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Ah bless him. He was invited to resign the day after that. Craig, There's another version out there that says he was immediately grounded and confined to quarters to await court-martial - but somebody in the RAF figured out that a court-martial would gain him support from the public, and there was ...

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:42 pm Nice...

FWIW: My laser zap stabilized R-eye's retinal bleed, I'm going onto list for cataract op...

Fingers crossed you get it through soon Nik!

Ah bless him. He was invited to resign the day after that.

Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:36 pm

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:50 am Lots of grass and cars on deck there?

On the Midway?

No, my former residence is now a museum in San Diego Harbor.

I wonder if your office is still there?

...The Germans actually did experiment with a towed container carrying a single V-2, but I don't think they ever actually tried firing one. Mike I had that memory too but conflated it with, was it Winter Warriors ? It was in Spiral of Destruction. The sub fired 2 V1s and actually managed to hit NY!...

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:53 am

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:37 amThey’re all the same once one gets past Carlisle Watford Gap

<dons tin hat & waits for incoming>

Fixed it for you...

<compares Watford Gap to Nottingham> hey!

The mega-Amerikabomber was another of those frantic flailings, like the V2 and V3, along with the mobile siege-gun whatsits... I'll give the V-1 a provisional pass, given it was cheap, nasty and could out-run all but a scant-few Allied fighters... I've read that there were proposals to fit hangars ...

Rocket J Squrriel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:28 am

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:58 pm RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

Not Orkneys, the isle of Unst in the Shetland Islands. Shetland is on my bucket list.

They’re all the same once one gets past Carlisle

<dons tin hat & waits for incoming>

Here are some of the photos i took during my weekend trip to Portsmouth and Tankfest 2025. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54626355074_d33180abaf.jpg HMS Warrior https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54625285827_e13effb916_b.jpg HMS M33 https://live.staticflickr.com/6...

RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

This one came up on my feed as well, but not being aware of the in-jokes of various YouTubers nor regarding guns as anything much more than tools, I don't really get it. From what I can gather, that is something called a Hi Point carbine that is apparently pretty cruddy and cheap. In that case, it ...

I shall be internationally overlanding the family on holiday this year then.

Stuart even included this in one of the TBO books, with the U-boat launching a V2 (from memory); that submarine got away but the point was, it was mainly down to luck, given the USN ASW patrols in the area. ...The Germans actually did experiment with a towed container carrying a single V-2, but I d...

The mega-Amerikabomber was another of those frantic flailings, like the V2 and V3, along with the mobile siege-gun whatsits... I'll give the V-1 a provisional pass, given it was cheap, nasty and could out-run all but a scant-few Allied fighters... I've read that there were proposals to fit hangars ...

Superb! Thank you.

For 'reasons', I've been ytrying to find the weight oif a typical 1940s spare BREN barrel. Yes, the different marks varied in length and weight. As I understand it, the spare 'quick change' barrel was about 6½ pounds, could be replaced in about eight (8) seconds. Can any-one confirm ? No tools requ...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:36 pm

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:11 pm

Poohbah wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:21 pm 20 years from now, they discover that the artificial hemoglobin causes vampire obesity and arterial plaque...

You owe me a new tablecloth

Not the first one, why wasn't the keyboard hit?

Was eating dinner

Enduring problem is that the body-shape is seriously limited by the operator. eg Japanese Anime and 'super-kids' series are hilariously 'Guy in Rubber Suit' or mo-capped. Human joints just gotta bend certain ways. Unless you go to seriously sophisticated animatronics or have eg a high-amputee as op...

Poohbah wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:21 pm 20 years from now, they discover that the artificial hemoglobin causes vampire obesity and arterial plaque...

You owe me a new tablecloth

That doesn't answer the big question. What do vampires thing about the taste and mouthfeel of the artificial blood? Is it palatable, or like the sludge at the bottom of a Navy coffee maker? Would go three towns over to pick up a bottle, or just go down the village at the bottom of the hill for a fr...