Pointless things

[Edwardoka]

The V2 rocket. It's explosive load was about 1/10th that of a heavy bomber of the era, but it cost 10 times as much to manufacture. Therefore, in combined military and economic terms, it was 100 times less effective a weapon than a bomber. Pointless!

If you view it purely through that lens, sure. But the idea behind the V2 is that you don't need air superiority for them to be effective.
Whereas even the heaviest of bombers ran the risk of being shot out of the sky by interceptor squadrons and AA batteries before they ever got near their target, in the era before precise radar, point defence and anti-missile tech ballistic missiles were functionally unstoppable.

Plus, strategic bombing in ww2 was notoriously inaccurate, so pound for pound comparisons probably aren't that useful anyway.

More importantly, if it wasn't for the V2 program all of those nazi rocket engineers wouldn't have helped your favourite country in the arms race and there wouldn't have been a cold war, so there'd have been no Rocky IV.

You'd have to settle with a username like Hamster Pancakes instead of adopting the name of the best Soviet-era character in fiction (as portrayed by the worst actor)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Argentinian navy.

Even more pointless the Bolivian navy

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

To stop the bottom of the fence rotting and obviously to stop the gravel in your drive migrating to your neighbours.

Well the gravel boards rot (they always were wooden ). I know they are concrete now.

Good point regarding the gravel but often fitted where gravel not in use .

Also block the wind so extra load on flimsy fence panels which tend to be routinely destroyed in light southern breezes (as compared to routine Hebridean breezes).

 

[Profpointy]

The V2 rocket. It's explosive load was about 1/10th that of a heavy bomber of the era, but it cost 10 times as much to manufacture. Therefore, in combined military and economic terms, it was 100 times less effective a weapon than a bomber. Pointless!

There's a grotesque statistic concerning the V2 that more workers lost their lives building them due to the harsh conditions (slave labour) that were killed on the receiving end of the weapon.

 

[raleighnut]

The V2 rocket. It's explosive load was about 1/10th that of a heavy bomber of the era, but it cost 10 times as much to manufacture. Therefore, in combined military and economic terms, it was 100 times less effective a weapon than a bomber. Pointless!

It was supposed to be a 'terror weapon' arriving as it did with no warning noise to let people take cover, luckily the Nazis couldn't make that many of them due to their imminent defeat.
It was also the prototype for the rocket designed to carry their atomic bomb but again luckily they hadn't time to develop that either, thank God the Russians and their weather defeated them in Hitlers attempts to secure the Oilfields. But for his incompetence they could have won.

 

[NorthernDave]

Has anyone mentioned Jeremy Vine yet?

He's somehow morphed into a caricature of himself, making him actually worse than the comedy impression version of him on the Steve Wright show.

 

[marinyork]

Has anyone mentioned Jeremy Vine yet?

He's somehow morphed into a caricature of himself, making him actually worse than the comedy impression version of him on the Steve Wright show.

He does an all right job of it.

It will be Storm's show in a couple of years and then the ratings will go through the roof with old men with monacles tuning in.

 

[Notafettler]

Geographically, Scotland will remain part of the island of Gt. Britain irrespective of politics unless a bit of contintental drift occurs or you get busy with your spade and did a big deep trench.

I would prefer the continental drift. The other option sounds like hard work something I am not fond of.

 

[Notafettler]

Celery,cress and lettuce.

I think I will have to disagree with you there, other than celery they are the ingredients for a BLT the greatest sandwich ever created.

 

[Notafettler]

Geographically, Scotland will remain part of the island of Gt. Britain irrespective of politics unless a bit of contintental drift occurs or you get busy with your spade and did a big deep trench.

Geographical N Ireland is part of the island of Ireland but unlike the island of great Britain there will no terrorist "war" if Scotland leaves the "Union" just great rejoicing on both sides. While if Ulster is forced into a Union there's a fair chance of another terrorist war.....only Eire police and army will have to deal with it.....sweeeet

 

[Notafettler]

Scunthorpe and Grimsby, terrible names.
On the other hand Enderby and sub villages Bag Enderby and Mavis Enderby. Top names and lots of Enderbys still live there!

 

[Notafettler]

Skegness leaves a lot to be desired. Locally its called Skegvegas....hopeful at best.

 

[Alex H]

extending dog leads

Last week I was riding towards the village of Glanton, just outside the National Park. In front of me at about 100m was a woman with 2 dogs on these stupid leads. She was walking on the left hand side of the road and she had the dog on her left quite close to the kerb. The other one was at full stretch on the 'lazy lead' (TM) and was on the right hand kerb . Rang the bell twice - no response. Then she decided that she would rather be on the right hand side of the road and moved over, without looking behind, taking both dogs with her.

 

[Drago]

Guy Richie's driving licence.

 

[matticus]

extending dog leads

Oh come on - they're great for helping you find your dog when you've been ignoring it for 20 minutes.