Is Ukraine about to have a war?
Originally Posted by Fitter2
The MOD is utterly incompetent at (a) negotiating a contract and (b) managing a project development. From the other side of the fence, they are an almost bottomless money pit, but it makes at least some ex-RAF people in industry have guilty feelings for those serving, and for taxpayers.
a) No longer initiate new programmes
b) no longer negotiate any programmes
Expatriate the whole she-bang to ..............................whom ?
Originally Posted by NutLoose
They hit the NOVA KAKHOVKA DAM+LOCK when there was a column crossing it, the road surface on the bridge looks seriously damaged, it’s on the Kherson Cats thread, but I will not post it as it is covered with a lot of Russian soldier body parts.
Amongst adults anyone else would think a link might be appropriate?
Even if he does feel the need to attach a trigger-warning...
Last edited by meleagertoo; 26th Aug 2022 at 21:43.
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
Whilst I'm sure we're all eternally grateful to our partially attached colleague for his wish protect our delicate sensitivities from such horrors surely he is not so superior to us all that this must be restricted to his eyes only?
Amongst adults anyone else would think a link might be appropriate?
Even if he does feel the need to attach a trigger-warning...
Amongst adults anyone else would think a link might be appropriate?
Even if he does feel the need to attach a trigger-warning...
Have a ball?
You really are a weird one, that's for sure.
Twenty wobbly seconds of uninformative busted concrete and assorted bits of wreckage. Could be anything. Nothing graphic at all. No blood. No gore. Nothing...Do you 'have a ball' over that?
Hey fella! Haven't you gathered this is a WAR? Isn't it time it was shown as such, not a sterilised woke disney production to be discussed by wiseacres thousands of miles off who turn their noses up and recoil at the sight of - aagh! Just imagine! Maybe even a casualty?
And how/why do you imagine you are you entitled to this content yet consider the rest of us beneath it? What, exactly, is your special (self awarded) entitlement?
FFS.
There's a piece written about people like you. I know it from Gen. Archibald Wavell's wonderful book, Other Men's Flowers.
I'll see if I can dig it up.
edit...
Guess what - It's Billy Spokeshave himself! Who could have put that sort of self-absorbed poncyness better?
Henry IV Pt. 1, Act1, Sc3
Hotspur (Henry Percy).
But I remember, when the fight was done,
When I was dry with rage and extreme toil,
Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword,
Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd,
Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin new reap'd
Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home;
He was perfumed like a milliner;
And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held
A pouncet-box, which ever and anon
He gave his nose and took't away again;
Who therewith angry, when it next came there,
Took it in snuff; and still he smiled and talk'd,
And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by,
He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly,
To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse
Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
With many holiday and lady terms
He question'd me; amongst the rest, demanded
My prisoners in your majesty's behalf.
I then, all smarting with my wounds being cold,
To be so pester'd with a popinjay,
Out of my grief and my impatience,
Answer'd neglectingly I know not what,
He should or he should not; for he made me mad
To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet
And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman
Of guns and drums and wounds,—God save the mark!—
And telling me the sovereign'st thing on earth
Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
And that it was great pity, so it was,
This villanous salt-petre should be digg'd
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth,
Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd
So cowardly; and but for these vile guns,
He would himself have been a soldier.
This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord,
I answer'd indirectly, as I said;
And I beseech you, let not his report
Come current for an accusation
Betwixt my love and your high majesty.
You really are a weird one, that's for sure.
Twenty wobbly seconds of uninformative busted concrete and assorted bits of wreckage. Could be anything. Nothing graphic at all. No blood. No gore. Nothing...Do you 'have a ball' over that?
Hey fella! Haven't you gathered this is a WAR? Isn't it time it was shown as such, not a sterilised woke disney production to be discussed by wiseacres thousands of miles off who turn their noses up and recoil at the sight of - aagh! Just imagine! Maybe even a casualty?
And how/why do you imagine you are you entitled to this content yet consider the rest of us beneath it? What, exactly, is your special (self awarded) entitlement?
FFS.
There's a piece written about people like you. I know it from Gen. Archibald Wavell's wonderful book, Other Men's Flowers.
I'll see if I can dig it up.
edit...
Guess what - It's Billy Spokeshave himself! Who could have put that sort of self-absorbed poncyness better?
Henry IV Pt. 1, Act1, Sc3
Hotspur (Henry Percy).
But I remember, when the fight was done,
When I was dry with rage and extreme toil,
Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword,
Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd,
Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin new reap'd
Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home;
He was perfumed like a milliner;
And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held
A pouncet-box, which ever and anon
He gave his nose and took't away again;
Who therewith angry, when it next came there,
Took it in snuff; and still he smiled and talk'd,
And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by,
He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly,
To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse
Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
With many holiday and lady terms
He question'd me; amongst the rest, demanded
My prisoners in your majesty's behalf.
I then, all smarting with my wounds being cold,
To be so pester'd with a popinjay,
Out of my grief and my impatience,
Answer'd neglectingly I know not what,
He should or he should not; for he made me mad
To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet
And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman
Of guns and drums and wounds,—God save the mark!—
And telling me the sovereign'st thing on earth
Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
And that it was great pity, so it was,
This villanous salt-petre should be digg'd
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth,
Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd
So cowardly; and but for these vile guns,
He would himself have been a soldier.
This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord,
I answer'd indirectly, as I said;
And I beseech you, let not his report
Come current for an accusation
Betwixt my love and your high majesty.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 26th Aug 2022 at 22:30.
Originally Posted by NutLoose
It appears Russia takes the wording Ammunition dump literally.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...19014150606848
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...19014150606848
you are not joking. BTW, your Twitter links are not showing up, up like mine 
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
You really are a weird one, that's for sure.
And now I am the weird one? Ok.
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
Twenty wobbly seconds of uninformative busted concrete and assorted bits of wreckage. Could be anything. Nothing graphic at all. No blood. No gore. Nothing...
Hey fella! Haven't you gathered this is a WAR? Isn't it time it was shown as such, not a sterilised woke disney production to be discussed by wiseacres thousands of miles off who turn their noses up and recoil at the sight of - aagh! Just imagine! Maybe even a casualty?
FFS.
I'll see if I can dig it up.
Hey fella! Haven't you gathered this is a WAR? Isn't it time it was shown as such, not a sterilised woke disney production to be discussed by wiseacres thousands of miles off who turn their noses up and recoil at the sight of - aagh! Just imagine! Maybe even a casualty?
FFS.
I'll see if I can dig it up.
You have to remember, while most of us are adults on here, that does not necessarily mean everyone is, hence my reservation at posting it.
I told you where the link was and I posted a link in 8499, it was up to you to look for it.
.
Last edited by NutLoose; 26th Aug 2022 at 22:37.
You two evidently have far more active and febrile imaginations than I.
I have watched and rewatched that video three times now to be ready to admit I was mistaken, or to see if I can identify what you describe. No, I wasn't, an no I cannot. I'm nor saying what is depicted isn't as you describe, just that on watchng it three times at normal speed there is no way it could be identified as that. It takws a special kind of imagination - one that I do not posess, to do that. "Want" to see gore indeed! Still, you managed it apparently.
What really bothers me is how you managed to do so...prurient frame by frame examination? How else?
Yukk.
Don't call me weird! You of all people!
I have watched and rewatched that video three times now to be ready to admit I was mistaken, or to see if I can identify what you describe. No, I wasn't, an no I cannot. I'm nor saying what is depicted isn't as you describe, just that on watchng it three times at normal speed there is no way it could be identified as that. It takws a special kind of imagination - one that I do not posess, to do that. "Want" to see gore indeed! Still, you managed it apparently.
What really bothers me is how you managed to do so...prurient frame by frame examination? How else?
Yukk.
Don't call me weird! You of all people!
Great! Please then tell us what the answer is if they can:
a) No longer initiate new programmes
b) no longer negotiate any programmes
a) No longer initiate new programmes
b) no longer negotiate any programmes
Then someone invented PRINCE (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) or how to get so far behind programme, your end project will be obsolete/redundant before it is finished. Oh how I laughed
. Then they came up with PRINCE 2 and the laughter did not stop. The Government saw this as the answer to all there problems of time and budget and made their contractors use it.On time, on budget,
never ever, except once AFAI. The only project I ever did that had PRICE in the contract was a district general hospital reconfiguration, £30m and 18 months to do it . I was the Planning Manger on it and the Project Manager was one of the best I ever worked with. We realised very early on that if we followed the PRICE rules, it was going to take five years to get it done, so we ignored ALL the rules of PRINCE, taking the ££££ risks of doing so ourselves. We delivered the project on time and under budget, it was unheard of to do this on a project of this size and complexity for the NHS.The answer is employ competent project mangers, let them get on with delivering what they were tasked to deliver and do not tie their hands behind their backs.
PRINCE 2, please, don't make me laugh any more, I can't take it.
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
You two evidently have far more active and febrile imaginations than I.
I have watched and rewatched that video three times now to see if I was mistaken, or to see if I can identify what you describe. No, I wasn't, an no I cannot. I'm nor saying what is depicted isn't as you describe, just that on watchng it three times at normal speed there is no way it could be identified as that.
What really bothers me is how you managed to do so...frame by frame examination?
Yukk.
Don't call me weird! You of all people!
I have watched and rewatched that video three times now to see if I was mistaken, or to see if I can identify what you describe. No, I wasn't, an no I cannot. I'm nor saying what is depicted isn't as you describe, just that on watchng it three times at normal speed there is no way it could be identified as that.
What really bothers me is how you managed to do so...frame by frame examination?
Yukk.
Don't call me weird! You of all people!
Originally Posted by meleagertoo
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Don't call me weird! You of all people!
Don't call me weird! You of all people!
Originally Posted by Tartiflette Fan
I equally saw nothing but debris strewn across the bridge. Absolutely nothing that looked human.
Only half a speed-brake
Originally Posted by WB627
Yikes you are not joking. BTW, your Twitter links are not showing up, up like mine
you are not joking. BTW, your Twitter links are not showing up, up like mine If that preview panel does not load (ISP restrictions, VPNs or not VPNs), a perfectly blank space is what you get.
Originally Posted by WB627
You should have gone to Specsavers
Only half a speed-brake
Originally Posted by WB627
Yikes you are not joking. BTW, your Twitter links are not showing up, up like mine
you are not joking. BTW, your Twitter links are not showing up, up like mine If that preview panel does not load (ISP restrictions, VPNs or not VPNs), a perfectly blank space is what you get.
Originally Posted by Thrust Augmentation
I'll agree with that, it was all perfectly clear on my 1st watch. Everything is of a similar colour, but still it's quite obvious.
6 seconds in, part of body against wall, possibly arm, 22 seconds legless corpse. 34 seconds another burnt body. Total film length 40 seconds, happy now seeing corpses?
Geez, I do not believe I actually posted the above information. Hence why I never posted the link direct, those that want to see it will find it, I watched it just expecting to see the bridge damage, but having watched it realised what it contained hence not posting a direct link, reporting the bridge damage but warning others about the remains.
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Geez, I do not believe I actually posted the above information. Hence why I never posted the link direct, those that want to see it will find it, I watched it just expecting to see the bridge damage, but having watched it realised what it contained hence not posting a direct link, reporting the bridge damage but warning others about the remains.
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Last edited by NutLoose; 27th Aug 2022 at 00:48.
Originally Posted by NutLoose
Well, it starts by swinging to an arm and part of a torso on the right, then moves on to the top half of a body on the right, then scans across to another torso along with bits everywhere on the left.
You have to remember, while most of us are adults on here, that does not necessarily mean everyone is, hence my reservation at posting it.
I told you where the link was and I posted a link in 8499, it was up to you to look for it.
.
You have to remember, while most of us are adults on here, that does not necessarily mean everyone is, hence my reservation at posting it.
I told you where the link was and I posted a link in 8499, it was up to you to look for it.
.
