When men were men...

[Anchorhandler]

Originally Posted by martini

Did I blame anyone when you smashed my finger up?

Well you couldn't exactly point the finger of blame could you?......... Numpty :-)

Simon

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[9D280]

And small furry creatures from alpha centauri were real small furry creatures from alpha centauri...

Learn from the past, live for the future.

Then explain to me how come my engine was built before I met my wife?


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[matt h]

Thanks for posting those, Good ole days of proper use ya brain engineering!

[Poly]

Originally Posted by 9D280

Then explain to me how come my engine was built before I met my wife?

And before gotchikid was born but makes less unnecessary noise!

[HughN]

Originally Posted by 9D280

And small furry creatures from alpha centauri were real small furry creatures from alpha centauri...

Extra marks for the HHGTTG reference.

[Mercury]

Really interesting, and not One mashing can in sight.

[Bern Hanreck]

Back to the naustalgia.......

WW2 PIPE LINE
You may have already known about this, but I didn't. In spite of watching films About WW II
And the European theatre, I never thought to wonder how all the military vehicles were
supplied with fuel. They sure couldn't just stop at the corner station and fill up their tank
or jeep. I found this film fascinating.
If the link doesn't work for you ...scroll down to the YouTube image below
http://www.youtube.com/v/Nv9lBqPVuoE...re=uploademail

I believe you can get asimilar arrangement for twin verados............

[kerny]

I never new that either, fascinating film clip .

[Ribochet]

Originally Posted by Bern Hanreck

http://www.youtube.com/v/Nv9lBqPVuoE...re=uploademail

Thats what I love about RIBnet - you never know what you are going to learn

[EnglishLes]

Also have a look at Operation Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read about Operation Pluto when I was at Shanklin (IOW).

[paddlers]

Originally Posted by Ribochet

Thats what I love about RIBnet - you never know what you are going to learn

+1

[Festinghouse]

Originally Posted by Anchorhandler

I find the biggest difference between now and then is that if you managed to hurt yourself back then you were a numpty and had the p*ss taken out of you .

If you hurt yourself nowadays, it absolutely has to be someone else's fault .

sad really....

Simon

no, the building trade is still very much like that! unless youre bleeding or dead then you get no sympathy - youre just a tit and its all your fault!

[HughN]

Originally Posted by EnglishLes

Also have a look at Operation Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read about Operation Pluto when I was at Shanklin (IOW).

I remember seeing a part of Pluto sticking out of the sea at Black Gang Chine on a school trip one year; the next year's trip was to Normandy and we saw the other end!

[Anchorhandler]

Originally Posted by EnglishLes

Also have a look at Operation Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read about Operation Pluto when I was at Shanklin (IOW).

A lot of the original pipes can still be seen at low water

Simon

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Anchorhandler

A lot of the original pipes can still be seen at low water

Simon

If you Go into Portland Harbour you can see a Couple of HUGE Concrete Sections of the ''Mulburry'' Harbour.These were Towed across the Channell and sunk to Provide the Harbour,and Moorings for the D-Day Landings,pretty impressive even today!
Winston Churchill had ALOT of input with Both the Harbour solution, and 'PLUTO'...It is said he came up with the Basic concepts of Both after sleeping on the Ploblem overnight!!..Now that was ALSO When men were Men!
Not to metion Proud to be British!...And not affraid to say so!

[HughN]

Originally Posted by Maximus

If you Go into Portland Harbour you can see a Couple of HUGE Concrete Sections of the ''Mulburry'' Harbour.

There's a section just offshore west of Bognor Regis. Its well marked but not far under the surface at high tide.

[PeterM]

Originally Posted by HughN

There's a section just offshore west of Bognor Regis. Its well marked but not far under the surface at high tide.

Is there still the one that broke just inside the harbour at hayling?

If it is one to look at when we do the alternate sib round the island

[Anchorhandler]

If you really want to feel proud, go and visit Arromanche on the north west coast of France.
For those that are not aware, Arromanche is where the allied forces built the artificial harbour using the aformentioned mulberry's. It truely is amazing .

The museum on the beach front has a fantastic mock-up model of what it was like in the day with fantastic views over the beach and the remaining mulberry's. I highly recomend a visit.

There is also a list of the engineering contractors who worked on building the harbour, many of which are still trading today.

In fact, i would love to take some these mindless teenage idiots that seem to plague our towns these days over to the landing beaches. I'd show them just what sacrifices had to be made so they have the freedom to hang around on streetcorners collecting ASBO's and spraying graffiti everywhere...

If you google my village, you'll see that we have one of the biggest WW2 German cemetary's in France. The remains of 12000+ soldiers are kept there. Its all very discrete but tastefully done.

Simon

[m chappelow]

Think there's the remains of a Mulberry harbour section under the cliffs Between Filey & Bempton in Yorkshire
From what I was told it was being towed from its builders in Scotland down south when it broke loose from its tug ending up under the sheer cliffs
Nothing left now but a tangle of crumbled concrete & reinforcing bar .

[Bern Hanreck]

For all the Londoners........

London in 1927 on Vimeo