I love books Richo  Especially history books......any history books.  However I do have a passion for WW1 aircraft (not WW11). I have a bookcase of them. 

I have been collecting top  museum quality 1938 - 1976 Italian Murano glass for 25 years.  Consequently I have every book every written on the subject.

But I still like my thrillers.  Unlike history books you don't know how they will end.  LOL..  

Hi Freshwater---recent purchase from an oppo shop.

2 photographs in frames.

1-Harry Hawker and his plane on Randwick racecourse 1918.

2-German plane frorced down by aust air corp 1914. 

Had to pay $1.00 each for them...............Richo.

Morning Richo

The OH has just gone off to work I think I should go back to bed.

Have a good day.

Good morning Grandmoon.

Wait til the leaves thaw out before raking-lol.

Enjoy your day......................Richo.

What great op shop purchases, Richo. The Australian Harry Hawker who helped develop the Sopwith was one of the lucky ones who didn't actually serve in WW1.  The life expectancy for those flyers who served only averaged 6 weeks. He was killed in a crash at Hendon airfield in the UK.  I have been to the WW1 air museum at Hendon...what a wonderful experience it was. It is the airfield where the Gregory Peck movie "Twelve O'Clock High' was filmed.

Pink floyds' "Dark Side of The Moon" jangled My chain. I have an MP3 player so that I can listen to the Music I like (which is anything with strings or good vocals). We have started walking with a couple of walking groups, which gives us company as well as excercise. Also have been learning to fly a two seat Jabiru but have hit a wall with cash and regret having to stop.Officially a pensioner later this year.

😄 LG

Hi RICHO yeah good oppy buy I love anything in the way of 1920s or earlier planes and autos however do like the 1930s planes as well and grand daughter is named amelia so guess who she was named after and I had no say in that one

The early stuff has always been intreaging to me with there basic symplicity and design and wooden framing with most things being able to be repaired with a bit of fencing wire ..

Try doing that with yer you beaut modern computerised peice of garbage.. Ok showing me age now but was bit by the bug when I was 14 years old and it never dies as I am now 76 and still working on the damn things..Well the autos at least..

Hi RICHO yeah good oppy buy I love anything in the way of 1920s or earlier planes and autos however do like the 1930s planes as well and grand daughter is named amelia so guess who she was named after and I had no say in that one

The early stuff has always been intreaging to me with there basic symplicity and design and wooden framing with most things being able to be repaired with a bit of fencing wire ..

Try doing that with yer you beaut modern computerised peice of garbage.. Ok showing me age now but was bit by the bug when I was 14 years old and it never dies as I am now 76 and still working on the damn things..Well the autos at least..

OOPS  Told to post again and then it does it twice

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Hi ya jackass and all 🙂  I took my eyes off screen for a second and there you are again :^O

There's a wonderful old book shop up in Salamanca Place in Hobart, but parking is so difficult I haven't really explored it... must do so some time.

As for old planes - my father used to collect the WWI & WWII magazines on planes, I think he had the whole set but no doubt he left them to his step son, so I haven't seen them for years.

He was into Vintage cars, so that's what I grew up with, some of them were wonders to behold including a Tourquat Marie a French touring car.  It seated 12, was soft topped with a timber steering wheel I could hardly get my hands around, a crank to start her and a 6 foot long engine block... wonderful creature she was.

Ya know Heathmal, I never even thought of Pink Floyd when I chose my ID, I suppose it was somewhere in the back of my mind, but as I tend to pull things out of the empty air (brain) all I know that is what I chose 🙂

Well my small dog goes in for her operation tomorrow and I will be sooooo glad when it's over and we can begin the healing process... phew!

See ya later