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[AdamM]

and who was it? Im sure it's not a secret and is a story they've told a few times.

[Karabiner]

It was Ian McDonald, 4 or 5 years ago.

He went all-in and lost.

The very first hand, the ultimate poker bummer.

 

[tikay]

The special railway station or "halt" as TightEnd correctly described it, for Derby County?

It's still there, fact I looked at it yesterday as we passed through on the 10.04 Derby to Pancras down fast.

But it is not used these days. Probably because they moved the Stadium.

[Scottish Dave]

The special railway station or "halt" as TightEnd correctly described it, for Derby County?

It's still there, fact I looked at it yesterday as we passed through on the 10.04 Derby to Pancras down fast.

But it is not used these days. Probably because they moved the Stadium.

Are you a secret undercover 'Network Rail' Employee?

[RED-DOG]

Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.

British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrrangements were made. But when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurtled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, crashed through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cab.

Horrified Brittons sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the US scientists for suggestions.

NASA's response was just three words, "Thaw the chicken".

[tikay]

Behave Red Dog - but nice one.

Dave - me a Network Rail employee? Sadly no, my biggest regret in life, I must admit. I shall always regret not working on the Railways. It makes me feel like I have failed. (Cue post from Red-Dog - You have failed Tony...).

[ifm]

Strange you say that, there is actually a machine that fires chickens at rolls royce derby.
I once watched them fire chickens into jet engines to ensure that they could withstand birds being sucked thru them on takeoff.

Well i thought it was amusing at the time................................
Ian

[TightEnd]

Strange you say that, there is actually a machine that fires chickens at rolls royce derby.
I once watched them fire chickens into jet engines to ensure that they could withstand birds being sucked thru them on takeoff.

Well i thought it was amusing at the time................................
Ian

OK, we now have a new winner of the most surreal blondepoker thread...

all this reminds me of that summer job I had at Pork Farms in Nottingham.....

[tikay]

Ifm's post is actually true, both at Rolls Royce Derby & Hucknall.

No fun being a chicken in Derbyshire or Notts, eh?

Pork Farms? We do NOT wanna hear that one, purlease......

[ifm]

Methinks Hucknall will be closed soon, such a shame the road RR seem to be heading down.

[owner]

And this is what happens when a big bird hits a plane ...



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[tikay]

Agree Ian.

I purchased 2,000 shares in RR when they were privatised, what, 20 years ago? Today they are worth, give or take 20p, about the same as I paid for them. I keep waiting for them to go up so I can sell them, but it never happens.

[TightEnd]

what the ? what bird is that?

[tikay]

I think you mean what bird WAS that....

Wow!

[TightEnd]

Agree Ian.

I purchased 2,000 shares in RR when they were privatised, what, 20 years ago? Today they are worth, give or take 20p, about the same as I paid for them. I keep waiting for them to go up so I can sell them, but it never happens.

Now you are talking my line of business! The shares are currently 290p having risen from 70p just before this better market started in March 03. In the last few months the shares have risen in a straight line from 250p. I am not allowed to give advice but you may decode the following sentence if you wish:

Out now get can you while.