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... https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/mass-casualties-suspected-after-bus-goes-over-cliff-in-limpopo-20240328 What an appalling thing to happen :( It is, but it happens about once a week in South America, particularly in Colombia and Bolivia. The mountain roads are poor, there are no b...

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:10 pm

Nope. The Iranian Embassy is next door, and appears to have no sig. damage from the view I've seen.

Interesting. So they must have had good intelligence about what was going on - nothing new there, but on that basis, the timing and aiming of the device had to be extremely accurate.

This would surely be the Iranian embassy since it's in the capital. Not that it affects the outcome of what has happened, the reprisals for which I suspect will be quite swift and merciless. This could mark a significant escalation in the conflict. Will the US be happy to continue supplying weapons ...

Woody wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:43 pm

Liberty Media who “own “ F1 have bought the MotoGP series for a large amount of money.

That's MotoGP b*ggered as well, now. Was never a fan, but I wouldn't have wished Liberty on them. Look at the mess F1 is in now.

Since perestroika, the church has had an increasing significance on Russian life. Based on my own observations and anecdotal evidence, the women outnumber the men as churchgoers. In the days prior to perestroika, every flat I went into had a small corner, where there would be an icon (painting) of a...

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-ukraine-latest-putin-responds-to-drivel-idea-he-will-attack-poland-and-czech-republic-12541713 More fodder into the meat grinder - if they don't escape to another country first! A mate of mine, just back from Thailand, tells me that the place is infested with them....

So odd that the Russian Orthodox Church would declare the invasion of a country which is 80% Orthodox a “Holy War”. What a strange turn of events. Since the end of the Soviet Union, I have watched the Orthodox Church in Russia become more and more powerful. One of Yesltsin's first acts was to build...

Thames Water shareholders are reportedly refusing to stump up cash for the necessary huge system rectification works (having received huge dividends on the way, of course) meaning there is a threat of nationalisation thus costing the taxpayer millions. Maggie and OffWat did a good job, didn't they....

My choice:- DE HAVILLAND DH.98 MOSQUITO The Mosquito (known affectionally as the 'the Wooden Wonder' and/or 'the Mossie') was one of the most versatile combat aircraft of WWII. The aircraft was used as a light bomber, fighter-bomber, night fighter, maritime strike aircraft and for photo-reconnaissa...

Shome mishtake shurely? The Dali is showing as 95, 000 gross tons - not one of the biggest, but big enough! I recall talking to the captain of a supertanker some years ago, and listening to his explanation that the sheer kinetic energy of the vessel means that it cannot stop quickly. It is clear tha...

There's more than usual activity on the western side of the Black Sea today. The usual RAF R135 is there, together with a US Navy P8 and a Global Hawk south of Sebastopol at 52,000ft. These are all regulars in the area, but not normally at the same time.

Note the large amount of black smoke from the vessel at around 'lights out' time. This is normally indicative of putting the vessel into full astern (reverse), which may have been an instinctive reaction from the pilot/captain, but the beast is never going to stop in a hurry. Thankfully it was in th...

This whole 'escaping to Ukraine' thing is being laughed at by Ukrainians. Effectively, Ukraine's border posts with other other countries are closed. Ukrainians can't leave and very few foreigners can enter, so it's difficult to imagine how a group of Tajiks would get into Ukraine, especially with Ta...

Impressive fireworks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKmfUf86tw And these forces are supposed to have sent 4 guys to burn down a concert hall? And escape to UKR - provided, on the long way "home", there's fuel available in petrol stations when needed :D. 2 landing ships, Yamal and Azov, were hit,...

Please add my name to that list, Probes

... I remember one evening going to a villa, far outside Athens. The food and company were excellent, but what I remember most was the carpet of stars above us. Some of them even shot across the sky. A few days after finally retiring and moving here in 2011 we visited my family in Ontario. On the w...

If anyone in northern latitudes has clear skies tonight, the aurora is showing as very active on the Finnish met. site. It is clear here but not yet dark at the moment. Watching the aurora is the last thing on my bucket list trip wise I remember one evening going to a villa, far outside Athens. The...

The wind was rough And cold and blough. She kept he hands inside her mough And so, although The wind did blough And the weather was a cruel fough, She gave a cough. Please do not scough, She coughed until her hat blough ough! Oh, the joy of being British and not having to learn that... Yes, I've th...

Impressive fireworks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKmfUf86tw And these forces are supposed to have sent 4 guys to burn down a concert hall? And escape to UKR - provided, on the long way "home", there's fuel available in petrol stations when needed :D. 2 landing ships, Yamal and Azov, were hit,...

I see the ISIS guys are from Tajikistan (at least that's what we're being told), so I can't help thinking that they've been put up to this, in order to give His Putiness yet another reason (if one were needed) to attack Ukraine. It's ludicrous to suggest that they were heading to Ukraine. How the he...