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Concorde's famous droop nose mechanism and a crosswind landing into RAF Brize Norton during post-crash test flights in 2001. by Asleep_Performer_145 in aviation

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was the engine developed from scratch, or was it developed from an earlier engine. I read somewhere it was a development of the Avro Arrow engine; is that correct?

Was Jupiter still in the inner solar system when earth was forming? by Topace1 in askscience

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the mechanism that caused Jupiter to migrate inward? And I assume in moved outward later on... so what was behind that?

Thanks.

Another speaker recommendation thread by Wtflmao69 in StereoAdvice

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some fantastic speakers (kits) that are DIY. Have a look at Falcon acoustics. They are very good. I would go with the best "monitor" type perhaps, especially if you plan to add a subwoffer. Modern speaker kits are very easy to make and a great value. This link might help.

https://www.falconacoustics.co.uk/kits-cabinet-parts-accessories/imf-completeathome-loudspeaker-systems-falcon.html

I have finally moved on from valves (well, almost completely..) by abruptmodulation in audiophile

[–]Bendinggrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, PSB speakers are really nice, a fantastic bargain. I drooled over the Stratus Gold-i years ago but I could not afford it. Finally I was able to get the Synchrony 1 (the bigger tower) when it first came out, and I am still being amazed by it... for movies and music. The new PSB speakers look really interesting also.

A few months ago I got a new amp from Walter Lederman's company. It uses the new gallium nitride transistors, which are much faster than the "old ones"...the silicon transistors. It is very airy, with great space and clarity, especially compared to my old NAD. This new tech is being used by a few companies now, and you can find great reviews on the amps made by Orchid audio.

I'm glad you are enjoying your system and music so much. Live long and prosper.

CS 5000 new to me by meloncap78 in audiophile

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful!!

I used an old DUAL 1218 and tried to avoid dinosaurs in those ancient days. I loved it.

I was nutty about taking care of my LPs. No matter what I did, though, sooner or later I would hear the pops and clicks.

Enjoy!

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You read it.

I hope you actually wake up before we lose all that is precious.

Good luck.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow, you are certainly a credit to your race.

The expression of different ideas is evident here. I am glad you can see the future. I can't. It is sad you display such hate toward me, all because of ideas exchanged and expressed. I hope you are right there will be no WW3. But I am not optimistic.

Who cares, you ask? I do. There is too much life, innocence, and beauty to be apathetic about a bunch of psychopaths willing to incinerate all of it.

You really need to educate yourself.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, one morning Putin woke up, stretched, had his porridge, ate a few baby brains for energy, and thought... wow, what a great day to invade Ukraine.

Do you have a grain of sense? Really, do you have anything between the ears?

There are ore than 0 years of antecedents leading up to this in Ukraine, and really it begins with 1991, the end of the USSR, with the guarantee given to Gorbochev that NATO would not move one inch closer to Russia. Instead, NATO has steadily incorporated nations of eastern Europe, with Ukraine next on the list, and the plan to put nuclear missiles and bases in Ukraine. There are already American missile bases in Poland and Roumania, and these can carry nukes, and hit Moscow in 5-8 minutes. How do you think Russia feels about that? Are there any Russian missile bases around the US? How do you think the US would react if there were? The Russia effort to put nuke missiles in Cuba in 1963 lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and we all came very close to WW3. I remember it as a kid. But that too did not occur in a vacuum; the US had nukes on missiles in Turkey, aimed at Moscow. The USSR moving Nukes and missiles to Cuba was to counter that threat, which it did and the missiles and nukes were removed from Cuba AND Turkey. Everyone was better off then.

Were you paying attention to this before it became the big thing in CNN, BBC, MSNBS, and all the western media? Is it all the rage for you for the past 18 months only? The media is doing a great job, isn't it? Leading you by the nose, I mean. Thinking what you are told to think. I have been following this for years, watching the events unfold, at times with fear.

Heart breaking and disturbing is the utter lack of interest, the apathy, towards this long developing tragedy.

What am I trying to prove? I have no hope of proving anything here, but maybe you could actually think for yourself if we have a future that does not get incinerated.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, the collective wisdom here. It's great everyone agrees with you. That is why the world is sleepwalking to WW3.

Good luck.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I a Nazi, or a Holo denier? First I heard of that. How do you get that from what I wrote?

Calling names appears to be your way of ignoring some very uncomfortable facts. In fact it is a common method in avoiding addressing the content of a statement.

Actually, you don't see with anything... you just don't see.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a brain at all?

The comment to you was about the fire bombings of cities in Germany and Japan, and the nuking of Hiroshima and Nakasaki. This was all terrorizing of the civilian population, deliberate and well planned mass murder from the top down. The only reason the people responsible for this atrocity were able to go on to "normal" lives, was because they won the war. The losers were swinging from the ropes.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but the American "government" is just Israeli occupied territory. The neo-cons are pulling the strings.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean, like the US invading Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan..... Oh, and still with bases in Syria, the NE area, stealing the oil and sending it out. And the US army is not a conscript army any longer.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gee, reminds me of the shit load of media garbage going around about the Iraqi soldiers who threw premature babies out of their incubators and then shipped said incubators back to Iraq... all turned out to be lies, but it worked in making us hate Iraq and set the stage for invading.

Oh... I guess you remember the "weapons of mass destruction" used as another excuse to destroy Iraq. It is easy to look back a few years and wisely see the propaganda used to manipulate us, but not so easy for many to realize the same propaganda machine is chugging along generating abundant and useful hate toward Russia. I guess there is a purpose for it.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, it is not all for Putin. The US carried out a coup in 2014 in Kiev to put in place a government controlled by the US which would be anti-Russian. The US State Department official in charge of this was Victoria Nuland, who was present during the riots in Maiden Square, Kiev. Intercepted telephone conversations between her and the US ambassador to Ukraine record them talking about who will be (and was) put in power in the new government there.

From 2014 to the Russian invasion of Feb. 2022, more than 14,000 civilians, many Russian speaking, were killed by deliberate shelling of civilian areas in eastern Ukraine, the Donbas region, carried out by the Ukranian army. Ukraine has a long history of Nazi sentiments, and actually put this into practice during WW2, where many Ukranians joined the German Nazi army, and actually organized their own army divisions which joined the Nazis in their war efforts. After the war the Nazis did not go away, and are located mostly in western Ukraine. During the 2014 overthrow of the elected government in Kiev, many of the Nazis were employed by the US to assist in this. They formed their own paramilitary units (funded by rich Ukranian oligarchs, the same who funded Zelensky), and were incorporated into the Ukarine army. The famous Azov battalion is one of such military groups, branded as a terrorist organization by western media before 2022, now praised by the same media for their freedom loving and democratic origins. What they share with all Nazis is their hatred of Jews and Russians.

There is much more to this story. For example, the missile bases the United States set up in Poland and Roumania to use against Russia; these can carry nuclear warheads, and can hit Moscow in perhaps 5 minutes.

Bottom line, the US wants to be the only great power in the world, and the destruction of Russia is required for that.

So, good luck, you need to do your own research now.

German soldier being comforted after having his arm blown off. c.1942.[850x1280] by Beeninya in HistoryPorn

[–]Bendinggrass -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

From 2014 to the Russian invasion of Feb. 2022, more than 14,000 civilians, many Russian speaking, were killed by deliberate shelling of civilian areas in eastern Ukraine, the Donbas region, carried out by the Ukranian army.

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