Comments on: Swans

By: thelonehydrangea

thelonehydrangea — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:55:50 +0000

Time for bed so I’m….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0

By: kate

kate — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:03:23 +0000

Like this baby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7J2GszNY8

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:15:02 +0000

Here, for the sake of being informed about weird, diverse stuff just in case you are ever on a game show or something, let me bore you some more with the subject of aircraft design, something I learned from a pilot-trainer friend based out of Canberra that actually flew these beasts. The days of beautiful aircraft design are over. They call it ‘fly-by-wire’ now and the reality is here. Basically, the idea behind it is if you have enough (christ, there is no other word but I know I’m gonna get it for writing it..duck! incoming!) thrust you can make even a ton of bricks fly.

Whew. You still awake?
….zzzzz

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:58:06 +0000

Ha! Indeed!

By: thelonehydrangea

thelonehydrangea — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:40:14 +0000

Oh so they did! And there I was with my little notepad writing it down so I wouldn’t forget! haha.It’s so funny to think that someone wrote the words. How could the man read them without cracking up! You mean you were miffed about so little delivery? What was needed was a brain to guide the missile

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:07:12 +0000

…BUT I was more than slightly miffed at what someone wrote in the comments on the clip I posted with the Supermarine (I only noticed it later but apparently it’s design did not succeed despite it’s starring role in Lean’s film…). Sad, really because even nowadays that is one ultra sleek-looking aircraft. Anyway… probably put you to sleep on that one…

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:17 +0000

lonehydrangea. ahahahaha…
Yeah, that ‘wanting to be the intelligence’ part had me on the floor. And somebody wrote the same in the comments. Was so classic, I had to blow it up and give it it’s own special corner on my desktop. The music was the best too, you caught that right, guurl.

By: thelonehydrangea

thelonehydrangea — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:21:29 +0000

I wonder what sort of waterfowl live in Duxford

Couldn’t help it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_HZcZZ5t38

By: thelonehydrangea

thelonehydrangea — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:18:19 +0000

My goodness, I think it’s off to the bottle-o in search of Cinzano. It is the fountain of youth. It clearly contains magical anti-aging properties – Joan Collins hasn’t changed in these 30 years .

Mel, I saw someone riding a big pink and purple swan during the Christmas holidays – no, too much Cinzano wasn’t involved – it was a blow up one in a swimming pool – Marc Bolan was nowhere to be seen.

Was tickled by: “Want to be the intelligence behind the radar that feeds the brain that guides the missile” – all so serious and yet accompanied by groovy music.

Not such an elegant swan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq2NZxZs-VE

By: Joolie

Joolie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:42:06 +0000

hmm? new to this site, lost with some of the banter but have loved Nick for far too long. Cinzano.. now that takes me back..! Always love swans though, who wouldnt and add in a balcony and.. well its just too magical…