Affentitten
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I'm sure there are similar goings on in the press all over the world but no press seems to be quite as Machiavellian as the UK press, not sure why. The Economist puts it down to the super competitiveness of the UK media but surly there is more to it than that?
There is greater competition and a much richer advertising market. But It's not just a case of more newspapers, it's a case of more market crossover between segments. In Australia most of the big cities have one broadsheet and one tabloid and people read one or the other. Not so in the UK where the newpapers are national and they're often competing for slices of the same demographic.
Plus I really do think that the Brits are totally nuts for celebrities. Much more so than here. TV and pop celebs seem to be much more devoured by so many segments of the UK population.
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I was struck by the fact that she claims to be a wizard but is carrying a bow. Obviously an elf or ranger class.
sheeesh
I think the line says "In the biz of rolling dice, I'm a wizard". This is referring to her 133t dice rolling skills rather than her character class. Because then later on there is a verse about her stealing a wallet from a guy, so we assume she is a rogue.
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An attractive young woman ?
Yep. Or a young woman with a discernible waistline at least.
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Media Watch has been an Australian icon for years and has claimed some pretty big scalps. But IMHO it has got a bit lost in recent years, often devoting large chunks of time to castigating some stupid local paper over some stuff up....the sort of publishing house that has one or two recent journalism graduates trying to churn out 4 papers for different neighbourhoods every week. Who cares?
It's often preaching to the choir a bit too. The people who watch Media Watch aren't usually watching the sort of crappy journalism that it exposes and vice versa.
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Very cool. But did anyone spot the mistaken use of the creature that never actually occurs in the AD&D universe?
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My thoughts are that there are countless millions of mouth-breathing chavs in front of their TV sets who wouldn't show the same problem solving ability as some lower-order animals.
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Many of us parents know that the children whose parents are the biggest hygiene freaks are the ones who are always sick.
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Hopefully your grandfather's carcass isn't in the freezer, Emrys.
But haven't you ever seen women sharing a cake? There will be one slice left and they will gradually pare it down, just taking a small slice off the side. Because then nobody can be accused of having a "whole" second piece or have it said that "Claire finished off the cake". In the end you have to throw out this sliver of cake that's about three atoms wide.
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Funnily enough in my house lessons 1 and 2 are on a reverse gender basis. I'm always screaming about her not doing either of these things. Including her amazing trick of having four separate ice cubs trays, each with a single cube left in, thus giving rise to the excuse "It wasn't finished..."
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Personally I applaud the trend towards MILFy politicians. Better than old ass white guys.
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Personally I think it's not a great move.....yet. Just gives him every reason to fight to the death rather than slipping off in the private jet when the tide turns.
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Can it transport me to the garage to pick up my Moller Flying Car?
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There are plenty of intact hedgreows elsewhere in France. I't's just not so common in those regions that are given over to mega-acres of EU subsidised canola.
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How about a series of pics of the hottest looking local chicks you can find?
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I recall reading somewhere they poured the explosves into the big bombs and it took a week or 10 days to cool the Tallboys down - can anyone confirm that??
Wiki actually says a month for the Torpex to set. And that was just one step. The bomb casing also took a long time to machine because it was done to very fine tolerances to get the right spin stability. Hence my comments about the production lag.
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It's the khaki that worries me. Plus the fact that the painting is painted some years after the battle by someone who was not there. Indeed it contains all the classic problems of painted history.
So you're in London and you get people to model for your painting....in the contemporary helmet.
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How's this, took about two minutes from the above pic.
I do actually think that's the later version. They standardised it in about 1890 and most of the examples you still see today are of that Boer War vintage.
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Basically the RAF thought the heavy bombs sufficient, and the USAAF needed something in a hurry.
And Grandslams and Tallboys couldn't be produced in a hurry. They took a couple of months for each one to be machined and packed.
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Any good totty in the bar?
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Link has died now. Hope the guys didn't get hit with anything too legal. When i checked it out this morning I was kind of amazed that they were trying to sell prints of the photos. There would definitely be some issues with that.
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Unfortunately I have silhouettes for the 1877 and 1880 versions only.
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I would swear that my grandfather's shirt had the patch on its shoulder, and he never rose above corporal. He certainly wasn't part of any top unit.
Maybe I'm misremembering? The shirt is long gone.
You don't have to be a general to work at HQ! They still have plenty of clerks, signallers, drivers and general gophers. (Or gophers for Generals)!
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From my cruise along the coastline of Alaska I remember very well the small raft circling the cruise ship with a manned M60 in the front! Intriguing.
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Thomm
Meet Sarah Palin.
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So basically the patches are for staff in the theater command HQ. Like the SHAEF patches for Eisenhower's staff.
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But then she's shown using a lightning spell, so she could be a multiclass Thief/Mage. The real problem is that she's shown using a shield at one point, which is not permitted for either class.