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GermanWings all good till the pilot decides to fly into an Alp.

They're amazing - even when being given the ginger stepson treatment on takeoff they're essentially silent. 380s are very cool - I had a rear-facing seat on a BA flight once and looking down the leading edge of the wing on take-off was most impressive. You can see the wing starting to fly considera...

BA Business is pretty tired these days, but I understand there's a new cabin being rolled-out so perhaps it will improve - the general impression I've had over the past few years has been incremental cost-cutting and the gradual shaving-away of the quality. Certainly short-haul there's nothing to ch...

At least getting old is better than the alternative.

I tend to go to gigs where I feel young - see also: four days earlier in August, at the Cambridge Folk Festival.

Broccers wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:23 am Can't have that a vital job then.

Evidently not as vital as yours, you cretin.

Funny one, this. I used to be a “check in daily” person, on the basis that by doing so I’d avoid coming back to a firestorm. Then at the start of this year I found myself having three months of sick leave, by definition unplanned and unexpected - and you know what? The world didn’t end. My teams kep...

I kind of get the idea behind Tesla; electric power is quite fun to drive because of the acceleration, and even the LOLvo is a rather lovely way to waft silently around town. The problem I have is the build quality, which is turd. The Model X car in their showroom in Canary Wharf has panel gaps we h...

The clouds have lifted, my life is OK, I've stopped sweating, I have friends and can do stuff again and things are not too bad. So far. :lol: BTW Rob - Dinny has quoted me in his sig. So, y'know. Jesus, you poor fucker. As for the Fear - next time, wake up to a bottle of Vilmart and you will find t...

Hi nuttinnew , The following members would like to thank you for never really contributing anything other than links and youtube clips that they never open/watch: duncs500 Mito man JL Be nice - he's quoted me in his sig, that means he is fundamentally a Good Thing. JL, I feel your pain. for me, the...

JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:32 pm I must have fathered entire continents by now!

Entire cuntries, certainly.

@Jimmy - really sorry to hear this; esp if there's a mental health dimension from your side too, I'm well aware of how these things can snowball. I hope things work out, or if they don't, that they fail safe.

JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:57 pm I think we discuss watch straps too much.

I agree.

speedingfine wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:28 pm Properly nice, especially on that strap. You can throw the other alarm clock in the bin now

Do Yu want to buy it?

It really is a very intense blue, SImon - it properly "pops" in sunlight. Dive strap has arrived and so far, I rather like it... https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1832/43733279362_0d6bf7828b_c.jpg Untitled by preachercain1 , on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/858/42877386155_4f4c17fe5f_...

Well, then. I feel better. ;) I also very much like the way there's a shared design language right the way from these machine-made, mass-produced el cheapo divers right up to the stuff turned out by hand by the Magical Grand Seiko Gnomes - faceted lugs, the way the case profile tapers to the wrist.....

I really like it, Simon - the dial is lovely, and much more reflective/iridescent than it looks in the stock photos. It's got a nice texture too, so a degree of three-dimensionality (sorry) which I wasn't expecting. The quality is what you'd expect, with nice clean lines - that interesting faceted c...

Not necessarily a bad thing, my grey is lovely. She’s a lazy piece of shit, but lovely all the same Not in any way a bad thing! Just... Unexpected when what you think you have, is a whippet. ;) @Dinny - true, dat. Some people are just cunts, and should be stopped. Ideally, in a permanent and irretr...

JL - excellent. Choo - I'm fairly certain that even with the mystical throttle delay valve, presumably installed by unicorns at the factory, the throttle response will be better than a 2.0 TD. yep, I just couldn’t get on with it. My fault for test driving cars first. Did you not spot it on test dri...

You guys let the opinions of strangers bother you too much. If they're behind you, who gives a fuck. Let them do willycopters at you if they want. I find a cheery "thank you" wave or thumbs-up to be incredibly effective at antagonising people who get cross about being overtaken - and I ca...

An automotive regret of mine is never having owned a BMW straight six. Shurely offset by having sidestepped the whole straight-six thing and progressed straight to the correct engine layout? I mean, I regret not having had a 944, but since I went straight to the right front-engine Porsche, it's not...

You guys let the opinions of strangers bother you too much. If they're behind you, who gives a fuck. Let them do willycopters at you if they want. I find a cheery "thank you" wave or thumbs-up to be incredibly effective at antagonising people who get cross about being overtaken - and I ca...