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Post by Bruce on Aug 28, 2006 15:23:24 GMT 12
We now have less than 75 posts to go before we reach the magic 10,000 figure - Whos going to do it?
Not a bad effort all said, well done all forum participants!
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 28, 2006 15:34:38 GMT 12
We should take bets on when the "meter" will tick over 10,000 posts! ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 28, 2006 19:14:38 GMT 12
You've lived in foreign climes too long Craig. It's still spelled 'metre' in sophisticated societies...
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Post by phil82 on Aug 28, 2006 19:34:18 GMT 12
Err.......Metre and Meter are different words, and Calum's use is actually correct! He's talking about a measuring device, like a parking meter, and the other is a measure of length.
IT 's good that he's sucjh a nice guy!
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 28, 2006 19:42:39 GMT 12
Yeah, Colin, you tell him! ;D
Dave, I got well edumacated at a 'good' Catholic school, where we learnded English proper. ;D
Anyway, I'm going to guess that the meter will tick over to 10 000 at 8pm on Thursday 31st August.
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Post by turboNZ on Aug 28, 2006 20:12:48 GMT 12
Sirs and Madams,
I believe we could break the 10,000 post mark by having an in-depth discussion about the historical significance and the outstanding virtues the movie "Pearl Harbor" played on our society...
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Post by phil82 on Aug 28, 2006 20:18:20 GMT 12
I once reached 18,000 posts on another site.....which I got bored with!
I'm a chatty bugger, I know.......
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 28, 2006 21:37:52 GMT 12
Hehe, I don't care how it's spelt in reality, I was just bumping the post count up for the rollover... (ok, sorry for my mistake!)
At least I got his name right...
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Post by Bruce on Aug 28, 2006 23:01:25 GMT 12
25 to go - everyones been busy tonight - I reckon at this rate it will rollover wll before Thursday 8pm!
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 28, 2006 23:24:16 GMT 12
Yes, I don't think I was ambitious enough! ;D Is Dave buying us all something to celebrate 10 000 posts?  ?  |
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Post by turboNZ on Aug 28, 2006 23:28:18 GMT 12
I would like to say that I reckon that Ben Assfkleck is the most awesomest P-40 pilot there is and I'm glad that he shot down all those Zero's so they couldn't come over and do harm in the Battle of Britain......
Damn this 105 octane smells good......
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 28, 2006 23:31:39 GMT 12
Yeah, I really like the way that he can fly down battleship row without taking one hit from friendly fire! ;D
105 Octane is for girls: real men sniff 120+ Octane! ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 28, 2006 23:55:47 GMT 12
Stuff Pearl Harbor, did you hear the news that the film project The Few has been cancelled after Tom Cruise was fired from Paramount? A great shame as I was looking forawrd to that film. It could have been quite good, or on the other hand up there with Perl Harbor on the critics choice list.
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Post by turboNZ on Aug 29, 2006 9:06:27 GMT 12
Yeah heard that about Mr Cruise.
I reckon the movie would have been awesome spec effects but crap otherwise....they probably would have put him back into an F-14 for the BoB !!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 29, 2006 9:15:22 GMT 12
Yes. I have disliked his acting for years, long before it's become trendy to. And I dustrust big-budget Hollywood history films too. But as he's a genuine warbird pilot and enthusiast there's a slim chance it could have been well made (despite him in the lead). And it may have been a great chance to see some new footage of the Battle of Britain created using warbirds and cgi. I believe Fiske was flying a Hurricane and was shot down while battling Stukas - a site to see and i think never seen in a feature film yet.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 29, 2006 9:19:09 GMT 12
Furthermore I found it interesting the two reasons the Paramount boss gave for terminating his contract, one was for being too individualist (jumpining on Oprah's couch, etc) and the other was about his whacky religion.
So when Mel Gibson makes some derogatory comments about a whacky religion he's castigated and will never work in Hollywood again. But the moguls have another set of rules... I thought of all places the USA would have strict laws on termination of employment due to religious grounds - oh but they may have been rescinded due to the USA's anti-Muslim stance of course...
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Post by yak2 on Aug 29, 2006 10:07:29 GMT 12
Good morning all. My contribution towards the 10,000th.
Pearl Harbour?.......don't get me started. Best scene had to be the jock in the P40 crooning to the girl on his knee.....and hardly a murmur from the mighty Allison in the background! Although those Jap pilots flying knife-edge between the buildings, and slow enough to stay behind the vehicles they were strafing was pretty impressive stuff.
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Post by Bruce on Aug 29, 2006 10:08:59 GMT 12
nearly there....
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 29, 2006 11:02:52 GMT 12
Bingo - 10.000!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 7, 2007 11:13:05 GMT 12
And four months later its 15,000!  |
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