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Exactly like the Proper Space Spitfire <link>, except is has its engine cowlings and gun access panels open, and undercarriage lowered, so all the naughty bits are clearly visible.
[marked-for-expiry], pun, echo.
Proper space Spitfire
Proper_20space_20Spitfire Blatant plagiarism. BYO silk scarf and biggles helmet. [8th of 7, Jun 27 2012]
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// so all the naught bits are clearly visible.// So this
is a digital Spitfire? And if so, where are all the 1s? |
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<forces himself to look at the undercarriage just in the spirit of scientific inquiry, of course. Wonders where they got the black fishnet stockings to fit..> |
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//black fishnet stockings to fit// |
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You speak truer than you know. During the winter of
1943 it was discovered that open-weave stockings
(and, later, custom-made bags of the same material)
were very effective "snow chains" for fighter aircraft
which had to land on iced runways. |
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//pen-weave stockings ....were very effective "snow chains" |
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Yes, but how did they know in the first place? Or maybe it is better not to know... |
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It's a safe bet to think that the idea came from someone who was educated at one of the great English Public Schools. |
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Apparently, you can learn many interesting things in such establishments ... |
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//Yes, but how did they know in the first place?// |
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The practice may have originated from motorcycle
dispatch riders who, when faced with treacherously
muddy conditions, would sometimes take a strip of
fabric and wind it around the rim of their wheel
(that is, in and out spokes). |
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