Random Stuff!

[Kevin Farnell]

How did you get the props to look like they were spinning in the first Merchantman photo?

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

How did you get the props to look like they were spinning in the first Merchantman photo?

Kevin

Hairdryer held in one hand, phone in the other

 

[58terminus]

Hairdryer held in one hand, phone in the other

So your wife took it then.

 

[wolfheze]

So your wife took it then.

Be careful , someone with no sense of humour may be on here accusing you of sexism

 

[58terminus]

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Be careful , someone with no sense of humour may be on here accusing you of sexism

Sorry.I meant your partner took it then.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I see that they're rioting in Winson Green.

My first thought was that it may have been on James Turner Street with Fun-Gi losing a can of Special Brew but it turns out to be G4S run HMP Birmingham.

Not being funny but the only time I've ever dealt with G4S was when the guy seriously struggled to read my gas meter, in fact I ended up reading the numbers out to him

It doesn't exactly fill one with confidence.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Kevin

I see that they're rioting in Winson Green.

Not being funny but the only time I've ever dealt with G4S was when the guy seriously struggled to read my gas meter, in fact I ended up reading the numbers out to him

It doesn't exactly fill one with confidence.

This isn't the first time that the aforementioned company has caused problems (wasn't there something regarding the London Olympics?).
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for free enterprise. But some aspects of our society should remain under state control - Police, Fire, NHS, Defence, Prisons and Search and Rescue.

I'm a little perplexed as to why G4S (formerly Group 4 Security) were reading your gas meter? G4S and GAS are very different.

Kevin

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'm a little perplexed as to why G4S (formerly Group 4 Security) were reading your gas meter? G4S and GAS are very different.

I was also perplexed when, after acknowledging himself as being here to read the meter, I saw the guys G4S badge.

Data collection and meter reading – we are the leading provider of meter reading services in the UK with a national footprint, providing readings to all major energy suppliers and data collection services to a wider portfolio of customers. Our field force of data collectors make more than 50 million visits each year

http://www.g4s.uk.com/en-GB/What we do/Services/Utility services/

 

[Jon Dempsey]

They handle outbound security at Amsterdam. Seem OK there, but there again, they are not in the middle of a rioting prison !!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Any other Bluenoses on here still scratching their head about Gary Rowett's departure?

 

[paul]

Yes mate shocking done a great job

 

[richard winterbourn]

Now this is random! I while away a little bit of time each day by playing solitaire on my computer. Now here's the point; if i play with a pack of cards i generally win about three times in eight, however on the computer i will win about once every 15 if i am lucky....

I am not computer savvy, either with the functionality or with the 'dark arts' that these things can undertake.

So, the question is: when i am playing scrabble on line, can the computer manipulate the cards not yet revealed to ensure i do not win?. I hope i have explained that fully, because so often cards turn up as if to ensure i don't win.

With a pack of cards i can, at the end of the game, turn them all over and see where all the remaining cards were. With the computer i cannot.

Any computer boffin out there who can provide an answer?

 

[JF57]

Now this is random! I while away a little bit of time each day by playing solitaire on my computer. Now here's the point; if i play with a pack of cards i generally win about three times in eight, however on the computer i will win about once every 15 if i am lucky....

I am not computer savvy, either with the functionality or with the 'dark arts' that these things can undertake.

So, the question is: when i am playing scrabble on line, can the computer manipulate the cards not yet revealed to ensure i do not win?. I hope i have explained that fully, because so often cards turn up as if to ensure i don't win.

With a pack of cards i can, at the end of the game, turn them all over and see where all the remaining cards were. With the computer i cannot.

Any computer boffin out there who can provide an answer?

In terms of solitaire I suspect the computer shuffle is much better than the manual one which will leave a lot of the cards in sequence from the previous game. Suggest you try shuffling for a longer timed period and see what happens.

 

[wolfheze]

Have added another freighter to the collection . View attachment 4291

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I saw this on the BBC news website -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38415730

The girls obviously had a wonderful flight and a lot of fun. Great to see people being made to feel special, especially at this time of year.

Kevin

 

[58terminus]

A question probably for the more technically minded but one i would appreciate an answer to.
I have noticed a few tines on Flightradar that an Aer Lingus A320 flying BHX-DUB cruises at a lower altitude than
a Ryanair 737 even though they may have departed only a few minutes apart.This evening the Aer Lingus never exceeded 18000ft whilst the Ryanair was a few minutes behind at 26000ft.
Presumably its a fuel issue but i really don't know.

 

[MJH]

Nice article, Birmingham moving in the right direction, also includes BHX at number 9...

www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/10-reasons-birmingham-most-amazing-11661735?platform=hootsuite

 

[wolfheze]

Have added a slightly more modern type to the collection . I quite like the 146 as it's just a bit different from most other stuff . I believe Jersey European 146s were frequent birmingham visitors in the 90s?View attachment 4307

 

[wolfheze]

And another model of G-AVOF this time in its pre British Airways guise . View attachment 4308

 

[wolfheze]

And finally a lovely old Iberia 727-200 View attachment 4309