in the 80s living in berlin we used to get it all the time. Every-day the..

the soviet fighters would fly practice missions. As they broke the sound barrier there would be a deafening booming / dull thuding sound. It was terrifying at first but after a few weeks it was so common in became un-noticed.

Posted By: Dirty Delia on March 20th 2008 at 16:32:42

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Anyone hear this? (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 20, 16:19:35
- probably the MOD cadmium spraying again (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 20, 17:10:29
- There was a military aircraft mucking about over Lowestoft (General Chat) - bongo33, Mar 20, 17:04:57
  - Military aircraft DO NOT muck about (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 17:24:12
- Terror Wrists (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 20, 16:56:19
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- Sorry (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Mar 20, 16:52:12
- ...well you and Nigel Gurgingon obviously did. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 20, 16:38:13
  - yay my comment made it! (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 20, 16:38:41
- when is 12pm? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:26:50
  - midday (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 20, 16:28:05
    - Nope. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:30:36
      - So why did you ask then? (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 20, 16:31:41
        
        Genuinely wasn't sure, but I thought '12pm' didn't exist (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:32:46
        
        wiki is not necessarily correct though, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 20, 16:34:41
        
        yes, but they're right about (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:39:45
        
        tis true - I do a fair amount of scheduling in my job (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 21, 11:08:06
        
        Is 12 noon a more correct answer as would (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 20, 16:48:21
        
        Yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:50:17
        
        I feigned certainty well then... cos I was not sure as soon as I had posted... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 20, 16:33:40
      - nice. pub quiz fayre that... (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Mar 20, 16:31:27
- i reckon sonic booms from the fighter planes, going through sound barrier (n/m) (General Chat) - Dirty Delia, Mar 20, 16:26:02
  - That's been pretty much confirmed (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, Mar 20, 16:27:19
    - wahey I wasn't going crazy then. Sounded pretty loud... (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 20, 16:28:48
      - in the 80s living in berlin we used to get it all the time. Every-day the.. (General Chat) - Dirty Delia, Mar 20, 16:32:42
      - ....... (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, Mar 20, 16:29:19
- ..... (General Chat) - HairyBobbingManAss, Mar 20, 16:24:57
- a bit like that puma (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 20, 16:20:56
  - it was louder than a pooma (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 20, 16:21:21
    - Yeah. It was weird. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Mar 20, 16:23:41
      - Maybe Dawn French was running for a bus (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 20, 16:24:55

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