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Yes. If you are going to correct me, you have to be more specific. Northern China has indirect access to the Pacific via the Bohai and Yellow Seas, though even that used to be hindered by Russo-Japane ...

Hence the Jamaican bobsleigh team. It started as a joke, even made a film of it (Cool Runnings).

Just wait until they get serious. Pick a bunch of really good sprinters. Probably world-class but n ...

That "wrong shape for ballet" also applies to gymnastics and divers.

Fortunately for the girls (maybe the boys as well), puberty blockers are now a banned drug, so there are fewer unnatu ...

While Russia and North Korea have a land border, China cannot have direct access to the Pacific.

You what?
Did you look at a map of the Eastern Pacific before you said that?

I have been misinformed. The first round of the Roman Empire Cup qualifies you for the Medieval Cup. Calleva is the Roman name for Silchester or something, up the road from Portchester where they land ...

House of Lords or the Cricket Club?

Try Screwfix
107 Queensway, Bayswater
or
348-352, Kensington High Street

Izzat a marra on yer barra, Harper?

The reporter with the "Russia launched thirty-five drones on the capital, all were intercepted" report counts that as a big success. Every instance of which is added to the list of "We ...

I didn't get where I am today without playing with models.

It all started innocently enough, with Airfix and glue. "Big Bang" back then meant the awful crashing sound when the model fell ...

As this "AEL in Space" topic started in 2009, I can confidently say AEL has boldly gone where few have gone before (or come back).

The latest blow to Astro-orthodoxy?

Saying goodbye t ...

There's no canal in Northolt that I know of.

Absolutely none at all. Apart, that is, from the biggest canal in London, the Grand Union Canal. That's the same one that goes within a mile of where yo ...

Someone is asking
Is there a crisis in Cosmology?

What's happening? Is the sky falling down again?

According to the standard model, which is the basis for essentially all research in the field, ...

The antidote to Battle Drones is swarms of sacrificial mini-drones. These are even easier and cheaper to build than Battle Drones.
This is not an antidote. Any more than dummy minefields are an antid ...

to get the human race off its arse always requires a bunch of people making a fuss about things that are not intrinsically worth making a fuss about. "For chrissake, what difference which end of ...

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Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Boreades Replies: 1592 Views: 437448	Forum: Politics Posted: 3:16 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Boreades Replies: 1592 Views: 437448	Yes. If you are going to correct me, you have to be more specific. Northern China has indirect access to the Pacific via the Bohai and Yellow Seas, though even that used to be hindered by Russo-Japane ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Boreades Replies: 2359 Views: 847524	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:36 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Boreades Replies: 2359 Views: 847524	Hence the Jamaican bobsleigh team. It started as a joke, even made a film of it (Cool Runnings). Just wait until they get serious. Pick a bunch of really good sprinters. Probably world-class but n ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Boreades Replies: 2359 Views: 847524	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:48 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Boreades Replies: 2359 Views: 847524	That "wrong shape for ballet" also applies to gymnastics and divers. Fortunately for the girls (maybe the boys as well), puberty blockers are now a banned drug, so there are fewer unnatu ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Boreades Replies: 1592 Views: 437448	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:30 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Boreades Replies: 1592 Views: 437448	While Russia and North Korea have a land border, China cannot have direct access to the Pacific. You what? Did you look at a map of the Eastern Pacific before you said that?
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Boreades Replies: 4168 Views: 1097321	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:24 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Boreades Replies: 4168 Views: 1097321	I have been misinformed. The first round of the Roman Empire Cup qualifies you for the Medieval Cup. Calleva is the Roman name for Silchester or something, up the road from Portchester where they land ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:54 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	House of Lords or the Cricket Club?
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:47 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	Try Screwfix 107 Queensway, Bayswater or 348-352, Kensington High Street
Topic: Mega-Talk
Boreades Replies: 811 Views: 363872	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 11:27 am Subject: Mega-Talk
Boreades Replies: 811 Views: 363872	Izzat a marra on yer barra, Harper?
Topic: War on Terrorism
Boreades Replies: 1856 Views: 520281	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:53 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Boreades Replies: 1856 Views: 520281	The reporter with the "Russia launched thirty-five drones on the capital, all were intercepted" report counts that as a big success. Every instance of which is added to the list of "We ...
Topic: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	Forum: Astrophysics Posted: 11:37 am Subject: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	I didn't get where I am today without playing with models. It all started innocently enough, with Airfix and glue. "Big Bang" back then meant the awful crashing sound when the model fell ...
Topic: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	Forum: Astrophysics Posted: 3:37 pm Subject: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	As this "AEL in Space" topic started in 2009, I can confidently say AEL has boldly gone where few have gone before (or come back). The latest blow to Astro-orthodoxy? Saying goodbye t ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Boreades Replies: 4784 Views: 1090379	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:17 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Boreades Replies: 4784 Views: 1090379	There's no canal in Northolt that I know of. Absolutely none at all. Apart, that is, from the biggest canal in London, the Grand Union Canal. That's the same one that goes within a mile of where yo ...
Topic: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	Forum: Astrophysics Posted: 10:49 am Subject: Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
Boreades Replies: 24 Views: 74970	Someone is asking Is there a crisis in Cosmology? What's happening? Is the sky falling down again? According to the standard model, which is the basis for essentially all research in the field, ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Boreades Replies: 1856 Views: 520281	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:39 pm Subject: War on Terrorism
Boreades Replies: 1856 Views: 520281	The antidote to Battle Drones is swarms of sacrificial mini-drones. These are even easier and cheaper to build than Battle Drones. This is not an antidote. Any more than dummy minefields are an antid ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 1:52 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Boreades Replies: 2892 Views: 1232514	to get the human race off its arse always requires a bunch of people making a fuss about things that are not intrinsically worth making a fuss about. "For chrissake, what difference which end of ...