History, Politics And Current Affairs

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Liver renowned for rebuilding itself, kidneys not so. But, you're walking proof they do, with time, improve..

City of Fresno #95 I was still puzzling over the existence of these 'undocumented' cargo pods when a terse reply came through from Lieutenant Richards. "Please wait there: Team due in ten minutes." They arrived in eight. Lt. Richards led the way down the docking leg, closely followed by tw...

Um, didn't the USSR fit extra-extra wide tracks to some T-34 tanks to better cross snow and soft ground ? IIRC, some Panzers got a similar treatment but too little, too late, yet again, yet again... ( Not just 'transport' vs 'combat' width, but wider... ) FWIW, kinfolk near Oban in W. Scotland repor...

FWIW, perhaps more applicable to eg semi-portable and 'skid' generators etc that, for *reasons* do not run on diesel...

Regarding the Wankel, wasn't there a recent sorta-variant that was 'Inside Out' and lacked the tip-seal / lube issues of a 'trad' Wankel ??

Italy... Aaah... Our route came through Austria, cut across the corner of Italy into Yugo-land. We'd stop for snacks --Bread rolls & cheese-- and, yes, fresh pizza. I can honestly claim that even that short run on Italian roads was scarier than anything Yugo-land drivers or commuting Turks could...

Tangential, the latest Volcano Café post is about calderas, including a tour of the Tibesti caldera zoo.

For too long, that area was 'Here Be Dragons', variously spears, muskets, AKs: Mars was better known !!

Fair point. Improvement in resolution merely comparable to 'Before' vs 'After' Hubble Fix. IIRC, active coring, geo-phone pinging etc had been limited to off-shore, beyond Naples' city authority. Seems there's Italian law & precedent that, if you 'interfere' with a volcano, in whatever way, you ...

City of Fresno #94 Rather than go along that 'Berthing Module', either at 'Hab' level or via the 'Ponics', I headed up to the axis, then inwards along the docking leg to Fresno's centre-line. As near the ship's 'barbecue roll' axis as I could, I found a secure hand-hold near a wall-screen. First thi...

It was long suspected. It was inferred from on-shore and off-shore investigations. But the vast caldera which *had* to underlay area could not be confirmed beyond a short arc. Until now... First graphic is scary enough, several significant, twitchy faults aligned with activity. The second is scarier...

Two thoughts:

Was the DIA around at that time, and what was their contrary take ?

Were RN to go nuclear, surely their target would be the big naval base further South, whose name currently escapes me...

An area of Atlantic off Portugal historically spawned a Great Quake and several barely lesser. The culprit has not been obvious... Looks like has now been identified, where collision between African and Eurasian plate is causing edge of latter to buckle, subside. This could be the start of a new Atl...

City of Fresno #93 Following that disturbing discovery, I munched through an indifferent lunch in their near-by Diner. Refuelled, I went up to the axis, via docking legs and core to the other Berthing pod. This was the 'end' that spawned the most Diner free-loaders, had earned the most quasi-officia...

Disclosure: I *probably* lost an aunt and cousin to the 'domestic' disappearances.

Cousin was teen, he probably shared my 'Foot in Mouth' gene.

Alternative was they shredded / burned everything related to their UK connections, changed address several times and thus 'Went Dark'...

Bravo !! Back in the 20th Century, we drove/camped to Greece and back several times. Once via Bulgaria. Watched Yugo-land claw itself from 3rd-world to 'European', before later imploding in faction fights. Still remember how coils of rebar shed by a side-swiped truck became giant, car-eating 'Slinky...

'Tis said the 'Tape Man' finally curtailed his activities after accosting a group of Young Men.
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Athletic young women of a certain rainbow disposition, they apparently offered to hog-tie his cojones with said tape, leave him securely bound to train's grab-rails...

Written in 2020 but, IMHO, still relevant. Includes lovely map showing shore-lines during glacial low-stand, when Bay was *dry*. FWIW, I did not realise the 'Inch / Year' San Andreas fault was so geologically 'young'. -- San Francisco: Where the Plates Meet https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts/2020/11/...

Found this while looking for something unrelated... Luckily, hadn't put ready-meal into oven, as simply could not stop reading... Got to 'Battle of Arras' before realised !! --- Fighting the Boche Underground by H. D. Trounce https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46757 "Fighting the Boche Undergroun...

Just shy of 5000... "Officially, it was four-nine-something-something plus the skeleton crew." Jake and A-M were initially hyper-focussed on 'Ponics skills / training, then Jake on aptitude for Evac Pod stripping / re-work for gas processing. Jake and A-M thought Jill was staying on Chapar...

City of Fresno #92 What to do ? Well, first, I ran our usual half-load of washing. Then I washed the un-used, but now stale bedding off the second cabin's remaining bunks. Even aired for that first 'quarantine' week, Harris' synthetic pheromones had lingered on the original set. To the Stewards' dis...

He's dealing with a lot of 'domestic' and 'medical' issues, has indicated he's not currently interested in participating...

But, sends his thanks.