Advertising Last completed movie pages Ford D-Series Mobile Boarding StairsClass: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2020-02-11 09:55 |
![[Image: unknowntruckstairsi1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/26849/unknowntruckstairsi1.jpg) |
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◊ 2020-02-11 10:05 |
Under the mad step bodywork I think it is a Ford D Series. Back of cab match and crucially it has D Series tail lights with the Ford script. Neat touch having the stewardess uniforms match truck colour ! -- Last edit: 2020-02-11 10:09:00 |
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◊ 2020-02-11 13:14 |
Excellent assumption. .gif ":)") ![[Image: ford.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/5605/ford.1.jpg) (from Link to "www.clc.gov.sg" ) |
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◊ 2020-02-11 13:41 |
Dear English native speaers and speakerettes, is "Mobile Airplane Stairs" actually spoken English? Just wondering, because it sounds to me like a 10-year old might call it and I would have expected something like "Mobile Jet Bridge" or "Mobile Gangway" or "Mobile Boarding Stairs" or "Mobile Airplane Staircase" to be a more common term. #linguisticallyinterested |
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◊ 2020-02-11 13:54 |
My view of the word “airplane” is similar to my view of “train station”, both are not things which I say. Aircraft, and railway station, but I am aware of greater and greater encroachment of these modern words. Their use, while a mild annoyance, is nowhere near to the aggravation which the sloppy and inaccurate use of “carbon emissions” in respect of global warming causes. The gas causing the greenhouse effect is carbon dioxide. When I hear of carbon being emitted it puts me in mind of a bloke standing on top of the Shard, with a big bag of soot, and some diamonds, chucking them at Londoners passing below, and by so doing, causing their temperatures to rise. It is probably necessary that I add that in no way do I suggest how anyone else should write or speak English. My accent is quite strong and representative of the part of Staffordshire in which I spent my childhood, I am proud to sound that way, and shall remain so, hopefully for a long time yet. -- Last edit: 2020-02-11 14:22:13 |
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◊ 2020-02-11 14:17 |
They just seem to be called 'Passenger Steps' .![[Image: groundequipment-edghill-1968-72673.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3808/groundequipment-edghill-1968-72673.jpg) |
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◊ 2020-02-11 14:26 |
The Ford D behind is interesting as it is a half cab , at first I thought it was an open cab ! |
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◊ 2020-02-11 19:25 |
Hey, I'm not a 10-year old  I had no idea how to call it, so I called it just like how most of them are listed: /v788898.html /v173689.html /v761740.html etc Good thinking, JCB and great find |
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◊ 2020-02-11 20:07 |
No no, s13a, I certainly wasn't questioning or ridiculing your decision to call it that! (but I like your reaction, as a bit of self-mockery is way too underrated on this site IMO ) These staircases have been on my "interesting" list for quite a while now and many of them are listed that way - don't know who started this. I'm just curious and always on a mission to find the best possible description to attract searchers from outside (I mean these, not these). On a related note, thanks to JCB for the info and to John for an interesting and elaborate ̶r̶̶a̶̶n̶̶t̶ reply answering various questions except for the one I asked.  Feel free to add your opinion, too. This page may be used for reference when researching more of these vehicles in the future. -- Last edit: 2020-02-11 20:17:36 |
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◊ 2020-02-11 20:15 |
Thanks, it’s what I do! Due to the almost complete absence of anything I recognise these days, I have to talk about something. -- Last edit: 2020-02-11 20:22:07 |
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