FARK.com: (7074339) 50 years ago co-pilot Major Ron Salt helped lift the new 80-foot spire onto Coventry cathedral after it had been destroyed by the Luftwaffe. This morning he climbed back up there to check out his handiwork

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		50 years ago co-pilot Major Ron Salt helped lift the new 80-foot spire onto Coventry cathedral after it had been destroyed by the Luftwaffe. This morning he climbed back up there to check out his handiwork (bbc.co.uk)		23
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AverageAmericanGuy		2012-04-27 09:35:49 AM

Thank goodness we have the separation of Church and State over here on this side of the pond.

spentmiles		2012-04-27 09:36:31 AM

Wow, Germany has 1.5 times the GDP of the United Kingdom. Who won that war again?

four95		2012-04-27 09:38:06 AM

How about a hero tag?

numbone		2012-04-27 09:38:36 AM

"I really didn't think that it was as impressive as it is and I'm delighted to be up here [on the roof of the cathedral] and feel the wind ~~in my hair~~ on my scalp."

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Pert		2012-04-27 09:39:58 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: Thank goodness we have the separation of Church and State over here on this side of the pond.

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Pert		2012-04-27 09:42:12 AM

numbone: "I really didn't think that it was as impressive as it is and I'm delighted to be up here [on the roof of the cathedral] and feel the wind in my hair on my scalp."

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/knows what it's like to have the wind whistling through his hair

Yogimus		2012-04-27 09:43:06 AM

spentmiles: Wow, Germany has 1.5 times the GDP of the United Kingdom. Who won that war again?

Soshulizm

Maud Dib		2012-04-27 09:50:46 AM

Coventry got the crap bombed out of it in WWII.

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Frothy Panties		2012-04-27 09:55:18 AM

Yogimus: spentmiles: Wow, Germany has 1.5 times the GDP of the United Kingdom. Who won that war again?

Soshulizm

How about "thanks" to bombing raids that destroyed all the old, inefficient factories, that allowed development of new ones with a little help from the Marshall Plan?

FlashHarry		2012-04-27 10:04:30 AM

wait - germany bombed coventry in 1962? no wonder we kicked their arses in the world cup four years later!

Old_Chief_Scott		2012-04-27 10:06:29 AM

Any idea what kind of helicopter that was in TFA?

tn_prvteye		2012-04-27 10:13:41 AM

Old_Chief_Scott: Any idea what kind of helicopter that was in TFA?

Old_Chief_Scott: Any idea what kind of helicopter that was in TFA?

Bristol Belvedere

No relation to Mr.Belvedere....that I'm aware of.

cig-mkr		2012-04-27 10:17:22 AM

Wow, if I had an erection for fifty years, I would have checked a lot sooner.

LazarusLong42		2012-04-27 10:22:25 AM

Ned Henry and Verity Kindle nod in approval.

Old_Chief_Scott		2012-04-27 11:12:24 AM

tn_prvteye: Bristol Belvedere

Thanks.

_{Old H-46 crewman. I feel a need to know what all of the tandem rotor birds are.}

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm		2012-04-27 11:37:55 AM

Why wouldn't you just use a crane?

Metalupis		2012-04-27 11:40:44 AM

And they still can't figure out where the bishop's bird stump went

/slightly obscure

LazarusLong42		2012-04-27 11:46:00 AM

Metalupis: And they still can't figure out where the bishop's bird stump went

/slightly obscure

/looks up three posts

Not that obscure.

Metalupis		2012-04-27 11:50:04 AM

LazarusLong42: Metalupis: And they still can't figure out where the bishop's bird stump went

/slightly obscure

/looks up three posts

Not that obscure.

heh, missed that, I blame time lag (or that I haven't had my coffee yet)

Energy Fools The Magician		2012-04-27 12:35:38 PM

RONSALT

/got nothin'

eepapapee		2012-04-27 04:13:10 PM

I visited my Luftwaffe and BradGerlach the other day at their new apartment in the assisted care facility. They're getting pretty old, but still really with it!

LUFTWAFFE!

over_and_done		2012-04-27 06:56:57 PM

LazarusLong42: Ned Henry and Verity Kindle nod in approval.

Came here for this.

Leaving satisfied (as soon as my drop opens).

Norfolking Chance		2012-04-28 06:43:59 AM

Pert: AverageAmericanGuy: Thank goodness we have the separation of Church and State over here on this side of the pond.

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He is either being very clever and pointing out that a country with a state religion and where the head of state is the head of the religion is one of the most secular in Europe and has no need of a law to stop the crazies.

Or he is derping the place up.

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