General Chit Chat

[Worthy4England]

Think there is some show of sorts on at Blackpool.

Aye, Blackpool airshow. The three in the pic were on at 15:00.
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[Montreal Wanderer]

Think there is some show of sorts on at Blackpool.

Aye, Blackpool airshow. The three in the pic were on at 15:00.
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Is it some anniversary of the Battle of Britain? I think that started in August 1940.

[Hoboh]

Think there is some show of sorts on at Blackpool.

Aye, Blackpool airshow. The three in the pic were on at 15:00.
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Is it some anniversary of the Battle of Britain? I think that started in August 1940.

No, it's an annual event. The aircraft take part in shows all over the country, kinda 'least we forget'.
I worked with a bloke when I was 17 who was a Lancaster pilot and the tales he told curled your hair, he said you never returned from Germany without losing someone you knew or without loads of holes in the plane, it was to quote, "A bloody miracle we got there in the first place, never mind home".

[Dujon]

That's the first UFO photograph I've seen that isn't all blurry. Well done, Bruce.

[thebish]

Think there is some show of sorts on at Blackpool.

Aye, Blackpool airshow. The three in the pic were on at 15:00.
.

Is it some anniversary of the Battle of Britain? I think that started in August 1940.

No, it's an annual event. The aircraft take part in shows all over the country, kinda 'least we forget'.
I worked with a bloke when I was 17 who was a Lancaster pilot and the tales he told curled your hair, he said you never returned from Germany without losing someone you knew or without loads of holes in the plane, it was to quote, "A bloody miracle we got there in the first place, never mind home".

My uncle was a navigator on a Lancaster... He reckoned they were right bastard planes...

[bobo the clown]

^^ similar. Father-in-law was firstly a navigator & later changed to pilot in Halifax's. Flew over 100 missions. Said he lost so many friends and colleagues he became blasé about the losses in the end ... being the only way to cope with them all.

Suffered from survivor's guilt after the war and said every single day afterwards was like an undeserved bonus.

Not too empathetic to those who criticised the late war bombing raids.

[Hoboh]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus ... spartandhp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unless we wake up and stop thinking Russia is jus a large army with inadequate weapons but just happens to have lots of nukes, one day our bum will be badly bitten

[Harry Genshaw]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus ... spartandhp

Unless we wake up and stop thinking Russia is jus a large army with inadequate weapons but just happens to have lots of nukes, one day our bum will be badly bitten

Why does this matter?

[thebish]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus ... spartandhp

Unless we wake up and stop thinking Russia is jus a large army with inadequate weapons but just happens to have lots of nukes, one day our bum will be badly bitten

Why does this matter?

who wants their bum badly bitten??

[Harry Genshaw]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus ... spartandhp

Unless we wake up and stop thinking Russia is jus a large army with inadequate weapons but just happens to have lots of nukes, one day our bum will be badly bitten

Why does this matter?

who wants their bum badly bitten??

not me! Honest

[Hoboh]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus ... spartandhp

Unless we wake up and stop thinking Russia is jus a large army with inadequate weapons but just happens to have lots of nukes, one day our bum will be badly bitten

Why does this matter?

Because our armed forces and response capability is folding fast, the Royal navy, last month, had no major warships at sea, we still need to fly Tornado's because we have no suitable bombing capability, it would take weeks and weeks for the army to be able to respond to any outside threat past a suicidal small amount of a rapid response unit, with the state of our so called European colleagues forces, if the US ever dragged it's feet or turned it's major attention down Asia way, we'd be fcuked.

[Harry Genshaw]

Do you seriously think Russia or anyone else wants to invade us? We don't need and can't afford a huge armed force any more.

[bobo the clown]

Di you think that, without some concern that there'd be international resistance Putin's Russia wouldn't simply reconsume Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Just as they did Crimea ? ..
& then into wherever next ?

[Hoboh]

Do you seriously think Russia or anyone else wants to invade us? We don't need and can't afford a huge armed force any more.

I'm pretty certain the money to be spent on Trident and HS2/3 could be better spent and still provide jobs.

Harry, don't underestimate the threats to our security that exist now and are increasing year by year, we need to maintain a robust armed services, no matter what the cost.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... r-invasion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Harry Genshaw]

Di you think that, without some concern that there'd be international resistance Putin's Russia wouldn't simply reconsume Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Just as they did Crimea ? ..
& then into wherever next ?

Crimea was a pretty unique set of circumstances but it's not like we could stop em either way!

I understand the need for an armed force Hobes - just in todays day and age we should imo have a scaled down force not dissimilar to say Portugal or Denmark

[thebish]

Do you seriously think Russia or anyone else wants to invade us? We don't need and can't afford a huge armed force any more.

I'm pretty certain the money to be spent on Trident and HS2/3 could be better spent and still provide jobs.

Harry, don't underestimate the threats to our security that exist now and are increasing year by year, we need to maintain a robust armed services, no matter what the cost.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... r-invasion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I don't think we need to maintain an army that could "outgun" russia on our own - Russia has at least twice the population that we do and a significantly bigger territory to defend...

that's the point of not being isolationist and forming military alliances...

[bobo the clown]

Di you think that, without some concern that there'd be international resistance Putin's Russia wouldn't simply reconsume Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Just as they did Crimea ? ..
& then into wherever next ?

Crimea was a pretty unique set of circumstances but it's not like we could stop em either way!

I understand the need for an armed force Hobes - just in todays day and age we should imo have a scaled down force not dissimilar to say Portugal or Denmark

Unique .... sort of.. But unique enough to be very similar to the circumstances in Estonia and in Georgia. So maybe not unique at all !!

[Hoboh]

Di you think that, without some concern that there'd be international resistance Putin's Russia wouldn't simply reconsume Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Just as they did Crimea ? ..
& then into wherever next ?

Crimea was a pretty unique set of circumstances but it's not like we could stop em either way!

I understand the need for an armed force Hobes - just in todays day and age we should imo have a scaled down force not dissimilar to say Portugal or Denmark

Which are about as useful as a chocolate fire guard.

[Bruce Rioja]

Di you think that, without some concern that there'd be international resistance Putin's Russia wouldn't simply reconsume Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Just as they did Crimea ? ..
& then into wherever next ?

Crimea was a pretty unique set of circumstances but it's not like we could stop em either way!

I understand the need for an armed force Hobes - just in todays day and age we should imo have a scaled down force not dissimilar to say Portugal or Denmark

Which are about as useful as a chocolate fire guard.

Have you ever actually engaged, Hoboh? Or are you happy to cower behind the lives of the sons and daughters of others whilst bravely shouting the odds?

[Worthy4England]

^^ I did ask that, once before, when snowflakes were being bemoaned. Didn't get an answer that go. Maybe you'll have better luck.