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Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the cause of the increase in army planes and helicopters in British skies? Is it because they have been flying to the Eastern part of Europe as a show of force, or is it as a patrol, or training exercise in case it all kicks off in a wider sense? Something else?

All of the above. There are plenty of NATO planes doing patrols up and down the border with Ukraine - a mixture of fighters, unmanned drones and airborne radar, plus tankers. Some are based in the Uk but mostly to the west of you.

Some of the cargo planes are delivering supplies to the Ukrainians via Poland and other neighbours, and they have been going over the midlands.

There are more US fighters here than normal, based at Lakenheath, and they are doing low level training in wales so you’ll see them going past. F16s as well as the more common F15s that we get

There’s also B52s flying out of Fairford but again not so busy over the midlands.

Flightradar24 is good to identify what they are and where they are going.

We’ve got a few dark grey military planes going over jjst now. I tried to look them up on flightradar but either I’m using it wrong or they aren’t in there.

They are big, stubby dark grey things.

That's a woodpigeon.

Mimi wrote:

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Could be one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules or these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas

Not everything military is on Flightradar24 as they turn off the civilian transponder when they don’t want to be too easily tracked.

Dimrill wrote:

That's a woodpigeon.

Just waved a few friends off at Hebden Bridge station, and as I left, the birds were mimicking the doors-closing sound of the train. Impressive.

https://military.freedar.uk/VirtualRadar/mobile.html can show a bit more, and filters out all the civilian stuff.
Air Force 1 is heading over Cambridgeshire right now for example.

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

https://military.freedar.uk/VirtualRadar/mobile.html can show a bit more, and filters out all the civilian stuff.
Air Force 1 is heading over Cambridgeshire right now for example.

Is that the presidential plane? Is he over here?

Happy birthday to two lovelies!

The best birthday wishes are always a day late. It make your birthday longer

Happy Birthday Jazzy! Hope you had a great day x

The parrot was wearing a leash whilst being taken for a walk by its owner

Beerhawk are advertising the sale of the favourite Ukrainian beer, profits to humanitarian relief etc. I was up for it till the description:

"Moderate strong fruity banana with a slight solventy flavour."

Does @maliA know about Julia and Peter?

Not a single post all day yesterday

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:37 ]
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Mimi wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Mimi wrote: Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the cause of the increase in army planes and helicopters in British skies? Is it because they have been flying to the Eastern part of Europe as a show of force, or is it as a patrol, or training exercise in case it all kicks off in a wider sense? Something else? All of the above. There are plenty of NATO planes doing patrols up and down the border with Ukraine - a mixture of fighters, unmanned drones and airborne radar, plus tankers. Some are based in the Uk but mostly to the west of you. Some of the cargo planes are delivering supplies to the Ukrainians via Poland and other neighbours, and they have been going over the midlands. There are more US fighters here than normal, based at Lakenheath, and they are doing low level training in wales so you’ll see them going past. F16s as well as the more common F15s that we get There’s also B52s flying out of Fairford but again not so busy over the midlands. Flightradar24 is good to identify what they are and where they are going. We’ve got a few dark grey military planes going over jjst now. I tried to look them up on flightradar but either I’m using it wrong or they aren’t in there. They are big, stubby dark grey things. Could be one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules or these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas Not everything military is on Flightradar24 as they turn off the civilian transponder when they don’t want to be too easily tracked.

Author:	JBR [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:43 ]
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Dimrill wrote: That's a woodpigeon. Just waved a few friends off at Hebden Bridge station, and as I left, the birds were mimicking the doors-closing sound of the train. Impressive.

Author:	Mimi [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:46 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Mimi wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Mimi wrote: Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the cause of the increase in army planes and helicopters in British skies? Is it because they have been flying to the Eastern part of Europe as a show of force, or is it as a patrol, or training exercise in case it all kicks off in a wider sense? Something else? All of the above. There are plenty of NATO planes doing patrols up and down the border with Ukraine - a mixture of fighters, unmanned drones and airborne radar, plus tankers. Some are based in the Uk but mostly to the west of you. Some of the cargo planes are delivering supplies to the Ukrainians via Poland and other neighbours, and they have been going over the midlands. There are more US fighters here than normal, based at Lakenheath, and they are doing low level training in wales so you’ll see them going past. F16s as well as the more common F15s that we get There’s also B52s flying out of Fairford but again not so busy over the midlands. Flightradar24 is good to identify what they are and where they are going. We’ve got a few dark grey military planes going over jjst now. I tried to look them up on flightradar but either I’m using it wrong or they aren’t in there. They are big, stubby dark grey things. Could be one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules or these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas Not everything military is on Flightradar24 as they turn off the civilian transponder when they don’t want to be too easily tracked. I know enough about planes to say it looked like both of those. It definitely had four of the propellor things.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:46 ]
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https://military.freedar.uk/VirtualRadar/mobile.html can show a bit more, and filters out all the civilian stuff. Air Force 1 is heading over Cambridgeshire right now for example.

Author:	Mimi [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:48 ]
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JBR wrote: Dimrill wrote: That's a woodpigeon. Just waved a few friends off at Hebden Bridge station, and as I left, the birds were mimicking the doors-closing sound of the train. Impressive. Haha!! That’s brilliant. There was a wood pigeon sitting right by our chimney yesterday as when I was trying to concentrate it was ‘cooo-cooooo, coo, cooo-coooing’ out of the fireplace

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Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 21:55 ]
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Mimi wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: https://military.freedar.uk/VirtualRadar/mobile.html can show a bit more, and filters out all the civilian stuff. Air Force 1 is heading over Cambridgeshire right now for example. Is that the presidential plane? Is he over here? He was in Poland to meet US troops and Ukrainian ministers. I think it’s possibly now landed at RAF Mildenhall where a lot of US Air Force are based as it’s dropped off the radar.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 23:18 ]
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And he’s off again.

Author:	Mimi [ Sat Mar 26, 2022 23:38 ]
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Ohhhh… that makes more sense!

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:11 ]
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Ah, that specific plane was part of his entourage, but not the one he was on. https://simpleflying.com/e-4-nightwatch ... 47-europe/

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:51 ]
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Double Birthday! Happy days to Curio and Nervous Pete!

Author:	Kern [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:03 ]
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Happy Birthday Curio! Happy Birthday Pete!

Author:	DBSnappa [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:53 ]
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Happy birthday Pete and Curio!

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 12:02 ]
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Happy birthday to two lovelies!

Author:	Trooper [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 12:28 ]
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Mimi wrote: Happy birthday to two lovelies! ...and to Pete and Curio! Happy bday folks.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:44 ]
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Whoops, missed it again, but Beex turned 14 a few days ago (26th March). It can now go into a pub on its own, go to a gig on its own, and be fined for not wearing a seatbelt. Good work, Beex!

Author:	Malc [ Fri Apr 15, 2022 17:28 ]
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Giphy "ha": https://media1.giphy.com/media/d2Zih7kASFSzKAxO/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "pea": https://media4.giphy.com/media/HVweQ5FuSFZJe/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "burr": https://media4.giphy.com/media/26FL3uMhARSAvIZZS/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "the": https://media1.giphy.com/media/cmzNU43T2O8ohQ8g9V/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "day": https://media4.giphy.com/media/28PObmWAiyWRO/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "jazz": https://media3.giphy.com/media/l0HUckbra8QpSluVy/giphy-loop.mp4Giphy "zee": https://media2.giphy.com/media/uTOPhUH5dhkxIJCEUo/giphy-loop.mp4

Author:	Goddess Jasmine [ Fri Apr 15, 2022 17:40 ]
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Haha! Amazing Malc - thank you.

Author:	Kern [ Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:30 ]
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Getting a new dishwasher installed today so I've moved my old one out of its bay. What was beneath was quite disgusting but thankfully it wasn't too stuck to the flooring so I was able to clean it up pretty well. When the new one comes I won't need to think about it again for another decade or so. Might leave a note to for the future.

Author:	NervousPete [ Mon Mar 28, 2022 16:10 ]
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Happy birthday Curio! Thanks Beexers! Been mainly babysitting the niece, running around the garden going beep beep with a greedy toy ridingmower. I have burnt off approximately 9,000 calories.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Mar 30, 2022 13:01 ]
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And presumably it’s thinking about who it would like to have sex with in a couple more years.

Author:	DavPaz [ Wed Mar 30, 2022 13:15 ]
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Aww, does it have a little bum fluff moustache yet?

Author:	Mimi [ Wed Mar 30, 2022 13:26 ]
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Author:	MaliA [ Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:35 ]
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Happy Jazzy day!

Author:	Kern [ Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:42 ]
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Happy Birthday! Giphy "jazzy birthday": https://media4.giphy.com/media/izywq4PClHG4LbMtk8/giphy-loop.mp4

Author:	Jem [ Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:59 ]
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Happy birthday Jazzy! I hope you have the best of days

Author:	DBSnappa [ Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:37 ]
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The best birthday wishes are always a day late. It make your birthday longer Happy Birthday Jazzy! Hope you had a great day x

Author:	Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:51 ]
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DBSnappa wrote: The best birthday wishes are always a day late. It make your birthday longer Happy Birthday Jazzy! Hope you had a great day x Haha! Nicely done sir. I had a lovely day thank you. We've made a start on sorting the house out which is something that's been bothering me for ages. Ended the day with a Chinese and a crap film. Brilliant.

Author:	Kern [ Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:02 ]
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Thrilling avian rescue news now! Oxford Mail: Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service free trapped parrot from window ledge Quote: The parrot was wearing a leash whilst being taken for a walk by its owner Never change Oxford, never change.

Author:	Malc [ Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:15 ]
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In what I initially thought was an issue with this site, with none of the icons in the bottom right of the site working. It turns out that my mouse won't click on anything in the bottom right of this monitor. If I drag this window to my other monitor, then I can click on anything and it works fine. but anywhere in the bottom right third of this monitor clicking doesn't do anything (the task bar works though, it's just everything above that!) I will be rebooting to check to see if that fixes it, but I just don't understand what could be causing it

Author:	Malc [ Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:17 ]
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And in an even more bizarre twist, it's now started working fine, straight after posing that last update! Most odd

Author:	Mr Dave [ Fri Apr 22, 2022 13:34 ]
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Try updating your gamepad firmware.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Apr 25, 2022 17:28 ]
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Walking through town and got hit by a seagull. Grrr..

Author:	JBR [ Mon Apr 25, 2022 17:44 ]
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Beerhawk are advertising the sale of the favourite Ukrainian beer, profits to humanitarian relief etc. I was up for it till the description: "Moderate strong fruity banana with a slight solventy flavour."

Author:	MaliA [ Sat Apr 30, 2022 19:01 ]
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The wildlife camera has captured the milk being delivered, and I am genuinely surprised it is at 3am.

Author:	Findus Fop [ Sun May 01, 2022 18:54 ]
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Does @maliA know about Julia and Peter?

Author:	krazywookie [ Sun May 01, 2022 19:09 ]
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I suspect he would have let us know if he did

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Sun May 01, 2022 20:17 ]
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JBR wrote: Beerhawk are advertising the sale of the favourite Ukrainian beer, profits to humanitarian relief etc. I was up for it till the description: "Moderate strong fruity banana with a slight solventy flavour." Morrisons have ten cans for a tenner. It’s pretty good, and nothing like that description.

Author:	MaliA [ Sun May 01, 2022 20:33 ]
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Findus Fop wrote: Does @maliA know about Julia and Peter? Haha . There's a running thing with ("Kindly Uncle Joe" - ed) on my Facebook about her having had dinner with him.