lapal_fan Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 who gives a shit? In the south, the Surrey boys take the piss out of the Essex boys, in the north Brummies moan about Mancs claiming the 2nd city shit. So even when you have South/North debates, we all hate people from around the corner. Cov for example. I think the only universal common thought in this country is that Liverpool should be cut adrift and coupled with the Isle of Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 it has become much like football teams, i just hate the **** lot of them that arent us... lapal is right, at least once a month in my office the brummies and the black country boys will have a debate / argument about who has the stupider accent, its hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 it has become much like football teams, i just hate the **** lot of them that arent us... lapal is right, at least once a month in my office the brummies and the black country boys will have a debate / argument about who has the stupider accent, its hilarious Who wins? Yow cor 'ave the yam yams not winning stupidest accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Dunno, after a while it just becomes a blur, the Black Country lot almost definitely start making words up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2014 Southerners have always been superior to Northerners in the UK Which makes it more ironic that the Southern feudal types were more generally from the Midlands and the North (or, barring that, the West Country). New England Yankees almost exclusively trace their ancestry from the South East. (and given that, over the past few centuries, the New England Yankees, along with their Dutch-influenced South Eastern English forebears have pretty much been on one of the all-time great winning streaks, if there's any group that can lay a legitimate claim to master race status it's New England Yankees...) ((sorry donnie)) (((or has that died out?))) ((((if it hasn't, then sorry donnie)))) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2014 Amazing what "Ultra" did for the war effort in WW2. How the Germans didn't know their code was broken is equally amazing. I think the thing I find most fascinating about this is that the code was so successful that it was effectively the German's own stupidity in using it that meant we could break it. I know what you mean. It was designed to be perfect, and in many ways it was. It was the users who cocked it up. I'm sure there was the on guy who believed that it couldn't be broken that he sent a message just pressing the L key about 50 times for a joke. Well that was cracked within about 10 minutes and gave them the crib for a day. The one's that really impressed me were the ones who cracked the Japanese codes, how do you do that? its symbols not letters. The only code not broken were the windtalkers, The American Navajo indians own tongue.The greatest enemy of any encryption scheme is the users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Last night I found out that she is my great-grandmother x 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Which makes me a distant cousin of FDR. Kinda cool. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I can't decide who was the bigger dickhead, Patton or Montgomery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Britain's oldest person has died at the age of 114. Ethel Lang was believed to be the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria. BBC Edited January 19, 2015 by Xann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 19, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2015 I can't decide who was the bigger dickhead, Patton or Montgomery Nothing in it. On balance I'd say Patton. They both had massive egos, but Patton didn't give a shit how many of his men died to further his own glory. Whereas Montgomery was over-cautious due his NOT wanting to risk too many of his men's lives. That might make Patton the more effective general, but the bigger dickhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Britain's oldest person has died at the age of 114. Ethel Lang was believed to be the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria. BBC she was believed to be the oldest person in europe I had her in my deadpool list and then decided that wasn't in the spirit of the thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Mr. Mooney, I can't recommend this trilogy enough, I think you'll love it- http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/ Edited January 19, 2015 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Dan Snow @thehistoryguy 18 mins 18 minutes ago Today in 1879 the British Army suffers its worst ever defeat against a technologically inferior enemy as Zulus triumph at Isandlwana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Why do Birmingham citys hooligans call themselves Zulus ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2015 Mr. Mooney, I can't recommend this trilogy enough, I think you'll love it- http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/ Yeah, been thinking about getting them. Only problem is my absurdly long 'to read next' list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 the architect needed a non-slip surface for the children's play area, so used 57,000 Everite asbestos cement tiles ah, the good old days When I was a kid I used to mould all year round snowmen or bike ramps out of the white 'papier mache' stuff that glooped out of the rusting steam trains once the rain had peeled back the outer case of the boilers - turns out that was asbestos too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 i see your asbestos playground and raise you with Kent, the asbestos filter cigarettes... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I wonder if you can still buy those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I can't decide who was the bigger dickhead, Patton or Montgomery Nothing in it. On balance I'd say Patton. They both had massive egos, but Patton didn't give a shit how many of his men died to further his own glory. Whereas Montgomery was over-cautious due his NOT wanting to risk too many of his men's lives. That might make Patton the more effective general, but the bigger dickhead. I don't know whether what you say is true of Patton or not, but I do like him for the quote along the lines of "We don't want you to die for your country, we want you to get the other goddamn sonofabitch to die for HIS country." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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