Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

There was a measure of poetic justice in Thursday’s news that Steve Bannon, the populist political guru who charted President T’s rise to power, was arrested on a yacht on Long Island Sound and charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of Mr. T’s supporters.
The pitch was like a twisted version of the 19th-century campaign to build a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty with small donations from individual Americans: This time, the American people would fund a wall along the southern border of the United States.

Jail time

Chinese-owned yacht too, which is embarassing since he encouraged Trump to have a trade war with China.

For those who have visited the UK or Sth Africa and seen the yellow AA (Automobile Association) cars, they are that colour because the founding president of the AA, was Hugh Lowther the 5th Earl Of Lonsdale and that yellow was his favourite colour so they adopted that as their livery. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale - Wikipedia

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

For those who have visited the UK or Sth Africa and seen the yellow AA (Automobile Association) cars, they are that colour because the founding president of the AA, was Hugh Lowther the 5th Earl Of Lonsdale and that yellow was his favourite colour so they adopted that as their livery. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale - Wikipedia

RAA here has kept the Yellow over the years so I can only presume it followed the trend. The radiator badges seemed to change aprox. every 5-10 years The 1904 badge was quite detailed & was a club badge & used on Notepaper & Lapels but the first Car Mounted badge was 1909.

1950 to '59 had a type of yellow background, was Oval, bit fancier. I have a cast 1929 designed in 1928, bolt on badge which was the first to use the word ROYAL & the Crown. This one is firmly attached to my S2A. No. R9962 so reasonably early. I actually picked this one up from a Scout "Bobs for Jobs" shed clean out yonks ago. The olde bloke told me to keep it as he had sold his car due to his elderly age.

Today's badge I believe is like the British AA ie. yellow on silver metal & quite plain. The latest I have seen was introduced in 1974. Yellow on Silver with AA with a small crown placed at the top. It may have changed in the interim.


But does it follow the RAC is Blue & white for whatever reason?

I guess the reason for the height of some ships is obvious. Don't blame the Navy this time

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I guess the reason for the height of some ships is obvious. Don't blame the Navy this time

Go on James, tell me it didn't try to pass through? Camera angles confused or trying it at High Water? Maybe the image is missing some bits?

Ah gottit now, that is HMS Belfast with it's long gangway at it's mooring in the Pool of London


It is said the Tower Bridge is"Built like a Battleship" with heavy square steel Frames inside the towers. but I doubt it would have won this time.

Sets of the famous Qantas business-class pyjamas — the stars of many Instagram posts — were being sold off for $25 a pop.
After almost six months without flying, Qantas's stockpile of "business class amenity kits", which include Tim Tams and travel-size skincare products, had grown too big. It needed to offload.



PS -Just once on a short flight from Sydney to Melbourne I was moved to Business class

Add you can use Frequent Flyer points if interested QANTAS PJ’S HOME DELIVERED TO HELP BOOST LOCKDOWN MORALE

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Sets of the famous Qantas business-class pyjamas — the stars of many Instagram posts — were being sold off for $25 a pop.
After almost six months without flying, Qantas's stockpile of "business class amenity kits", which include Tim Tams and travel-size skincare products, had grown too big. It needed to offload.



PS -Just once on a short flight from Sydney to Melbourne I was moved to Business class

Add you can use Frequent Flyer points if interested QANTAS PJ’S HOME DELIVERED TO HELP BOOST LOCKDOWN MORALE

Just once on a longish flight from Singas to Adelaide we were moved to 1st Class on BA. It was crap & felt it was better in Business from whence we had been removed. Wouldn't ever bother again goodies or no Goodies.

Air France is the best we have used. In every way.