Today I've mostly bin...

[chazzie]

[Biscuit]

On the plane front. I got a bit worried when chatting to my son and found he had been up in a private plane with the husband of a friend of ours without us knowing and knowing the husband was known for reckless behaviour. it is hard to keep tabs on the kids - didn't find that out until about six months later so obviously my son knew I would have objected. Don't get me wrong I do not object to plane rides with reputable pilots (it was the lack of notificaton and the personality of the pilot) - I have myself gone up in a plane and parachuted, so feel I would not be a party pooper.

On the cat note = when we first got the cats my husband to be was living in our house to be and he went to bed leaving the kittens in the kitchen - next morning no where to be found, till they got hungry and they had gone down a tiny little gap behind the washing machine in the kitchen - mild panic for a while there. but as you say lived to a very good age - as did their mum and sister.

Biscuit

[Bunnylump]

Presumably you don't actually live on an airfield (mind you, not a lot would surprise me about you ), so what would have happened if the plane went out of control and crashed in a built up area?

He'd have crashed into a pile of chicken poo.

OMG red wine down the nostrils. Gales of laughter. I'm in the house on my own with tears pouring down my face.

[chazzie]

Spitfires and Chicken Poo - theres got to be a joke there somewhere!!!

[Bunnylump]

I honestly think I've lost the plot. I'm still cracked up here. All on my own. The cat thinks i'm mental!!

[MBH]

Nice plane pictures - we're all keeping our fingers crossed that NEXT weekend's weather is better than this one for the Sunderland Air Show. No flying last year due to FOG

[Bunnylump]

Oh it's ok MBH. Just book your patch on the top of SparkOut's pile of chicken poo and you'll be well away.

[chazzie]

So how many chickens are we talking about here?

[MBH]

I'll be working on the Saturday - taking the computer bus along for the public. We are regluars there (since it's a Council organized event), so when there is flying we get to watch

So if anyone's drifting up into the area to watch the Air Show give me a shout Largest FREE Air Show in UK (or Europe or something like that).

[Bunnylump]

I'd love to , but Sunderland is a LONG way for me.

[LAT]

I've never yet been to Farnborough Airshow but always manage to see all the planes as they fly overhead. One year the Red Arrows turned right over our garden, I could see the pilots. (and the next day our little TV wouldn't work which I am convinced is connected!)

[Bunnylump]

AAArrgh don't mention Farnborough Airshow to me!! That was where I went when I was about 19 with my friend and her younger brother. I had one of those t shirts with a shoulder missing (so obviously no bra, could get away with it in those days.) I had walked half way across a crowded field when I realised her brother was looking at me strangely. He said
"Do you know, I can tell you've never breast fed. My biology teacher told me that your nipples go browner when you've fed a baby." I was (unsurprisingly) rather taken aback at this comment. It was then I realised he was trying to tell me that I had a boob hanging out!!

[LAT]

He said "Do you know, I can tell you've never breast fed.My biology teacher told me that your nipples go browner when you've fed a baby." I was (unsurprisingly) rather taken aback at this comment. It was then I realised he was trying to tell me that I had a boob hanging out!!

Do they really go browner? I hadn't noticed - just checking.

[MBH]

So many stories......
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So little photographic evidence

[SparkOut]

I provided photographic evidence of my Spitfire story. I don't own any chickens nor have a pile of poo myself, just that the pilot would have landed splat on a huge mound of it that is being used to spread over the field over the road. (And it stinks! A lot! If he had crashed, the pilot might have had a soft landing, but ever after everyone would know when he was coming 5 minutes before he arrived.)

[Bunnylump]

So many stories......
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So little photographic evidence

Look, do you REALLY want to bring your breakfast back up??

And SparkOut ANOTHER person who lives next to a field? I'm jealous. Best I can say is we have a nice big oak tree opposite us (it sort of shields the council estate behind it).

[SparkOut]

I didn't say it was my house.

[Bunnylump]

I didn't think you had a house. I thought you lived in an airfield full of chicken poo? Or have I misunderstood? (Under your cloak of anonymity, naturally...)

[SparkOut]

I could start a Monty Python scene here. But I shall control myself.

[Bunnylump]

That'll be a first.

(She says knowing full well that SparkOut is possibly the most restrained and self controlled person she's spoken to in a long time, but you never know, she might be able to provoke him!! )

...today I've mostly bin to see the show my OH has been working on for the past few months. It's a local show held annually to help support the Pepper foundation. They fund 6 specially trained nurses who look after terminally ill children, or children who are about to suffer bereavement from a terminally ill parent, so it's a fantastically worthwhile cause. The show has been running for the past 21 years, and was originally based around Beatles' music (hence the name The Seargeant Pepper Show" - this year "Pepper Magic") although now it has a real mix of music. Lots of people are involved (everyone gives their time for free)- they have the "real" band, and lots of different singers, plus a Pepper Youth band which features mainly teenagers, but some younger children too. It has dancers (adult and children), a proper set, lighting, screen, pyrotechnics etc. Outside they have a giant marquee which has food and a bar, stalls, more live music and today a magician.

This year, instead of being the band drummer, OH has been mentoring the Youth Band. They did really well, but I've never seen him so stressed before a gig (I suppose he was worrying they might go to pieces). Fortunately (apart from some amp problems,which they coped with) all went well, and the show was a success. So that's 3 down, 4 to go!! Last year the shows raised £45,000!! So fingers crossed.