chartpolski
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I think “argument “ covers a range of discussions; from civilised debate to aggressive verbal confrontation. I enjoy the former but avoid the latter. What I dislike is when an argument is being lost and the adversary resorts to “what aboutery “ and moving the goal posts, which is usually the modus operandi on here ! LOL ! Cheers.
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My daughter used to bring me this Bols Geneva Gin from Amsterdam. Comes in a genuine Delft bottle. Cheers.
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I sometimes get a bottle of that from Lidl. As long as you don’t compare it to a high end bourbon its a pleasant enough sipping whiskey or with a splash of cola, ice and lemon or lime . Cheers.
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Just think off a 747 cargo aircraft , fully loaded, weighing almost 450 ton, the thrust required to get that in the air is minute compared to a Saturn V thrust. SV India Uniform an aircraft I worked on from new; But I’m afraid we may be physically abusing a deceased equine, as we’ve been through this scenario many times in the past. If someone won’t believe in the moon landings, that’s fine, it’s their opinion or belief, but I’m giving up trying to convince them ! Cheers.
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Are you for real ? ”no pictures of earth ” ? Mate, I f you disbelieve everything that’s fine, but do a little research and you’ll find plenty of pictures of earth. I find it strange that you only look for the impossible, never the possible. Cheers.
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It’s difficult to describe the Van Allen belt in layman’s terms, but it isn’t a uniform sphere surrounding the earth Very, VERY basically, imagine a donut as the belt and a marble sitting in the hole, as the earth. Im not an astrophysicist, so I can only go by what they tell us, but this may give an idea how a spacecraft can get past the Van Allen belt. Cheers.
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Correct. Defence contractors were given the report first, then the press and last was MP’s . The Speaker of the House was less than pleased and said Labour may be in breach of Parliamentary standards. One companies share price went up 7% before MP’s were informed. Nothing will happen though, just (shady) business as usual ….. Cheers.
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This is when I miss my ex post office Morris 1000 van ! LOL ! Cheers.
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I was reading just the other day that one fault, or faulty sensor, can bring on numerous warning lights, a sort of knock on effect. Problem is finding which one is the actual fault ! Cheers.
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Mate, my car passed the mot two days ago, but on the way home the service light came on. I immediately thought it had something to do with the mot test ! When I got home I noticed the odometer had just hit 75,000 miles, so I presumed, not unreasonably, that it wasn’t a fault and it was just informing me a service was due. Anyhow, I looked in the hand book for how to reset the light. It said to put the ignition on , depress the accelerator fully, pump the brakes three times and hold in the button on the end of the indicator wand for 20 seconds. After half an hour of trying this
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What f***ing weird school was that you went to Don ??? LOL !!! Cheers.
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Because all the non-vacs are certified conspiracy theorists ? Sorry Scotty mate, I couldn’t resist ! LOL ! Cheers.
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My simple answer to that Francie, mate, is that I don’t know. Its way above my knowledge and I wouldn’t be stupid enough to pretend I do know . I’m a retired aircraft engineer and I’m still amazed at how an aircraft fully laden with cargo weighing a hundred ton can get off the ground, never mind fly ! I couldn’t explain how radio waves or x-rays work, not my field of expertise or education, but I know all these things work. I am 100% certain man has walked on the moon, I don’t have all the answers , but I don’t have the answers to many things. Just because I don’t unde
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He offered me a dog, so I guess I’m ok with him ! LOL ! Cheers.
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More like Freddy Kruger , mate ! But I know what you mean, very little evidence of imposter syndrome on here…….. Cheers.
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Nothing rude about sensible debate, mate ! No, but the flight ops could, and there would be, as I said to Tomo , possibly thousands in Mission Control, that was after all operating 24/7. There would be shift handovers, people on stand-by. It beggars belief, for me at least, that so many people could be involved in a conspiracy that was being monitored by many nations around the world, some that would have loved to prove it was a hoax, but didn’t raise a single suspicion. Cheers.
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Just a heads up mate “The Dutch False Moon Rock” conspiracy WILL be incoming ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Thing is mate, millions, maybe billions , of people watched the launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the re-entry of the command module. If it didn’t go to the moon , where did it go ? It was being monitored by every advanced nation in the world, if it was a hoax surely one of them would have questioned it ? Now, let’s suppose it WAS a hoax, and the Americans got away with it, why, again, pardon the pun, on earth would they risk doing it again FIVE TIMES ??!!! Most people who say it was a hoax don’t even realise there were SIX moon landings and 12 men walked on the moon. I
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That’s nonsense mate, there would probably be more than a hundred in the control centre, maybe even thousands in the Mission Control, ground crews, launch crews . If you don’t believe man had walked on the moon, I can’t convince you, but as I’ve said before, I worked as a specialist instructor for Lockheed at the Air Defence Centre in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and worked alongside many Americans who had previously worked on the Apollo programme mate. I visited some of them in the States, and had some visit me here. Every single one of them was extremely proud of their involvement in the moon
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Yes, of course they did. As I’ve said previously, every moon landing was monitored by Americas friends and enemies …. Not one of them has cast doubt on it. If Russia or China had the slightest suspicion of foul play they would have exposed it. Cheers.
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There was an estimated 400,000 people involved directly and indirectly in the Apollo programme mate. It wasn’t just NASA, companies such as Lockheed, Boeing, Gruman, Douglas aircraft companies. Also Westinghouse, General Motors, plus many other huge companies were also involved in the R & D and the building. There were static ground models, unmanned test flights and also manned test flights as well as the six flights that actually put men on the moon. A huge, even , pardon the pun, astronomical undertaking taking years and enormous manpower and costs. Cheers.
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I thought it was mC who said “I’ve nothing to declare but my genius!” ? Cheers.
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You know when you are being interviewed for a job and they ask you “what do you consider your failings? “. I’d have no hesitation in saying “ I can’t help replying to absolute nonsense on THL, when I know for a fact I’m absolutely, totally, wasting my time ! “ LOL ! Cheers.
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My grandparents were Irish; does that count ? LOL ! Cheers.
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Give it a rest mate, if the Russians were to use tactical nuclear weapons on Ukraine they would be delivered by cruise type missiles or tactical bombers ! By your logic we should get rid of our nuclear deterrent because we never use it ! LOL ! Cheers.
