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  • M Away
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    Mik
    wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 12:55 last edited by
    #1010

    Good news. Would love to know how they pulled it off, but probably best that we don't.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • M Mik
      8 Oct 2022, 12:55

      Good news. Would love to know how they pulled it off, but probably best that we don't.

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      George K
      wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:03 last edited by
      #1011

      @Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

      Would love to know how they pulled it off,

      Several reports said that a truck blew up. Not sure if I believe that, looking at locations where the damage occurred. They seem to be spread out.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:05 last edited by
        #1012

        BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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        • J jon-nyc
          8 Oct 2022, 13:05

          BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

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          George K
          wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:14 last edited by George K 10 Aug 2022, 13:15
          #1013

          @jon-nyc I hope the BBC is wrong...

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            George K
            wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:19 last edited by
            #1014

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              Mik
              wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:36 last edited by
              #1015

              Closed until 10/31. Plenty of time to let them work on it then hit it again.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • G George K
                12 Sept 2022, 21:26

                Bull's Eye...

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                Ivorythumper
                wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 17:58 last edited by Ivorythumper 10 Aug 2022, 18:04
                #1016

                @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                Escape foiled:

                I don't think I would have run for the car...

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                • J jon-nyc
                  8 Oct 2022, 13:05

                  BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 20:43 last edited by George K 10 Aug 2022, 20:47
                  #1017

                  @jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:

                  BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

                  In the comments:

                  For clarity, Mash is a Russian media source which was founded by former Life News employees. We should be skeptical of a fast Russian repair but this video is circulating in Russia, so it’s worth paying attention to

                  As an engineer I would doubt that the cleanup operation would happen so fast, damage was extensive and removal of molten wheels under many tons of metal without a place for a crane is no easy task

                  Highly dubious, as a structural engineer, the heat of the fire will have weakened to core reinforcement of the bridge and caused thermal cracking to concrete in compression. The bridge might be standing but will deflect beyond safe tolerances for trains passing at speed. So trains would have to slow to a crawl pace to cope with deflections also trains loading will probably be severely reduced. A choke point (slow zone) on a rail network chokes all capacity and provides a busy location for optimal targeting.

                  Good thing it's dark so you can't actually tell if this is the bridge

                  Well. „A train is passing a railway“ yes. Crimea bridge? Not sure - gravel ground on a bridge?

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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • J jon-nyc
                    8 Oct 2022, 13:05

                    BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

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                    Renauda
                    wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 20:59 last edited by Renauda 10 Aug 2022, 23:14
                    #1018

                    @jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:

                    BBC is saying only the road portion is destroyed. Damn. They need to try again.

                    All the same, T. E. Lawrence smiled.

                    That’s all that really matters at this point.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • G George K
                      8 Oct 2022, 12:36

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                      Renauda
                      wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 21:07 last edited by Renauda 10 Aug 2022, 21:08
                      #1019

                      @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

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                      Interesting choice, Sergei Surovikin. An Air Force General no less.

                      Bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Surovikin

                      Elbows up!

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                        George K
                        wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 21:14 last edited by
                        #1020

                        Thread: "I've had some demolitions training."

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 22:03 last edited by
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                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 10:57 last edited by
                            #1022

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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 11:54 last edited by
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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 11:58 last edited by
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                                Desert Storm in 1990 was the CNN War. Is this the Twitter War? The use of memes and 5 second video clips with Ukrainian Pop Songs is so strange…

                                The Brad

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 19:10 last edited by
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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • G George K
                                    9 Oct 2022, 19:10

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                                    Renauda
                                    wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 21:03 last edited by
                                    #1026

                                    @George-K

                                    Brilliant!

                                    Elbows up!

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                                    • M Away
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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 21:13 last edited by
                                      #1027

                                      I love those.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 21:23 last edited by
                                        #1028

                                        Cigarette!

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 21:34 last edited by
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                                          He probably said this with a straight face, too.

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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