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hotchpotch n. medley; dish of many ingredients

. . . and that's what this page is all about. Tell us about anything else at all of general interest and amusement - as long as it's decent and inoffensive!

Share something of your other interests and hobbies or those of your family, be they amateur dramatics, arts and crafts, gardening, horse-riding, model railways,  pets, photography or whatever. Let's see the new baby, hear about your kids, your spouse, partner or girl/boy friend and their achievements, the new house, etc., etc. From Academic to Zany, it's all welcome on this page (subject to the discretion of the editor)!

 

In order to do justice to some of the photographs that appear on this page from time to time, some of the images may require scrolling to view them and may also take a little longer to download.

 

 . . . to Pete Nicholls on gaining his BMFA 'A' Certificate on New Year's Day and Tim Carman for following suit on 6th January.
 . . . to Chris Haynes on getting a 'Yes' from Mo!

All these lucky lads fly with Test Valley Model Flying Club, Andover, UK.

 

On this page of #51, I put up a couple of pictures sent to me from the Czech Republic and which I attributed to Obec Klenci. I actually did think the building featured here looked rather similar to one I had previously seen in a communication from Zdenek Drbal, but as the e-mail was not in English and had come from an unfamiliar e-mail address, I assumed it had come from a different source. I was wrong! It did, in fact, come from Zdenek and Obec Klenci was the location of the picture (Klenci Town Hall) and not the sender's name! Sorry, Zdenek - thanks for the picture and it was nice to be in touch once more.

Also referred to in Zdenek's item last time was a URL for an anti-virus detection and repair program (AVG), which I passed on for the benefit of others who might be reading ModelFlight from Zdenek's part of the world. Barry Slater has now kindly been in touch to point out that full details in English on this AVG software can be found at www.grisoft.com - Barry says the program is free, unobtrusive and effective. 

 

hornet.jpg (28075 bytes) Click this thumbnail image for an enlarged view of this Hornet breaking the sound barrier - original photo by Ensign John Gay, sent by Phil Hayward.

 

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Two brilliant pictures from Norm Kirton in Western Australia- click these thumbnails to enjoy them to the full!

The picture on the right is one of those that leaves you longing for more information - details of that little toddler and his intriguing bike, what is actually going on, etc., etc! 

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. . . and another nice one from Norm . . .

"As Virgin are making inroads into the Australian Airline industry since Ansett's collapse late last year they are currently offering fares as low as AUS$5 for flights from Melbourne to 5 major city destinations (Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and Brisbane but not Perth).

Today I received an amusing pic regarding a new airline in opposition to Virgin. Thought you might like it, it tickled my fancy."


 

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