My library just grew again 2018

[NARSES2]

Yeap its been split which makes the series a little bit more interesting....

Absolutely and from my point of view I'm far more interested in these then the latter, in historical terms, volumes

[jcf]

Yeap its been split which makes the series a little bit more interesting....

Absolutely and from my point of view I'm far more interested in these then the latter, in historical terms, volumes

Ditto. 
I sold on the jet volumes some time ago and only kept the '35 - '50 book.

[Rheged]

Cheap, from Oxfam Hereford "RAF Squadrons: A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of All RAF Squadrons and Their Antecedents since  1912"  Airlife.    A fascinating book of who flew what, from where and when. I paid  considerably less than the copy advertised below!


https://www.worldofbooks.com/raf-squadrons-a-comprehensive-record-of-the-movement-and-equipment-of-all-raf-squadrons-and-their-antecedents-since-1912-by-c-g-jefford-gor001067407.html?keyword=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1aPHkMXk2QIV57ftCh2HTQkbEAYYASABEgJ5lPD_BwE

[Mossie]

British Secret Projects 2: Jet Bombers since 1949, 2nd ed.

Late birthday pressie.

[NARSES2]

Happy late birthday 

[Mossie]

Cheers Chris!

[Weaver]

Soooo, I went for an eye test this morning, then I went shopping for shoes. Unfortunately, one of the shoe shops is next to a charity shop, so I came back with:

1. The Carrier War from the Time Life 'Epic Of Flight' series
2. America in the Air War (ditto)
3. The Goon Show Scripts by Spike Milligan
4. More Goon Show Scripts (ditto)
5. No shoes

Now you may conclude from this that:

a) I don't like shopping for shoes
or b) I'm easily distracted
or c) I really needed that eye test
or d) All of the above

However, I would counter that I am now:

a) slightly better informed
b) slightly better entertained
c) slightly less mobile
d) Quite content with this outcome... 

Okay, a pattern is starting to form here. Yesterday I had to drop my car off for a major service, so since I was going to be riding around on buses anyway, I thought I might as well go into Manchester for an afternoon's shameless consumerism. Firmly on my list of things to buy were the three pairs of shoes that I didn't get back in February, and firmly on my list of thinds NOT to look at were book shops. I came back with:

a) SAM Publications Mosquito FB.VI guide by Dave Brown
b) Flypast's Mosquito bookazine from 2009
c) One pair of shoes

Before the sniggering starts, may I point out that:

a) Getting one pair of shoes is a 100% performance improvement on getting none,
b) The Mosquito books ambushed me by not being in a book shop.

The books were in the clearance sale section of the Fred Aldous craft shop, and had presumably been bought to go with the Airfix 1/24th Mosquito back in 2009 or thereabouts. They were ridiculously cheap: £1.50 the pair. They are also a goldmine of information an detail photographs.

[NARSES2]

A man only needs two pairs of shoes - one pair brown, one black. At a push a single pair of dark brown ones will do 

[Weaver]

A man only needs two pairs of shoes - one pair brown, one black. At a push a single pair of dark brown ones will do 

Unless he works in a factory where he has to wear steelies which get spattered with white glue that doesn't come off: then he needs three pairs.

Also, Nike might beg to differ.... 

[Mossie]

A man only needs two pairs of shoes - one pair brown, one black. At a push a single pair of dark brown ones will do 

Brian Clough on Posh Spice:

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

[Rheged]

A man only needs two pairs of shoes - one pair brown, one black. At a push a single pair of dark brown ones will do 

Those of us who live in rural areas might substitute a good pair of walking boots  on this short list .  Perhaps instead of the brown shoes?

[PR19_Kit]

A man only needs two pairs of shoes - one pair brown, one black. At a push a single pair of dark brown ones will do 

Those of us who live in rural areas might substitute a good pair of walking boots  on this short list .  Perhaps instead of the brown shoes?

Wellies.............

[Mossie]

If it wisnae fur yur wellies....
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=billy+connolly+wellies&view=detail&mid=3A3D0ECDEDF03BB9AC063A3D0ECDEDF03BB9AC06&FORM=VIRE

Exactly my shoe collection.  1 pair of black shoes for work, one pair of brown shoes for going out, one pair of walking boots cum-trainers kind of things, one pair of wellies.

[PR19_Kit]

Some Mrs_PR19-ness must have worn off on me because I've got maybe 20 pairs of shoes, including two pairs of cycling shoes and one pair of proper deck shoes for 'messing about in boats'.

[NARSES2]

What you lot are forgetting is that ; trainers, plimsoles, sandals, boots and wellingtons are not SHOES. At least not South of the River anyway