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General Discussion Area / Re: Twin rotor helicopters

« on: 02 September 2021, 12:16:26 »

Following on from last post. Saw a 4 engine WW11 bomber go over Bury St. Eds. at 1.30pm today. I think it was a Lanc. but as it was going away when i saw it, it could have been a Halifax, (if any are still flying). Anyone else seen it or have any info? Now, that WAS interesting. 

The only 4 engine bombers in Europe are the BBMF's Lancaster, and B-17 Sally B. Both are at Duxford at the moment, and I don't think (though I'm far from sure) either have flown recently. There are no Halifax's or Stirlings flying anywhere in the world - and there are only one or two in museums.  The Lanc is down to attend Bournemouth airshow this weekend, but it's been in rework at Duxford for ages so I don't know if it'll be ready. Therefore the Lancaster is a possibility, but I'd expect it to be all over the forums once it flies again and so far nada.

The other possibility is a C-130 - plenty of them in/around Bury-SE - in which case specsavers and a new I-spy book for you too :-)

Cheeky sod  I might be an old fart but my eyes ain't that bad. If i can't tell the difference between a Lanc and a Herc i'd better shoot myself. Oh, i might miss though. Was going to phone the IWM at Duxford, but not at 60 odd pence a minute plus a connection fee.

Well, the Lanc was still at Duxford on Saturday evening. There were rumours it was going to depart on Sunday, but I don't think that happened.

There is a thread on UKAR about Duxford Movements. If/when it moves, it'll be on there. https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=86801&start=200

Personally I doubt it's flown (there would be pictures everywhere on the forums), but I'm 150 miles away and I can't quite see from here. If it wasn't the Lanc, then I'm struggling to think of another 4 engined twin tail warbird in the UK. Perhaps Shakeng has something squirreled away in his own Highland Area51 that he's keeping strictly on a need-to-know basis :-)

I wish, there is still hope however: https://www.avroshackleton.co.uk/ , well worth a visit to hear the mighty Griffons roar once more on the 25th Sept.

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Omega Gallery / Re: New Part Fitted - Front end pamper :)

« on: 31 August 2021, 18:47:16 »

Alright I give in, how DO you get in?

   LOL, yes have to climb over from passenger side as car tucked up to side which means we can get both cars in the garage as well 

2 cars in a 2 car garage??? There’s posh for you.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Energy Prices....

« on: 31 August 2021, 17:34:38 »

My KWh is cheaper than both gas and electric figures you have quoted, with OctopusEnergy. But my standing charge is more expensive.
Living in a stone fronted house that cannot be insulated, it costs me £1800 pa, or £150 a month, so I need it to be the cheapest available.

I had a problem heating the living room in my ‘70’s house despite cavity wall insulation (not convinced that helped), so I insulated the outward facing internal wall with insulated plasterboard on battens. This worked brilliantly, and once fitted we didn’t notice the lost inch or so on the internal wall.

I've considered all kinds of remedies, Chris, the problem with that particular solution is that I'd have to remove the picture rail and the 1-1.5" I'd lose would bring the wall forward of the bottom of the cornice. The house is end of terrace and none of the side and rear brick walls have a cavity. Then there's the attic bedroom, baking hot in the summer (ceiling is like a radiator) and steals all the heat from downstairs in the winter.
In fact, the problem is it was built around 1920 and is a fickin money pit 

Wow! I would lie awake worrying at that cost. My house, although poorly built, 5 bed detached, triple glazed and cavity walled, currently costs £67 per month gas and electric. About 12" insulation in the roof. Nice and toasty at 24' in the evening, but I'm always looking to reduce the cost. I rarely use the conservatory heating, underfloor electric and radiators, as we don't use it in the winter. Fortunately I won't be around by the time they ban gas heating, as by all accounts, heat pumps are not very good.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Energy Prices....

« on: 31 August 2021, 08:04:28 »

My KWh is cheaper than both gas and electric figures you have quoted, with OctopusEnergy. But my standing charge is more expensive.
Living in a stone fronted house that cannot be insulated, it costs me £1800 pa, or £150 a month, so I need it to be the cheapest available.

I had a problem heating the living room in my ‘70’s house despite cavity wall insulation (not convinced that helped), so I insulated the outward facing internal wall with insulated plasterboard on battens. This worked brilliantly, and once fitted we didn’t notice the lost inch or so on the internal wall.

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Omega Gallery / Re: New Part Fitted - Front end pamper :)

« on: 30 August 2021, 11:06:32 »

Alright I give in, how DO you get in?

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello from Israel (2002 2.6L Omega)

« on: 30 August 2021, 10:22:21 »

Unfortunately not many of us have Omegas now. 

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General Car Chat / Re: cars owned

« on: 29 August 2021, 18:07:03 »

I can only count 12 in over 60 years! Must be some I’ve forgotten. 

Oh dear. Senior moments becoming more regular?

I haven’t counted SWMBO’s, but a recount still only got 12. So not a great amount of depreciation for the amount of motoring. I’ve only ever had 2 new cars.

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General Car Chat / Re: cars owned

« on: 29 August 2021, 12:53:53 »

I can only count 12 in over 60 years! Must be some I’ve forgotten. 

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General Car Chat / Re: My new car

« on: 28 August 2021, 22:37:16 »

I’ve never been keen on SUV’s for that reason. Prefer large estates, my Omega estate was perfect, but DIY is not so easy now as I am a full time carer, hence the Mondeo Estate. A big Volvo might do. 

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General Car Chat / Re: cars owned

« on: 28 August 2021, 21:05:23 »

I've owned 60+ vehicles the first of which was a 1959 MkII Consul.Three speed column change "umbrella" handbrake and vacuum operated windscreen wipers.

My third was a ‘59 Zephyr lo-line. It was not as good as the previous one, a ‘53 Mk1 Consul, which was a a very well built car. I did several rallies in it, won a couple of special stages.

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General Car Chat / Re: My new car

« on: 28 August 2021, 17:44:09 »

From one old fart to another the Range Rover is without any doubt the most comfortable car I've ever driven, can drive hundreds of miles in it without any pains or aches at all, the Mercedes E 430 I bought after I sold the  Omega was okay but not as good as the mig.I expect the usual derogatory comments we get on here but this is purely my findings.

Forgot to mention, has to comfortably take golf clubs and trolley in the boot without fiddling with seats etc. 

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General Car Chat / Re: My new car

« on: 28 August 2021, 11:44:23 »

I think the "massive alloys" AKA low profile tyres will do your head in ,and your back  over 75K 3 years  compared to the comfy motorised armchair that is the Omega 
i quite like astras though    we.ve 5 in the family

First thing I did with the 3.2 was swap the wheels 18 -17,, or was it 17 - 16, anyway it made for a more comfortable ride. I hate the ride in the Mondeo, wheels are too big, but I'm too mean to buy smaller as fitted to poverty spec models. Omega wheels plus tyres were readily avlbl back in the day. First thing the  3.2 buyer did was swap them back! Each to his own. 
Next car will be chosen solely on comfort, so recommendations from other old farts considered.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Interviews for jobs in lockdown

« on: 27 August 2021, 07:51:02 »

Contracting is glorified agency work... As long as you say yes, you will always find something to do.

Being Paye you know exactly where you are at (is what I meant by stability) 

I see what you mean.  For me it's about stability in knowledge.

 This is pretty much how I pitched the "Why do you want to move from a profitable career as a Freelancer, to a less profitable less tax efficient permie career..."

Over 12 years I've been allowed to do things that if they'd been looking for a permanent employee. They could take the risk, because 1 weeks notice, I'm available, and my CV is varied.
Things that I had to go and read up on and train myself in the evening, and transfer knowledge and hope it worked.
That's really stressful. This is where my imposter syndrome doesn't help, because whilst I sell myself as a Lean Six Sigma Expert, that expertise is really in high volume, high precision manufacturing, and I'm good at it because I know where and when I can take short cuts.
Suddenly in 2009 I'm apply lean principles to the refurbishment of Warrior Tanks, or to the Engineering Review System within an Aerospace company, or writting reports on the warranty claims of wind turbine high voltage electronics, or training 200 design engineers in Requirements Risk Analysis.
This job is in an industry I spent 15 years in, and on a walk around the factory it was possible to see "TIM WOOD" pissing himself laughing.

I'm going to teach them Chalk Circle Lean Assessment, as my first challenge.

https://www.allaboutlean.com/chalk-circle/

http://theleanthinker.com/2007/07/09/the-chalk-circle/

Very interesting, I can think of a few newbie ‘managers’ who could have benefitted from such thinking before they jumped in with new ideas. Particularly back in my RAF years.

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Omega General Help / Re: 3.2 Y32se timing belt

« on: 25 August 2021, 09:38:19 »

 Blackie check your msgs. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Removing rear hub Questions.

« on: 22 August 2021, 12:07:38 »

It’s a pity the original female threads were not able to be re-tapped as is often the case.