!
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> David
> >>>
> >>> Things you find on the InterTubes - I never knew the FAA
flew Hunters. Is there one in the museum at Yeovilton?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Magani (obviously failed aviation nerd)
> >> Yes - apparently there is!
> >>
> >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet Air Arm Museum#/media/File:Fleet
Air Arm Museum hall 4.JPG
> >>
> >> I believe there`s also a Buccaneer - but not like this one!
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn
Buccaneer#/media/File:Blackburn Buccaneer Blcackburn Buccaneer (16525773894).jpg
> >>
> >> I flew one of those too - but not for long! There were *NO* dual control
> >> versions!
> >>
> >> Would you care to share YOUR flying experience?
> >>
> >> --
> >> David
> >
> > Very limited.
> > Total in the log - 5hrs dual in a Victa Airtourer 100 while
starting to go for my PPL.
> > Total (VERY unofficial) - probably about 20~30 hours in a
variety of Cessnas (172, 182 and 206), the odd Cherokee and Comanche, and
30 minutes in an F27.
> Thanks!
>
> Better to have flow a bit than never to have flown at all! ;-)
> > Most of my aviation career was spent telling pilots where to
go from either a glass box, or in a dim room looking into a CRT, in
various parts of Oz, the Pacific and the Middle East. :-))
> Mine too! I was an ATCO when stationed at HMAS Albatross - the RANAS at
> Nowra NSW 1987-89
> > After about 25 years of that, I slid sideways into IT (mainly
stopping small to medium businesses from trying to run their enterprises on
macros in undocumented Excel s/sheets).
> As you did that, I became an IFA!
> > Life`s been good, but retirement`s been better. :-)
> I couldn`t agree more! :-D
>
> > Cheers,
> > Magani
>
> --
> David
What a small world!!
Cheers,
Magani (YBBN, YBMK, NFFN, OOMS)
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