History, Politics And Current Affairs

jemhouston wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 9:39 pm

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 8:19 pm Critical Drinker has already weighed in…

https://youtu.be/QsZMCgSUy0s?si=x6eG-kLWXgiLpZAE

I really wish Critical Drinker would blunter in his opinions.

I quoted him today in work: “… Naaah, it’ll be fine!”

Critical Drinker has already weighed in…

https://youtu.be/QsZMCgSUy0s?si=x6eG-kLWXgiLpZAE

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:12 am London to Calcutta by Bus

TBH, this sounds like a pitch for an ep of The Grand Tour.

Mike

Calcutta wasn’t the terminus.

SYDNEY was the terminus. Via Singapore and then Perth.

Ok... Here's my take on the publicity shot..... So the Klingon is holding hands with someone and has a smile on his face. There is NO WAY he's not planning on pulling her arm off and beating the rest of them with it. Belushi TD They may be on Risa… in which case he may be… seeking Jamaharon.

....Welp, we get this in January: https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/starfleet-academy-star-trek-cast.jpg?q=70&fit=crop&w=1600&h=900&dpr=1 At the end of Picard S3 - which had its faults, many and manifold, but still pulled it out in the end - we were teas...

They had a superb SMG and some excellent automatic pistols. Their rifles were also-rans but their MGs were utter, utter cack. Many WW2 strip-fed Bredas still kicking around in their reserve infantry when I was a young child over there, and they were hated with a passion. :?: Also-rans… colloquialis...

Nik, you can buy specialist screws for chipboard (MFC- what all kitchen door and drawer frontages are made from).

They have very fat threads and usually twin-threads. That’s what all kitchen manufacturers use. Should be available from Amazon etc.

They had a superb SMG and some excellent automatic pistols. Their rifles were also-rans but their MGs were utter, utter cack. Many WW2 strip-fed Bredas still kicking around in their reserve infantry when I was a young child over there, and they were hated with a passion.

My wife has the cooking superpower. Over the last 15 years (FIFTEEN?!? My God) I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of well-below-par meals she’s cooked.

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...