@Testjohn16@ExamplePrime@SocialNomadRach Because he has black hair that’s described as being messy and likes sweet food. That’s it. It might also be some weird justification for the Dursleys being awful people, but who knows.
@estherzelda0514@SheenaDesu One fourteenth of an elephant is an excellent memoir by a British soldier captured in the fall of Singapore and put to work building the Burma railway. The title refers to fact that the Japanese considered 14 men equal to one elephant when pulling loads.
I don't have an April Fool this year, because instead I have this. Found in the IWM Archive last week in the collections of one of the planning staff in the preparation for D-Day. Yes, it is real.
Should I reveal the rest of it?
@2311ads @TokarevEnjoyer@JasonWander2@planefag I agree, I was just making the point that the federation in the book is not presented as particularly militaristic. The MI recruiter makes a concerted effort to discourage people from joining the military, and Johnny’s father looks down on the military as well.
@HeivDurr@PossiblyDog609 Yes, actually. It’s called blow-forward, but it’s very rare because it’s a fucking terrible way to design a firearm and most examples were probably designed that way to avoid patents.
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Since it appears this has vanished forever, a good friend very kindly set up a donation link to pay for a replacement. If you see this post, please donate and repost.
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@planefag 10k feet without oxygen is basically fine, you just get out of breath quickly but there’s no really noticeable effects otherwise. 15k is where it gets risky.
@theodorvaryag@planefag Yeah. Generally a lieutenant serving as master and commander would be officially referred to as a commander to distinguish him, but only as long as the appointment lasted. He would however be called captain as a courtesy since he had command of a vessel.
@theodorvaryag@planefag The permanent rank of commander didn’t exist until well after the napoleonic wars had ended. At the time of the novels, there was no intermediate permanent rank to which you were promoted between lieutenant and post-captain.
@theodorvaryag@planefag And? Becoming a master and commander wasn’t a permanent promotion, it was a temporary appointment. After his sloop (hms Sophie?) sank at the end he automatically became a lieutenant again.