Stub Mandrel Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Didn't Paul McCartney play one on 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Billy Apple said: After reading the Rose Morris article, you'd think they'd make more of all those Rickenbackers they sold to Hitler. I know. When the Nazis secretly stepped up re-armament in 1934 it was discovered that German domestic production of aluminium was insufficient to meet the Luftwaffe's needs. Increasing imports of block aluminium would have tipped off foreign intelligence services. Ernst Udet Goring's Director of Aircraft Research and Development the veteran WW1 fighter ace Ernst Udet hit upon a cunning plan to secretly acquire the aluminium necessary for air frames. Through intermediaries in Portugal, Spain and Switzerland Udet purchased 40,000 Rickenbacker Frying Pan guitars, the bodies of which were made of cast aluminium. The guitars arrived in Lisbon, Madrid and Basel and then secretly shipped to an off-the-books foundry in the Ruhr where they were melted down and recast for use as aircraft components such as fuselage longerons, ending up in Junkers bombers including the much-feared Ju87 'Stuka' dive bomber. Due to combat attrition in Spain 1937-1938 and replacement for wear and tear it is unlikely (though not impossible) that any of the Rickenbackerkampfflugzeuge (Rickenbacker war planes) flew in action during the period 1939-1940. As every schoolboy knows, the ME109E's which fought the RAF during the Battle of Britain had nothing to do with Rickenbacker, being constructed from melted-down Kramer necks. Edited August 23, 2019 by skankdelvar 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: I know. When the Nazis secretly stepped up re-armament in 1934 it was discovered that German domestic production of aluminium was insufficient to meet the Luftwaffe's needs. Increasing imports of block aluminium would have tipped off foreign intelligence services. Ernst Udet Goring's Director of Aircraft Research and Development the veteran WW1 fighter ace Ernst Udet hit upon a cunning plan to secretly acquire the aluminium necessary for air frames. Through intermediaries in Portugal, Spain and Switzerland Udet purchased 40,000 Rickenbacker Frying Pan guitars, the bodies of which were made of cast aluminium. The guitars arrived in Lisbon, Madrid and Basel and then secretly shipped to an off-the-books foundry in the Ruhr where they were melted down and recast for use as aircraft components such as fuselage longerons, ending up in Junkers bombers including the much-feared Ju87 'Stuka' dive bomber. Due to combat attrition in Spain and replacement for wear and tear it is unlikely (though not impossible) that any of the 'Rickenbacker planes' flew in action during the period 1939-1940. As every schoolboy knows, the ME109E's which fought the RAF during the Battle of Britain had nothing to do with Rickenbacker, being constructed from melted-down Kramer necks. Exactly. Rickenbackers = Junkers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Billy Apple said: After reading the Rose Morris article, you'd think they'd make more of all those Rickenbackers they sold to Hitler. You trying to merge this with my recent Off Topic post? 😀 Edited August 23, 2019 by Mykesbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) *sigh* ... ... yeah, there should be something like a 'Goodwin's Law' regarding Rickenbacker Fine Guitars up in here. Edited August 23, 2019 by Ricky 4000 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Billy Apple said: Exactly. Rickenbackers = Junkers Quite so. In 1936 Goering addressed a meeting of the Air Council, observing: 'Diese Rickenbacker-Kampfflugzeuge können nur so lange als Notlösung angesehen werden, bis das Reich die Nationen beherrscht, die von Aluminium überflutet werden. Sie sind ein bisschen scheiße, und der Mann, der die Rickenbacker Fabrik Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts leiten wird, wird ein Schweinehund sein'* (These Rickenbacker war planes can only be considered a stopgap until such time as the Reich has established dominance over those nations which enjoy a surfeit of aluminium. They are a bit stinky poo and the man who will be running the Rickenbacker factory at the end of the twentieth century will be a pig-dog). * source: William L Shirer - The Rise And Fall of the Third Reich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Billy Apple said: After reading the Rose Morris article, you'd think they'd make more of all those Rickenbackers they sold to Hitler. Beautiful. Oh..my..Godfathers.. that was beautiful. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 15 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Quite so. In 1936 Goering addressed a meeting of the Air Council, observing: 'Diese Rickenbacker-Kampfflugzeuge können nur so lange als Notlösung angesehen werden, bis das Reich die Nationen beherrscht, die von Aluminium überflutet werden. Sie sind ein bisschen scheiße, und der Mann, der die Rickenbacker Fabrik Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts leiten wird, wird ein Schweinehund sein'* (These Rickenbacker war planes can only be considered a stopgap until such time as the Reich has established dominance over those nations which enjoy a surfeit of aluminium. They are a bit stinky poo and the man who will be running the Rickenbacker factory at the end of the twentieth century will be a pig-dog). * source: William L Shirer - The Rise And Fall of the Third Reich And there we have bridge-lift explained in a nutshell. Thread/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 "If I could just get my hands on them mutha****ers" 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Billy Apple said: And there we have bridge-lift explained in a nutshell. Thread/ Bridge lift as illustrated by a lift bridge* *OK It's a bascule bridge but you know what I mean. Edited August 23, 2019 by skankdelvar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Wasn't Godwin the maker of those Guitar Organ contraptions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BreadBin Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 9 hours ago, skankdelvar said: Bridge lift as illustrated by a lift bridge* *OK It's a bascule bridge but you know what I mean. That makes it look really camp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 18 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said: "If I could just get my hands on them mutha****ers" 😀 Why is he wearing an Internal Revenue Service? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 20 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said: "If I could just get my hands on them ... Why this seeming unfinished guitar on the wall of RIC's gallery? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 18/08/2019 at 17:16, NikNik said: Wonder who owns the Shergold today ........... sorry - misread it as 'Shergar' 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Why this seeming unfinished guitar on the wall of RIC's gallery? To knock you about the head with? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 33 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Why this seeming unfinished guitar on the wall of RIC's gallery? Severe case of bridge lift... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Ricky 4000 said: To knock you about the head with? 👍 [Pedantry] With which to knock me about the head [/Pedantry] Anyway, I'd like to see him try. Take him easy. At NAMM 2017 Chris Martin IV (who's a little skinny bloke maybe 9 stone wringing wet) put him in a headlock and simultaneously gave him a wedgie. Of course, Hall went on the Rick Resource and claimed he'd won and they all went 'Woo-woo! Mr Hall, we love you, you're such a dude!' Then the pictures came out and he was reduced to saying it was just play-fighting. Another time, he got into it with teeny-tiny Susanna Hoffs out of The Bangles over a QC issue and she cleaned his clock, knocked three of his teeth out and sent him home in a f*cking ambulance. So, no. He could try and then I'd go... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: Anyway, I'd like to see him try. Take him easy. He says "If he's coming for me -- tell him he best come heavy" 😮 He's got my kids, Skank -- My kids!!! 😬 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: He's got my kids, Skank -- My kids!!! Calm down, dear. My associate @lozkerr is totally across this. She'll be coming down in a Wallis Arnold coach with her silent disco radio jammer, the cast of the Edinburgh Tattoo and a couple of tasty* Albanian geezers. The kiddie-winkies'll be home in no time. As for the other matter... * Albanian gangsters taste like smoky bacon crisps. Fact. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: a Wallis Arnold coach My apologies for the error above. This should have read: 'a Wallis Simpson coach'. 1936: Mrs Simpson and King Edward VIII prior to the abdication Edited August 24, 2019 by skankdelvar 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: My apologies for the error above. This should have read: 'a Wallis Simpson coach'. 1936: Mrs Simpson and King Edward VIII prior to the abdication Isn't it astonishing how much a certain Major James Whosisit resembles the late King? Edited August 24, 2019 by Skinnyman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: My apologies for the error above. This should have read: 'a Wallis Simpson coach'. Phew. I thought you had lost the plot for a minute... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 2 hours ago, skankdelvar said: Calm down, dear. My associate @lozkerr is totally across this. She'll be coming down in a Wallis Arnold coach with her silent disco radio jammer, the cast of the Edinburgh Tattoo and a couple of tasty* Albanian geezers. The kiddie-winkies'll be home in no time. As for the other matter... * Albanian gangsters taste like smoky bacon crisps. Fact. Oh Lord *breaks down*... Thank you, Skank, and thank you @lozkerr ... how can I ever repay you(s)?? *sob* 😔 Obviously, I could record a jaunty theme tune for each of you, on the bass? 😀 (That's a super-cool video by the way, Mr DV. 😎 Is it from the Salisbury and District Tourist Board website? ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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