I was being more polite
They just didn't have enough combat capable
They just didn't have enough combat capable
The unbelievable stupidity of Cameron to ditch the entire fleet of RAF and RN Harriers is one of the most incomprehensible defence decisions ever taken by a UK government.I was being more polite
They just didn't have enough combat capable
I joined at the beginning of 1980. I couldn't believe my luck when the payrise was announced.Just before I left the RN in 1980 Maggie gave the forces a 14% pay rise then promptly slashed loads of jobs.
The unbelievable stupidity of Cameron to ditch the entire fleet of RAF and RN Harriers is one of the most incomprehensible defence decisions ever taken by a UK government.
Even now I still can't quite believe it. Especially when you consider the amount of money they'd just spent on the upgrade programme.
Lead to a big saving no doubtIn 1959 NASA budgeted US$50,000 to develop a pen that would work in space.
The Russians used a pencil.
Untrue. An apocryphal tale.In 1959 NASA budgeted US$50,000 to develop a pen that would work in space.
The Russians used a pencil.
I prefer my versionUntrue. An apocryphal tale.
they used a pressurised form of a ballpoint pen as graphite dust from a pencil is dangerous in space as it’s a fire hazard.
The longest railway tunnel in the world runs under the Swiss Alps. It is 35 miles long and takes seventeen minutes to travel through.
Keith Moon had a bank account at the first branch I worked in when he died.Keith Moon died four years after Mama Cass, he was the same age as she was when she died, they both died in the same room which was owned by Harry Nilsson.
Wonder if it can be reinstated!1647 parliament banned Christmas and the ban lasted 12 years