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What if the father isn't known?
The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXIII
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What if the father isn't known?
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To be rested and more productive on a vacation, do things you want to do. If it's a family vacation type of thing where you have no control over the destination, look into the town you are going to amd find things that look fun for you. Also, if goimg by car, look up things you are interested on the route and ask to make a stop or two.
As for your first paragrah, you do feel mentally refreshed after a vacation you go on that you planned out and mentally refreshed does wonders for the body.
As for your first paragrah, you do feel mentally refreshed after a vacation you go on that you planned out and mentally refreshed does wonders for the body.
PlutonianEmpire
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Cool, that's pretty good to know; thanks!
LegionSteve
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Whatever you do, try to avoid driving a car in a foreign country with OLD PEOPLE WHO RANDOMLY YELL AT YOU FOR NO REASON
Must remember to change my avatar. Edit: I did!
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What is the name of the Sesame Street puppet in the middle of the bottom row, the purplish red one?
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Telly. He was originally the Television Monster, but they thought that might be a bad example for kids, so they gave him an anxiety disorder instead.
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That's awesome. My whole life is making sense now.
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What are the largest naval bases (in terms of warships serviced) for the UK, France, Russia, China, and India?
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UK - Plymouth is cited as the largest naval base in Western Europe
France - Toulon
Russia - Severomorsk or Vladivostok, probably the former but it's a closed city so who the hell knows
China - Ningbo? (They don't outright say which is biggest but they have three principle fleets and the East Sea fleet is listed as headquartered at Ningbo which apparently has the second busiest port on Earth so if I had to guess that would be the busiest Naval port as well. The East Sea Fleet is listed as having seen action against Taiwan and Vietnam, while one of the other fleets is listed as coast-defense and never having seen combat and the final fleet is specifically cited as being 'underdeveloped'.)
India - Visakhapatnam
France - Toulon
Russia - Severomorsk or Vladivostok, probably the former but it's a closed city so who the hell knows
China - Ningbo? (They don't outright say which is biggest but they have three principle fleets and the East Sea fleet is listed as headquartered at Ningbo which apparently has the second busiest port on Earth so if I had to guess that would be the busiest Naval port as well. The East Sea Fleet is listed as having seen action against Taiwan and Vietnam, while one of the other fleets is listed as coast-defense and never having seen combat and the final fleet is specifically cited as being 'underdeveloped'.)
India - Visakhapatnam
madviking
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Having an uncle who served in the Red Navy, he was always in Arkhangelsk (Severodvinsk), Murmansk (Severomorsk), or in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij. Never in Kaliningrad, I don't think.
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So there's a rant, a rave and a minor questions thread... Is there a thread for anecdotes?
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From what I recall from my digging, the fleet that operates out of Kaliningrad has been severly cut post-USSR. It is interesting to note, however, that they just past a funding bill that places the Russian Navy on equal footing with the Missile Force for the first time in Russian history with the intent of rebuilding their Navy's capability.
I also saw that the USSR's navy was billed as being large enough to rival the US's at the time. I am not sure how accurate that snippet was (from Wikipedia). Sure, in WWIII it's probably the boomers that matter most, of which the USSR had plenty. But other than that, I just don't see how their old navy even came close to rivaling the US's. Maybe in gross tonnage, maybe. But in terms of reach and capability? I didn't know they could launch multiple amphibious invasions within a few weeks or could park multiple carrier groups with full flotillas and 100+ fighter-bombers anywhere in the world.
I also read that the Indian fleet that is responsible for countering Pakistan is based in Mumbai. I was surprised to read, however, that that fleet isn't the biggest or most capable one the Indians have. It seems they are properly prioritizing their forces against the biggest threats and not letting pure paranoia drive their judgement.
The late Cold War Soviet navy was in fact a sizable fleet. But it was never a real challenge to the US navy. Their biggest threat was their very large numbers of submarines. Not their surface fleet, which without a fixed wing air arm simply lacked a head to head capability against supercarriers.
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My uncle was on one of those subs. 
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Yeah that's about what I figured. I don't at all doubt that the USSR had a kick butt Navy, just that the article very much lent the impression that it rivaled the US's, period. Which, as I said before, only the boomers really matter in WWIII, but the article stretched the truth a bit.
Coincidentally, my uncle flew for the Navy on sub-screens in the late-80's and 90's.My uncle was on one of those subs.
AND THE FAMILY BLOOD FUED CONTINUES
Not about race, but on women's health. Saw some interviews yesternight about her selling Rep. Frank's bill and I couldn't help but think it.
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I've had an idea for a new website.
I thought I'd call it "Twatter".
As you'll have guessed, it's a bit like Twitter, but instead of "tweets" being restricted to 170 characters, "" * are restricted to obscenities, swear words, and general scatological-ness.
(Any other words would be automatically deleted. (Prizes would be awarded for subverting this.) This is certainly doable through a simple look-up table. And judging by the amount of cussing that I see on the internet, it wouldn't be that much of change for many users anyway.)
What do you think? Is a lexicon of only 170,000 a bit too restrictive, though?
edit: * Ha! It got deleted! For some reason, I wasn't expecting that. Maybe "twots" is acceptable?
I thought I'd call it "Twatter".
As you'll have guessed, it's a bit like Twitter, but instead of "tweets" being restricted to 170 characters, "" * are restricted to obscenities, swear words, and general scatological-ness.
(Any other words would be automatically deleted. (Prizes would be awarded for subverting this.) This is certainly doable through a simple look-up table. And judging by the amount of cussing that I see on the internet, it wouldn't be that much of change for many users anyway.)
What do you think? Is a lexicon of only 170,000 a bit too restrictive, though?
edit: * Ha! It got deleted! For some reason, I wasn't expecting that. Maybe "twots" is acceptable?
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