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liveinabin

liveinabin

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FT 197 is here. Fake you own UFO photos. No timt to read the rest as I have to go to work :(
 
friday the thirteenth, pope and anti pope and the ozzard of whizz.
caspian sea anomoly, indian stone hitting festival, underwater gnome garden and a very tall chinese man.
 
Got it last night. The article about George Pyke is fantastic! We could do with a few more blokes like him I reckon.

The "Fake Your Own UFOs" piece might lead to an interesting summer project for me....
 
The article about Pyke was excellent.

In the letters page there was a letter by someone who claimed to have seen some weird alien device go past on the back of a truck, but all of his neighbours denied seeing it.
I'm sure I've seen that story somewhere before. :?

The Fake your own UFO was fun but we could have done with a couple more piccies and fewer words.
 
A day after the intial post and it still isn't here. The post around here is appalling.
 
Blimey, I appear to have got this issue relatively swiftly (three cheers for my local newsagent!). I'm not impressed by the 'Fake Your Own UFO Photos' article as, IMO, only the one on p.43 comes close to what Meier 'captured' but Friswell seemingly forgot about the reflections in the water... Very interesting sidebar on the Stephen Darbishire pic, though...
 
Timble said:
In the letters page there was a letter by someone who claimed to have seen some weird alien device go past on the back of a truck, but all of his neighbours denied seeing it.
I'm sure I've seen that story somewhere before. :?
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Are you thinking of the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania incident?

These few witnesses were quickly whisked away when discovered by Military personnel. Later that night, witnesses claimed that they observed a flatbed truck toting a large object, covered by a tarpaulin. Shortly after the departure of the flatbed, many of the Military personnel vacated the search area. Could this have been a craft from another world being taken down our highways?

http://ufocasebook.com/Kecksburg.html
 
richajc said:
Timble said:
In the letters page there was a letter by someone who claimed to have seen some weird alien device go past on the back of a truck, but all of his neighbours denied seeing it.
I'm sure I've seen that story somewhere before. :?
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Are you thinking of the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania incident?
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No, definitely a story about a big weird, whatnot on the back of of a truck being driven down a ordinary road, that only the reporter, but none of his neighbours saw.
 
I liked the bit about the square, triangular, and thunderbird-2-ular fighter planes (can't remember exactly where).

Reviews interesting and may prompt me to buy some kind of book for once.

Pyke article is brilliant, even more interesting than the Lawsonomy one (Pyke at least at a basis in reality).

Fake yr own UFOs article not fabulous, they don't even look much alike to Meier's ones. Perhaps the skeptics are trying to get it dead on and that is why they're taking so much time?

Haven't read the other article.

The protracted interview was a bit boring as I don't know who the bloke was.

Like snake with thousands of little legs.

Rather good, overall.
 
And an interesting advert in the back - about a phantom road in white city!
 
Mine was definitely delivered by the milkman!!!

I thought it was a weird fluke last time but theres no doubting it ;)
 
razorblimp said:
A day after the intial post and it still isn't here. The post around here is appalling.
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Same here. Out of the last five issues only one made it through the post. I seem to spend more and more time sorting through other people's mail and dealing with reminders for bills that never arrived.
 
I admit, I was intrigued by the 'Phantom Road' advert too. I wish the passenger would post on the IHTM to give us the full story.
 
bigphoot said:
razorblimp said:
A day after the intial post and it still isn't here. The post around here is appalling.
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Same here. Out of the last five issues only one made it through the post. I seem to spend more and more time sorting through other people's mail and dealing with reminders for bills that never arrived.
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I don't suppose you live in the Lincolnshire region as well? The postman generally arrives around three-ish (in the afternoon), so I've got to wait until then to realise my mag hasn't arrived again.
 
bigphoot said:
Same here. Out of the last five issues only one made it through the post.
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It should be a fortean topic in and of itself -- disappearing FT subscriptions.

After years of blissful and uneventful home delivery, I've had to call the subscription department about the last two issues and have them re-send them as, apparently, they were lifted by a sticky-fingered postal carrier (it's the best explanation that I've been able to come up with, at any rate, as I was assured by the helpful people down at the subscription department that they had been sent.) If the next issue disappears on me, I'll be absolutely convinced of it.

I know the issue has been raised before but is there anyway we can get a grassroots movement to get FT sent out in the featureless paper bags? Just as a social experiment, it would be interesting to see if this cut down on the phenomenon of missing issues.

Polterdog.
 
Polterdog said:
I know the issue has been raised before but is there anyway we can get a grassroots movement to get FT sent out in the featureless paper bags? Just as a social experiment, it would be interesting to see if this cut down on the phenomenon of missing issues.
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I agree.

If people's FTs don't arrive or you support the use of a plain brown envelope (like more specialist magazines so I'm told) then post over in the "subscription problems" thread:

www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14087

It allows us to collect all the data together in one place (so The Management can get an idea of the problem) and keeps the issue thread focused on its contents - everyone wins :)
 
Sir,


Can we check out the quality of the ad's?
The t-shirt company that is on the page before the letters has a t-shirt that has a Little Britain catch phrase as a slogan. It says:


321 Your back in the room.

Should that not be You're?

Yours
Mrs A Pedant
Tunbridge Wells
 
I might like to add a hyphen or even an ellipsis between the numerals and "You're"

A. Nitpicker Esq.
 
liveinabin said:
Sir,


Can we check out the quality of the ad's?
The t-shirt company that is on the page before the letters has a t-shirt that has a Little Britain catch phrase as a slogan. It says:


321 Your back in the room.

Should that not be You're?

Yours
Mrs A Pedant
Tunbridge Wells
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Look into my eyes
Look into my eyes
You will ignore the incorrect punctuation.......
 
I've got to say that Hunt Emerson has shown he has balls this month. :)

Please people if you have subs problems post on the relevant thread. If they're posted on here it breaks the flow of the thread which should be about the mag itself.
 
I'm making Pycrete this week and testing it against ice controls.
Does anybody know if wood pulp is the same as sawdust?
Will I have to use liquidised newspaper or will sawdust do?
 
depends how pulped you want it, i guess. You could try doing variations, both of them for instance, and strips of newspaper, thread etc.
 
Got my issue about three days after my initial moan.
I'm making Pycrete this week and testing it against ice controls.
Does anybody know if wood pulp is the same as sawdust?
Will I have to use liquidised newspaper or will sawdust do?
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I dunno, but I'm going to have fun experimenting and then explaining it to the missus!

I thought the interview with Brian Appleyard was extremely interesting and will probably buy the book, despite my lack of interest in aliens.
 
White City

Anybody have any theories relating to the bizarre 1/4 page "White City" red advert within the Classified Ads?

Is there a joke or profoundity I am missing? What am I to make of it? A loon with too much money? Who is Mr Schubert (or is it Mrs Chubert?)?

Questions, question... and a quick Google has not revealed anything...
 
My guess is that the ad. could just be an author's or publisher's appeal for IHTM type stories of time slips or parallel universes. Or it's a teaser for some such compilation, details of which would go to anyone who replies.

It is weirdly specific, though and I'd have expected a website. Despite its eye-catching nature, I hadn't actually noticed it until I read Bilderberger's post. :confused:
 
"Charge for Global Freezing"?

Perhaps someone should email them and get them to post their experience here.
 
Caroline said:
I've got to say that Hunt Emerson has shown he has balls this month. :)
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in which? sorry but im being mr thicky atm

(yep my issue came this morning :D )
 
Emperor said:
"Charge for Global Freezing"?

Perhaps someone should email them and get them to post their experience here.
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Indeed - only one way to find out...

If I discover anything worth knowing - I'll pass it on.

(I appreciate the diagrammatic representation of the difference between "street" and "no street" - really brings the experience to life!)
 
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