I'm a bit of an anorak when it comes to WW2 aviation.
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British R.A.F. pilots held the Poles in high regard for their bravery and were taken back by their passionate hatred of the Germans.

Was your Grandad a fighter pilot, or ground crew?

nah he was a navigator, he didn't see much action he was mainly recon in the atlantic I think. But he had an emergency landing where the impact made him bite down and get his teeth embedded in his tongue

I hope you're proud of him Molecules.

And he flew the Arctic Circle or something didn't he? I think the certificate's lying around the house still isn't it?

indeed we are, classic clip btw

I think that was just a squadron tradition, you got a joke certificate signed by Neptune when you crossed the circle. Huh, whaddya know here it is. Exactly the same except his has a plane on it

Molecules wins thread, possibly forum. Time to close up shop methinks.

1. I've never owned a pair of jeans. I plan to change that in the near future.
2. Despite the fact I'm a programmer (meaning maths is my bible), my other real passion is languages. I've studied French and Latin, and I'm learning Russian at the moment.
3. In high school I won awards in French speaking competitions and an examiner native to France couldn't believe I hadn't lived there before.
4. I hate offending people. And so while my sense of humour can often be quite dark/sarcastic, I'm too nice to express it usually.
5. I try to remember everything and I feel as if I'm failing myself when I forget things. Makes it annoying when I'm watching a show or reading a book and I try to absorb every detail as if I were studying it.
6. Nostalgia tortures me.
7. I don't have an easily discernible accent - my original Australian accent and the NZ influence have sort of nullified each other.
8. I'm often content to be alone. Having said that, I wouldn't say I'm anti-social - I simply don't make much of an effort to entertain others.
9. I'm a laughably bad artist.
10. I used to undercut the canteen by selling coca cola and sweets at high school. My brother carried on my legacy after I left.
11. It has always been a bit of a running joke that I'm Jewish in my ways whether it's schoolmates who would jestingly call me Jewish for my business activities, financial frugality or appearance at various points in time, or older people who would sincerely ask if I am Jewish. My best mate's grandmother would always ask him "Where's the Jewish boy?". Icing on the cake.
12. I believe I have breathing problems caused by having a sunken chest. While the doctors agree, they don't think it's serious enough to warrant surgery.
13. I once had a bit of a nets session with an old-time cricketer who knew Terry Jenner (Shane Warne's spin coach), and he said that I had more potential as a wrist spinner than anyone he'd seen in 20 years.
14. I'm short (about 160 cm).
15. I was a bit of a pyromaniac as a kid - I'd build these elaborate huts out of fence pailings and set them on fire.
16. I can be pretty damn indecisive at times.
17. When I was a kid, I would study of my own volition... my parents became worried because I would skip dinner and study right through it.
18. I honestly can't remember the last time I was truly angry. It's as if I've forgotten how, or I just don't have the energy.
19. I don't wear a watch because it feels like too much of an impediment when I'd prefer to be jewellery/bling free. It was a long time before I was able to force myself to wear even a lightweight chain necklace. Mind you, ever since I bought one in Australia three years ago, I've worn it every day.
20. I have a black belt in karate... too bad karate is rather useless on the scale of things.
21. I've never understood racism. I'm certainly not PC or prudish so I have no problem with facetiousness regarding racial stereotypes etc. But racism just doesn't compute.
22. Despite working since I was 14, I'm still a lazy bastard.
23. I had a strong link with my old cat. Just by looking at her, she knew what I was trying to communicate whether I was beckoning her, indicating something across the room, warning her not to do something, or telling her to go outside. Sadly she died a couple of years ago and while our new cat is cool, he has no sense of communication.
24. With its large population of attractive Asian girls, I think Auckland is the place for me to be. :D
25. I should be working at the moment.

Jeans are the only pants I wear. All the pants I wear in public are jeans. Expensive jeans, too. It's strange that jeans, pants made for not very rich people (from what I'd think about olden days) when they were first made, are now some of the most expensive clothing items you can get now. Thought they do look nice and are good for work if you get some destroyed jeans. If you don't mind stains, that is.

Yeah.

Yeah, srsly. How people can afford to pay $60+ for a pair of jeans is beyond me. I mean, obviously they can do it, but...

The most I've ever spent on a pair of jeans is $30.

wow, lots more people responded to this seriously than i originally thought...

not too much horribly embarrassing stuff though. good o.