Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

That is so cool. The twenty year old me is jealous.

Now, if you what you meant to say was, "The twenty year old in me is jealous." totally with you......that rig won't be leaving the rehearsal space anytime soon..

 

[Christine]

Hmmmmmm perfect place to keep a plane as well!

What plane would that be? If it were just the one I would have a shiny English electric Lighting which was one of the most awe inspiring things of my childhood living at the end of the runway at an RAF base (Valley). If I could have two then a Sea Harrier as well for being the most welcome sight in the world when they were working

 

[Christine]

Sez you! Only if letters have different sounds or if you have a genetic mutation that allows you to make an "f" sound or "w" sound or some other consanent several times in a row without a vowel. And the ability to say a paragraph long word without the need for a breath.

Only if you try and make it sound English. It a different alphabet with different vowels e.g. A "f" is actually pronounced vuh and "ff" pronounced fff as in found. A town near us has the English name Wrexham (where the Sweet came from) but it's Welsh spelling is Wrecsam

 

[Christine]

Yeah I have a 1/4 pounder in my pbass and its great IMO.

Do you have the standard bridge too? I'm over the moon with my Hipshot, I've swapped it out a couple of times since I first fitted it to check how much it did as I fitted it and the QPs at the same time initially

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

What plane would that be? If it were just the one I would have a shiny English electric Lighting which was one of the most awe inspiring things of my childhood living at the end of the runway at an RAF base (Valley). If I could have two then a Sea Harrier as well for being the most welcome sight in the world when they were working

You guys made some really attractive first and second generation military jets. The Lightning was a hair-raising beast..

 

[bylar13]

Expensive but cool.

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[Gaolee]

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Bernie Utz, the finest place in Seattle to buy a hat, closed recently. They had been there for generations, but rents, development, and changing tastes brought them to an end. I have a hat that I roll up and carry with me in a backpack sometimes that I got from there. It's like a really big fedora or a small-ish cowboy hat that's floppy instead of stylized.

 

[Gaolee]

It is phonetic it's just my bad English trying to pronounce it. Every written word is pronounced using the way the letters are on the alphabet, just pronouncing the letters is too much for most English speakers

Darn right! If we got any more slurred, the disconnect between spoken and written would get to epic, even French, levels. I'm thoroughly amused by place names in Britain. There are a whole lot more letters than you really need, and some of them that you need seem to have gone missing.

On a slightly different subject - my lovely English wife has given me full dispensation to root for Croatia today. She might be rooting for them, too, although she won't admit it completely.

 

[Gaolee]

Only if you try and make it sound English. It a different alphabet with different vowels e.g. A "f" is actually pronounced vuh and "ff" pronounced fff as in found. A town near us has the English name Wrexham (where the Sweet came from) but it's Welsh spelling is Wrecsam

Oooooh. I see. I may have to attempt to spell things in a Welsh manner for a bit until getting the hang of it. That ought to produce a few good ehem moments.

 

[theFixer]

Oooooh. I see. I may have to attempt to spell things in a Welsh manner for a bit until getting the hang of it. That ought to produce a few good ehem moments.

I'll encourage you to deactivate your spell checker beforehand

 

[Christine]

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Oooooh. I see. I may have to attempt to spell things in a Welsh manner for a bit until getting the hang of it. That ought to produce a few good ehem moments.

ala Slade

 

[GBassNorth]

Only if you try and make it sound English. It a different alphabet with different vowels e.g. A "f" is actually pronounced vuh and "ff" pronounced fff as in found. A town near us has the English name Wrexham (where the Sweet came from) but it's Welsh spelling is Wrecsam

But if that were phonetic wouldn't it be spelled Rexum?

 

[Christine]

You guys made some really attractive first and second generation military jets. The Lightning was a hair-raising beast..

They were amazing things to see taking off, afterburners glowing and the ground shaking as they set off down the runway, then they just left the ground and stayed at about 15' until their landing gear was up before flicking up on their tail and disappearing straight up

 

[Christine]

But if that were phonetic wouldn't it be spelled Rexum?

No x in the Welsh alphabet

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

No x in the Welsh alphabet

Rectum?

 

[GonePlaid]

Rectum?

Damn near killed 'em

 

[Christine]

No x in the Welsh alphabet

And the W as it is pronounced "Oorex-am" with the of bit spoken very quickly

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

They were amazing things to see taking off, afterburners glowing and the ground shaking as they set off down the runway, then they just left the ground and stayed at about 15' until their landing gear was up before flicking up on their tail and disappearing straight up

Someone once told me that after an almost vertical take off they would have to repave the runway?

 

[Christine]

Rectum?

Strangely it is pronounced that way quite often

 

[Christine]

Someone once told me that after an almost vertical take off they would have to repave the runway?

I don't think so, they did it every day at Valley without damage, mind you Valley is in north Wales not southern England