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knox_harrington posted:Devonport? Nuclear subs have been maintained and resupplied at Devonport in the past, it's just not much use for staging and maintenance of the missiles and IIRC doesn't have the facilities for refuelling because of lack of space. The big advantage of Faslane is it's remote enough that it's easy to spot the bloke in the big furry hat with a pair of binoculars looking in, and that subs can submerge deep enough almost immediately after leaving their berth to make detection tricky for any subs lurking around outside waiting to track them, and they also have multiple possible routes out. Devonport is overlooked by multiple commercial and residential tower blocks, meaning the bloke with the binoculars can do his stuff in central-heated warmth, leads out into shallow waters and has basically only one route out (and is also at least a day's sailing from the GIUK Gap, which is the main area we want our subs in).
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The big advantage of Faslane is it's remote enough that it's easy to spot the bloke in the big furry hat with a pair of binoculars looking in e: ^^ I approve of all that other than Wallace being middle class. He's definitely not precariat, but I always read him as more "union job making test instruments for 40 years, then got a final salary pension after the factory closed and now probably has opinions on Triumph vs. Norton" working class. Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Jan 25, 2021 |
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this guy just got sacked for this racist rant. priti patel can be insanely racist but they'll always hate her https://twitter.com/IamStrappa/status/1352988197542887425?s=20
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Guavanaut posted:What's Jay Kay up to now? He's Antifa now https://twitter.com/Jimllpaintit/status/1347584067877924873?s=19
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Guavanaut posted:What's Jay Kay up to now? Last I saw, someone had nicked his hat and was waving a megaphone about in the Capitol building. (Aside: how come people started calling that guy a 'shaman'? Anyway. I digress.)
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:(Aside: how come people started calling that guy a 'shaman'? Anyway. I digress.)
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Nuclear subs have been maintained and resupplied at Devonport in the past, it's just not much use for staging and maintenance of the missiles and IIRC doesn't have the facilities for refuelling because of lack of space. Well it definitely does do nuclear refuelling and the missile / torpedo store can be elsewhere (as per the HMNB Clyde / Coulport separation). It's a good point about security / secrecy, though not sure that's a dealbraker. Last time I was at Garelochhead camp I headed up onto the hill in a white van to get some mobile signal. Shortly afterwards I was surrounded by armed police because it turns out they do actually watch their security cameras and spotted a couple of shifty looking guys conspicuously doing nothing overlooking the naval base. There is a specific parking space with a viewing area onto the base further up, though. Weirdly the most secure place I've been into was a sub-compound within a RAF base that does some technical training. Scanned and searched for phones and that kind of thing. Way more thorough than Clyde or SF bases.
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Took me a while to realise Q Shaman was supposed to rhyme with QAnon, because American is the worst language
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Failed Imagineer posted:Took me a while to realise Q Shaman was supposed to rhyme with QAnon, because American is the worst language How do you have to say them? Cue-sh-ah-maaaaahn, Cue-aye-naaaaahn?
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To be fair getting hosed up on hallucinogens is glossolaliating is probably the best way to channel qanon.
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OwlFancier posted:To be fair getting hosed up on hallucinogens is glossolaliating is probably the best way to channel qanon. Have you ever taken drugs before, what kind and in what dose how high did you get and could you tie your own shoelaces whilst you were proceeding on the drug
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Failed Imagineer posted:Took me a while to realise Q Shaman was supposed to rhyme with QAnon, because American is the worst language I honestly cannot figure out how that is meant to work.
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Jose posted:Some Tory MPs kicking up a fuss so of course he's bottling it and going to get a ton more people killed
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I've been entirely sober my entire life except for the one time they shot me up on morphine in hospital. But I imagine that hallucinating is a lot like the qanon nonsense.
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OwlFancier posted:I've been entirely sober my entire life except for the one time they shot me up on morphine in hospital. Wait, you've never smoked a joint or got drunk before?
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Jose posted:this guy just got sacked for this racist rant. priti patel can be insanely racist but they'll always hate her I'm almost more shocked by the reaction of the other person in the video. It's more "what are you like you daft prick" than "what the gently caress did you just say on social media you utter bellend?"
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big scary monsters posted:I honestly cannot figure out how that is meant to work. Kinda like Keith Lemon doing his problematic Michael Jackson impersonation - "Sha-mone"
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knox_harrington posted:Devonport? meh, its not an inland loch surrounded by mountains with immediate access to the Altantic and Artic circle. Plus in the event of a nuclear accident (very likely because its the British Navy lol) some English people might die, and where would Tories take their holidays then?
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Ash Crimson posted:Wait, you've never smoked a joint or got drunk before? Alcohol makes me more depressed than normal if I drink more than one and nobody's ever offered weed, never felt the desire for it.
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OwlFancier posted:Alcohol makes me more depressed than normal if I drink more than one and nobody's ever offered weed, never felt the desire for it. What about Mandy and Charlie?
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Failed Imagineer posted:Just in case it hasn't already been posted, extreme levels of UKMT energy Wallace is absolutely packing. He's also had a few jobs in the films, he's been a window washer, a baker and a pest-controller at points.
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JollyBoyJohn posted:What about Mandy and Charlie? Never met them but I'm sure they're nice folk.
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OwlFancier posted:Alcohol makes me more depressed than normal if I drink more than one and nobody's ever offered weed, never felt the desire for it. you need to smoke a bong or something mate
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Jose posted:this guy just got sacked for this racist rant. priti patel can be insanely racist but they'll always hate her Can't wait for Kieth to employ him as Red Wall Strategy Director.
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Jose posted:this guy just got sacked for this racist rant Solidarity with Priti Patel.
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stev posted:I'm almost more shocked by the reaction of the other person in the video. It's more "what are you like you daft prick" than "what the gently caress did you just say on social media you utter bellend?" for every oval office like him that exists there are 100 like her who are all "omg you shouldn't say that!!! lol" rather than "you are despicable scum go and drown yourself for the benefit of humanity at large", in my experience very local brexit news: i signed up for a couple of OU modules for something to do of an evening and weekend this year and i have learned delivery of my books is likely going to be delayed because materials delivered to NI are now subject to customs checks lol  has there ever been a country that has so blithely conceded part of its territory crispix fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ash Crimson posted:you need to smoke a bong or something mate Nobody needs to smoke a bong. I like my vape and all but who gives a poo poo
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Necrothatcher posted:OwlFancier is the thread equivalent of a control group and we should all treasure them for that. It does feel a bit odd sometimes given that everyone else in the thread seems to be very into chemical alterations. Not having a reference point I don't know if that's just me being weird or whether the thread is more high than average.
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OwlFancier posted:It does feel a bit odd sometimes given that everyone else in the thread seems to be very into chemical alterations. Not having a reference point I don't know if that's just me being weird or whether the thread is more high than average. stuff like lsd and mushrooms tend to just make things a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope with colours and fractals everywhere and things sort of growing and shrinking slightly like clouds. lsd did make everything look kind of like i was in a cartoon once though mdma is like the endorphin high just much stronger
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Jose posted:this guy just got sacked for this racist rant. priti patel can be insanely racist but they'll always hate her This is his Instagram he's hosed, lmao   Actually laughing irl at the obligatory guy asking 'who's the girl' on a racist rant video ThomasPaine fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Jan 25, 2021 |
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OwlFancier posted:It does feel a bit odd sometimes given that everyone else in the thread seems to be very into chemical alterations. Not having a reference point I don't know if that's just me being weird or whether the thread is more high than average. Being able to stay sober just shows a strength of will most people don't have. Either that or you're a mental.
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"I stand by what I'm say but I'm sorry". Has this upstanding gentleman considered a career in the Conservative party?
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Jose posted:stuff like lsd and mushrooms tend to just make things a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope with colours and fractals everywhere and things sort of growing and shrinking slightly like clouds. lsd did make everything look kind of like i was in a cartoon once though salvia feels like your face melting into the fabric of reality for 1000 years. but in a bad way
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ThomasPaine posted:This is his Instagram he's hosed, lmao OwlFancier posted:It does feel a bit odd sometimes given that everyone else in the thread seems to be very into chemical alterations. Not having a reference point I don't know if that's just me being weird or whether the thread is more high than average.
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OwlFancier posted:It does feel a bit odd sometimes given that everyone else in the thread seems to be very into chemical alterations. Not having a reference point I don't know if that's just me being weird or whether the thread is more high than average. If it helps, I think I've been drunk like three times in the last 12 months and haven't done any (non-prescription) drugs in something like a decade now - it's not a matter of willpower or self-denial on my part, just (to nick Dylan Moran's line) I'm at an age where if I want a dizzying high I just get out of a chair too quickly.
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