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Well I'm blowed Hoskins; never mind being a Twenty Minuter, you're not even a Twenty Seconder...
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Sorry about that sir, but what a bit of luck! While I was hanging around up there I got chatting to the operator and she's agreed to accompany me to Saturday's Mess Dance.
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(drfit... Anyone remember that early 1970s kid's game where you had to land a Phantom hanging on a wire on a flight deck?)
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Treaders, yes, and the required 30°+ glidepath required to keep it moving
Treaders, yes, and the required 30°+ glidepath required to keep it moving
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(Good grief! 
Thanks SLXOwft... someone in my childhood social circle had it, seeing the BE2 bought it all back...)
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Sir, there's a bloke 'ere says what e's from the GPO hinvestigatin' hinterference on the telephone line. 'Av we seen anything huntoward?
Thanks SLXOwft... someone in my childhood social circle had it, seeing the BE2 bought it all back...)Caption:
Sir, there's a bloke 'ere says what e's from the GPO hinvestigatin' hinterference on the telephone line. 'Av we seen anything huntoward?
Yes, Treaders, I remember that toy well. I worked as a purchasing manager for Bethlehem Steel's Plastics Division, Kusan, one subsidiary of which was Schaper Manufacturing. Schaper made the Carrier/Phantom toy (U-Fly-It), but was more famous for their long-lived product: the Cootie. My son, now fifty-three, and I enjoyed both!
- Ed
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Who painted the lines magenta!
"Hoskins! Explain yourself!"
"Well, sir, when Biggles mentioned something about 'kites'..."
"Well, sir, when Biggles mentioned something about 'kites'..."
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We keep getting a call coming through on the surviving line asking if we would like to purchase accident insurance cover .
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No Sh*t, Sherlock Holmes... would you mind putting that pipe out.
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It's the Army, they never have managed to get a grasp on technology..
What do you mean, aircraft?
No, telephones..
What do you mean, aircraft?
No, telephones..
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It's Hoskins hint that he wants a posting.
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No, we can't move it yet, we're awaiting the tabbards to arrive.