Re: Updated: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate works!

But will they get the vaccine doses ? Germany started fast then had to close vaccination centers because there were no more doses available. Here in France we expect to get something like 4 million doses in the first 2 months, not 15 million ! Even if there is a ramp up, added orders etc., it doesn...

Re: Brexit Part IX: Final rush to No Deal

The rumor mills say that tonight BoJo will announce a no deal, blaming everyone, their mother, but himself, for the result. That will be entertaining for sure. I don't think Boris has the "minerals" to walk away without a deal. I think Boris will fold. It will hurt him with his Brexiteer ...

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - Q4 2020

Well after nearly 10 months of avoiding Covid-19 and taking precautions, I got a positive test on Saturday. The symptoms I have are shortness of breath, tightness around the chest area, my muscles and bones feel like they are on fire and a temperature above 38 degrees. My wife also tested positive 2...

Re: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020

Had an e-mail from P&O this afternoon, our cruise for 2021 has been cancelled.

Same conditions as before, full refund or an enhanced future cruise credit of 125%.

Not really disappointed, as I knew it would be a long shot for the holiday.

So now looking forward to 2022.

Re: Rolls Royce loses £5.4bn, closing two factories, looking to sell assets

I may have missed this in the thread or could be completely wrong... But doesn't HM Govt still hold a "Golden Share" in RR, to stop any hostile take over to protect RR nuclear business falling into the wrong hands? RR will not fail, the Chancellor will find the money to bail it out/nationa...

Re: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020

Well after our 12 night April 2020 cruise was cancelled due to Coronavirus. We have bitten the bullet and booked another cruise for 2021. 14 Night cruise on the new P&O Ship Iona. Southampton Maderia La Palma Tenerife Lanzarote Cadiz Lisbon Southampton Managed to get an upgraded cabin and extra ...

Re: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020

BravoOne wrote:

Dano1977 wrote:

I got a nice e-mail last night from P&O.

On top of the £500 on board spend when we booked, they have given us another £400 to go with it.

Where is your cruise departing from?

Re: Cruise Ship / Ocean Liner Thread - 2020

I got a nice e-mail last night from P&O.

On top of the £500 on board spend when we booked, they have given us another £400 to go with it.

Re: What’s the last big purchase you made?

My last major big purchase was my new house and a remodel downstairs for my disabled daughter, which includes a shower wetroom, a carers space, bedroom and ceiling track hoist.

Total outlay was $600000

But it was worth it.

Re: Cruise Ship Thread - 2020

Just booked my first cruise for 2020. Going on the P&O Ventura, sailing from Southampton. Visiting Maderia, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Lisbon. Nice enough ship I did Ventura on a Med cruise year before last. Highly recommend going at least one night to the Beach House for dinner. Its onl...

Re: Cruise Ship Thread - 2020

Just booked my first cruise for 2020.

Going on the P&O Ventura, sailing from Southampton.

Visiting Maderia, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Lisbon.

Re: London Bridge Attack

Shot dead in the street like a rabid dog.

Good.

Re: UK General Election 2019

Labour have pledged to plant 2 Billion trees in 20 years. Now if my maths is correct, this is over 273,000 trees per day? Even if this is apparently achievable, you have to do more than plant trees to sort out climate change. Was reading today that there is an existing government pledge to plant sl...

Re: Boeing 737 Max 10 Rollout

It looks like a tail strike waiting to happen.

Re: UK General Election 2019

The TV debate... Knowing Boris takes his time to get into his stride where the answers timed to cut him of jast as he's about to make his point, and Corbyn was his usual heavily scripted montone I had it at as a draw of 0-0 I shall be voting Conservative in this General Election. Our local MP has do...

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines News and Discussion Thread

CAA have estimated cost of repatriation is six times lower than reported. (£100 Million, not £600m) Source: https://twitter.com/itvjoel/status/1175361801413939200?s=21 Still a lot of tax payers money! Some cynical people (not me) might say let it fall, dump the debt .... and continue.... It's not t...

Re: Brexit part 6: Encore un moment Monsieur le Bourreau

Oh, for crying out loud will you all calm down? 1. @Dutchy - The UK remains a world power. It may not be a superpower, but it is a powerful country nonetheless. Unlike the Netherlands, I would hasten to add. 2. Prorogation is a perfectly normal process, which is clearly defined in law. Moreover, th...

Re: What's your ringtone?

I have the theme from M*A*S*H

Re: Who will be running for the next UK prime minister?

Boris as Prime Minister... I initially laughed then I thought about it and realised that like it or not Boris is absolute gold dust around the world! He's the most recognised British politician in the world and even more than that has a higher profile than most of the worlds leaders. He's either goi...

Re: Things to do in Tasmania

I've been to Tasmania at least 6-7 times. There is plenty to see and do. Cradle Mountain Wine glass bay Lots of exellent vinyards to sample Hobart (Mures Fish Restaurant is a must - If you like seafood) Port Arthur The Murriels in Sheffield Freycinet National Park Gordon River Cruise A lovely little...

Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Discussion Thread

Sir Peter Jackson.Sir Edmund Hillary, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ... Your boys took one hell of a beating!

Re: My distrust of Samsung

As a family we've owned 2 Samsung American style fridge freezers. All went wrong roughly 2 months after the warranty expired.

For household appliances now, we either buy Bosch or Siemens, apart from the cooker, which is a Rangemaster.

Re: Coolest college experiences

Coolest college/university experience...

Jesus may have turned water into wine, but I turned my student loan into Vodka... Your move Jesus!

Apart from that, no unusual shenanigans.

Although we did have 3 bomb threats in a 2 week period (this was at the time the IRA was active in the UK)

Re: Shoes, feet...

1 pair of Hush Puppies for work.
1 pair of Merrels walking boots for dog walking
1 pair of Salvatore Ferragamo oxford shoes for Weddings/Christenings/going out.
1 pair of Nike's for gardening
1 pair of Ugg ankle high boots for casual wear

Re: Disruptive passenger triggers Fighter jet escort & sonic boom.

Having had experience with drunk females... Some of them can be pretty vicious,violent and downright nasty. Back to aviation content. Living not to far away from RAF Conningsby, It's always a joy to watch and hear a QRA scramble, and hear them break the sound barrier. For those not familiar with the...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

With hindsight it was the wrong way to vote, and If I had the choice again, I would vote "Remain"

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

"52%": https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results "Export": https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/gbr/ "Oldies": https://www.statista.com/statistics/567922/distribution-of-eu-referendum-votes-by-age-and-gender-uk/ "Lower educated": "...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

EU exports 8-10% to UK. UK exports 50% to EU. Guess who needs who.. Strange thing is politicians from UK and EU are still friends as they were before. Both didn't want this in the first place. "The people" (52%, oldies, lower educated) said this. In 3 years they'll say something else. Un-...

Re: Brexit part 4: Until the last Tory Standing

[Cross-party talks] Labour - We would like some unicorns SNP - We also would like unicorns + Indy Ref 2 Lib Dems - *banging table* PEOPLE'S VOTE PEOPLE'S VOTE PEOPLE'S VOTE DUP - NO COMPROMISE ON ANYTHING EVER Greens - Would anyone like a hemp tote bag? May wants to meet Corbyn Bet he's got an allot...

Re: LH428 diverting to LHR?

Nose gear problem.

Re: Peterborough MP convicted, what next?

According to the Peterborough Evening Telegraph Tw-tter feed. She has been expelled from the Labour party.

The party's chair says Peterborough voters were "failed" by her

Re: Peterborough MP convicted, what next?

Now the local paper "The Peterborough Evening Telegraph" are now calling for her to resign. In other news, it was also announced allegedly she claimed over £7000 for "Hotel Expenses" in 7 months. In the same time frame her predecessor only claimed £513. From 1st August 2017 to 31...

Re: Peterborough MP convicted, what next?

She’s a Labour MP. The party of do what we say and not do what we do. She will never resign... it’s not in their nature. I live in Peterborough... it’s a nice city. Generally. There are some rough areas though. The population in these areas appear to have a disregard for looking after the place the...

Re: FIFA World Cup Thread

France looking very deadly there as always. A whole new tournament now boys. Indeed, but Argentina's defence was quite poor. I asked my friend if the French strikers had been cross-bred with greyhounds, or if Argentina's defenders had been cross-bred with shire horses! That said, a most enjoyable g...

Re: What countries do you rank as having a "Tier One" Military? (JUST FOR FUN)

The UK a "Tier 1" Military country


The UK hasn't been a tier 1 military power for years.

We have a defence force at best.

Re: FIFA World Cup Thread

Don't mention the VAR!

I did, but I think I got away with it!

Re: FIFA World Cup Thread

You can look at your hand for as long as you want Diego, God isn't going to help you this time.

Re: Super yachts

The original super yacht has to be the Ben Lexcen designed “Australia II”

The first non U.S. yacht to win the America’s cup

Re: Attempted spy assasination in UK?

Amazing that within hours it's concluded it was definitely the Russian government. That's some investigative work. It was considered highly likely that it was the Russians.... Don't know about you, but such an instant conclusion rings alarm bells for me. Right, because there are so many other peopl...

Re: Attempted spy assasination in UK?

- RT broadcasting might be revoked - Olichargs or Russia love to invest their money in the UK and EU, these might be seized by the UK government, so that might hurt the inner circle of Putin. - Apparently, the Russian media says that the UK is doing this because they lost out for the organization o...

Re: Brexit EU position Phase 2

Beats me all this malarkey. May was originally regarded as the woman who made Maggie Thatcher look like a Bronte sister. Hard doesn't even begin to describe her image. The clues were there though in that the Home Offfice was spinning like crazy to hide their failures and the savage cuts May impleme...

Re: Are Ghosts a myth? Post your experiences here!

In my spare time, I'm a paranormal investigator.* I go to various places and do an investigation with other like minded individuals, and our aim is to gather evidence. Some of the evidence we have gathered can be explained away by normal means - loose floorboards, noisy heating or dodgy electrics. ...

Re: Are Ghosts a myth? Post your experiences here!

In my spare time, I'm a paranormal investigator.* I go to various places and do an investigation with other like minded individuals, and our aim is to gather evidence. Some of the evidence we have gathered can be explained away by normal means - loose floorboards, noisy heating or dodgy electrics. S...

Re: Brexit EU position Phase 2

The customs union amendment now has enough Tory signatures on it to overturn the government's majority, and more will come on board before Monday. May is going to lose this if it actually goes to a vote. There will no doubt be a lot of frantic negotiations over the weekend to try and avoid the prosp...

Re: Hard Left UK State Broadcaster TV Tax Rising. Again

I've heard some from the right call the BBC leftist

I've heard some from the left call out the BBC for being to much to the right

IF neither can agree... The BBC must be doing something right!

Re: Luvvies Lament

Are we seeing a collapse in the holier than thou liberal left who have gone from insulting and intimidating those with different opinions to now being caught up in a whole host of nasties. We have the ‘God’ of liberal Hollywood now turned out to be accised of being a serial sex offender. We have a ...

Re: Julian Assange Rape Investigation Is Dropped in Sweden

Not the guys that published Wikileaks (Assange and friends) but the leaking sources themselves should be investigated. They were obliged to keep their secrets. Like him or not. But to hunt somebody like him and force him into a trap like the embassy for legally nothing is a scandal. How can this ha...

Re: Brexit EU position Phase 2

Hard Brexit --> non EU citizen, long lines, visa perhaps? Non EU citizen - yes Long lines - potentially, depending on how busy the airport is. Visa - certainly not, unless you want to sign a death sentence on the heavily tourist dependent economies like most of spain, greece and Portugal. You know ...

Re: Julian Assange Rape Investigation Is Dropped in Sweden

He has been in his self-imposed jail for five odd years That was entirely of his own doing in a desperate attempt to escape facing his accusers in Sweden. If you think that without the USA's hand up the UK's posterior, the UK would have gone through all that effort to arrest a man for the official ...

Re: Julian Assange Rape Investigation Is Dropped in Sweden

To be honest, I'm not sure what they are expecting here - Assange has most definitely broken UK law, even if the Swedish charges have been dropped. well.. he could offer a deal. He faces charges for jumping bail, and the UK government faces trial in front of a non UK court for illegally detaining h...