jbritchfordSee your pms
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jbritchfordDoesn’t make much sense.
If Ukraine wants to break from the Russian orbit, then the EU/US is the logical option. I wouldn’t rule out some collaborative projects with China, but not the whole strategic alliance thing.
jbritchfordThe only problem is those huge engine nacelles in the way, as well as the props. One careless moment, or sudden jolt to evade fire, and you may end up shooting your own aircraft.
jbritchfordI heard of a 3 way engagement involving the RAF, Israeli AF and the Egyptian AF, where all 3 were flying spitfires. Anyone out there know more :confused:
jbritchfordI was looking for another thread when I came across this one so here’s my contribution:
I hardly knew my father-in-law as he died a short while after I met my wife. However, when the family gets together stories of “Hermann” and his tandrums are bound to come up sooner or later. It seems to me now that Hermann couldn’t control himself and very often subjected his family to severe fits, only just touchuing the boundaries of violance. One believes that he was only happy when he could turn his families life into hell. However, on the other side it seems that he was extremely unhappy with the situation especially as he couldn’t do anything about it. He was in treatment though. Early 1986 (I think it was) he was diagnosed cancer and died 5 weeks later at 52. My wife and her mother were with him when he died. Seconds before his death he tried to say something to my wife which she couldn’t understand. She begged him to say it again as she couldn’t understand him which he did, but apart from a mumble there was nothing. My wife asked him for the second time for him to repeat it, no doubt it meant a lot to him that it was said. He tried to say it again, but my wife couldn’t understand what he was saying and then he died. Needless to say how upset my wife was.
In summer of 2005 my mum was taken to hospital as she had breathing problems. She had water in her lungs and was recovering swiftly and the date of her coming home had already been set. Unfortunatly one evening she suffered heart-failure but was re-animated about ten minutes later. She was in a coma and during the few days later it became clear that her brain had suffered too much damage. Before my mother died my wife contacted through a friend an elderly woman in Holland who, people say, has supernatural abilities. I personally don’t think too much of this kind of “hodge-podge” but agreed that my wife should go and see this lady even only if she could get some kind of comfort from her. Apparently the lady in Holland must be very busy as my wife only got an appointment several weeks later. My mum died ten days after her heart-failure.
The appointment then arrived and my wife and I agreed that she should go there anyway, only just to find out what it’s like. So my wife and her friend went there, sat down with this lady and Annette (my wife) described the reason for her coming. The lady said that my mum is fine where she is but that one usually doesn’t contact a person “on the other side” within the first six months after their death (for whatever reason). However, suddenly the lady said: “Hermann is here! Does anyboody know who Hermann is?” Annette said “Yes, he’s my father”. The lady then continued: “Hermann says: I’m sorry!”
So 19 years after his death Hermann finally managed to tell my wife what he desperately wanted to tell her seconds before he died. My wife was hysterical when she came back home. This has surely changed my ideas about things.
Peter
With the greatest of repsect for your loss, Pete, I think you should view this with skepticism.
Use of Cold reading techiniques, careful questioning and the like can be used to give the impression of phychic abilities, and have been demonstrated quite clearly by people who make no supernatural claims to show just how it can be done.
Derren brown made a very interesting documentary where he traveled across the US pretending to be a psychic and getting various people, such as a faith healer, a fortune teller etc to endorse his abilities as genuine. Through clever use of phychology he managed to convince just about all of them.
jbritchfordI was looking for another thread when I came across this one so here’s my contribution:
I hardly knew my father-in-law as he died a short while after I met my wife. However, when the family gets together stories of “Hermann” and his tandrums are bound to come up sooner or later. It seems to me now that Hermann couldn’t control himself and very often subjected his family to severe fits, only just touchuing the boundaries of violance. One believes that he was only happy when he could turn his families life into hell. However, on the other side it seems that he was extremely unhappy with the situation especially as he couldn’t do anything about it. He was in treatment though. Early 1986 (I think it was) he was diagnosed cancer and died 5 weeks later at 52. My wife and her mother were with him when he died. Seconds before his death he tried to say something to my wife which she couldn’t understand. She begged him to say it again as she couldn’t understand him which he did, but apart from a mumble there was nothing. My wife asked him for the second time for him to repeat it, no doubt it meant a lot to him that it was said. He tried to say it again, but my wife couldn’t understand what he was saying and then he died. Needless to say how upset my wife was.
In summer of 2005 my mum was taken to hospital as she had breathing problems. She had water in her lungs and was recovering swiftly and the date of her coming home had already been set. Unfortunatly one evening she suffered heart-failure but was re-animated about ten minutes later. She was in a coma and during the few days later it became clear that her brain had suffered too much damage. Before my mother died my wife contacted through a friend an elderly woman in Holland who, people say, has supernatural abilities. I personally don’t think too much of this kind of “hodge-podge” but agreed that my wife should go and see this lady even only if she could get some kind of comfort from her. Apparently the lady in Holland must be very busy as my wife only got an appointment several weeks later. My mum died ten days after her heart-failure.
The appointment then arrived and my wife and I agreed that she should go there anyway, only just to find out what it’s like. So my wife and her friend went there, sat down with this lady and Annette (my wife) described the reason for her coming. The lady said that my mum is fine where she is but that one usually doesn’t contact a person “on the other side” within the first six months after their death (for whatever reason). However, suddenly the lady said: “Hermann is here! Does anyboody know who Hermann is?” Annette said “Yes, he’s my father”. The lady then continued: “Hermann says: I’m sorry!”
So 19 years after his death Hermann finally managed to tell my wife what he desperately wanted to tell her seconds before he died. My wife was hysterical when she came back home. This has surely changed my ideas about things.
Peter
With the greatest of repsect for your loss, Pete, I think you should view this with skepticism.
Use of Cold reading techiniques, careful questioning and the like can be used to give the impression of phychic abilities, and have been demonstrated quite clearly by people who make no supernatural claims to show just how it can be done.
Derren brown made a very interesting documentary where he traveled across the US pretending to be a psychic and getting various people, such as a faith healer, a fortune teller etc to endorse his abilities as genuine. Through clever use of phychology he managed to convince just about all of them.
jbritchfordWhat I was getting at originally was
‘What will the F-35 do so much better than the F-22 that will justify both its additional development costs and greater cost per unit than legacy style systems?’
The US or NATO is unlikely to go to war with any nation with stealth capabilities in the forseeable future. If they do, then the F-22 can ensure air dominance and attack high value ground targets.
The current requiremenet is simply for cheap, non stealthy CAS aircraft with multi role a2a ability, like the F16 or the Gripen.
Just a speculative note; would it have been a cheaper/easier option to navalise the Raptor for the USN than develop F-35C?
jbritchfordWhat I was getting at originally was
‘What will the F-35 do so much better than the F-22 that will justify both its additional development costs and greater cost per unit than legacy style systems?’
The US or NATO is unlikely to go to war with any nation with stealth capabilities in the forseeable future. If they do, then the F-22 can ensure air dominance and attack high value ground targets.
The current requiremenet is simply for cheap, non stealthy CAS aircraft with multi role a2a ability, like the F16 or the Gripen.
Just a speculative note; would it have been a cheaper/easier option to navalise the Raptor for the USN than develop F-35C?
jbritchfordMMMmmm – held me up on the way home tonight. Quite ironic that they make crispy pancakes there. Presume they’re very crispy now…….
Darn, you beat me to that one….
Shame for the workers though. Will they get a share of the insurance?
jbritchfordMMMmmm – held me up on the way home tonight. Quite ironic that they make crispy pancakes there. Presume they’re very crispy now…….
Darn, you beat me to that one….
Shame for the workers though. Will they get a share of the insurance?
jbritchfordThis is something akin to a perpetual motion machine, isn’t it?
Even if it did work, what would be the practical application?
jbritchfordThis is something akin to a perpetual motion machine, isn’t it?
Even if it did work, what would be the practical application?
jbritchfordBah, Humbug! :diablo:
Oh, alright then….Merry Christmas!
jbritchfordBah, Humbug! :diablo:
Oh, alright then….Merry Christmas!
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