@Hush_Kit The Ukrainian industry minister was interested in getting the production line in 1994 or 95 but it definitely fell into the too difficult, no money pile at that time.
During the years that I served in the Army I came across some corkers, nicknames that were given to people for all sorts of different reasons, for instance, โBeast Masterโ now youโd probably think that anyone christened with that nickname would be quite happy, thinking that the lads thought he was a bit of an animal and not to be messed with! No!!! Far from it, if you had ever met his missus, you'd know how he got his name, and he never twigged until years later, one night down the NAAFI ... And he lost his shit, but thatโs another story.
Here are a few of the funniest I have heard.
TESCO Because every time he got shit-faced he would lose his trolleys.
CRASH Because his initials were RTA.
JIGSAW He was an officer, he was known to fall to pieces under pressure.
BAPCO Could not understand a word he was saying.
THROMBO (Thrombosis) because he was a slow-moving clot.
SWAMPY Not named after that infamous protester, but for pissing the bed.
MORPHINE The slow acting dope.
SCRABBLE Because he seemed to have every letter of the Alphabet in his surname, but no vowels.
GOOF He could eat a watermelon through a letterbox.
BLISTER Because he only appeared when the hard work was done.
THRUSH Because he was an irritating little c**t.
TRACER On the BFT he used to burn out after 1100m...
CHEWBACCA SPICE She needed an all over waxing.
CS Fast acting irritant.
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@WHW_NorthernIC@WeHaveWaysPod Thanks for the concern everyone.
Sadly, Stu is no more. I got away pretty lightly with a vertical fracture to my tibia and the first part of my deAgostini Aliens Power Loader part work.
I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event Iโve ever seen
One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics?
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@bambibristol Reform is targeting low information voters through social media so that all they initially see is messaging which aligns with their beliefs. This gets them emotionally invested so that when people bring up Reform inadequacy or policies which will harm them they become defensive.
TONIGHT: Jon Stewart hears from investigative journalist @carolecadwalla about how tech broligarchs are trying to build an authoritarian surveillance state using AI and your data
@BonifaceOption What if you spend three hours comparing the merits, record and operational doctrine of fifteen types before being unable to reach a definitive conclusion?
"One was automatically on edge"
"remains the fastest Cold War insanity ever built."
Intercepting the SR-71
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What a former East German Air-Defense Officer thought about SR-71 sorties. Just got his private memoirs. 1/x