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- Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: PSA how to bugger your knees in 60 seconds
- Replies: 0
- Views: 54
PSA how to bugger your knees in 60 seconds
Once a day. Place a pillow or soft cushion on the floor. Stand, with your feet in line fore aft, without touching anything. Hold that for 30 seconds while looking at something fixed in front of you. Repeat with your feet switched round. Evening of the second day of this my knees were expressing seve...
- Wed Sep 04, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: A Long Day, Brothers....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 198
Re: A Long Day, Brothers....
I'm very sorry to hear that my friend. Best wishes to all.
- Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: The Scouring of the SHire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 159
Re: The Scouring of the SHire
Mordor (the south east) is a closed book to me for this holiday. We are off to Dartmoor in a week via Bath for two weeks of flinging ashes about and big family reunion, and hopefully lots of walking, and then OUR holiday starts, where we flee to Bamburgh to see what they've done to it, and we mess a...
- Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: The Scouring of the SHire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 159
Re: The Scouring of the SHire
Off to Shrewsbury today, nice pub at Cardington on the way, and then to the wildwoods of North Wales to see my sister's new studio and catch up with family. We spent most of yesterday jetlagging around Bewdley, activities somewhat curtailed because most things are no cash and I'd forgotten my card.
- Fri Aug 23, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: The Scouring of the SHire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 159
The Scouring of the SHire
On the plane over here I reread LOTR 1. The foreword was interesting, JRRT wrote the scouring of the shire very early on. Obviously it is a lament to the destruction of traditional rural life by industrialisation. So landed at Heathrow, drove out through sluff and out to Henley. Henley's noice. Then...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 9:42 pm
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Concorde adn SR-71 flying together
- Replies: 3
- Views: 156
Re: Concorde adn SR-71 flying together
Should be on the Fiction forum. Nice job, but who is taking the video?
- Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
- Replies: 117
- Views: 2853
Re: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
reddit photos of the thruster assermbly on the spaceship vs what they are testing. Also some detailed observations https://www.reddit.com/r/Starliner/comments/1eiggns/boeing_cst100_starliner_crewed_flight_test_cft/#lightbox I'd add that testing a thruster in isolation in an atmosphere will have very...
- Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:36 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Stavatti Aerospace
- Replies: 3
- Views: 155
Stavatti Aerospace
Is this a one man band/ego exercise? https://www.stavatti.com/aircrafts/sm-47-t-x/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/stavatti-air-force/ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stavatti-aerospace/people well make that 2 man band https://www.military.com/defensetech/2003/04/02/laser-rifle-design-a-hoax...
- Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:53 am
- Forum: History and Warfare
- Topic: Military training question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 223
Re: Military training question
I was in the CCF in the 70s, apart from drill and what not to do with a rifle and some familiarity with map and compass work and radio drill (for some of us) I don't think it would have accelerated the training for real Army life.
- Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: History and Warfare
- Topic: Happy Save Asians Day!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 212
Re: Happy Save Asians Day!
If you really want to think about the mentality of the Japanese military check out the Cowra POW breakout. Quite astonishing.
- Mon Aug 05, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
- Replies: 117
- Views: 2853
Re: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
Somebody elsewhere pointed out that including automatic undocking on a crewed mission introduces a new FMEA top level risk - accidental initiation of undocking. Byeeee
Re: Jokes
Couple of new events in the Olympics. Men beating up women, and Pedo plays with balls.
- Mon Aug 05, 2024 5:01 am
- Forum: The Bar
- Topic: Walking boots - growing pensioner adjacent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 99
Walking boots - growing pensioner adjacent
So 5 years back I bought some lovely Meindl boots. Absolutely fantastic. Tried to put them on yesterday. No. Or rather yes but my toes were crammed into the ends and they pressed down on the toe knuckles. I managed a 4 km stroll hoping boot would fit foot or vice versa. Swear words were aired. So to...
- Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:47 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
- Replies: 117
- Views: 2853
Re: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
I was thinking about the rather un-awesome 100000 simulations in the X post. So my guess is they can't find what is wrong with the thrusters as such, but have monte carloed lots of reentry attempts with individual thrusters randomly failing at what they have determined is a likely failure rate. My g...
- Sat Aug 03, 2024 12:34 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: ABC looks at Western Australia's grid and fails to do any math(s)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 93
ABC looks at Western Australia's grid and fails to do any math(s)
Puff piece on solar wind and battery https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/demand-for-sunlight-storage-surges-amid-transition-to-solar/104170720 Harsh reality, from opennem https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/v1722556625/tips/image_2024-08-02_095658766_ags9ln.png That is to say ...
- Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:16 am
- Forum: The Media Center
- Topic: Kleo (TV)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 110
Re: Kleo (TV)
Good oh, I'll see if that's still available.
- Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
- Replies: 117
- Views: 2853
Re: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
On the procurement side, I used to work for a defence equipment supplier. We'd underbid the original contract at say $40 ph, and then the cluey guys who wore suits would suggest upgrades or enhancements to their customers (Navy or whoever), who would agree, and then press Defence to pay for them, ef...
- Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: The Media Center
- Topic: Kleo (TV)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 110
Kleo (TV)
A cross between Killing Eve, Nikita, and The Americans. East German unofficial assassin set as the Berlin Wall comes down. It's German Netflix but there is a dubbed version, although the disparity between the subtitles and the voice track is entertaining. We've only watched one episode so far but it...
- Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Space and Technology
- Topic: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
- Replies: 117
- Views: 2853
Re: Starliner now in orbit "into August"....
" the commercial space outfit has seen death and injuries to personnel" Oh FFS, somebody got killed while in a truck. FUD.
Re: Jokes
Here' the original. Hmm, that's rather a good take on it.
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