History, Politics And Current Affairs

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...

That is gobsmacking. Utterly incredible.

Tasting History has an interesting episode on what the BEF was eating (and being taught to cook) in WWI: https://youtu.be/S0cM-u7Jrh8?si=tcCwFK37Uu-K_oG9 The one bit that struck me was the comment that most of army cookery school was focused on sanitation. The food might not be palatable, but it wa...

Tasting History has an interesting episode on what the BEF was eating (and being taught to cook) in WWI: https://youtu.be/S0cM-u7Jrh8?si=tcCwFK37Uu-K_oG9 The one bit that struck me was the comment that most of army cookery school was focused on sanitation. The food might not be palatable, but it wa...

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:45 am

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 7:30 am I rather enjoyed Footfall…

...Likewise. Some of it was a reach, but overall pretty good. Now - will Amazon/MGM please pick up The Mote In God's Eye?

Mike

Oh YEAH

Can we get a 'dark mode' option for the board? there doesn't seem to be anything similar in the display options. i usually use an extension called dark reader to apply the effect universally on websites, but it doesn't seem to play well here (tends to not display icons and borders), it will fix its...

I rather enjoyed Footfall…

Quick question, over in Two men born from war step into the shadows, Michael mentioned the Politics & Current Affairs is locked and not being able to be index by online search engines. Why was that done and what other parts are locked. I'm just curious why and what other parts are locked. What ...

What the ever loving F&#K did they do to make the ship rotate in two dimensions during the launch? Forget to remove the stops in the middle or something? I've seen videos of a bunch of sideways launches because I like to see the idiots watching from the opposite shore get chased away by the wav...

Is there some news about it?

I last went to the V&A in the late 90s, and I’m with Paul. I’d rather trudge off to the Imperial War or Natural History Museums.

“After an investigation was launched, authorities arrested the chief engineer of the shipyard, the head of the hull construction workshop and the deputy manager for administrative affairs.”

Also, this.

Just seeing this. Based on the "bloody big battleships" kept into the 1990s, you aren't thinking of Tarrantry. You're thinking of Elysia / Gryphon. IIRC, the country was on a big island which took the place of Cuba and much of the Caribbean. Now remind me, was there either some British or...

I can’t remember the titles. But it was set in this universe/ dimension with the only difference being another island- on which lived a very tough race of people. Who built bloody big battleships, and kept them In service into the 90s… Does this ring any bells? Just seeing this. Based on the "...

I got the impressions they were acting like it was a betrayal of NHS to ask for help from the private side. Its not just this series but also other things that give me the impression that the needs of NHS might at times come before the needs of the patient. Not really. The private healthcare provid...