Skua

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago

Moby > Morby

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 day ago

With all due respect mate, I am British, I do understand the toll of the Blitz. I'm just conscious of the fact that Ukraine has basically been suffering the same conditions for far longer, as pointed out by the other reply. That isn't an attempt to downplay what Britain suffered, but rather to properly recognise the severity of what Ukraine is suffering. I'm sure I don't need to send photos of the damage done by Russia.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 61 points 2 days ago (5 children)

For what it's worth, Britain probably didn't suffer as much as Ukraine has. The actual island of Great Britain was more or less secured after the aerial battle of Britain was won, and that took less than a year. Military casualties would go on to be comparable to the war in Ukraine, of course, and there was the ongoing difficulty of feeding everyone, but Britain at least had the sea and a massive navy standing between it and the enemy and civilian casualties were "only" about 70,000

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 17 points 4 days ago

Largest army in Europe that's not already fighting in Ukraine. This would be a lot of weight behind a peacekeeping force

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you accept a lack of gears, a belt drive instead of a chain probably simplifies the most difficult part of actually making it. Best pick somewhere with good roads though, since you're definitely not making pneumatic tyres or a pump to fill them with

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I haven't checked all of them, but I looked up the first three receivers listed by Eutelsat Oneweb for "land mobility" usage. One was made in the US and UK, one was South Korean, and the one intended for military usage is Spanish. I guess South Korea is not NATO, but that's about the NATO-est non-NATO country there is

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Categories of traditional Scottish dances (and maybe other traditions, but I only know the Scottish ones)

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember the first time my then-girlfriend, who was American, heard God Save the Queen while here in the UK. It was an instrumental version and she had no idea why they were playing My Country 'tis of Thee in a situation where you would expect a national anthem

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you're in Scotland when you do this people will sing along with you

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

It gives an example of two British engines right after that, and the UK's jet engines were both independent of Germany's and better than them by the end of the war

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

"Wehrwolf" would make for an incredible semi-comedy horror movie. It howls at the moon because it's the one white thing in a black night sky. It definitely dies when someone breaks a WWII tank out of storage and shoots it with a silver tank shell

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

As a fan of the odd bit of black metal, I would appreciate the 20% being dealt with

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