Recent content by Dure

Of course.

One love to you Will:D

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You seem to have confused the history of this time-line with that of another. In the run-up to WWII the Soviet Union was greatly respected and admired by the greater part of British and French society and was widely loved by the American working class.

Eh? The Bay of Pigs WAS a complete success. The Cubans trained by the charismatic Che crushed the invasion attempt by the USA and drove the counter revolutionaries back into the sea thus humiliating the Americans and their young president. How much success do you need before you call a thing...

A Stanley Steamer set the world record for the fastest mile in an automobile (28.2 seconds) in 1906 this record was not beaten until 1911.

Once more the Lady Margaret hauls her caravan slowly up the road to Durnovaria?

All those fine chocolates, Tintin books and bottles of Chimay are going to convince the CIA's finest no problem.

Drowned in a vat of used kitty litter?

This does not follow, I can think of any number of reasons for not puting new guns on older ships, cost being one of them. Keeping a pristine stock ready for use in the event of war being a second.

Eddy-fick-a-shun. Of course I know what it means! It is the act of taking pleasure in watching a thick person imitate the Eddystone Lighthouse. No you havn't had a rant yet you have been trying to wind me up instead, that is a different game.

I'm not sure I have made that many points in this entire debate. I am still trying to get a better handle on what is/might be going on. I have to this end asked a few questions. The points I am aware of making, an incomplete list certainly, are as follows: 1) Scholarly historian are paid...

This is an interesting point. I don't know the answer. I can perhaps put it in an historical context. In Dec. 1861 and early 1862 elements of the Admiralty and political establishment had no clear idea of the strength of the USN and considerably overestimated the expected capabilities of the...

The question is then do the British hold sufficient stocks of modern guns on shore to upgrade their ships at modest notice? If so your point is a good one, if not it is invalid. What is the situation, does anyone know? The RN had a huge stock of QFGs at one time but I have no idea if it was...

1) There has been no demonstration of consensus scholarly or otherwise your assertion is void. 2) Evidence tops scholarship every time. 3) I rather enjoy your rhetoric but when you suggest that the discrete pile of steaming odure in the corner of the room is not B/S you go too far.