A wilding Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Not easy for submerged submarines to find each other? At least with only WW2 technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Gaston de Foix said: Interesting. Was that because of massive German U-boat superiority? Why haven't there been more submarine battles The u-boats failed to sink any Allied subs - it’s probably very hard for two underwater vessels moving around in three dinensions to hit one another based on sonar. The British captain in the link who sunk the u-boat was apparently very good at maths and, during the hours-long battle, correctly calculated (based on the u-boat’s prior zig-zagging) where it was most likely to go. He fired all four tubes (half of its eight torpedoes). The u-boat detected thr launch, dived to avoid three torps, and got hit by the fourth. Edited July 10, 2023 by Derfel Cadarn Gaston de Foix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 minute ago, A wilding said: Not easy for submerged submarines to find each other? At least with only WW2 technology. Not easy for subs to stay submerged for a long length of time. They needed to run diesel engines while at the surface or with a snorkel just below the surface to charge the batteries that powered the sub while underwater and silent. It was easier to find them after the surfaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaston de Foix Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 6 hours ago, Derfel Cadarn said: The u-boats failed to sink any Allied subs - it’s probably very hard for two underwater vessels moving around in three dinensions to hit one another based on sonar. The British captain in the link who sunk the u-boat was apparently very good at maths and, during the hours-long battle, correctly calculated (based on the u-boat’s prior zig-zagging) where it was most likely to go. He fired all four tubes (half of its eight torpedoes). The u-boat detected thr launch, dived to avoid three torps, and got hit by the fourth. Tbh, this is a better reason for math-centered learning than Sunak's dream that everyone becomes a finance bro. You could make a good learning game out of this scenario if you could simplify the maths enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Gaston de Foix said: Tbh, this is a better reason for math-centered learning than Sunak's dream that everyone becomes a finance bro. You could make a good learning game out of this scenario if you could simplify the maths enough. I dunno. The capability to enrich myself seems to be a much more real world skill than sinking enemy submarines with sonar. I would even go so far to say that as a finance bro, your chances of sinking underwater vehicles are higher. horangi, JGP and Gaston de Foix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Something for the German speakers. I am firmly coming around to the idea of a Klima RAF. And I have a few suggestions for who could or should be this generations Bubak, Ponto and Schleyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Any teachers out there can comment on what presents they do/don't like receiving from kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I give nursery teachers/minders cash. School teacher, we do a group, 5each, flowers and a voucher for the biggest shopping centre near us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 My airline has rescheduled my connection flight from 21:15 to 16:30. But I will arrive at 17:35. This is already the return flight so canceling is not really an option. This is bad for my wife cause she will take this flight home. So what on earth is KLM thinking? The positive side effect may be for me. I won't be able to be on this flight in any case so maybe I can get a refund for this impossible flight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) On 7/12/2023 at 5:23 PM, BigFatCoward said: Any teachers out there can comment on what presents they do/don't like receiving from kids? At the end of every school year, our art teacher has the students make a postcard for their favorite teacher. I usually get 1 or 2. I treasure those a lot, keep them in a special folder on my desk. I always smile when I look at them, even the one that says COYS (Come On You Spurs) even though it stabs at the heart of the Arsenal fan within. Beyond that, my school is strict on this issue. The teachers can't look like they are accepting bribes. So besides those postcards, I only get offered a piece of candy every once in a while. Edited July 15, 2023 by Teng Ai Hui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) Can someone explain to me why, other than outdated sexism, women tennis players don't play best of five sets. For me, this why men's tennis is a far superior spectacle. Epic five-setters that go on for six hours. Lovely stuff. Edited July 15, 2023 by Spockydog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 IIRC an episode of Peaky Blinders was set partially at this Fair. Beautiful photos. Home Is Where the Horses Are for a Threatened Culture The Appleby Horse Fair draws tens of thousands of Gypsies and Irish Travellers each year to a rural patch of England to celebrate their culture. Our photographer spent four days there. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/world/europe/appleby-horse-fair.html? Spockydog and DireWolfSpirit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Support this womans GoFundMe. A 93 y.o. descendant of slaves is fighting back a Hilton Head coastal developer trying to run her off her own property. ‘I want to be left alone’: 93-year-old Hilton Head Island woman in legal battle over family land https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/us/hilton-head-woman-land-battle-reaj Kyrie Irving has donated $40k and Producer Tyler Perry responded-"Please tell me what , where and when you need me. I want to help!" Looks like this Developer has tried to bully the wrong old lady and im so loving it! Spockydog and Zorral 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I took a sewing class this weekend. It was 30ishC in the workshop room because they didn’t have an AC, but it was worth every minute of melting and every penny of the fee because it was the most rewarding, fulfilling and endorphin inducing chunk of free time I’ve had in ages. You know, I love love love to learn new analogue skills, I love manual hobbies. I would never in a million years trade this weekend for a generative AI online course in an air conned room frying my brain in front of yet another screen, no matter how much more future forward and marketable that would be. I don’t care about AI, I don’t care about design thinking and agile and learning experience design and digital learning, god knows I don’t give a shit. I mean I try to, on weekdays between 9 to 5, but in my heart I want more sewing classes and an embroidery class and a class where they teach me how to make homemade pasta from scratch and a pie making class and a flower/wreath arrangement making class and an entire course on creative writing. Well. I will bask some more in this feeling of accomplishment and meaning. williamjm, Zorral, Spockydog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Men, we've got some work to do Fragile Bird, LongRider, JGP and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I have never once glanced at, nor remotely understood what a rev counter is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: I have never once glanced at, nor remotely understood what a rev counter is for. A rev counter is a device for counting the number of priests in the vicinity Spockydog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Maltaran said: A rev counter is a device for counting the number of priests in the vicinity So anything above 1 is a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 5 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: I have never once glanced at, nor remotely understood what a rev counter is for. My ex father-in-law, a total knobhead, never stopped banging on about how the rev counter was the most important dial on the dashboard. The twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 19 hours ago, Maltaran said: A rev counter is a device for counting the number of priests in the vicinity There are times when that could come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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