Jack

guys, i'd like to "pitch in" so to speak, with what i found somewhere in the past, it's not mine, but it is good reading stuff concerning SPEAKING ENGLISH........(forgive me it it's a loooong story) Speaking English We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice; yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. If the plural of man is always called men, why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet, and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth. Then one may be that, and three would be those, yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, but though we say mother, we never say methren. Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim. Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 😎 At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number. 19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? 22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt. Screwy pronunciations can mess up your mind! For example... If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree! Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, across the ages, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. That's about enough of this stuff... But wait! It's time for Violet's add-ons added-on... Can I give you a 'minute' lesson within a minute? Does it take only a 'second' to second that motion? Should a 'dwarf' dwarf the 'sound' at the sound? Would train 'conductors' ask whether microwaves or electricity make better conductors? Is it an 'offense' if I gave you a better offense? And...whether you 'kiss ass', 'kiss off', 'kiss up'...remember: "A kiss, is just a kiss..."

And history is repeating itself.... unbelievable.................

I'm sorry, but isn't this a typical "politician" statement in this forum, which wouldn't be "allowed", just to stay on the "modelling " issue.............yeah right..........

You've probably seen this one, it started somewhere in 2012, got shelved (both are 1/32 ID-models), maybe .....just maybe.....

have fun flying again, hope to be doing this again after my medical this year, but "higher forces" in the system will probably kill it because of this "cancer" stamp on it, our "FAA" is rather reluctant to issue an approval because of its "uncercainty" in being sure about an approval.....yeah right......i have been treated for prostate cancer since september last year......no problems what so ever,.....oh well .................

nope i'll be with the grandkits at disney world Paris, so take pictures if you can..........

Sincere condolences Kev........

i've gone over this decission for quite some time now, surely being influenced with feelings that go back to my own "roots" during the time of events, but i've decided to cancel my LSP membership for the time being, feeling that reality isn't going the way i could accept some issues, and more over, in real life i've encountered some real discreprancies i can no longer accept in accordance with modelling..............you might all be aware of my contempt to the russian system, and that won't change, so i think in accordance to this fact i have real issues to promote russian type of aircraft, ipso facto ....................well you do the math

.....didn't he have a beard?...... But seriously, great great looking Jug

aaaaah........i wouldn't mind a Whale in 32nd scale.........

Not wanting to hi-jack (no pun intended), but this is what Lee is talking about, it helped me a lot also:

Wishing all LSP members a very good, happy, lucky, healthy and peacefull 2024, it'll be THAT time in about five hours from now for all across the pond, but already in the past for our members in the eastern part of the globe, have a great time and great expectations for the new year!!

wow, those recce voodoo's look very promising

You know what's even better.........seeing this magnificent build realtime, i feel it was a show stopper at the Putte (BE) modelling show a the 10th of this month, amazing build and presentation, the Warthog just pointed out at ye when walking by, a real piece of art, well done Jack

Awesome video, very inspiring, thanks for showing, it was a real pleasure watching every step. Jack