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Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: Spindrift on October 05, 2012, 02:49:05 pm

Title: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Spindrift on October 05, 2012, 02:49:05 pm

I,m a banjo building,banjo playing,bonsai growing,water colour painting, classic vw owning model boat building,longboard surfer.  8)

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Big Ada on October 05, 2012, 06:07:42 pm

Go on then , show us.

Regards,

Len.

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 05, 2012, 07:38:00 pm

 
Where do you find the time?  ok2

Any clips of you on the old Banjo?

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: essex2visuvesi on October 05, 2012, 09:21:54 pm

(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/iUi7vEhN9W8/mqdefault.jpg)

:)

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Bob K on October 10, 2012, 07:22:27 pm

Another wish off my Bucket List today.  A seventy minute flight in a DH Dragon Rapide from Duxford.

When I was likkle I was fortunate to have four British European Airways commercial flights ( including from London Airport Croydon ) when Rapides were the standard for domestic routes. 
Just bringing back the memories from when air travel was both exotic and exciting.

(http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n626/bobkiralfy/DSCF0218.jpg)

These were the days when passengers were escorted from the terminal to “gate” 4, which was a real wooden gate in the 3 ft apron picket fence bearing an enamelled plate with the number four.  They still call boarding jetty tunnels “gates”.  I remember Heathrow, a field 30 miles outside London, a wooden control tower with rows of marquee’s and a long line of telephone boxes.  Traffic lights to drive across the runway.

Flight over London today.   O2 Arena
(http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n626/bobkiralfy/DSCF0241.jpg)

Ideal flying weather.  Olympic Stadium
(http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n626/bobkiralfy/DSCF0246.jpg)

Eventually the Rapides were replaced by Vickers Viscount’s, which then seemed like pressurised-hull space ships with huge oval windows.  Comfortable, but somehow the magic of air adventure was already starting to fade.
 

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Spindrift on October 21, 2012, 04:49:41 pm

Hi everyone,here l am back from wet cornwall, and in reply to Martin admin,with so many hobbies and distractions l decided to give up the one thing l could that would give me time,  going to work.And so l retired!!!.As far as the photo of the banjo n me, l will see what i can do 8)
Clive.

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Spindrift on October 21, 2012, 04:58:00 pm

To big ada, not in public (BIG BOY). {-)

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Spindrift on October 26, 2012, 04:13:03 pm

Hi all,just a quicky for martin(admin)when he asked for a pic of me with my hand built banjo,you will have to imagine the music though.
Oh and by the way the odd thing on the back of it is me. 8).
Clive.

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Geoff C on November 08, 2012, 06:01:37 pm

WOW,  That is really brilliant, so professional,very well done that man.       I'm into Cajun and Bluegrass music.  Regards Geoff.

Title: Re: Other hobbies and interests
Post by: Spindrift on November 09, 2012, 12:29:36 pm

Hi all and thanks to Geoff c for nice comment.Bluegrass is mainly what l play,but l also like to play the blues.
(To slow a banjo player down, put the music in front of him).My fave track is foggy mountain breakdown, which is
what happens to me when l cant see my model.