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TheChronicOne

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 27, 2020, 02:42:12 AM
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 26, 2020, 08:26:48 PM

ANY opportunity to exercise under the guise of doing other things should be taken advantage of. You get to have fun and at the same time "be healthy." 


Does climbing up and down ladders into lofts carrying lots of model boxes count?  ;D ;)

Damn sure does!!! You get to tell your relatives you "worked out today."  :wacko: :wacko: ;D     Sometimes subterfuge is half the battle.  :angel:
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Old Wombat

Didn't Merv Hughes have a beer whilst fielding during a test match sometime way-back-when? :unsure: Or is my brain playing tricks on me? :-\
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Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 26, 2020, 08:26:48 PM

If I were asked to go to a gym and exercise I'd scoff.. if someone asked if I would like to participate in a good ball game I'd be more likely to participate. Physical fitness can be fun.. if more people viewed it this way, we might not have as many health problems in the populace. 


You've not played cricket have you ? More than once I've been fielding in the deep with a pint in my hand  :rolleyes:

No seriously I know what you mean. Cricket, especially in a veterans league is the ideal sport for us older folks. I've always been a team player rather than an individual sport person. Other than my half mile days at school, but even then you were part of the school team.

;D   ;D   My kind of sport.
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PR19_Kit

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 27, 2020, 05:59:42 AM

No seriously I know what you mean. Cricket, especially in a veterans league is the ideal sport for us older folks. I've always been a team player rather than an individual sport person. Other than my half mile days at school, but even then you were part of the school team.


The only sport I've ever been anywhere good at was target shooting.

It's notable that it's just about the only recognised sport that you can do while lying down.................  ;) ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

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Quote from: Old Wombat on January 27, 2020, 07:51:00 AM
Didn't Merv Hughes have a beer whilst fielding during a test match sometime way-back-when? :unsure: Or is my brain playing tricks on me? :-\

There was some "notorious" drinking going on during a couple of the Ashes tours over here, mainly because they were sponsored by XXXX and if the stories are to be believed were under orders from your governing body to be seen drinking out as much as possible  :o I'm not sure he drank during a Test Match, may well have done in one of the games against the Counties, but even then I'm not sure. It's the type of thing he or David Boon would have done however. Even then drinking whilst fielding in a Test Match would have got you banned I would have thought ?

Edit : Something in my brain has just reminded me that he may well have taken a sip from a glass proffered by a spectator ? But I've seen a few fielders do that when the camera and microphone weren't prying into every aspect of the game  :-\
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NARSES2

Anyway the Kingfisher is now a complete airframe and is almost ready for paint.

The wing/fuselage joint is very good and it's the first time I've seen AZ use a traditional tongue and slot joint, rather than a simple butt joint  :thumbsup: They improve which each new tooling. You just have to check it is a new tooling.

Whilst looking at the aircraft from front on to check I had the alignment of the tailplanes the same I was struck by the fact that given a fixed undercarriage and beefier engine she might make a neat dive bomber for the export market ?
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kitbasher

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 27, 2020, 09:07:52 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 27, 2020, 05:59:42 AM

No seriously I know what you mean. Cricket, especially in a veterans league is the ideal sport for us older folks. I've always been a team player rather than an individual sport person. Other than my half mile days at school, but even then you were part of the school team.


The only sport I've ever been anywhere good at was target shooting.

It's notable that it's just about the only recognised sport that you can do while lying down.................  ;) ;D

Shiny new RAF officers were actively encouraged to a) participate in sports, and b) undertake 'secondary duties'.  In an act of foresight and cunning I believe I have yet to equal I volunteered to run the .22 shooting club at my first station.  And at all subsequent stations!  I even represented the RAF at lying down.  And it tended to be indoors in the warm.

Dirty work, but somebody, etc, etc.
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NARSES2

Sneaky  ;)

Surprisingly, given my eyesight, I wasn't a bad shot. Won a few prizes at fairgrounds which were duly passed onto a young lady I was with at the time. ;D
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PR19_Kit

Quote from: kitbasher on January 28, 2020, 06:25:21 AM

Shiny new RAF officers were actively encouraged to a) participate in sports, and b) undertake 'secondary duties'.  In an act of foresight and cunning I believe I have yet to equal I volunteered to run the .22 shooting club at my first station.  And at all subsequent stations!  I even represented the RAF at lying down.  And it tended to be indoors in the warm.

Dirty work, but somebody, etc, etc.


Exactly!  :thumbsup:

Shooting small bore is OK from the lying down in the warm stakes, but a problem arises if you're too good at it and they move you to full bore, 0.303" in my day, which is definitely outdoors only, plus you have to take account of the wind and all sorts of other techie stuff. :(

I wasn't too bad at that either, as it turned out and managed to be rated First Class Rifleman and Marksman, but it could get very chilly and damp on occasion.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 28, 2020, 06:13:23 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on January 27, 2020, 07:51:00 AM
Didn't Merv Hughes have a beer whilst fielding during a test match sometime way-back-when? :unsure: Or is my brain playing tricks on me? :-\

There was some "notorious" drinking going on during a couple of the Ashes tours over here, mainly because they were sponsored by XXXX and if the stories are to be believed were under orders from your governing body to be seen drinking out as much as possible  :o I'm not sure he drank during a Test Match, may well have done in one of the games against the Counties, but even then I'm not sure. It's the type of thing he or David Boon would have done however. Even then drinking whilst fielding in a Test Match would have got you banned I would have thought ?

Edit : Something in my brain has just reminded me that he may well have taken a sip from a glass proffered by a spectator ? But I've seen a few fielders do that when the camera and microphone weren't prying into every aspect of the game  :-\

Boonie is famous for drinking 52 tinnies on a flight from here to there.
To quote Wikipedia;
Boon is said to have consumed 52 cans of beer on a flight from Sydney to London in 1989.  This has never been confirmed by Boon, although the feat was confirmed by his teammate Geoff Lawson and his room mate on that tour, Dean Jones.  Responding to the story, Ian Chappell said, "In my day 58 [sic] beers between London and Sydney would have virtually classified you as a teetotaller."  Boon has always denied the story, adding "If people haven't got something else to talk about they have led a f**king boring life", but, as Rob Smyth reported in The Guardian, "there are enough witnesses, one or two of them sober, to suggest that it happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boon#Personality,_personal_life_and_legacy
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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NARSES2

Quote from: zenrat on January 29, 2020, 01:47:37 AM

Boonie is famous for drinking 52 tinnies on a flight from here to there.


Yup that came out in a Guardian article when I was checking out some Merv facts.

Mind you that's nothing special as it was probably Castlemaine XXXX which is one of the worst beers (if you can call it that) I've ever had the missfortune to try  ;)
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scooter

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 29, 2020, 06:43:53 AM

Mind you that's nothing special as it was probably Castlemaine XXXX which is one of the worst beers (if you can call it that) I've ever had the missfortune to try  ;)

So...beer-flavored water?  Like Budweiser, Schaefer, or Schiltz
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NARSES2

Quote from: scooter on January 29, 2020, 06:56:08 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 29, 2020, 06:43:53 AM

Mind you that's nothing special as it was probably Castlemaine XXXX which is one of the worst beers (if you can call it that) I've ever had the missfortune to try  ;)

So...beer-flavored water?  Like Budweiser, Schaefer, or Schiltz

I've only tried Budweiser of those, whilst in the US, but yes.

A couple of years ago I wen't into a "real ale" bar in New York and a delightful young lady tried to explain all about the beers they were selling I showed her my CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale card) and then told her the selection of beers we have in our pubs  :angel: I only tried the one, I don't switch beers in a session, and the description on the beer mat was accurate as regards it's taste and it was a decent pint  :thumbsup: The US has gradually been rediscovering beer again over the last few years in the same way we did 10/15 years ago.
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jcf

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 29, 2020, 07:22:45 AM
The US has gradually been rediscovering beer again over the last few years in the same way we did 10/15 years ago.
" ... the last few years ..."?
That'd be the last three+ decades in terms of craft beer, longer in terms of what's
been available in the way of imports for over 40 years in terms of Left and Right
Coast metro areas.
:thumbsup:

zenrat

Depending on whether the beer Boonie was drinking was Australian or British market it could have been either 5% or 3.5% ABV.  Australian beer is made weaker for UK consumption.
Mind you, XXXX is Queensland beer and so not worth drinking.  They call it that because they can't spell beer.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..