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From: Catman on 18 Mar 2010 11:09 darsy wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:16 +0000, Catman > <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > >> 'Hog wrote: >>> Vass wrote: >>>> fook me, that must have been scary >>>> >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm >>>> video posted on Youtube which appears to show a lorry pushing a car >>>> sideways along the A1 >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8543202.stm >>> >>> WANT >>> >> How odd. I was dreaming about ekranoplans last night. > > my one /want/ personal transport device is definitely a Caspian Sea > Monster. > Not exactly personal, is it? -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: 'Hog on 18 Mar 2010 11:21 darsy wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:16 +0000, Catman > <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > >> 'Hog wrote: >>> Vass wrote: >>>> fook me, that must have been scary >>>> >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm >>>> video posted on Youtube which appears to show a lorry pushing a car >>>> sideways along the A1 >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8543202.stm >>> >>> WANT >>> >> >> How odd. I was dreaming about ekranoplans last night. > > my one /want/ personal transport device is definitely a Caspian Sea > Monster. One could do a fast Liverpool to Belfast service -- Hog
From: darsy on 18 Mar 2010 11:30 On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:09:16 +0000, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >darsy wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:16 +0000, Catman >> <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> 'Hog wrote: >>>> Vass wrote: >>>>> fook me, that must have been scary >>>>> >>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm >>>>> video posted on Youtube which appears to show a lorry pushing a car >>>>> sideways along the A1 >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8543202.stm >>>> >>>> WANT >>>> >>> How odd. I was dreaming about ekranoplans last night. >> >> my one /want/ personal transport device is definitely a Caspian Sea >> Monster. >> > >Not exactly personal, is it? what? if you're "flying" it yourself and machine-gunning anyone else in sight? Does transport get more personal than that? -- d.
From: Catman on 18 Mar 2010 11:58 darsy wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:09:16 +0000, Catman > <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > >> darsy wrote: >>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:16 +0000, Catman >>> <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> 'Hog wrote: >>>>> Vass wrote: >>>>>> fook me, that must have been scary >>>>>> >>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm >>>>>> video posted on Youtube which appears to show a lorry pushing a car >>>>>> sideways along the A1 >>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8543202.stm >>>>> >>>>> WANT >>>>> >>>> How odd. I was dreaming about ekranoplans last night. >>> my one /want/ personal transport device is definitely a Caspian Sea >>> Monster. >>> >> Not exactly personal, is it? > > what? > > if you're "flying" it yourself and machine-gunning anyone else in > sight? > > Does transport get more personal than that? > Fair point, well made. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: 'Hog on 19 Mar 2010 06:04
Andy Bonwick wrote: > I was stunned today when I was asked for a price (from my company) for > me to manage the machining element of a power station outage later > this summer and once I'd added all the figures up it came to just over > �80k for 15 weeks work. That was in Staffordshire ffs, we'd want even > more if it was up there in the barren wastelands. I'm not taking a big > enough cut. You know that already -- Hog |