At its best, the Flyer Forum continues to be a valuable resource for the General Aviation community.

It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted information, social plans, considered...

So we see yet another bank suffering online problems.

Apologies don't really cut it so is it time to herald the benefits of cash and maybe even actual local branches. I wonder whether they could share branches!

Just curious really. I quite often get emails from shops etc thanking me for my order or opening an account. These are almost invariably sent to my GMail account and usually are my email address minus the dot (GMail ignores dots in email addresses...

My kids' school is a nut free school, due to a couple of pupils having a severe nut allergy.

We've always interpreted that to mean that no snacks or lunches that list nuts in the ingredients - but we've not excluded those foods that contain the...

With the imminent release of this film, those interested in space flight and test flying might want to watch this speech by the man himself in 2005:

Today, the High Court has ruled in favour of 12 NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) who "commissioned" the use of Avastin for "wet age related macular degeneration". The issue was that Avastin was not licensed by its...

So with the new rules we get our first demand for a "full disclosure" sent on the 29th May.

This person is demanding all medical records about their uncle who is a patient of ours. Clearly there are some problems with giving out medical...

Anyone know what this connector is called please?
I am wiring in a new radio and it connects to the intercom with this connector. I need a matching one as i don't want to remake both halves.

It is 12 way and has a serrated edge along one short...

Interesting article here about how long it might take a native English speaker to become proficient in the various European languages......

Ok, it’s from a US perspective, but is interesting, nonetheless.

Here's a copy of the "map"...

My nearly 10 yr old has been chosen to take part in a cross country run (it’s in a park with concrete path, but wtf). I have no clue about training for running...

He wants to train for it - I’ve said we start with 20 mins running when I get home,...

Has anyone read 'Sea Harrier over the Falklands' by Sharky Ward? If only half he says is true about the incompetance of the Flag staff leading the Task Force, then it's amazing we won back the islands from the Argentinian invasion.

Sharky commanded...

Aha! Tis be that day agin me hearties.

Now I not be aboard the Belgrano oi caan give it a roight go. Ahaa!

Not sure how Shoreham Approaches will take to me a-hailing them in such a manner. Shiver me tailwheel ahaa!

Just tried to move some money to a different account and HSBC asked if I wanted to use PAYM.

Although I’ve heard of it I’ve never used it.... the website suggests that it’s free (so who makes money out of it)

Is it safe? Does anyone use it?

I just looked up Lidl in Leatherhead on Google. One of the questions asked was:

Q: How big is Lidl in Leatherhead?

I had to chuckle at this answer that someone had given:

A: Bigger than a pineapple but smaller than Charles De Gaulle Airport

There are a few good things on at the moment, but not a dickie bird on here?

Is no-one watching "The Bodyguard" or Black Earth Rising"? Both will be on iPlayer, but I haven't added links as they'll expire in a month or so.

Then...

Interesting one in today's news, an air ambulance crew were told to move after landing at a building site in Leamington Spa on Sunday. Apparently a salesperson took exception to the unscheduled arrival and informed them that they were not to 'park'...

After a couple of happy weeks my new iPhone 7 has suddenly stopped sending /receiving emails.
I get a caption 'The identity of " pop3.xxxxxxx..xxx" (my email server ) cannot be verified by Mail. When I hit 'details' it just says...

Does the panel have any current recommendations for a cheapish Android phone (my venerable Samsung S4 mini is starting to get problematical with the latest versions of various apps; irksome, as apart from that it's fine).

My flying tokens cost...

Yes, in Non-Aviation !

Many older Forumites may know of Jim Bede for the aircraft he designed: BD-1, BD-4 (of which at least one is on the LAA fleet) and of course the BD-5 and BD-5J ( J for Bond, James Bond :wink: )

Newer or younger Forumites may...

Just starting.

There I was, waiting in the train for it to leave Brussels Gare du Midi yesterday evening - often my local "omnibus" gets shunted in favour of the big boy trains.

Maybe I'm naturally paranoid, or maybe it was growing up when I did that...

Ladies and Gents

I was wondering who could perhaps help me with a very frightening and lonely position I have been put in at work.

To cut a long story short, I recently had serious concerns regarding safety, competence, behaviours, attitude and...

He's doing his best to upstage Gerald Ratner, he's lost the plot!

Tesla shares fell more than nine per cent following Mr Musk's appearance on the show.

Surely his days at Tesla have to be numbered?

My partner is selling her property to her lodger. Lodger has all the cash in the bank, my partner has no mortgage, they've shaken hands on the deal.

As I understand it, the lodger needs a solicitor, obvs, to ensure the title and deeds and...

So here is the scenario ......

Wife driving home in Horse van/small lorry with daughter and horse.
Meets car in narrow road and has to reverse
Reverses without knowing a car is behind ( It is so close it cannot be seen in mirrors and doesnt...

Would we pass the medical jargon test?

Related article here.

My FB account was nobbled during the night and a password sent to ANOther.

I've managed to get the email address of the guilty party: Is there any way I can retaliate? like sending all my spam on to him?
PM if you like.

FB a/c de activated,...

What are people's thoughts on her outburst?

I am quite surprised at the level of support she is receiving.

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing ...

I'm trying to set up a Pi to handle FlightRadar24 but have got stuck on the first step :oops:

A guide says to type the following sudo bash -c "$(wget -0 - )"
But that returns a...

Is there a downside to turning a CH thermostat (in this case a Nest) up to call for a temperature that is higher than what the TRVs are set to? Am I going to use more oil or cause the boiler be on more often (seems unlikely), or confuse the Nest...

An Aussie rugby captain went to court over being bested by a Geordie tourist in a spot of 2am pugilism? Wouldn't have happened in my day! What a softie.

What I want to know is how can a council make a decision like this without consulting the flyer forum?

Stuart

Latest e-News flyer states that Ian Seager is on his bike this week. Is he being tracked on any websites?

How power-cut proof are peoples?

Given:

Central heating depends on electrical supply to the pump.

Modern digital telephone systems/routers rely on a power supply.
etc. etc.

It’ll be interesting to see how others have made provision for this....

. It is with great shock and sadness that we announce Miss Fenella Fielding OBE has probably made her last stage appearance.

“At the weekend, she experienced a severe stroke.

At this time it is unclear what level of recovery might be possible, but...

Anyone notice on tonight's TV news the reports of the North Korean 70th anniversary celebrations ?

Much is being made about the fact that KJ-un did not display any nukes, as he plays the diplomatic game with DT. However there was a few seconds...

Bit of idle googling trying to find something to wind up a co-worker with, it turns out the Romans had already encountered the hipster beard:

"Barba non facit philosophum"

"A beard does not constitute a philosopher."

I'm sure many here will be saddened to hear that forumite Peter Pan died earlier this summer. While he'd not been about these parts for a while, he was a regular here in the past. Indeed he was the OP of the infamous Blokey Shed thread that still...

As promised earlier.

To mark my significant birthday last month I signed up for a ROSPA "Experienced Driver Assessment" (Here 'experienced' is used as a synonym for 'doddery old fart'). After all we do the two yearly instructor hour in...

I've been a listener of the News Quiz, the Now Show and Dead Ringers for years and have always enjoyed them. However, the last few series of Ringers and Now Show have been awful. Perhaps time for something new...or at least some fresh writing staff...

I'm not particularly interested in fishing and know very little about it, however living close to the sea fishing is giving me an excuse to be in the environment and drink it in. As far as catching fish goes I'm only interested in catching something...

Before I venture on to the car or in-car entertainment forums I thought I'd ask the question here.

My car has a 6 CD autochanger tucked away in the boot. I'd really like to be able to put a USB stick or a tablet or a retired smartphone there with...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

On 1 September 1943, Lancaster JB132 crashed in mid-air with Lancaster R5698 over High Cross in Bleasby.

JB132 was returning from a bombing raid in Berlin and was close to landing at RAF Syerston.

Just read an article in The Telegraph about McLaren F1’s new driver for 2019, 19 year old Lando Norris.

The headline of the piece is “Lando Norris: How a boy who left school without any qualifications became F1's next young star”

Apparently...

Eyedrops apparently.

A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning her husband by putting eyedrops into his water for several days....
... Prosecutors say they are now reviewing a 2016 incident, in which she shot...

Thoughtful article I thought

kinda assuming the Guardian has done their job checking said gent out of course...

A caveat (as I've stated before) - my knowledge of these things is, as I've previously stated, woeful ('O' Level (mid 1970s))

Obviously we've all heard "two stations at once" on the RT meaning that for any given frequency, only one...