From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2778E1392EF for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48A66E0AB8; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:34:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com (mail-wi0-f171.google.com [209.85.212.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26826E0AA7 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f171.google.com with SMTP id n15so4325820wiw.16 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:33:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dur6LWbmPlUURUASMsM17C7B4yRGvN6Azt7a0X2v6BI=; b=ktfqQcLrlQ2FaMKsWz4Yp3tzjAY0lVvC7JkhuVS7THr1YRUcCUMr0JoipXAW9c9a/s zUWxlkHYkF7NJY/kJmDS9dl2C9XjjDspK31F3npHVmQV26RlIaHk+BkjzW5CZfwft9xO Kl1EysqJhsQaAS6UOSBTlnjM1rMpx038bFQAdjbYEOE06zRIMkX1jcLusalqxNrZxy4v 0XtQrwGS5p+8PJKzYeFlPelFoCnjBkYfYNxOate7kpO5mxD7ejw8nJw9xdZ7wIq38U1/ 2/ae7TssPTK7T2CXesk55I87rz6AyKuwLyZ7HEovv/dEoGnpm5bN3BDoXE0GFW6MYqGj 09eg== X-Received: by 10.180.188.103 with SMTP id fz7mr19835572wic.73.1403987637809; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-51-166.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.51.166]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ge17sm11641408wic.0.2014.06.28.13.33.54 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53AF2681.2070307@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:33:05 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho! References: <2496439.MpaEqoKpQ0@wstn> In-Reply-To: <2496439.MpaEqoKpQ0@wstn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 83e19ecd-efce-4fd6-9a0d-1f5b0fd3ecf3 X-Archives-Hash: 9596c335793f92ae51568f57638ee3e5 On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane from > the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a Spitfire. You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn was the last airworthy model left anywhere. For those who don't know, Evelyn was a Mk IXe and spent years in a kid's playground in Pretoria (the city I grew up in) before someone started restoring her in the late 60s. She was rebuilt at Zwartkop Air Force Base (where I spent time as an apprentice) and stored at Lanseria Airport (where I've spent many a happy hour drinking fine wares at the restaurant above the apron). Last I heard, she was sold and ended up in Brazil... > > Yoo-hoo! > > I think I can just about remember the sound of those magnificent beasts from > the 40s > > Apologies to those of a more serious disposition. > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com