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#11

27 August 2009, 09:06

Anyone who doesnt think Russia has it's own Chav problem has never played an online game

I'd still have put money on Russia to beat the Mancs though - at the end of the day, we all know who'd be taking knives to a gunfight.

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#12

27 August 2009, 09:16

Communism was invented in Manchester, so only fair to let them have a go at it first-hand.
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27 August 2009, 09:21

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You think that's worrying, Berwick-upon-Tweed is still at war with Russia.

Sorry DP, no it ain't.
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27 August 2009, 09:26

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Sorry DP, no it ain't.

He's referring to the Treaty of Paris, but they never started the war either.

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27 August 2009, 09:28

Originally posted by TriggerHippy View Post

He's referring to the Treaty of Paris, but they never started the war either.

Oh really...
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27 August 2009, 09:51

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

You think that's worrying, Berwick-upon-Tweed is still at war with Russia.

The russians signed a 'Peace treaty' with Berwick on Tweed in 1954, 200 years after the Crimean war started.
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27 August 2009, 10:12

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The russians signed a 'Peace treaty' with Berwick on Tweed in 1954, 200 years after the Crimean war started.

Where's the evidence?

A treaty wasn't needed.
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#18

27 August 2009, 11:02

Originally posted by GreenerGrass View Post

I was a child of the bomb, which is why I was surprised they'd bother to physically invade Manchester when they could have just nuked us.

We were probably subject to a lot more propaganda than we thought at the time.

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It would take a lot of manpower to spread the revolution that far and maintain it's iron grip. Resources wise maybe they wanted coal, North Sea oil and factories.

In 1974 we still had factories, and the M62 to Yorkshire was in place. Steel, iron, coal, textiles, engineering, chemicals etc. were all there.

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They would have probably installed Labour useful idiots as a puppet government.

There were rumours about Harold Wilson, and some of those trade union leaders were definitely that way inclined.

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Mind you it was always NATO who would have used tactical nukes first, the Russkis would never have made it into France.

That reminds me of the Spitting Image sketch with Ronald Reagan and Nancy in bed. At the time I feared that the Yanks would be first to push the button.

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#19

27 August 2009, 14:29

Originally posted by GreenerGrass View Post

Incredible

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.as...ntid=149367279

The logistics in launching an invasion of the UK would render it impossible for the USSR to do so without a nuclear attack. After such an attack the maps would be useless.

A far more believable explanation came from a former Soviet spy who lived in Blackpool. He said that he was so bored with nothing to spy on so he decide to copy maps, he even went to the extent of thinking up new names for the streets

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#20

27 August 2009, 14:32

Originally posted by Paddy View Post

The logistics in launching an invasion of the UK would render it impossible for the USSR to do so without a nuclear attack. After such an attack the maps would be useless.

I don't buy that. Once they'd established control of mainland Europe you could achieve air superiority over the UK in a couple of weeks. Once you've got that, a successful invasion is pretty much assured.

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