To be honest I think trying to engineer a Truman Show style idealised game of diplomacy would be an error. Sure, do your best to help with the mechanics (the idea of dedicating some time after your orders to help with such questions is an interesting one, and may prove to be effective) but you shoul...

So a straight $ vs $ comparison is very limited in usefulness Perhaps, but we weren't doing that. We were comparing effectiveness So you are saying there is no-one capable of competing with the US so no reason to compare US spending at all? No. What a very strange thing to say. I must remember to w...

I feel we should focus more on prevention rather than punishment. Latest research have identified several key indicators of potential serial killers when they inhabit online forums. 1/ A tendency towards angry posting 2/ An inability to avoid taking part in arguments (not particularly useful here, a...

It's old Eastern European infrastructure in a deeply corrupt former Soviet state. We can't ignore the possibility that it was just a shite dam that failed due to piss poor construction and a dire maintenance regime. But it could well be the Russians trying to sabotage the fabled Ukrainian spring / l...

Are you putting yourself forward as a potential peer of a bobcat?

All I know about the new features is that they can be turned off or ignored without too much hardship. Although every now and then I press something unwise and a hideous monstrosity of a map projectile vomits its way over my phone screen... I'd actually forgotten the Zultar thing had happened. The d...

because there is no way to really tell how effective one troop in combat will be until it comes to actual combat No way of providing a complete evaluation, perhaps, but a great many useful indicators. Take the example of Greece with it's contingent of national service conscripts who serve for a yea...

Hmmm... Pommie?

taylor4 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:24 pm

@ Octavius - Octavious Which?

Octavious, obviously. Otherwise my username would be Octavius, like the Roman Emperor chap.

Septic?

(which is rhyming slang for Yank)

(by which I mean considered to be a citizen of the USA)

Wait, isn't this pretty obviously a brainbomb comic nonsense thread? Why is this in Politics?

... and then someone gave the judge a dollar and he read the words "in God we trust", and the post office delivered all the prayers to the courthouse, and Kris Kringle is pulled away by a reindeer whilst sat on a sled called rosebud...

I remember it well

The EU and UK spend a little over 300 billion, and get considerably less bang per buck than the US does. China spends a little under 300 billion, and gets considerably more bang per buck than the US. The US is bigger, but we aren't talking different orders of magnitude in spending compared to simila...

Ha! Obvious trap skillfully avoided!

What we need is an evidence based approach, so let's start with a small trial. The next time you have a thought, rather than posting it immediately on webDip wait 24 hours and reevaluate the thought, then wait a further 364 days and reevaluate again. If the thought still feels interesting, post away...

In Italy rhubarb is mainly used to make a relatively light liqueur, the most well-known brand being Rabarbaro Zucca. But ages ago my grandma always had rhubarb candies for me, bittersweet and so good. Or the even more bitter boldo/artichoke ones. I still remember that taste, although I still don't ...

So... if I understand the scenario correctly... brainbomb ran someone over in a display of hideous driving ineptitude, and is currently trying to find an elaborate excuse that gets him off the hook? Say a bee flu up your nose and made you sneeze. Works every time... unless the person you hit was imp...

Rhubarb is the devil's plant. But I guess it deserves some respect for being one of those Chinese foods that has become so common it is no longer thought of as Chinese

Fluent English speaker?

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 5:25 pm

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 5:07 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 4:23 pm

Is it someone you have met in real life, or who has an account on this website?

Lol

If he said yes I was going to ask if it was someone who owned a famous well.

I used to live near a famous well... There can't be that many of them