Dreadnought Holiday
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Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
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I did time on fishery protection and saw many "factory ships" (fish in, fish fingers out), the only thing I can tell you with certainty:
1. They had LOTS of aerials & antennas for a fishing ship.
2. They had cows on board to supply milk.
Honestly we weren't sure about 1), & were jealous about 2).
1. They had LOTS of aerials & antennas for a fishing ship.
2. They had cows on board to supply milk.
Honestly we weren't sure about 1), & were jealous about 2).
February 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I did time on fishery protection and saw many "factory ships" (fish in, fish fingers out), the only thing I can tell you with certainty:
1. They had LOTS of aerials & antennas for a fishing ship.
2. They had cows on board to supply milk.
Honestly we weren't sure about 1), & were jealous about 2).
1. They had LOTS of aerials & antennas for a fishing ship.
2. They had cows on board to supply milk.
Honestly we weren't sure about 1), & were jealous about 2).
No, but I'll RT - there's a fair few commercial maritime people who follow this account.
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
No, but I'll RT - there's a fair few commercial maritime people who follow this account.
Was just about to say similar. The really hard ones are properly hard.
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Was just about to say similar. The really hard ones are properly hard.
Rocket boats have been mercifully rare...
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Rocket boats have been mercifully rare...
Some smaller fast Russian vessels used them, which makes sense to me, and they didn't really keep going with it, which again...
February 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Some smaller fast Russian vessels used them, which makes sense to me, and they didn't really keep going with it, which again...
Yeah, did mean to imply that air cooling is going to be difficult to say the least - but lost it in the edit!
February 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Yeah, did mean to imply that air cooling is going to be difficult to say the least - but lost it in the edit!
Love a weird powerplant.
The main advantages of radials in planes (simplicity - at least in some ways, resistance to damage, simple air cooling) disappear once you make them huge. Also the necessary arrangement of pistons means they'd take up an increasingly bizarre amount of space, I guess?
The main advantages of radials in planes (simplicity - at least in some ways, resistance to damage, simple air cooling) disappear once you make them huge. Also the necessary arrangement of pistons means they'd take up an increasingly bizarre amount of space, I guess?
February 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Love a weird powerplant.
The main advantages of radials in planes (simplicity - at least in some ways, resistance to damage, simple air cooling) disappear once you make them huge. Also the necessary arrangement of pistons means they'd take up an increasingly bizarre amount of space, I guess?
The main advantages of radials in planes (simplicity - at least in some ways, resistance to damage, simple air cooling) disappear once you make them huge. Also the necessary arrangement of pistons means they'd take up an increasingly bizarre amount of space, I guess?
I've never really rated my multitasking skills until I tried driving a rally car, and it turns out that you can be the nervous autistic guy AND the cackling psychopath. You don't have to choose!
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I've never really rated my multitasking skills until I tried driving a rally car, and it turns out that you can be the nervous autistic guy AND the cackling psychopath. You don't have to choose!
Best sausage rolls I've ever tasted came from Helmsley. Lizzie Bennet would have been up there like a rat up a drainpipe.
February 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Best sausage rolls I've ever tasted came from Helmsley. Lizzie Bennet would have been up there like a rat up a drainpipe.
There's always that moment, isn't there, of "did I not lay out my stall obviously enough?"
I've come to terms with immediately throwing the block, but oh gosh yeah would people just please stop being dickheads.
I've come to terms with immediately throwing the block, but oh gosh yeah would people just please stop being dickheads.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There's always that moment, isn't there, of "did I not lay out my stall obviously enough?"
I've come to terms with immediately throwing the block, but oh gosh yeah would people just please stop being dickheads.
I've come to terms with immediately throwing the block, but oh gosh yeah would people just please stop being dickheads.
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
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February 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
It's the little Linois coda where he overcompensates for the previous error that always gets me.
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
It's the little Linois coda where he overcompensates for the previous error that always gets me.
Blimey, Adrian Chiles is a dark horse, isn't he?
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Blimey, Adrian Chiles is a dark horse, isn't he?
How disappointing!
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
How disappointing!
Imagine looking at a mannequin and thinking "that'd look brilliant with a UTI, that would"
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Imagine looking at a mannequin and thinking "that'd look brilliant with a UTI, that would"
Hear me out here: skeleton big air
February 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hear me out here: skeleton big air
Regrettably this implies you *could* see them. And even when Mr White Shirt was in the right place, his brain often wasn't.
February 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Regrettably this implies you *could* see them. And even when Mr White Shirt was in the right place, his brain often wasn't.
Unlike the rest of my family I can't really get into ice skating, so was watching under sufferance - especially as I can't stand that guy that looks like Struwwelpeter.
In an unexpected turn of events it was my favourite event of the Olympics so far.
In an unexpected turn of events it was my favourite event of the Olympics so far.
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Unlike the rest of my family I can't really get into ice skating, so was watching under sufferance - especially as I can't stand that guy that looks like Struwwelpeter.
In an unexpected turn of events it was my favourite event of the Olympics so far.
In an unexpected turn of events it was my favourite event of the Olympics so far.