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On 01/08/2025 at 20:04, mod hero said:

He does press better but he’s still crap at it. He can’t link play, can’t dribble, can’t control a football, and carries little goal threat. 
 

Ayew can do all of the above much better.

Disagree. He's actually quite good at linking play at this level. A good example of this was away to Leeds in February 2024. Yes, he missed the chance to likely seal the three points when he put a clear chance wide, (he also had a goal incorrectly overruled). The capitulation from the team at the end was appalling but his link play had been exceptional nonetheless. 

3 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

I mean if you want a very left field shout for root cause: Operation Paperclip and it's counterparts. By allowing fascists to integrate back into society after WWII

Wernher von Braun was indeed a member of the Nazi party, but he joined simply though expedience to get support and funding for his work. He despised Hitler and all that he ideologically stood for - however that could not be said for some of his counterparts that were covertly integrated into American society when they should have been in the dock at Nuremberg. 

He did not directly murder anyone. He had sleep-walked into a Faustian bargain—that he had worked with this regime without considering the darker implications of the Third Reich and the Nazi regime. As Technical Director at the Army Rocket Center at Peenemünde his work attracted more and more attention in higher levels. His refusal to join the party would have meant that he would have had to abandon his life's work. Of course he bears some responsibility for his own actions but in the case of concentration camp labour, there wasn’t much he could do to help. The Milgram experiment remains a landmark study in social psychology, raising important questions about obedience, authority, and individual responsibility. von Braun is condemned for being in the middle of that situation, witnessing the concentration camp labour personally, face to face, but powerless to effect change. He admitted visiting the plant at Mittelwerk on many occasions, and later referred to conditions at the plant as "repulsive", but he maintained throughout his life that he never personally saw any deaths or beatings. By 1944 he was certainly privy to the atrocities but he denied ever having visited the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp itself - and there is no evidence that he did, where 20,000 died from illness, beatings, hangings, and appalling working conditions. Yes the slave labour was being used - more people died though this that the actual V2 itself, but contrary to the claims of many, he was not a war criminal or a fascist. The slave labour was not at his behest or choosing and he certainly didn't preside over it as some imply, however he nonetheless took huge guilt, regret and remorse with him to his grave. 

Operation Paperclip was part of a broader strategy by the US to secure German scientific talent in the face of emerging Cold War tensions, and ensuring this expertise did not fall into the hands of the Soviet Union or other nations. The operation's legacy has remained controversial in subsequent decades, owing to the undeniable fact that the CIA did shelter individuals that were later found to have had involvement in war crimes and more sinister affiliation with the Nazi Party. 

3 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Let’s hope it’s not a repeat of 2004 and everyone can get to safety .

One of the reasons that particular event was so devastating was the lack of adequate warning systems in place across many coastal regions impacted in the Indian Ocean. 

Last night's earthquake occurred on the Kamchatka Peninsula which is on the Pacific ring of fire and subduction zones are prone to these immensely powerful megathrust earthquakes which can generate tsunamis. There are so many variables that can govern the severity of the latter ranging from the the amount of water displaced, the depth of the water at the source, and the local morphology/topography and bathymetry of the coastlines that are hit so it remains to be seen. A 1.2m wave has been reported off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. 

16 hours ago, Izzy said:

Saw this thread was bumped and realized I've been off the wagon since Mum died in December after 8 years without a drink.

 

Dad offered me a whiskey the night of her passing and it tasted so good. We spent the next two weeks drinking different whiskeys every night and bam - I'm back on it again.

 

 

I recall our conversations last year on the whisky thread, so I feel somewhat complicit in this. Remember though, the joy of scotch is to savour - enjoy the nose and the after taste. It doesn't need to be to excess because that becomes a blur. Remember the Glenfiddich 15 I bought last Christmas? I still have half a bottle remaining. I've always regarded scotch as a winter luxury. I greatly enjoy walking the dog for miles over frosty fields and then stopping in at the local for a pint of stout and a cheeky dram of smokey/peaty Laphroaig. I have just come out of a very brutal consultation/redundancy process at work and I'm grateful to say that I survived it and am still in a job. Had a few pints the other night culminating in the top shelf and thought of you whilst supping the exquisite Glenlivet 12. 

I try to avoid drinking at home as much as possible because its so easy for it to become habitual and an evening ritual. 

7 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Train it to bark when someones at the front or back of your house  

I's simply not in her nature. If someone broke in, she'd roll over and expect them to tickle her tummy and give her a treat. 

2 hours ago, Greg2607 said:

accepting that all dogs bark) - 

Mine does - about twice a year, if that, as opposed to seventy times a minute incessantly, every day, every hour. That was my only caveat. If you can endure that, then a cavapoo is an otherwise lovely, loyal and loving dog. 

King Charles Spaniels are adorable and a great beginner dogs. You asked for an opinion and I would suggest that would be a preferable choice. 

3 hours ago, Greg2607 said:

anyone got any knowledge of the Cavapoo Temprement? We are torn between a Cavapoo and a Cavalier King Charles to add to the family... I grew up with Dogs, but this will be our first Dog as adults.... we do have two cats so any insight would be useful. 

A sensible choice for a first dog, intelligent and relatively easy to train. Their coats need regular grooming and my cousin's suffers from acute separation anxiety but I think that's because of the very strong bond that they form with their owner. That said so do Ridgebacks, and they don't seem to be similarly affected. 

Personally, I would avoid since they are incessant barkers. Someone two doors away from me has one and it's so bad it does it when an aeroplane passes overhead at 7,000ft. But then I've never seen the attraction of small growly yappy dogs myself. 

19 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Now they are reunited.

 

RIP Ozzy.

Just posted something identical in the 'What are you listening to' thread'. RIP Ozzy RIP Randy. 

Oz always had great guitarists: Randy Rhoads, Brad Gillis, Jake E Lee, Zakk Wylde. 

Finally reunited. 

7 hours ago, Foxes1 said:

Zelko Kalac v Bolton and against West Brom 1995 absolute clown must be a contender for worst goalkeeping appearance alongside Danny Ward.

I was just about to type this. 

Lammie Robertson, Brian Carey or Josh Low - every appearance they made. 

16 minutes ago, The Bear said:

It doesn't though. If the sun suddenly disappeared then it'd take 8 mins 20s for us to notice or feel any effect. Which is the same time it takes light to get to us. 

 

Only quantum entanglement seems to break this law, but I suspect microscopic wormholes are involved there somehow. 

Recently when Wymsey suddenly disappeared it took also took only 8 minutes for any of us to notice given the frequency of his posts. 

11 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Other than gravitational obviously. 

And that is infinite. As counterintuitive as it sounds, because this operates on a universal scale the Earth's gravity actually stretches over a distance of 4.5-billion light years. The force of gravity, regardless of how weak it becomes, is never zero for any object with mass.

40 minutes ago, The Bear said:

/pedant

 

Technically the ISS is still in the upper atmosphere and therefore in the same inertial frame of reference as the ground. So they're still "with us" as part of the Earth. 

 

/pedant

And to continue to pedantry, the geocorona actually extends up to 391,464 miles away from the planet which is equivalent to 50 times the diameter of the Earth and nearly twice the distance to the Moon. So even beyond low Earth orbit, to further split hairs, no one has actually ventured beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Of course, in respect of the Apollo astronauts or future manned landings on the lunar surface, this equates to about 0.2 atoms per cubic centimetre. On Earth, we would simply call that a vacuum because that's essentially what it is. 

2 hours ago, davieG said:

Noy sure how authentic this is. Things like this never seem to make any sort of news.

 

 

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THE TREE THAT WITNESSED EARTH'S MAGNETIC APOCALYPSE: Ancient Kauri Reveals What Happened When Our Planet's Magnetic Shield Collapsed!

Deep in a New Zealand swamp, scientists found the perfectly preserved trunk of an ancient kauri tree that lived for 1,700 years - including through the last time Earth's magnetic poles completely flipped around 42,000 years ago. The tree's rings became a time machine, revealing one of the most dramatic periods in Earth's history when our planet's magnetic shield nearly disappeared entirely.

AMAZING RESULTS:

During what scientists now call the Adams Event, Earth's magnetic field collapsed to just 0-6% of its normal strength for several centuries. With our cosmic radiation shield almost gone, the planet was bombarded with dangerous space radiation. The tree rings show massive spikes in radiocarbon levels as cosmic rays poured through the weakened magnetic field, creating widespread electrical storms and brilliant auroras across the sky.

MORE THAN BEAUTY:

This wasn't just a light show - it was a global crisis. Ice sheets expanded rapidly, weather patterns shifted dramatically, and Australia became a desert. Many large animals in Australia and Tasmania went extinct during this time. Some researchers even think the surge in cosmic radiation may have driven early humans to seek shelter in caves, possibly explaining the sudden appearance of cave art around this period as people spent more time underground.

THE BIGGER VISION:

The kauri tree's rings provide the most detailed record ever of what happens when Earth's magnetic shield fails. Today, scientists worry about what would happen if such an event occurred again. Our satellites would fail, power grids could collapse worldwide, and rapid climate changes could reshape the planet. The tree that stood watch 42,000 years ago is now helping us prepare for future magnetic reversals.

A single tree became Earth's memory keeper during one of the planet's most chaotic chapters!

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The accepted terminology is the 'Laschamp Event' derived from geomagnetic anomalies found in larva flows in France. The name "Adams event" is amusingly derived from Douglas Adams, and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," - the number "42" being the answer to life, the universe, and everything. The event's timing, was supposedly 42,000 years ago....except it wasn't - it began 41,000 years ago.  There is disagreement on this, but as I understood it the Earth's magnetic field during the 250 year reversal declined to a minimum of 5% of its current strength, and was at about 25% of its current strength when fully reversed. There is no causal link between the Laschamp event and population bottlenecks of many species, and the relatively minor radioisotopic changes during the event, have cast significant doubt concerning its impact on global environmental changes. Looks like this was a hastily assembled and rather misleading meme created for and plucked off social media. 

'She came in through the bathroom window'. You can see 'The fool on the hill' in the background top right. 

1 hour ago, the fox said:

I remember when the Clean Break Memo was just a conspiracy theory.

It was never a conspiracy theory though. 

35 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

Are you not going to tell them? 

The Robins or the owners of the property? 

37 minutes ago, PAULCFC said:

Can't remember the last time we had any sort of real rain up here in the North East.........where as last year it was pissing down every day.Typical,we were living in a van last year,while now i'm trying to get our lawn sorted out!

I noticed today that some robins have inadvisably built a nest in a nearby balcony/roof terrace drain. Unfortunately, you can't really make it out in this picture...

15 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Given I have zero doubt they have designed to code, might be that there was some defect in that joint that failed and propagated down.

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