Whitey Grandad

Takings plummeted when you stopped going

He's got to get near the ball first

Many years ago we were caravanning in the south of a France and in broad daylight at around 4 in the afternoon I saw what must have been a large meteor moving across the sky. It could easily have been mistaken for a burning plane.

Elvis? Lord Lucan? An honest Pompey supporter? Yes, intriguing, thanks for the link.

Very difficult to do. Every aircraft has its own unique ID for the Inmarsat system which the ping addresses and to which the addressed device replies. This is the first stage in the exchange of data to the satellite but MH370 apparently didn't go any further. Any drone would need high speed and range and under this scenario would be sacrificed in the ocean. The transponder is a different system and can be turned off in the cockpit (I believe). The transponder replies to interrogations from the secondary ground radar and replies with the 4-digit octal code (squawk number) which has been set in the cockpit by the pilots. Depending on the type of transponder other information such as altitude and speed may also be sent. This gives a more accurate reading of altitude than a primary radar would. Back in my day the system was called IFF - Identification Friend or Foe.

Everybody seems to be concentrating on the mistaken identity when the more important issue is that it shouldn't have been a red card. So it was a mistake, it happens.

The water?

With the fuel load on board? I think the 8 hours is based on this.

If the Chinese have shown satellite pictures of the current search area then they can almost certainly see Diego Garcia. These surveillance satellites are usually in a low polar orbit which means that they scan the earth in regular north-south strips.

Unless it's found in the next few weeks I doubt either it or the aircraft ever will be.

The three udders, of course

'Tis the Pompey Way.

More than one year but less than a decade. We wouldn't want to be selective, would we?

They're all sh!t so I don't get your point Actually, some are slightly less sh!t than others.

That just covers the one year. What about the previous periods?

Like!

They're lucky to get 1%. They have a secure job and many in the private sector are still getting nothing.

Isn't there supposed to be an axe locked away somewhere so that the cabin crew can hack their way in? Obviously it's in a secret location

They're not all like you. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2588284/Why-hello-bear-Friendly-animal-waves-paw-visitors-enclosure-Spanish-zoo.html

Let's not be too precious over what was said or passed on from personal contacts. It's very easy for the precise meaning to get modified or misinterpreted but what is important is the general gist of the information and I'm sure we are all grateful that anyone should take the time to pass on what they have heard.

Very true. We seem to be ok provided the other team don't score

Ta. £10 eh, do you get the book thrown in?

First I've heard. What is it?

That's why the payers have numbers on their backs. The rules were changed a few years ago to include numbers on the front of the shorts to avoid having to make the players turn round so you could see who they were.

He's a good ref, nothing to worry about.