Nothing In Particular

[Mike H]

Getting the tree...

[jack]

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Works in Dubai

[Dave the bass]

I remember having the opportunity to say this on a thread a long time ago.....

the moon was drip on a dark hood

Owwwwoooooowwwww ooooooowwwwoooo Oooooorrrrrrrraahhhh rrrruuuuuuuuuugh

Boy gotta boogie.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmm.

(I think the spellings are correct).

[ed]

I'd probably work if I was in Dubai

[IslandPink]

Hey, let's not forget that The moon was a stone's throw

[Dave the bass]

Turn up the speeeek ers.

[pre65]

Can DTB inform us of any sightings of the Dartford Warbler ?

There was a bit about it on the news this morning.

Sylvia undata for the initiated.

[jack]

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Ohhhh. You're right! I'm in London (Mayfair) now and indeed it's blocked...

Doing a bit of "fire fighting" - was asked last night to come over but tricky as 1000s are returning to Blighty after a long weekend of the Dubai 7s rugby, not a seat to be had.

Eventually got one in a Quantas flight that was stopping over in Dubai at 02:45 this morning.. landed at 06:15 local LHR and in office before 9:00

Not flown Quantas for years. They were pretty good - was a 380 like Emirates use. Staff were excellent (for Aussies), food too. Bed very comfy.

[IslandPink]

- was a 380 like Emirates use.

Did you like the Head-Up Display ?

[Dave the bass]

Can DTB inform us of any sightings of the Dartford Warbler ?

The only place we've been where they're known to hang out is RSPB Arne down near Swanage. I wrote in their visitors book "....we've come down to get our birds back!".

There's a dead 'un in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford we've seen though.

[jack]

- was a 380 like Emirates use.

Did you like the Head-Up Display ?

I think the HUDs are just for the pilots?

[jack]

There's a dead 'un in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford we've seen though.

Pitt Rivers !!

Favourite museum in the WHOLE WORLD !

Bizarrely, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, the great explorer and writer, is more than a bit of a local hero in the UAE - In the town of Al Ain where Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, was born, there is a great exhibition in the local fort of his photos from that era.

All Thesiger's documents were left to the Pitt Rivers - it's a fascinating archive and the photos are truly amazing! He used a small hand-held Leica - he and Sheikh Zayed spent months at a time in the desert, hunting - Lord knows how that camera & the film survived...

[andrew Ivimey]

If a camera is to survive the desert or the Himalayas it would be an old Leica.

[IslandPink]

I think the HUDs are just for the pilots?

Yes I know, I designed the bloody thing.

[jack]

I think the HUDs are just for the pilots?

Yes I know, I designed the bloody thing.

Ah! Well, I'm sure that I would have been mightily impressed if I'd seen it! (I'm not a pilot!)

I read about that back in 2002 or thereabout - so that was you?