Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 30 June 2014 11:37:02 Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday 30 June 2014 10:22:42 Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > > I'll stop now. > > Don't stop on my account ;) OK, so shall we start discussing the difference between a clock and a timepiece? Maybe better not... -- Regards Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 29 June 2014 11:38:11 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I don't know when we'll get the Hurricane one - the man with the camera > > just put a two-word entry on Twitter this morning: "Hashtag HEADACHE" > Oooops. Here's the Hurricane: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=8800288020

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-30 Thread Mick
On Monday 30 Jun 2014 08:17:44 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 30/06/2014 03:16, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> This isn't the first time a topic has started or ended up being not > >>> > related to Gentoo or even computers. > >> > >> You are really tenacious. :-) It seems that I

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-30 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Monday 30 June 2014 10:22:42 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 29 June 2014 11:38:11 Dale wrote: > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I don't know when we'll get the Hurricane one - the man with the camera > > > just put a two-word entry on Twitter this morning: "Hashtag HEADACHE" > > > > Oooops. >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-30 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/06/2014 03:16, waben...@gmail.com wrote: >>> This isn't the first time a topic has started or ended up being not related to Gentoo or even computers. >> You are really tenacious. :-) It seems that I should lower my >> expectations regarding what's on-topic and wha

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2014-06-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 30/06/2014 01:40, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > ...I decided that I will not receive this mailing list on my smartphone > any longer. Reading it on my Desktop-PC is sufficient. This will help me > to calm down. ;-) Good idea. This is a high-volume list with an extraordinarily high signal-to-nois

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 30/06/2014 03:16, waben...@gmail.com wrote: >> This isn't the first time a topic has started or ended up being not >> > related to Gentoo or even computers. > You are really tenacious. :-) It seems that I should lower my > expectations regarding what's on-topic and what's not. Lets say, every >

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2014-06-29 Thread wabenbau
Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 19:12 schrieb Dale : > waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 > > schrieb Dale : > > > >> waben...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 > >>> schrieb Neil Bothwick : > >>> > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wr

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Dale
waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 > schrieb Dale : > >> waben...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 >>> schrieb Neil Bothwick : >>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to d

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2014-06-29 Thread wabenbau
Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 schrieb Dale : > waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 > > schrieb Neil Bothwick : > > > >> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> > Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or > computer

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread wabenbau
Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 22:59 schrieb Neil Bothwick : > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:46:50 +0200, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > > That's not the point. If you wanna talk about stuff that's > > apparently absolut useless to almost every member of this ML, then > > you should do this at another place.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:46:50 +0200, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > That's not the point. If you wanna talk about stuff that's apparently > absolut useless to almost every member of this ML, then you should do > this at another place. Especially discussions with politically and or > military backgroun

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Dale
waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 > schrieb Neil Bothwick : > >> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war ma

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2014-06-29 Thread wabenbau
Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 schrieb Neil Bothwick : > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or > > > computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war > > > machines then please to this at

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2014-06-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or > > computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war > > machines then please to this at another place and not on this list. > Allow me to introduce your

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:28:10 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The Harvard trainers we were using when I was in the military all used > 140-odd octane gasoline, I beleive that's normal for aircraft piston > engines. It's still gas, but not what you put in the car. You should see > what that stuff does

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2014-06-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/06/2014 18:51, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 11:38 > schrieb Dale : > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it flew, >>> but the Hurricane sound from no more than a couple of hundred feet > [...] > > Please folks, sto

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2014-06-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/06/2014 18:38, Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it flew, but the >> Hurricane sound from no more than a couple of hundred feet or so was among >> the >> two or three most impressive of my life. Both planes have V12 Rolls-Royc

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2014-06-29 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 29 June 2014 18:38:11 CEST, Dale wrote: >Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it flew, >but the >> Hurricane sound from no more than a couple of hundred feet or so was >among the >> two or three most impressive of my life. Both planes have V12 >R

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2014-06-29 Thread wabenbau
Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 11:38 schrieb Dale : > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it flew, > > but the Hurricane sound from no more than a couple of hundred feet [...] Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or computers a

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2014-06-29 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it flew, but the > Hurricane sound from no more than a couple of hundred feet or so was among > the > two or three most impressive of my life. Both planes have V12 Rolls-Royce > Merlin engines (I think). As each

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2014-06-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 29 June 2014 04:22:16 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Here's the Spitfire run. Hurricane to follow. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHuVn7R4AcY > > Wow. Video is good but I bet being there is much better. Of course! I missed the Spitfire, so I don't know how high it fl

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2014-06-29 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Here's the Spitfire run. Hurricane to follow. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHuVn7R4AcY > Wow. Video is good but I bet being there is much better. I live about 4 or 5 miles from a air force base here. We have mostly training type planes that fly over us but on oc

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2014-06-29 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, June 29, 2014 09:46:12 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 28 June 2014 11:25:10 Dale wrote: > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On 28 June 2014 16:54:52 CEST, Peter Humphrey > > wrote: > > >> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > > >> > > > >from > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 29 June 2014 00:18:06 Alan McKinnon wrote: > I suppose that's what happens when you don't fact-check. That'll teach > me :-) You reckon? :-) -- Regards Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 28 June 2014 11:25:10 Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 28 June 2014 16:54:52 CEST, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > >> > > >from > > > > >> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a >

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2014-06-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:18:06 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/06/2014 22:44, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > >>> fro

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2014-06-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/06/2014 22:44, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane >>> from >>> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it w

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2014-06-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > > from > > the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a > > Spitfire. > You have an actual flyi

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2014-06-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane from > the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a Spitfire. You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn was the last airworthy model lef

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2014-06-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.06.2014 16:54, schrieb Peter Humphrey: > It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane from > the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a Spitfire. > > Yoo-hoo! > > I think I can just about remember the sound of those magnificent beasts from >

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2014-06-28 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 28 June 2014 16:54:52 CEST, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > >from >> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a >> Spitfire. >> >> Yoo-hoo! >> >> I think I can just about remember th

Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 28 June 2014 16:54:52 CEST, Peter Humphrey wrote: >It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane >from >the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a >Spitfire. > >Yoo-hoo! > >I think I can just about remember the sound of those magnificent beasts

[gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho!

2014-06-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a Spitfire. Yoo-hoo! I think I can just about remember the sound of those magnificent beasts from the 40s Apologies to those of a more serious dispositio