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From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Nov 2009 04:10 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:52:04 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > > >>>> > The best books about a fighter pilots life were the Biggles ones you > >>>> > ill-bred oaf. > >>>> > >>>> Ginger? Is that you? > >> > >>>Looks more like Algy, these days. > > >>Yesterday evening I had to explain to F that Biggles had two acolytes, > >>Ginger and Algy. She'd only heard of Ginger previously ("chocks away, > >>Ginger!"). And her the daughter of an RAF flying officer, too! > > >Good lord. She seems such an intelligent gel, too. Who'd have known that > >her education was so deficient? > > Apparently, and I know you'll find this as hard to believe as I do, at > the posh girls school she went to, Biggles wasn't on the reading list. I bet The Sixth Form At Mallory Towers was, though. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: Andy Bonwick on 14 Nov 2009 04:57 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:59:54 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:52:04 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>>>> > The best books about a fighter pilots life were the Biggles ones you >>>>> > ill-bred oaf. >>>>> >>>>> Ginger? Is that you? >>> >>>>Looks more like Algy, these days. > >>>Yesterday evening I had to explain to F that Biggles had two acolytes, >>>Ginger and Algy. She'd only heard of Ginger previously ("chocks away, >>>Ginger!"). And her the daughter of an RAF flying officer, too! > >>Good lord. She seems such an intelligent gel, too. Who'd have known that >>her education was so deficient? > >Apparently, and I know you'll find this as hard to believe as I do, at >the posh girls school she went to, Biggles wasn't on the reading list. I'd imagine they concentrated more on needlework and cookery. Traditional womens skills.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 14 Nov 2009 06:06 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> typed >On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:52:04 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>>>> > The best books about a fighter pilots life were the Biggles ones you >>>>> > ill-bred oaf. >>>>> >>>>> Ginger? Is that you? >>> >>>>Looks more like Algy, these days. > >>>Yesterday evening I had to explain to F that Biggles had two acolytes, >>>Ginger and Algy. She'd only heard of Ginger previously ("chocks away, >>>Ginger!"). And her the daughter of an RAF flying officer, too! > >>Good lord. She seems such an intelligent gel, too. Who'd have known that >>her education was so deficient? > >Apparently, and I know you'll find this as hard to believe as I do, at >the posh girls school she went to, Biggles wasn't on the reading list. I blame the teachers. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Lozzo on 14 Nov 2009 09:31 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > > Apparently, and I know you'll find this as hard to believe as I do, > > at the posh girls school she went to, Biggles wasn't on the reading > > list. > > I bet The Sixth Form At Mallory Towers was, though. I'd much rather see my daughter's Sixth Form mates at Mallory Park. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, SR250 SpazzTrakka, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) Garage clearout - Yamaha SpazzTrakka 250 for sale, email for details
From: darsy on 15 Nov 2009 10:27
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:46:18 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:52:14 GMT, JeremyR ><jeremy.robinsonNOSPAM(a)ul,ie> wrote: > >>Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities (Paperback) >>by Gary Sheffield (Author) >> >>Takes a slightly different look at it and tries to point out it was a >>genuine victory and not the catastrophic loss the war poets and >>blackadder and co would have you believe. > >Well, it may have been a 'genuine victory', but at the loss of 750,000 >British servicemen, which surely tempers the victory somewhat? "when the war's over, you have to have some soldiers left, otherwise it looks like you've lost" -- d. |