Biggles

To rise above the earth , through the clouds of life , and touch the sun is something very special in life . Most folk fly , some treasure it , there is a difference , as James would understand, For me put me 20ft up a ladder I have fear in my heart , put me in a aircraft at 10K feet. I feel free of worldly fears , I guess the angel complex ?, Anyway RIP James a truly great guy From a brother flyboy ,

Canadian cousins Doh , only kidding I love them to bits ,

as Ca3le says  ( my take )this site has endless deep corners,

I have often posted and said "Doh" ,

just shows how Americanized I have become ,

normaly I would have said , oh dear I have just made a fool of myself  , indeed Doh  saves keybord stokes ,

 

good evening  Michael ? , or Hi M8 from Biggles UK ,

I am intrigued by a UK Sat connection. v. rare in the UK,

Seen a lot of 56k dialup ,adsl, fibre. Fttc ,Ftth but never Sat ,

that is totally new to me , please post more details ,

But I guess TMN is the right place  for Sat questions , and never did me any harm only
good from  dial up through to Fibre to the cabinet ,

 

Yup , got my tin foil hat and I'm ready for 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OOOH tin foil hat is so out of fashion today (2013 ) , so yesterday, its  last year duckie , today its surf board boots to avoid sink holes ,

and those magalmanic eyes bothlers me some , Just a obsevation from me , LOL

my pic from my out of date passport still stands , but I now dye my hair silver to make  me look distinguished  ,and the glasses

add to the retired professor look , it works, I am constantly besieged by 60+ widows  seeking a guy to fix household appliances ,

the alure is a hot home cooked  dinner , it never fails on me ,

Dammit ,I guess I got to move to Singapore , but then maybe Singapore is v. close to Dallas , ?

just guesing on that , being there is so much Chinese stuff in America , LOL ( Brit humour strikes again )

 

Just been Testing with my Brit Telecom  ISP , using my rock solid 40 X8 conection to TMN Amsterdam Netherlands ,( 300 miles )

 repetedly gives. 2.9 down 6 up , while a download from  M/soft USA gives 4.4 ,

and a dreaded Flash test to Kansk USSR (3000 miles) gives 29.8 down 4 up  , local UK, admitedly flash tests, gives me 37.5 X 8.2 ,

to be honest I have given up speed testing full stop , too many varibles IMHO .

 

BTW Pgoodwin,  from memory TIP stands for "trouble in paradise ,"  maybe I am wrong on that ?

 

Roco Scammed  ?

 

Roco Scammed  ?

Well being the local wise guy , I came close  
I got a phone call mid lunch ( traditional UK Cod and chips)
With a new honey, I took the call outside in the garden .
in case it was a winging  ex ,

Well sure my house insurance was due , I had about a dozen letters offering me a better deal, most offering to cut the price by £200 , that made me laugh as I pay £150
I figured they would owe me £50 , ( LOL )
I took the call and renewed my existing house insurance ,
Gave out all my card details , 1/2 listened to the details ,
Went back to my near cold lunch then thought on ,
( I had given out my card details on a incoming – phone call ,)
I tried ring back , not listed ,
I went into panic mode and phoned my card company .
Indeed the insurance payment had been taken by a recognised UK  insurance broker
And nothing else  , sigh of relief from me ,
I figure I narrowly avoided wallet burn , but it sure wrecked the day  

Damm, and I thought I was smart guy,

 

we got the same in the UK , we call ours David  Bowie ,

 

 

BTW , having worked in Med research nobody could answer the question in words

I could understand

WHY, is it if  breed dogs with a black bitch and a white male dog , do the offspring

arrive some white some black but the majority like a checker board ,

but human breeding of black/white produce coffee coloured off spring,

BTW, nothing racist in this post as in summer I go Olive colour due to my dna inheritance

just curious ,

 

 

 

 

My profile pic says it all!

wellcome  SibeDad ,

nice pic of a Siberian Husky ,  we have a few in the UK but the heat dosn't suit them down south ,

well maybe it's not the heat but the rain ? , 

a local Siberian has blue eyes , never seen that in a dog before ,

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As for the four did U forget another (nosex)     

often lived there , cheap county to live in though ,

always found being polite scored .

who the hell as a paid erk needs to be personaly insulted by a customer , that only leads to be given the run around ,

thats the only power he has , 

heck, got a complaint why chew the ass of a under paid low level  guy , make him your frend , you will stand out in his view , and more likely to get past on to higher help if needed ,

No cain, it appears you are located somewhere between Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. 

 

Chestnut Walk, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15, UK

 

 

@ Granpa I deny any knowledge of living or

luving a gal at  Chestnut walk Sevenoaks Kent

UK , we where just platonic friends

Good job you wasn’t my navigator/bomb

aimer  , your about 20 miles out ,

Maybe post codes (zip- code ? ) are more accurate

, I am at KT 8 9AU (Google Earth)About ½ mile to the west of the Royal Palace

, on the north bank of the river Thames ,

That puts me in Middx , (Middlesex )   lol we have 4 sexes in the uk,

Southsex, Eastsex , and Westsex ,  and there I am stuck in the middle –sex

Note we don’t do north-sex , well not often

, LOl ,

Maybe the inaccuracy was on longitude  I am West of the meridian line not East ,

 

 @tommie , indeed Bro would love to visit ,  but visit it is , not to live , I guess

I would be too out spoken , I guess we are all products of our upbringing , your

American life style isn’t mine , and surely yours isn’t mine , I personally enjoy the difference , we all need to learn and broaden our views , IMHO ,  I figure we don’t have any other option , the

world today is one mass of folk moving about ,for what ever reason ,  that won’t

stop right or wrong , indeed as Dylon said way back  “the times are changing “,

 

Btw Roco is short for Romantic Comedy , forsure life has been a pants down farce,

  

 

My user name is exactly what it says. Now guess who is still alive and has over 300,000 miles on my ride.

Thats one long ride dude ,  thats some road trip , did you raise cain on the way ,

my  ref. is 51.26 00 N   -   clue >  O.22 210  W

 

way higher North , it was 50 F today , ( in proper mesurement  =  10 C

 

user name ? I used to be a fly boy , , the boy bit is long past , my next flight might be with a set of angel wings if I get lucky ,

 

BTW , when are you guys going ISO metric ,  ? I am getting tired of firing up a conversion App  to convert temps & distance etc

howdy Ark , as a Brit I claim the right to the nitwit title , well we had run out of Dukedoms , so I had to settle for Nitwit ,(lol)

but can I ask why is Minnesota called the twin cities , ?

is it like Budapest in hungary , it has a river running through the center , one side is Buda others side is Pest

so Minnesota would be Minne & Sota ? , do I win the star prize ?

BTW admin , Roco is still owed $100 Testmy .Net bucks from years back , I think your tresurer ( Shugs ? ) did a runner with the cash box ,

Fathers day barely exists in the UK , most kids are searching for there’s on google ,

I took my daughter and grandchildren to the flying club restaurant ,the ex tagged along

we all watched some gliders being winch launched ,

the EX said I would die in one of those ,

I offered to pay for a flight, the daughter laughing didn't help

the day kinda went down hill from then on ,and I paid for the over priced meal,

but got a card from my daughter saying #1 dad, a legend in his own lunch time ,

still trying to work out if that was an insult or praise lol ,

heck 38 years on, me and the daughter still share the same sense of humour.

and the grandchildren are showing the same DNA , thankfully

I use my old software firewall (sygate 5 series ) it has a graph of incoming/out going activity ,

and for m/s procces explorer whats running on my box , and a monthy check with HijackThis .

http://www.hijackthis.de/ (using http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/) along with the usual anti Vi , and a regular clean as can be back up,

my main concern is whats going out , even Win updates and time gets a no no , on my box untill I decide ,

been seeing 1/2 speed to Dallas for a while now ,@ around 1.9 Mbps

Washington is OK though, and about my humble normal , got 40Mbps on the way (1st Jan 2012 )

This topic was started early yesterday but is just being made live because the counter just rolled over.

MILLION PARTY!

I've been cryptic about these in the past, basically every million speed tests I'm going to post a theme based topic. Just for fun. Join me in posting videos, links.. whatever that's related to this parties theme.

This time the theme is "Crazy People"

This lady is nuts!

great going Ca3le . but I object to you using my image , my no win no fee lawyers will be in touch

indeed I have been abused so many times on TMN forum

I guess I shouldn't have dropped by I thought it was going to be a Topic about America being a world bully ,

but dang it's a cartoon , who the hell has ever been bullied by a http://www.littleinkpot.co.uk/index.htm

apart from Bush

waits ten seconds before the fur starts flying ,

catch up with you later

My oldest son lives in Phoenix, so what a better time to say hello. Glad I did great lady!

Dang me , I got beat by a great guy , being a UK pensioner these days, and saving for the 4000 mile air fare ,

I just hope I make it one day,

if not I will be flying easy in the spirit world , first in line for angel wings ?, well I got my wings in this world ,

so why not ? , either way if an Albatross ends up in your back yard ,say hi , it could be me reincarnated ,

and a burger and fries would be welcomed , along with a shot of J.D

loosely back on topic ( I am an ace at derailing my own topic )

the Texas/Dallas weather station , (Old Tech these days )

I got it figured ,the wind speed is via a magnet and reed relays , same as Bicycle digital speedometers .

I got some kicking about , the magnet/reed relay gives the pulse ,that gets converted to miles per hour.

and it has calibration change abilities , ( different wheel sizes )

wind direction, is also by magnet /and 8 reed relays ,that is easy to convert to cardinal points .and could use LED's

to show wind direction ,

Temperature ? I don't need as I have digital read out displays for inside the house and soil and ambient temps outside well away from the house ,

wind speed/direction is a going to be a problem , the unit is 100 ft from the house ,and 20 ft high ,

but surrounded by trees , wind sheer will take it's toll on accuracy ,

But hell for a total cost of 8 usd , the price of a UK gallon of petrol

I can see hours of tech fun . and cheaper than 20 ciggeretts UK

Thats cute, thanks biggles. Loved the vid.

sounds like John Cleese , some of Brit humour at it's best ,

Conuck , the dude . Pony tail ? I now have a rats tail .another month or so , My G/F is going to tie it with a black bow ,

what I always wanted for 40 years , but was not acceptable in business , the things we have to do to earn a $ ,

a bit O/T but how I feel today

well Autumn is here again ( Fall USA ? )

I have been busy winterizing the house ,garden and workshop ,

-4 F is forecast this winter,

I never added Central heating in this house . but I got the offer from my neighbour Sharon to share her C/H heating if it gets that cold .

she is the local angel . helps all in need, best neibour a guy could have, to be honest I would have been back on the road years ago, without her calming influance, ( and odd for me not in a sexual way )just one hell of a good woman that cares,

anyway My Picture , the bull is me ! , I think the weight is about the same ,

the mist and river is as it is today

up on the hill UK .

,It rains every 3rd day in the south UK ,

and the weather is a compulsory conversation opener in the UK ,

Indeed even with a hotie , "Good morning " Terrible weather isn't it " never fails

a reply is required ,

all the rain ? the UK is very green , not a brown patch to be seen ,

sometimes I overdose on green , and have to visit the coast just to see some blue ,

I wire ?, I figure is a lost art form, it seems to stem from Texas instruments ,I have a vague grasp on the principle

( all to to with a bus polling all the series sensors )., seems a slow way of doing things , maybe that's why it failed ,?

but then I thought Win M.E was the bees knees,

to add

!!! he is sharing my Hair .,

Hey, Tdawn you being unfaithfull again ?, I am a least 2 inches bigger taller than Bro Conuck

BTW, nice pic Conuck , good to see folk partying and smiling , I will post a pic of me and grandson James ( the rock musician )

he is now as tall, as me @74 inch , I can't believe I held him in my arms, and pointed out the named stars a while back ,

Utah , means only one thing to this Brit , "salt flats", given a free ticket and shipping , I would set up my 76 Citroen

(37 cubic inch) best yet 92 MPH , to run the 100 MPH,

BTW ,Without nitro , injection , or Turbo ,

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Just popped in to ask the guys that know ,

Winter approaches , I been laying down projects to while away the cold dark nights ,

( in my case being retired, daytime included ,)

I visited a land based Royal Navy cadet ship ? , they were selling things to raise ( Rum ? ) money ,

being ex RAF ,( Royal Air Force ) I figured why not visit the spew guys .

only kidding , I spent time with the Navy guys with with RAF Air Sea Rescue ,

Dallas 1 wire , ? , the guys sold me ( $1.50 USD ) Dallas weather station,

( I am a sucker for things that have wires attached )

it was boxed and unassembled , ( that was the easy bit ) but it was made to connect to a computer ,

with a Serial/ Parallel, / USB port interface using a phone jack , the bit in the kit that wasn't inculeded

I found (google ) the adapter ,it's $82 USD in the UK , I can't figure spending that on a $1.50 buy .

any advise ?

BTW, just been told Canada has put the "Royal" back into it's air force and navy , ? how odd , ? ,

got me thinking , just pay back a bit of wasted tea tax and the USAF could become the RUSAF,

regards

Roy

Maybe I missed the topic , but Steve Jobs died today ,

big news on BBC UK and forums over here ,

indeed a legend ,

my posting a lame ass tribute

topic title ( not mine ) " Apple 'visionary' Steve Jobs dies"

sionary' Steve Jobs dies

Apple 'visionary' Steve Jobs dies

Steve and Apple .?

A system I know little about ,apart from over the shoulder surfing some X lion users .

mostly graphic folk , I liked what I saw, but not for me a average PC user,

but I respect the Jobs /Apple challenge to Gate's Microsoft ,it provided the push, otherwise we would be on a new update of Win 95 ,

RIP Steve , just 55 years old , indeed the legend will live on ,