History, Politics And Current Affairs

1. Running Man (this time a LOT closer to the short story/novella by Stephen King than the Ahnuld vehicle out of centuries past) 2. The Long Walk (also Stephen King/Richard Bachman) 3. A House of Dynamite (deals with a nuclear attack on the USA, directed by Kathryn Bigelow) Can't wait for either of...

The book presents a minute-by-minute account of a hypothetical first strike by North Korea against the United States, showing how the conflict escalates to global thermonuclear war within 72 minutes, I think the Seer would agree (one flies they all fly) leading to nuclear winter and 5 billion death...

Hmmmm. I really liked the game. Not too sure about this- not a big fan of love stories in Trek.

But Paul Giamatti as the baddie! Robert Picardo as some guy! I could watch this, I think.

The problem with putting a saddle on a pig is that the anatomy is almost entirely the opposite of what is needed for a saddle. A very short neck, a back with a large spiny hump from the spinal processes, and a wide body are all contraindications. The saddle would slip forward or aft easily, the rid...

Armoured Battle Boars? Hell yeah.

I feel and share your pain Nik!!!

Is it possible for ssns to resupply food and rotate people at sea undetected? I think the Chinese have a sub base in Hainan that has an underwater entrance. Are there other such places? The idea being that an ssn remains undetected for years. We could call it… Marineville! (Anything could happen in...

Given that the Vikings were raiding constantly throughout the Dark Ages and into the early Mediaeval period… they were after more than just women. I’ve always firmly believed that Britain was producing more valuable resource than was being accounted for traditionally.

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:31 am Never underestimate the power of stupidity https://twitter.com/i/status/1974129616513348012

Peak Stupidity was achieved for that driver in this case.

Just before the inside front tyre of that wagon ran over her.

It is with great sadness I must tell you that one of the forum members, of many years, passed last year. I just found this out a moment ago. Richard Hunt, who went by 1BigRich, has preceded us across the waters. Link to obituary below. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/richard-hunt-obituary...

You’ll find the level of humour here hasn’t appreciably improved since 2007…

How long would it take for an O class boat to get down there? One did go down as part of the Task Force, but IIRC, it took a while. Well. Oberon, Ocelot, Odin, Olympus, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Oppossum, Oracle, Orpheus, Osiris, Otter, & Otis were all in active fleet service by April 1982. O...

Davion Highlander wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:20 pm

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 8:04 am Please blame Bernard Woolley for the new recruitment
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Davion Highlander is our latest new member, please all bid a warm welcome!

Technically a prodigal son returning I suppose... Some of the older members may remember me as Billy Boy Mk II...

Welcome back!

Think it is more plausible that there where Firefly's stored somewhere in the Falklands than the SBS was there, the British version of the Seals. The way I see it is this. Ricky Philips is an accomplished author and a pretty shrewd researcher. If he has evidence enough to make a claim like this, he...

Yes, I’ve read it. I’ve not seen confirmation elsewhere, however. Which is not to say that I don’t believe it. I would like to know how and when the SBS got there. Especially since we only had about 48 hours warning of invasion. So, all I’ve got here is the section report of a submarine being spott...

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:34 pm If this is true, I wonder why it hasn’t come out already?

It has, and it’s in Ricky Philips’ book…

Hmm. Good article here on the RAAF DHC-4 refurbishment program. https://www.ausairpower.net/SP/DT-Turbo-Caribou-July-05.pdf OK, in 2006 the Lithuanian Government bought 3 C-27A for $75 million USD. So that outs a C-27A in (say) 2000 at approx US$22 million each. That's roughly AUD30M per. There's n...

Please blame Bernard Woolley for the new recruitment
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Davion Highlander is our latest new member, please all bid a warm welcome!

I just found the following post from Ricky Phillips on Quora, and thought it may be of interest. And we all thought that the initial engagement of Argentine forces and their subsequent mishaps were all from Stuart’s imagination… The First Casualty” offered a unique insight into the Falkland islands ...