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sasguru replied

3 June 2018, 10:55
Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post

V1/V2 rockets were quite smart bits of kit.

Doh!
But not very effective and didn't change the course of the war.
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BR14 replied

1 June 2018, 21:38
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

Which the USA did.
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Old Greg replied

1 June 2018, 21:25
Originally posted by BR14 View Post

Only if you can deliver it

Which the USA did.
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BR14 replied

1 June 2018, 20:59
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

The atom bomb shows that explosive power beats the delivery system.

Only if you can deliver it
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Old Greg replied

1 June 2018, 14:53
Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post

V1/V2 rockets were quite smart bits of kit.

The atom bomb shows that explosive power beats the delivery system.
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The_Equalizer replied

1 June 2018, 14:52
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

You're sounding very Lord Haw Haw circa January 1945. There are no miracle weapons.

V1/V2 rockets were quite smart bits of kit.
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Old Greg replied

1 June 2018, 12:50
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...-year-low/amp/

Now go cry your eyes out. Carney and the other s lied to you. Britain is booming.

You're sounding very Lord Haw Haw circa January 1945. There are no miracle weapons.
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motoukenin replied

1 June 2018, 11:44
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...-year-low/amp/

Now go cry your eyes out. Carney and the other s lied to you. Britain is booming.

Still quoting lagging indicators on an event that hasn't happened yet.

Prawns just dont seem to have the patience nowadays.
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Whorty replied

31 May 2018, 20:39
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

yeah everything is great

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...er-term-slump/

Yep, Barclay's think it's all rosy in the UK economy too (Barclays to tighten lending to Brexit-affected UK economy - BBC News) .... NOT!
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Whorty replied

31 May 2018, 20:36
Originally posted by meridian View Post

Booming growth of taken in isolation. Not so hot when compared to other countries or the world as a whole.

Shhhh, don't p1ss on his party. He actually thought he'd found something +ve there and you've only gone and spoiled it
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BlasterBates replied

31 May 2018, 10:30
yeah everything is great

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...er-term-slump/
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meridian replied

31 May 2018, 08:27
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

From your link:

"GDP should rise by 1.4pc this year and 1.3pc next year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes"

Really, you're celebrating a 1.4% growth rate?
Feck me even Greece is forecast to grow faster.
As for the 4.2% unemployment rate at least one of those employed is the Amazon driver who delivered us a 2-inch square parcel of post-it notes just before we left

Booming growth of taken in isolation. Not so hot when compared to other countries or the world as a whole.
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sasguru replied

31 May 2018, 07:57
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...-year-low/amp/

Now go cry your eyes out. Carney and the other s lied to you. Britain is booming.

From your link:

"GDP should rise by 1.4pc this year and 1.3pc next year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes"

Really, you're celebrating a 1.4% growth rate?
Feck me even Greece is forecast to grow faster.
As for the 4.2% unemployment rate at least one of those employed is the Amazon driver who delivered us a 2-inch square parcel of post-it notes just before we left
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WTFH replied

31 May 2018, 07:36
Originally posted by original PM View Post

I thought this thread would be.... different.

Do you need me to flag it as Safe For Work?
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original PM replied

31 May 2018, 06:57
I thought this thread would be.... different.
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