The Shed

Just got back. A great evening was had by all. Cheers guys & girls!

Edited by Blacksword - April 03 2009 at 18:31

Another hugley enjoyable evening in good company - thanks to one and all!

chopper wrote: Syzygy wrote: Another hugley enjoyable evening in good company - thanks to one and all! I hope the "hugley" is a typo Chris! At least, I don't remember any hugging! Yep, another great evening, fine beer food and company. And the District Line was working this time!

Quote of the night from Andy Blacksword:

"Let's face it - Pallas are the North Korea of prog rock"

I have this buddy of mine whom I`ve known since high school and he is always, no, constantly, acusing me of showing signs of getting old ( I`m 47 this year ) because of my reluctance to embrace new technology.

I still have a current commercial pilot`s licence ( I used to fly in the military ) and I took him up a couple of weeks ago for a hop and just to get in some hours. So I borrowed a single-engined Belanca Citabria Champion off a friend. You`ll notice that spelled backwards Citabria spells " airbatic ". It`s a tandem two seat light aircraft with a 115 hp engine and a top speed of about 125 mph that is normally used for training, sport flying and I think a few armies also use it as a spotting aircraft and as such is stressed to withstand between +5 & -2 Gs. The particular aircraft I was flying was manafactured in 1970 and I told him not to worry about flying in an old aircraft because I was an old pilot.

To make a long story short I took us up to 8,000 ft and deliberately put the aircraft into a spin. To a non-pilot this can be a scary experience but it is something that should be practiced and all student private pilot`s are taught how to recover from one. I told him that that the controls wouldn`t respond and that I thought we were pretty much  f**ed and that I was getting too old for this s*** . He was just freaking in the back seat. I pulled out at a safe altitude and all he wanted to do was for me to get the aircraft on the ground. After a while he realized that I had done it on purpose. I had to say it after we were safely on the ground " Still think I`m showing signs of getting old ?" He cooled off after a few beers.

sigod wrote: It was a fantastic night to be sure. Always lots of good conversation, wilds stories and very funny comments (the Pallas quote had me smiling all the way back on the train). Thank you one and all for an excellent night out. Long may the Curry (in in this instance, the pizza) of Prog continue. It's a pity that no-one thought to take a few photos of the group for the cover of the next Classic Prog magazine.

That's probably for the best. A Prog magazine wouldn't see that many copies at the best of times, but with us on the front?

(just to be clear, I am referring to the male members of the party).


Edited by chopper - April 06 2009 at 12:48

Wilcey wrote: Just got home from a couple of days in Devon been listening constantly to Demians - Building an Empire by jove, what a flippin good album!  stunning! Hope you had a soooooooooooooper prog beer'n'curry, I'll do my utmost to join you for the next one, if dying cars etc allow! W x

You're always welcome, you know that.

chopper wrote: sigod wrote: It was a fantastic night to be sure. Always lots of good conversation, wilds stories and very funny comments (the Pallas quote had me smiling all the way back on the train). Thank you one and all for an excellent night out. Long may the Curry (in in this instance, the pizza) of Prog continue. It's a pity that no-one thought to take a few photos of the group for the cover of the next Classic Prog magazine. That's probably for the best. A Prog magazine wouldn't see that many copies at the best of times, but with us on the front? (just to be clear, I am referring to the male members of the party).

 Ho hum

was it moving to JFF that killed off the shed or did you all have a big fight at the pub last week that I've yet to hear about?


   I'll have to eat this big old easter lardy cake by myself then.............................................

shouldn't that be hot cross lardy cake today?