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Oh brother, not this nonsense again. What has been happening since the 1850s, is we have been coming out of an ice age. There is no way we know enough about how our climate works to decide how to fix...

I suppose most of us are already aware of teh difference between the magnetic pole and teh geographic one? I would hope so. Just as importantly, this was done at a time when teh seasonal icepack was...

http://forum.woodenboat.com/images/icons/icon1.png Re: Best war movies
I just became aware of "Sharpe's rifles" and have ordered a couple of the books. Has anyone seen the series? Is it any good?
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Cruel Sea. Without a doubt, this is likely one of the best Naval war flicks ever made. Everything was authentic right down to piping hands to stations. Even the way it ended was perfect. I need to...

Andrew, this is indeed fascinating and I submit to your lengthy first hand experience. I am curious about something that you might be able to shed some light on for me. The other day I watched an...

I wasn't too concerned till they got to the democrats. As a Christian myself, I comfortable with God being in charge. But they lost me after that. I should mention, that you can laugh at these guys,...

Unless of course you make planes for a living. I've heard a most compelling definition fo what an expert is.

"An expert is easily defined as an ex, being a has been, and a spurt is a drip, under...

I believe that taxes imposed on people simply based on how financially successful they are, is inherently destructive and unfair. I think it far more useful to talk about what taxes are for in the...

I am someone defined by my family and my Catholic faith, so I am passionate about my core beliefs. I talk too much and too fast, and have a hard time sticking to one job till it is finished. My...

I'll have to try and catch them if I get the chance. Too bad Mercury is dead though. I would love to go back to that place. :o)

I can't believe no one has mentioned the best live band in history! Queen wins this category hands down and by 25 lengths. Next to them and on a far smaller scale is Great Big Sea. Go to one of...

In these parts when we get a situation like that, we take care of it with sound. First there is a short sharp and very loud BOOMM! Then there is a thud. Next you hear a backhoe, then silence....

Good points. There is however, versions of a flying car that hold promise as well. The skycar comes to mind. I remain optimistic that with improving technology, the dream of blending car and aircraft...

I think you folks are missing the point. It is a step in the right direction, just like the model "T" was. If you don't start somewhere, what would you improve on? Show me a car or airplane for that...

As for the rest of you, you can continue to ignore what Hamas, and all the other terrorist groups are telling you if you choose too. It is preciesly because they think our ways corrupt and immoral...

You submit an op ed piece suggesting jews control the US? You really believe that? Do you think state craft works that way? What you are suggesting by submitting this article, is the same as one...

I love the contrast between the old and the new.. well done Peter.

You may be right about that, but this is about far more than just Israel/Hamas. It is very difficult to get people to step back from the trees a little and look at the overall picture and see the...

So why is it that people are so blind to this and so willing too side with Hamas? I have said repeatedly that Israel is not blameless, but no matter how hard I try, people will not admit that Hamas...

To further buttress my point concerning what is at stake, here is a link to Islam online. It is revealing to say the least. Remember, you don't have to believe me. Listen to what they are saying.
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watch the first video.

http://vladtepesblog.com/

Andrew your post is a very thoughtful one. Hamas is the epitome of "not nice" You point out a dangerous trend tht no one has yet talked about and it is truly disturbing. There is also the Palistinian...

You mean like all that global warming in my driveway, and the stuff that keeps freezing my pipes at home? The record cold temperatures being set all over the country? Those truths? I've played that...

That is called sarcasm betty, it is a literary device used to make exactly the opposite point. In the simplest terms, I didn't really mean it. I thought and English teacher would have recognized that.

It's funny how people react when you put things in context. The Pakistani independance came about the same way with the same players, just in a different spot the year before, at least three wars,...

Norman is wrong alot, no point making a big deal about it

Why not? Itis exactly the same scenario, played out in another part of the world It happened at about the same time, and included the same people taking land from one group and giving it to another....

Ya know something? I've been wrong all along, you guys are soo right! Why didn't I see it before now. I mean it is as clear as a bell! Those rotten british sods, stole all that land , and gave it...

You folks are so immersed in blind compassion that you can't see the forest for the trees. To compare a man who helpd win personal freedom for millions of people to the struggle between Israel and...

You brilliantly missed or avoided the whole point. If as you conceded is likely, that Hamas does believe in their charter and by extension, act upon those beliefs, You would think that it would...

That was not helpful. As a matter of fact it was counterproductive.

That is good news, but don't drive them off completely.. I have to justify my trip out there somehow

Fair enough, it is after all your responsibility and not mine. Personally though, I think they wouldn't have the courage to face a crew that is armed and trained to defend itself. But that could be...

So you don't think that this is powered by religious ideaology, even after they tell you that it is? What would it take to convince you they actually mean what you saw in that video? What yo saaw was...

In the Canadian Navy, we ran Y 100 powerplants. 30,000 shp and two B&W boilers operating from 675 to 850 deg. F and 550 psi. The St Laurant class steamers had a crew of 250 give or take a few. I...

Ok Norman, maybe you are right and maybe your not. Perhaps you have a comment or two on the second video?

I've said all along you don't have to listen to me, just listen to what "they" are saying.

http://www.memritv.org/video.html

So if that video is fair game, then I guess this one is too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFwPGbrv_U

I make no such incorrect conclusion. I simply ask for comapssion for all the victims, regardless of ethnicity, religion or political stripe. Whiile Israel is not faultless as i have often repeated, I...

That is a]hardly the context the original comment was made in, nor the context I responded too. But I think you knew that.

It's not about stopping the murder of children, it is about stopping the murder of "some" children without giving a f%%k about the other children simply because they are of the wrong nationality, or...

I would have a lot more respect for your opinions, if you showed any compassion, for the israeli children who have been killed and traumatized by all this madness. Apparantly they don't count, they...

What is stupid is selective compassion. I hate it when kids get killed, but I don't restrict it to any one particular group. Do you care that Israeli kids have been killed and traumatized over the...

I got the engine room!!!!

I am trusting you mean the Pirates, right?

Betty? would you do me a favour please? Spare me your selective compassion ok? I not only think it disgusting to pull a stunt like Mr Bernstien pulled, but I find it even more revolting that you...

Before you "go sailing" perhaps you can share with us why dead Palistinian children should illicit any more sympathy than children killed in other wars? There has to be an answer that makes sense,...

Absolutely positive. Even if I felt that Israel deserved the routine condemnations the UN deals out, the fact they turn a blind eye to not only the aforemetioned countries, but to Rissia/Chechnya,...

The UN has no moral authority to be mad at anyone. Bad things happen during a war, this is one of them. If anything we should be hopping mad at the UN for things like Rwanda, Somalia, etc. etc.,...

Tinm, do you just say this stuff to piss people off? If you really beleive it, let me help you out. The VAST amount of a sonar sets life, is in passive mode. For the unintiated, or intentionally...