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Welcome to the new Help and Advice forum. You'll probably spot that many of the posts were in Non-Aviation, and some may spot that the politically leaning threads are no more.

The Code of Conduct remains the same…

Be nice, considerate and...

The Help and Advice forum has now existed with its current title for a little over six months. There is some fantastic help and advice given that really shows the collective knowledge of the forum and its members at its best. There do, however,...

I am always amused by corrections to grammar, apostrophe abuse, spelling, use of acronyms and phraseology which is weird as I left school at 16 so have no English mastery whatsoever.
However, it has occurred to me in aviation that some errors are...

Not so much a thought experiment as a peek into the future.

Assuming that there's no useful vaccine, what's the exit strategy from this Covid mess for families, the economy, society, education, government... everything?

My 3 kids play, basically I’m a “hockey dad”…6 days out of 7 are hockey related.

I know it’s not a popular sport - it’s too feckin complicated.

Just curious if anyone else around here is into the sport, or I’m an “n of 1” in the parish.

Kinda...

A genuine question, not merely speculative.

On the stretch of the M25 near me there has been a 50 mph speed limit imposed for at least 2 months, even though there are no roadworks, there has been light traffic and the weather conditions have been...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

I don't have much hope, however no harm in asking.

I subscribe to OS Maps and run the app on my Samsung S22. It over reads by 10% plus on mileage covered.

Whilst it is easy to assume it is all down to the phone's GPS, peculiarly when I record the...

Just seen some of this as it delayed the news half an hour. I can hardly contain my overpowering indifference :roll:

Tragic loss of life especially after all he's been through after last two years.

But are the Italians serious in thinking survivors may be alive in air pockets after over three days? :(

I read this with interest and I'll certainly try and see Ocean

Like many on hear I suspect, Attenborough has been a significant part of my education throughout my life. I also remember Cousteau, serious pioneers of getting people to think about...

Hi all,

They always seem to be in the middle of fields or ludicrously out in the open.

I’ve presumed that either the landscapes have changed since WW2 and they used to be in hedgerows, or they were diversions to draw fire away from the actual...

I'm going to be in Italy for an extended, and indefinite, trip in the autumn -- and my insurance only gives me 35 days extendable to 90, which won't be enough. Has anyone got any recommendations for providers who offer annual EU cover (Sterling and...

Just seeing that 50million people affected by power outages in Spain and Portugal over the weekend. Absolutely no electricity. We reply on Electricity for so much in our lives.

Various theories.... everything from Russian/Chinese hacking to solar...

…. until 2026.
How sad that a premier (albeit ex UK) manufacturer with its long history have more or less given up on the UK for now.

At least you now own a piece of history @RobP
:wink:

So after a break of nearly a year I have found another Nissan leaf to soothe my needs to drive an EV.

But things have changed a bit on the charging front !

No longer does my Ecotricity electric highway card work in the machines at the motorway...

For quite a while now we have been receiving junk phone calls, not from e-on (our provider), saying "your electricity meter life expired so please choose a date for a smart meter to replace it" (present meter is not smart). Today we...

...with the family and friends of the victim."

Police statements about murders and such always contain this phrase.
I find it enormously irritating. It's trite and sickly, and in any case I'd very much prefer it if their thoughts were very...

Topics on the new Pope merged. You’ll find it in the Politics area!

I've got a friend who is clearing a relative's house.
They've got lots of retro technology from ~ 1970s/80/90s - from 4 track cassette players, through to Mac Classic computers. We suspect being deliberately collected, rather than just "old...

I binned my Flyer club membership a couple of months ago principally because trying to log in on any device was a complete pain in the ar se; but also as an ex-pilot none of the freebee landings, seminars on how to maintain my ragwing, reports of...

I have used skype for years to send SMS messages and make voice calls when out of the UK/EU without voice roaming, especially to institutions such as banks that don't do Whatsapp.

I've managed to transfer my existing credit to Microsoft teams to...

Been here on and off since 2003 or so and got to wondering whatever happened to:

Adam
Rupert
Pilot H
Scuderia
…amongst others?

Amazing (or frightening) how some names still remain. Any other regular posters back then no longer posting?

I still...

Right, so - my house here in Belgium is from the early 1950s.

Concrete was still a bit scarce after the war, so the ground floor at my place has half concrete floors & half wooden floors, latter supported by rafters (for lack of a better...

Is the concept of net zero now deader than the dodo ?

Did a brief search but only found Milty to have posted a Christmas rhyme about it. ChatGPT is the most advanced ChatBot in the world, made by openAI - Anyway google or try it yourself and let it learn from your data and extract your soul...

Hello people, does anyone out there know anything about this place? I live really close (relatively anyway) and would like to make contact with whoever owns/runs the place as my dream is to hangar there one day.
I'm sure some of you have this...

It’s chocolate side down…

The high-res image is quite stunning…

Navigo is the App for buying Paris transport tickets. I was 'lucky' enough to find its bug. If you buy a day, week, month ticket in advance, you are given the usual sort of calendar to tap 'start date', which you can then check before pressing pay....

Hi all, after a bit of advice.

When I run Skydemon, my iPhone battery drains in a matter of a couple of hours. I’ve done all the usual things, such as turning down screen brightness, disabling apps from updating etc, but still the same.

I have a...

We are in a village oil club.

they run country wide, you register on the oil club website.

Just got an email, this week’s price.

49p a litre.

I’m pretty sure others here are on oil, just thought I’d mention it, I’ve not seen oil that cheap...

Cambridge (x2)

Always gives me a buzz…. :wink:

Anyone any experience of using these apparently handy and useful tools ?

Following on from comments on Val Kilmer obit thread & The Doors…

Which musicians/groups “seemed to be everywhere” but everyone has forgotten about.

I’ll start with Nana Mouskouri. Only cos I had no clue she was proficient in singing in German...

Well I did say i reserved the right to post in this forum!

The 21st century has caught up with rural Norfolk and now my 'landline' is no more. Everything come through the spiffy new router they sent me if you dial the 01842 number.

But

I have a...

Well having scrapped our West Country escape, and looking at the forecast, I am guessing there will be lots of tele-watching in our house over the next two weeks.

Our preference is for serial scandi noir - there was a thread in which The Valhalla...

Another canal breach has occurred, this time on the Macclesfield Canal above Bosley Locks.

No work has been done towards repairing the massive breach on the Bridgewater Canal at Dunham Massey that failed in the early hours of New Year's day. The...

Two days earlier than last year. Always makes the hair on my neck stand up when they arrive and means I'll be less grumpy for a few months :D

No, not our Iceman.

Th'other one.

…except, there is this bloke on social media who is *absolutely killing it*.

I’ve no idea where he gets all the reels from, but every day there’s a few minutes of “blast from the past” which is utterly glorious for a British car & nostalgia...

Not my bag, but it occurs to me that

AV 18 TOR

Will be valid next year..... how much woul that be worth and is anyone tempted?

Does anyone know how to set Google Maps to track up? I can’t drive the other way!

Yes, if you’re reading past the first sentence or so - you ARE a window geek.

I’ve just arrived at an old townhouse hotel on Corstorphine Road in Edinburgh. Inbound is too late to go any further, so I always book a room in an old building with...

ESA’s Euclid space telescope spotted twenty six million galaxies in one week in a relatively small area the first survey of its data shows. Difficult to get one’s head around the magnitude of what’s out there and how utterly insignificant we are...

With the many police programmes being shown on TV it can't have missed your attention that the drink/drive limit is 35 micrograms per 100ml of breath, however there is a lower limit which applies if you are a pilot, an air traffic controller or a...

A while ago I splashed out £££ on Channel 4 Plus to get rid of the eeennnndddlllleeesss inane adverts on Walter Presents (I do enjoy his foreign crime dramas etc), but I don't think I have watched a _single_ episode of anything that doesn't start...

I have an old iPad mini with what seems to be a 7.9 inch screen measured down the centre of its longer dimension.

It stopped updating at iOS 15.8.3 . It’s not a major issue as dear old Tim still supports SkyDemon on it but other things are...

Many thanks to the long suffering admin team for speedy Spam elimination. I hope a prevention strategy rather than cure might be in the works?