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I’m not a stamp collector, but I imagine quite a few of you are or know somebody who is a philatelist. Holy Grail of stamps out Britain's Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and characters - Entertainment News

Anybody know of a good book which details Germanys naval war in the Baltic in the late stages of the war? Interesting post here to pique your interest …

And we are off! The bush in the central interior is very, very dry as are the grasslands up on the arid plains. The hot desert sun of the interior is surreal the past few days. With a low speed breeze just enough to push the flames. Human caused East of Merritt, 1x40 HA out of control and 1...

Hmmm. Does the propellor spin inside the cone or does the cone spin with the propellor…

Just fell out of the sky .. pilot ejected.

Here is an excellent thread on disappearing small town grocers in rural America - put out of business by unfair and bluntly illegal trade practices of Big Box Stores. The problem is severely acute on Indian Reserves in the US and certainly in Canada. Our farm supplies a little bit to our local...

And here we have a Clear and Present Danger to deal with. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/guns-and-drugs-seized-from-organized-crime-group-linked-to-mexican-cartel-rcmp-say-1.7108718 Undoubtedly these Cartels operating up here will have a significant nexus to the A/SEA gangs in BC which does not bode...

Gosh I love Day Glo orange. Very 1960’s…

HMNZS Manawanui A survey ship, no less, has run aground and sank. All ships company safe and accounted for. Skipper last seen searching Indeed for a new job...

Hmmmm….today is the 77th Anniversary of the creation of the USAF. What a nice image to celeb … wait a minute!

I’ll start this here because after all, RIMPAC is both a multi force coordination and training exercise that is now “pan domain”. The exercise has its own social media feed: I expect that the RCN PA and some ships will also light up their own social feeds soon. Cheers

Pretty cool thread about the RIM Talos missile development, operational use and subsequent use as a supersonic target drone. Note the use of the missile in a land attack role to take out a radar installation during the Vietnam war. If you have similar content about Naval Missiles to share...

Figured it’s time this subject has its own thread. There is a lot happening with UCAV in broad spectrum naval warfare, and it makes sense for our adversaries to lead because they generally do not have a traditional vested political and economic interest in large, heavy, expensive fleets. They...

This is a really informative thread on X about the entire Falklands campaign. It started a few months ago and is updated every day. He’s covered it from beginning and I suspect to the end. (Head adding new material every consistent with the date of the month). I’ve learned lots of interesting...

I’m thinking of ditching my smartphone and just going with an Apple Watch that uses a SIM card. My understanding is the watch with SIM and Wifi has a lot of the useful features- except browsing. I suppose for that o would just use my iPad. Has anybody done this? Any user experiences you might...

I guess it’s time to start this thread, as some of last seasons fires are flaming up in BC and Alberta. Some initial points from BC- we remain in drought and with the majority of the North East in Extreme Drought. did not receive much snow and in some places no snow at all; mountain snow pack...

Anybody have one of these? I have a few items from Maxpedition, always liked them. I am looking for a quality piece of kit that is a shoulder sling, can hold water and first aid, small DJI drone, 13 inch laptop, solar charger and my lunch. 🥪 🥪 This looks like a good prospect. cheers...

Wife took me to see Ridley Scott's production of Napoleon last night. Despite have a fairly decent slate of actors, directors, producers, effects, ambition and whack of money for battle scenes, I feel like the cut version in theatres was very badly edited. The story line attempts to explore...

When throwing it over the fence is no longer an option, may I present the Doggie Doolie. It’s only 106$, (supply your own teenager to operate). You only have to dig half of a fox hole. And then fill it up with the dog eggs. Doggie Dooley 3000 Septic Tank The Original In-Ground Dog Waste...

Well, I’ve read just about all the good books about Dien Bien Phu. Moving on to the Iran Hostage Crisis v1.0 (1979). Can anybody recommend good reads about Operation Eagle Claw? Thanks!