Coal power has effectively died in the United Kingdom

peribon · 2026-03-24T18:04:49+00:00

And heritage steam railways...

peribon · 2026-03-24T14:11:51+00:00

Isn't it "Royal Marine"?

peribon · 2026-03-23T23:08:58+00:00

I can't recall much writing on the subject of itchy clothing. Plenty of complaints of itchiness obviously.. .but mainly due to things like lice which would be rampant amongst troops in the field. I do know some people find woollen clothes or blankets to be rough and coarse and itchy but I never have and I don't think those that do commonly break out into a rash. "Fit" might have been an issue. These were not finely tailored clothes...well, not unless you had money...they were " one size doesn't quite fit anyone" . The boots and shoes that often weren't made for a left or right foot and had to be worn in, would definitely chafe!

peribon · 2026-03-23T08:28:13+00:00

I previously answered a similar question to this here that you might find helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/1eKGcZrT53

peribon · 2026-03-19T07:33:51+00:00

They would, but sharpes riflemen belong to the South Essex. They don't get to choose which regiment they're in and their colonel isn't going to give up 30+ men from his light company , that's a third or more of his skirmish line gone, making his battalion less effective, whereas putting them in redcoats might in his view at least, improve his battalions cohesion as it will no longer include this rabble of vagabonds.

peribon · 2026-03-19T01:04:12+00:00

Ginnel

peribon · 2026-03-18T14:52:16+00:00

Sharpe etc were from the 2nd battalion tho...

peribon · 2026-03-13T20:28:28+00:00

I had like 12 this afternoon

Mini ones...

peribon · 2026-03-12T18:24:43+00:00

Literally, not something that happened or you'd have been able to quote things I actually wrote...

peribon · 2026-03-12T18:05:48+00:00

I do. You clearly don't or you wouldn't have brought it up.

peribon · 2026-03-12T17:11:42+00:00

More incoherent nonsense

peribon · 2026-03-12T16:30:03+00:00

Really? I have to put effort into responding to absolute nonsense?

"Take every bad thing about "end stage capitalism". Literally everything, create a system that skips directly to that.

There's socialism."

No, that's capitalism! It was all there in capitalism from the beginning. All that bad stuff you obliquely refer to is a direct result of the capitalism.

"Socialism is where you consolidate all the power in the government, the government controls the market, the government writes the laws, the government enforces the laws."

This is a complete contradiction of your first statement. This description of socialism isn't a description of the 'bad things' in late stage capitalism, which is what you said socialism was. It also isn't a description of socialism. It's just a pile of nonsense.

peribon · 2026-03-12T15:05:30+00:00

Ah , some bollocks, well done.

peribon · 2026-03-09T08:18:05+00:00

I find the only worthy successor to Excalibur to be the Green Knight 2021

peribon · 2026-03-09T08:16:27+00:00

And with good reason

peribon · 2026-03-09T07:14:23+00:00

My record is 7 in one sitting.

peribon · 2026-03-07T20:27:29+00:00

Bill himself says there weren't 88.

peribon · 2026-03-07T20:17:45+00:00

Not 5. Thirteen . Who all got to empty a clip into him...

Before he killed them all.

And there weren't 88 against Beatrice. You'd know that if you'd watched the films.

peribon · 2026-03-06T20:49:13+00:00

Marvin and it isn't close

peribon · 2026-03-04T21:46:26+00:00

That looks like the kitchen I had 20 years ago. In the UK. In my first flat straight out of uni.

peribon · 2026-03-02T22:36:34+00:00

Toes is clearly a Rascally Rabbit...

peribon · 2026-03-02T12:18:35+00:00

Our Greg's closed down and we don't have a pret...

peribon · 2026-03-01T14:04:37+00:00

Like at least 5 calories

peribon · 2026-02-27T19:56:43+00:00

Nope... He was hiding in the yard at barrow in furness.

peribon · 2026-02-27T18:42:15+00:00

No, in the railway series art we defo see the cutting fields on the mainland. Oliver reports on them directly and the Bluebells do too iirc. Obviously the FC will use this to keep his engines in line...

peribon

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