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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    I am the max height to fit into a Skyhawk. Been in 1 once on the ground.
    I drove staff cas in Wellington for a while. I took an Air Force chief up to Ohakea for an inspection ... I "Mentioned" I would like to sit in one.

    I did ... for an hour and a half FLIGHT time.

    I'm glad I hadn't had lunch.
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    ... and is a motorcyclist, a hoon by the sound of it.
    Aren't they ALL ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Aren't they ALL ...
    No, I am definitely not a hoon

    occasionally may experience uncontrolled velocity surges.

    trying not to attract any unwanted attention. (Except on KB Lol)

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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    ‘Ere will you hold this genade, while I just go around the side of the bunker with the pin
    A Sergent I knew was killed when a recruit pulled the pin then dropped the grenade.

    He lay on the grenade to save the recruit.

    Nobody thought it was funny then.


    Maybe you had to be there to see the funny side ...



    if there was one.





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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    No, I am definitely not a hoon
    Then you're doing it wrong ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    No, I am definitely not a hoon

    occasionally may experience uncontrolled velocity surges.
    On your private race course of course....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    On your private race course of course....
    A closed and private road is all that is required. That's where I do my speed trials ...


    But I've still never had the FJ flat out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    A Sergent I knew was killed when a recruit pulled the pin then dropped the grenade.

    He lay on the grenade to save the recruit.

    Nobody thought it was funny then.


    Maybe you had to be there to see the funny side ...



    if there was one.





    Just saying ...
    That story not funny.

    that sergeant should be a hero

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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    That story not funny.

    that sergeant should be a hero
    He was awarded the George Cross.









    Posthumously.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    On your private race course of course....
    As far as I know, there is no time restriction getting from 0 to 100 kph

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    He was awarded the George Cross.









    Posthumously.
    Ok well deserved.
    but didn’t help him. You only get 1 life.
    sometimes I wonder why I hang around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    Ok well deserved.
    but didn’t help him. You only get 1 life.
    sometimes I wonder why I hang around.
    I had regular Ambulance driver duty in most camps at one time or another. Got called out to civvy prangs often.

    The mess some stupid drunken pricks put their families into made me cry a few times.

    And just when you think you've seen it all ... you get another one. And it's no easier to deal with than the others.




    I don't envy the Ambo's nowadays either.



    Just saying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eldog View Post
    As far as I know, there is no time restriction getting from 0 to 100 kph
    I can almost do it in first ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    I can almost do it in first ...
    I haven’t tried it, but probably could do it.
    so much nicer on the engine changing to second, then my mate passes me on his bike as if I had stopped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    I had regular Ambulance driver duty in most camps at one time or another. Got called out to civvy prangs often.

    The mess some stupid drunken pricks put their families into made me cry a few times.

    And just when you think you've seen it all ... you get another one. And it's no easier to deal with than the others.




    I don't envy the Ambo's nowadays either.



    Just saying.
    me niether

    I saw one of my mates die last year, heart attack, nothing we did helped.
    we just didn’t realise he was having classic nausea, but no chest pain.
    its taken me 6 months to admit to myself how I miss him, even though we clashed at times we both had the same goal.
    another motorcyclist gone.

    10 ambo and fire personnel turned up for that within 5 minutes
    3+ police

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