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Sat 25 Jul 2009 13:11
Quote of the day - Altea Ego
Just watched the BBC, 100th aniversary of Bleriot crossing the channel. ( a brave feat for a man who couldnt swim)

A sweedish pilot will repeat the feat in a replica of Bleriots machine. Except the radial engine is not a replica, its a 100 year old orginal.

Quote from the pilot.

"The only thing you know about a 100 year old engine is that one day it will stop"



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Sat 25 Jul 2009 13:19
Quote of the day - bell boy
i would love to be down at dover watching all the planes coming over
did you read about when it fell in the sea on his first trial and they found him smoking a fag on the wreckage (classic)
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Sat 25 Jul 2009 14:23
Quote of the day - Zippy123
Amazing that he was in crutches as well.

It is good to know that the weather made it all possible because if it was not drizzling over the Channel then the engine would have over heated and he would have ended up in the water.

Goodness knows what Elf and Safety would make of it today!

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Sat 25 Jul 2009 14:41
Quote of the day - madux
My favourite quote ; 'How are you supposed to govern a nation that produces 300 different cheeses?' - Napoleon.
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Sat 25 Jul 2009 14:59
Quote of the day - bintang
Wasn't it de Gaulle?

Oddly, there are now supposed to be more British cheeses than French but we see quite clearly how we can be governed - scarcley at all.
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Sat 25 Jul 2009 15:06
Quote of the day - madux
There are more British cheeses than French but less, officially, because of the way they are counted. IIRC cheddar, if it were French, would be a different cheese for every village that produced it.
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