England - South East, United Kingdom
Member Since: September 11, 2002
entire network: 1,933 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 07:35 AM UTC
North Carolina, United States
Member Since: March 30, 2004
entire network: 938 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 07:43 AM UTC
The origin of Murphy's Law : "In the beginning there was nothing- which exploded"
"No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway."
"Why, They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
(purported last words of Gen John B. Sedgwick, ca.1864)
England - South West, United Kingdom
Member Since: August 07, 2004
entire network: 6,391 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 09:09 AM UTC
The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...
Iowa, United States
Member Since: November 19, 2004
entire network: 576 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 09:11 AM UTC

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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Member Since: June 07, 2002
entire network: 8,797 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 09:13 AM UTC
Greetz Robert "FAUST" Blokker
"Wees niet onverstandig, haastig of voortvarend; alles sal regkom, as ons almal ons plig doen".
FUTBOL KAVGADIR!!!!!!!
New York, United States
Member Since: January 29, 2004
entire network: 3,836 Posts
KitMaker Network: 1,121 Posts
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 09:37 AM UTC
It feels like bible camp…Only I’m not crying pretending I’m somewhere else.
Happy Modeling
Joe
Utrecht, Netherlands
Member Since: October 04, 2004
entire network: 386 Posts
KitMaker Network: 0 Posts
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:56 AM UTC
Happy birthday,
Greetz Rob!
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!"
(Winston Churchill)
Grumpyoldman
ConsigliereFlorida, United States
Member Since: October 17, 2003
entire network: 15,338 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 11:03 AM UTC
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
betheyn
Senior Editor
#019
England - South East, United Kingdom
Member Since: October 14, 2004
entire network: 4,560 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 11:11 AM UTC
It's not the same, better, but not the same...

#037
California, United States
Member Since: December 19, 2004
entire network: 2,870 Posts
KitMaker Network: 1,044 Posts
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 05:20 PM UTC
"It's not where you start.It's where you finish"-Model On!!!!
"I just drank what?"-Socrates
If the enemy is in range, so are you.......
'Impossible' means you haven't thought of the solution yet........
Washington, United States
Member Since: September 03, 2004
entire network: 1,185 Posts
KitMaker Network: 224 Posts
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 06:33 PM UTC
Yo John -
Have yourself a "happy" one, or two, or three, or more. Sure takes longer to recover from birthdays now then back in those younger days. I beat ya by just a bit. I had my 54th on 10 January and forgot about it already.
Blade48mrd
"With your shield or dead upon it!"
Washington, United States
Member Since: February 11, 2003
entire network: 702 Posts
KitMaker Network: 0 Posts
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 06:41 PM UTC
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Queensland, Australia
Member Since: October 07, 2002
entire network: 3,856 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 06:47 PM UTC
greetings and all the best for your birthday
England - South East, United Kingdom
Member Since: January 11, 2003
entire network: 4,307 Posts
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2005 - 07:17 PM UTC
Happy Birthday John.
I got just a couple of weeks till I hit 49, one more after that I'm gonna start counting back the other way! LOL
Bulldog#3
Grumpy Old Modeller No1
Growing old disgracefully!
New Jersey, United States
Member Since: June 18, 2003
entire network: 1,876 Posts
KitMaker Network: 626 Posts
Posted: Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:47 AM UTC
A hardy Happy Birthday to ya!
Why not make the whole plane out of the same material the blackbox is made from?
Oregon, United States
Member Since: November 24, 2003
entire network: 1,969 Posts
KitMaker Network: 0 Posts
Posted: Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 01:27 AM UTC
Careful there John your catching up with me, ya got 1 year to go!
Happy birthday to you mate!
All the best,
Garry
England - South East, United Kingdom
Member Since: September 11, 2002
entire network: 1,933 Posts
KitMaker Network: 814 Posts
Posted: Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 07:02 AM UTC
Im either blushing or my blood pressures gone up through all those cyber beers. :-)
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Member Since: June 29, 2004
entire network: 6,760 Posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 02:45 AM UTC
Happy birthday John.
Cheers
On the workbench:
MPC: 1972 Pontiac GTO
Revell: 1965 Mustang
Verlinden 120mm guard of the marine.
Revell: 2010 Camaro
Monogram: 1931 Rolls Royce
Italeri: LVT2 Amtrac
Florida, United States
Member Since: January 19, 2003
entire network: 322 Posts
KitMaker Network: 0 Posts
Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 04:50 AM UTC
Pig # 97
AF logistics minister of
Der Sonntag Bund
Connecticut, United States
Member Since: October 22, 2003
entire network: 355 Posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 05:00 AM UTC
Visayas, Philippines
Member Since: October 05, 2003
entire network: 1,008 Posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 06:45 AM UTC
Happy Birthday John!
England - South East, United Kingdom
Member Since: September 11, 2002
entire network: 1,933 Posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 07:30 AM UTC
My boy baught me an interesting book Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur, chapters of commentary by service men and women on all fronts of their observations and personal experiences.