RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9 47 minutes ago, SM42 said: Here we have a Grade II listed building that used to be part on a carpet factory. For some reason a well known department store was allowed to knock great holes in the side if it and add a big glass extension. The windows I'm pretty sure,are no longer original in either appearance or material. Strange how some can get permission to do all sorts where others can't Andy A well known department store can employ expensive lawyers. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) I have today spent a pleasant day in Hipposhire watching planes being chucked about the sky at Cosford. How some of the specialist acrobatic aeroplanes stayed in the sky defies logic How you can effectively stall and fly out horizontally with seemingly no airflow over the wings is beyond me. It seems you can change the laws of physics. The inverted flat spin wasn't bad either. Andy Edited June 9 by SM42 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted June 9 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 9 1 minute ago, SM42 said: The inverted flat spin wasn't bad either. Last time I did that I was 19 and had drunk far too much Southern Comfort. (never touched it since!). Oh that's not what you mean, sorry! 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9 16 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: I remember a time many decades ago, when we had proper bands who went on tour, and it was said in the music press, that when bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer (for example) went on tour, they lost money, but as they were promoting an album (as tours often did) they would make money through album sales. Now, according to what I read in the musical press that still exists, nowadays bands lose money on albums (mostly because of the streaming services who pay a pittance for streaming an artist’s music) but make a lot of money on their tours. Tours nowadays are often glitzy multimedia extravaganzas, but they still make the band (or the artist) a hefty sum (I remember reading that one band on tour - after paying for a very expensive and impressive stage show and all the costs that went with it - trousered about $100 million!). Rumour has it that the Ms. Swift Concert is predicted to make $2Bn (that may actually be £). How much she'll get I've no idea, but there's a fair bet it'll be a few quid. 1 7 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9 (edited) 7 minutes ago, SM42 said: I have today spent a pleasant day in Hipposhire watching planes being checked about the sky at Cosford. How some of the specialist acrobatic aeroplanes stayed in the sky defies logic How you can effectively stall and fly out horizontally with seemingly no airflow over the wings is beyond me. It seems you can change the laws of physics. The inverted flat spin wasn't bad either. Andy They don't need much space to land either. Edited June 9 by PhilJ W 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 25 minutes ago, polybear said: Rumour has it that the Ms. Swift Concert is predicted to make $2Bn (that may actually be £). How much she'll get I've no idea, but there's a fair bet it'll be a few quid. Well she's got to pay for the future wedding some how. Poor Girl. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Given his railway modelling preferences I'm getting more this kind of vibe. I would have thought more of a Squeeze sort of guy. 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 6 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Can anyone explain to me why the photograph of the Eagles performance that I included in my last post appears as just that, i.e., an image, when the post is viewed on my phone whereas on my laptop it is just a link to where the image resides? Puzzled of North Hipposhire (AKA Dave) That's cos some web sites (this one for example) ottermatically open the link and include the result in the post. Some just leave it as a link. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Whizz Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 2 hours ago, polybear said: Rumour has it that the Ms. Swift Concert is predicted to make $2Bn (that may actually be £). How much she'll get I've no idea, but there's a fair bet it'll be a few quid. Given that, according to today’s Mail on Sunday, her wardrobe of 13 (!!) costume changes will have set her back some £250,000 maybe not quite as much as you might think. And apparently even so the poor love was so cold in the Edinburgh June evening temperature that she had to go off-stage at one point to warm her hands up before she could continue her guitar solo. Even so, she is so popular that she has massive across-the-board appeal to (mainly) ladies from 8 to 80+, so whether we as individuals rate her or not she must be doing something right! 1 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: A well known department store can employ expensive lawyers. They went bust a few years ago, so it appears they could employ them but couldn't afford them. Andy 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9 2 hours ago, SM42 said: How you can effectively stall and fly out horizontally with seemingly no airflow over the wings is beyond me. It seems you can change the laws of physics. It’s called power to weight ratio. Dave 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 8 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: It’s called power to weight ratio. Dave That's it. Technically, the aircraft has to be displacing slightly less than the mass of air downwards to compensate for the the force gravity is exerting on the mass of the aircraft. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 10 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: It’s called power to weight ratio. Dave No doubt. But lift. It seemed to be in level flight at very close to 0 in the airspeed department It seems it would fly away on its own in a light breeze. Regardless it was flippin amazing. As was the F35 Andy 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, AndyID said: I would have thought more of a Squeeze sort of guy. That might have been a bit flip but I always thought Squeeze were underrated. Some of the riffs were amazing and the lyrics really captured the moment. 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 18 minutes ago, SM42 said: No doubt. But lift. It seemed to be in level flight at very close to 0 in the airspeed department It seems it would fly away on its own in a light breeze. Regardless it was flippin amazing. As was the F35 Andy Extremely skillful. A case of balancing the forces. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10 6 hours ago, Willie Whizz said: Given that, according to today’s Mail on Sunday, her wardrobe of 13 (!!) costume changes will have set her back some £250,000 maybe not quite as much as you might think. And apparently even so the poor love was so cold in the Edinburgh June evening temperature that she had to go off-stage at one point to warm her hands up before she could continue her guitar solo. Even so, she is so popular that she has massive across-the-board appeal to (mainly) ladies from 8 to 80+, so whether we as individuals rate her or not she must be doing something right! Though I suspect she could flog off the frocks on the 'bay afterwards and get much, if not all that money back again. 7 hours ago, AndyID said: I would have thought more of a Squeeze sort of guy. If only he could sing.... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 minutes ago, polybear said: Though I suspect she could flog off the frocks on the 'bay afterwards and get much, if not all that money back again. An enterprising punter like your good-self could make make an offer. The TNM crew might even have a whip-round. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 10 minutes ago, polybear said: If only he could sing.... My reliable sources inform me he is an excellent tenor. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 minutes ago, AndyID said: An enterprising punter like your good-self could make make an offer. The TNM crew might even have a whip-round. PB in a Taylor Swift frock? ******** ‘ell, Andy, that’s not an image………. no I take that back……… it’s not even a concept one wants to encounter first thing on a Monday morning. The idea of PB in a frock is disturbing enough, but in a Taylor Swift frock…….. Now, where did I put the Brain Bleach 1 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10 13 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: PB in a Taylor Swift frock? ******** ‘ell, Andy, that’s not an image………. no I take that back……… it’s not even a concept one wants to encounter first thing on a Monday morning. The idea of PB in a frock is disturbing enough, but in a Taylor Swift frock…….. Now, where did I put the Brain Bleach Beary note to Chimpy @monkeysarefun : DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT...... 😈 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10 1 hour ago, iL Dottore said: PB in a Taylor Swift frock? ******** ‘ell, Andy, that’s not an image………. no I take that back……… it’s not even a concept one wants to encounter first thing on a Monday morning. The idea of PB in a frock is disturbing enough, but in a Taylor Swift frock…….. Now, where did I put the Brain Bleach Contributors to these pages seem to enjoy posting pictures of me in various frocks over the years, so why not PB? I will not be accused of always stealing the limelight When it comes to haute couture. 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Contributors to these pages seem to enjoy posting pictures of me in various frocks over the years, so why not PB? I will not be accused of always stealing the limelight When it comes to haute couture. Ah, but don’t forget Hippos in frocks have a storied past. Wasn’t one of your relatives in Walt Disney’s Fantasia? 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10 14 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: Ah, but don’t forget Hippos in frocks have a storied past. Wasn’t one of your relatives in Walt Disney’s Fantasia? My flapper gear. PB is more regal: 1 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10 24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Contributors to these pages seem to enjoy posting pictures of me in various frocks over the years, so why not PB? I will not be accused of always stealing the limelight When it comes to haute couture. You’re on the list….. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 6 minutes ago, polybear said: You’re on the list….. I must say PB that does suit you. You sure you haven't got blue blood somewhere in the line. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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