Singalonga Metal!
The dial needs 20 not 10 for this.

Last call for alcohol: –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThBIaSVBnk

(Snippety snip)
I have to say that most new sitcoms that I’ve seen recently have been poor. There is always the hope of finding a really funny new series but so often it ends in disappointment. In my view any sitcom will have to be special to as good as my favourite, Father Ted.

Ditto on that, and the Eddie Izzard bit. I also think Julian Clary could have gone a lot further but perhaps his intellect was too much for the modern viewer.

When I was in England, I looked forward to the Comedy slots on Radio 4 (Was it Monday 6:30pm?).

PeeDee, that’s an absolute classic, I almost fell off my chair laughing – did anybody else spot it ?

My brain needs a USB update and I can’t recall the owner of that “Classic”. I think it was Goons or maybe even Navy Lark.
I have all the Navy Lark as MP3’s, and most of Hancocks H Hour. I keep about 8 of each on my player, and rotate them round as necessary (But Radio ham, Blackboard Jungle and Blood donor seem to stay on forever LoL)

Good points, but I’d already thought about them 😀 .

The Falklands conflict of 1982 was about principles, at the time there was little or no talk about possible oil and gas reserves and the islands had a very small economy. The war had to be fought in order that similar actions were not given the green light in the rest of the world, aswell as restoring British authority in the Falklands. Argentina acted as an aggressor, Britian as defender and liberator. Whatever Argentina’s feelings about the ‘Malvinas’, invasion was not the way to go about it, especially when someone like Galtieri and his henchmen were in power. In the end, the status quo was restored in the Falklands, and Galtieri’s government collapsed as a kind of bonus.

As for war between the dis-United Kingdom and an independent Scotland, I agree the chances are remote. I didn’t just mean peace in terms of warfare, I meant peace in general daily life and peace in a nation’s economy. Independence is always a bit of a gamble, and in this case we need to ask whether it’s worth it.

No, the principles were indeed the perfect stance for Thatch. to be a great leader of the day. But, the threat of the UK losing “Easy” access to it’s bit of the Antarctic…or the bit we think is ours in accordance with the 1959 Antarctic treaty….and the vast reserves of Oil, Gas, Gold, probably diamonds and and and and was a very serious consideration.

Somebody said that it is up to the people (In Scotl;and) to decide what they want. Hmm, that’s dodgy. I offer that 50% of voters (Maybe more) do not fully comprehend what they actually vote for.

Bally nora, I passed English Lit. with a shorter answer than that!

I’m no Montgomery or Patton, but if the Argentineans made quick work of moving in, they’d be set up before the UK-based gear you describe could get there. After all you only have a handful of C-17s and no A400s.
Then, they’d be the defenders and the UK the invaders…meaning the UK forces would have to field the larger forces described by Bmused55 in the post above.

I think there is enough kit there to fend off until the forces arrived.
They were defending last time, remember.

I remember very well getting VERY drunk in the pub when 2 para returned after Falklands 1.
They said at the time that American mercenaries were among the captured.

Taking the conversation a little broader, certain anti-A/c missiles do not go up the engine as Hollywood lets you think, but are designed to offset the explosion when over the nice soft canopy. This ensures a kill, rather than risk it (A £250k asset) going bang against a large piece of Engine Titanium, or the pilots “Bath” in some machines.
So, “Take that you bounder” has long gone in terms of weaponry but may still exist at people level in a War in which we respect the enemy. Present enemies, no chance…”off ’em and let Pigs crunch the evidence IMO”.

As I understand it, there is a larger resident military force on the Falklands today, than the token force that was present during the initial invasion in 82? Would that not make the task of invading much more difficult this time round?

The token force present on the FI in 1982 was about 20. And that was the marines on the survey ship.
They had little more than a rocket propelled Grenade launcher – which did some damage to an Argentine Submarine IIRC.