GJim

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601.
by GJim 1y ago
> In academia the Federal Government is your only serious patron Are you are aware there is a world outside the USA?
602.
by GJim 1y ago
Ummmmm No. The tree was well known in Blighty and famed long before its inclusion in a yank film.
603.
by GJim 1y ago
Ummmm When one is driving downhill with a car in gear, one is maintaining speed, not slowing down. Hence there is no need to show a brake light. Driving down a long hill using (friction) brakes to maintain your speed is a quick way to cause
604.
by GJim 1y ago
> even though the lever that is the rear brake on the bike is the front brake on the motorcycle Then your bicycles brakes have been put back on the wrong sides (is home maintenance by a previous owner to blame?). The front brake should _
605.
by GJim 2y ago
My god you are thick. The point was that risks can be managed.
606.
by GJim 2y ago
Petrol is also insanely dangerous, yet we seem to manage.
607.
by GJim 2y ago
> triangulation *Trilateration One measures the time of flight of the satellites signal, not the angle it arrives from! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateration
608.
by GJim 2y ago
> to the right *East
609.
by GJim 2y ago
> not only a fighter pilot He wasn't "only" a fighter pilot. He was a fighter Ace, having five confirmed air-to-air kills. (And possibly more unconfirmed in the Battle of Athens).
610.
by GJim 2y ago
> just going through a peculiar period of his life Of all the remarks made by Elron apologists, this one takes the cake!
611.
by GJim 2y ago
> Ukraine is fighting on behalf of all the free world. Fixed that for you.
612.
by GJim 2y ago
And if that fails, we invite them to an interview without tea and biscuits.
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by GJim 2y ago
> I was not allowed to use Wikipedia as a source Ummmmm One of the "rules" of referencing is that one never references an encyclopaedia. An encyclopaedia is where you get only the basic background information for your study, no
614.
by GJim 2y ago
> when they voted for him, that it was just a bit of a risk I'm genuinely speechless.
615.
by GJim 2y ago
Except NATO is a defence organisation. Ask yourself why countries bordering Russia want to join.
616.
by GJim 2y ago
I'm puzzled why you have been downvoted for asking a genuine question (and all credit to those who have taken time to respond to you). Perhaps the downvoters would care to explain their actions?
617.
by GJim 2y ago
Nobody is going to wage a first strike nuclear war! Nuclear powers and MAD are irrelevant. It is conventional arms in Europe that are lacking, and Europe is re-arming as rapidly as possible for such a defence. One must have their head in th
618.
by GJim 2y ago
Democracy doesn't mean you get good leaders. It just means the people can (eventually) get rid of a bad one.
619.
by GJim 2y ago
> Putin has not been able to conquer the whole of Ukraine after 3 years, but somehow, suddenly, he will be able to conquer all of the Baltic states without breaking a sweat? Putin will find it much easier to wage war in Europe if Trump p
620.
by GJim 2y ago
> Americans liked to laugh at Europe's data regulations They aren't laughing. On the contrary, the surveillance capitalists (many of which frequent this site) are vocal because they are spreading FUD. After all, sensible data p
621.
by GJim 2y ago
Having a friend turn out to be (very) dodgy isn't evidence you are a child abuser. Not to mention the lass the accusations surround was 17 and therefore not a child. Far too much internet hysteria and not enough facts.
622.
by GJim 2y ago
> child abuse by establishment figures, not least Prince Andrew Citation needed. (That's quite a serious allegation you are making).
623.
by GJim 2y ago
Good Lord man! Where are you finding this rubbish! The Members of Parliament choose the Prime Minister. The role of the monarch in confining them is purely ceremonial.
624.
by GJim 2y ago
> one UK head of state What on earth are you talking about? Charles III is head of state, and before that, Liz II. The monarch absolutely does not get involved in politics.
625.
by GJim 2y ago
Pot, meet kettle! Frankly, our democracies are currently in a rather precarious state.
626.
by GJim 2y ago
> other than the possibility of leaks of the nation’s most sensitive data Amusing when you consider the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, a part of GCHQ), along with the Information Commissioners Office, both publish guidance recomm
627.
by GJim 2y ago
It must be said that the Americans are rather well known for an inability to spot the satire and sarcasm that pervades our conversation here in Blighty!
628.
by GJim 2y ago
The belief that only the US'ian way of doing things is correct is curiously prevalent on the other side of the pond to a level that borders on arrogance.
629.
by GJim 2y ago
Don't get me started on US calendars that have the weeks beginning on Sunday instead of Monday!
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by GJim 2y ago
Somebody must be remarkably thin skinned and with a poor sense of humour (the kind spelt with a 'U') to have downvoted you!

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