One fewer Ukrainian built aircraft that the invaders can use.

Private Conscriptovitch had another smoking accident?

When I got a permanent, full time, Government job many years ago, a colleague who had worked in Asia a lot commented that I’d been given my “iron rice bowl”.

Turns out it’s an expression for someone who never has to worry about putting food on the table again. Possibly from Malaysia.

I learned something new today.

I asked Google Gemini about how long a firefighters air supply would last with 200 bar (work related).

It addressed the question well, then, without prompting, ‘drew’ me a picture of ‘a firefighter in Breathing Apparatus’.

- he’s got tanks on his back, but is not wearing a respirator. He’s dead 🪦

Imagine a hippo doing your ultrasound 🤣

ChatGPT generated timeline of the 1982 Falkland Islands War reported as factual Argentinian claims of damage to HMS Invincible.

It seemed to conflate the propaganda and actual information regarding the destruction of Atlantic Conveyor.

When challenged, it corrected itself.

Lick an iron fish?

The Tank Museum is basically next door to Monkey World. If the shit really hits the fan let’s hope it doesn’t turn into a “Planet of the Apes” scenario, where the apes have a divisions worth of Cold War armour.

Not much of a gap in intellect between a smart monkey and a tanker 🙂

Psst, your lordiness…Are you referring to a particular campaign in this period or just the “screw ball bearings, we’re using our air superiority and going after oil and transport now” thing?

Let the dude ponder in peace .

According to Google…

Mike Hawthorn (1958)
• John Surtees (1964)
• Denny Hulme (1967)
• Niki Lauda (1977, 1984)
• Jody Scheckter (1979)
• Keke Rosberg (1982)
• Nelson Piquet (1983, 1987)
• Alain Prost (1986, 1989)
• Lando Norris (2025)