History, Politics And Current Affairs

Good stuff. My collection is more Punk/New Wave. The classics were mostly on cassettes. No Bowie? ouch. Funny Stones choices, Beggar's Banquet is my favorite, and Rolled Gold is a pretty good best so far. RecentlyI have been listening to Electric Moon, The Machine etc. I stick to YouTube through a ...

A mix of songs and albums there but I am noticing some overlap in our music tastes. I’ll talk albums. Though I may have to continue later. With Led Zep I’d delete the their 3rd album and insert Physical Grafitti. Three of their very best tracks are on that double album. With Black Sabbath: Master of...

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 11:31 pm I’ve not heard any news about cancellation. I think Trek Culture would have posted about it.

Re the first sentence in your previous post, I do recall using some incendiary language watching the final battle scene on GoT ….

Jonathan

I’ve noticed that a lot of delivery drivers have developed the habit of simply leaving stuff on our doorstep. Without so much as knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell. As we’re right on the street that’s not great. Sometimes we only realise that there has been a delivery when checking our em...

Excellent!

Thanks Mike.

Jonathan

A neighbour had 4 Jags and said that his F type was the most unreliable. Granted his E type, XJS and series 1 two door were all effectively rebuilt and maintained at great cost! His wife privately told me that she thought my ND2 MX5 (red, soft top) would be more fun than the early E type …. Having s...

Davion Highlander wrote: ↑Thu Dec 25, 2025 12:03 am Merry Christmas everyone! I have to admit this year I'm not feeling it, but that doesn't stop me from hoping that all of you have a wonderful christmas surrounded by the ones you love!

Same here!

Admittedly this year has mostly been an annus horribilis for me and I can’t wait for 2026.

Jonathan

I am in an interesting position right now regarding modelling. I have not done any for maybe 20 years. The last was, bear with me, my 40K space doggies army. If I want to start modelling again I have Tamiya, prob 1/48, kits for F16A, A10 and F15E. And 5 1/700 WW2 battleships. But all paints, washes,...

There is also an interesting discussion in John Keegan's History of Warfare.

Jonathan

Good to hear!

Jonathan

I'm amazed Ozzy made it to 76, good on him. As to Keef I've just read his (ghosted) autobiography, called Life. Rather a good read. A line from a Motorhead song - " they proved me right, they proved me wrong, but they could never last this long ". As it turned out Ozzy outlived Lemmie. Ke...

Regrettably expected. I first heard Black Sabbath in the early '70s and they have remained one of my favourite bands. They last came down under in 2016 and that was one of the best concerts I have been to. Ozzy was somewhat singular and he and his band were instrumental in the early days of heavy me...

In NSW we are in the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport. And, no, that does not provide for a good acronym. That art is now a lost one.

Jonathan

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...

Another good chapter Bernard. I did get much amusement, as a long time public servant, from: "our Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ." Now I have not checked whether the Swiss have, or have ever had, such a combination in a department but I have personally been involved (fr...

She looks fine Bernard!

Jonathan

IIRC, it was to use the stockpile of 105s the Abrams were originally armed with. Bad procurement systems and people plus know nothing bean counters generally produce bad outcomes. And that is the opinion of a govt lawyer, though not one working in anything like defence. Somethings are universal tho...

JBG wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 7:44 am And avoid the grain and the grape…

Jonathan

I missed to word "mixed" unfortunately.

Jonathan

And avoid the grain and the grape…

Jonathan

Most fascinating.

Jonathan