Is it true that most Luftwaffe pilots would rather be sent to the Eastern Front than the Western Front?
I kicked up a bit of a storm previously by suggesting yes, Luftwaffe pilots preferred the East. The first reason was ‘neck-itch’ (halschmerzen), the desire of pilots to…
If Trump is 6′ 3″, why is Barron towering over him?
Everyone knows Trump isn’t 6′3″ , maybe he was years ago but he is no more than 5′11″ now , and with his famous 2 ‘ lifts ,…
Why is the Philippines such a terrible place?
I will start by saying that I’m an American expat and I have lived in several countries, but have lived in the PH for the last 12 years.Obviously…
Why did NASA astronaut Don Pettit say that we don’t have the technology to go to the moon, that we destroyed it? What was he intimating?
He meant exactly what he said. For example.. The memory used in the Apollo onboard computers used core store. This consisted of tiny ferrite beads threaded onto a…
What’s the most ridiculous design fault you’ve seen on a building?
Probably this one. Dubbed the “world’s tiniest skyscraper”. The building itself is structurally sound—that’s not the flaw. In fact, it has stood for over a century. But the…
How much salary per month is enough to live in the UK?
I live alone in a rented first floor one bedroom flat in a small non descript town about 12 miles from Nottingham City on one side, and Derby…
How is the food on US navy submarines?
For the first week out of port it is delicious. The cooks know their stuff. To save space, bread is made fresh every day. I love fresh bread,…
Do polar bears get confused when they see brown bears?
Rather than being confused by brown bears, Polar bears have a very consistent reaction to them. They are terrified by their brown cousins. Even a relatively small grizzly…
If the current US Navy were to lose one Nimitz aircraft carrier in a battle, how quickly could that aircraft carrier be replaced?
Currently, the USN has 9 carriers active. I am considering only carriers that are in a deployment schedule. Carriers in rework, i.e. refueling or major maintenance, are not…
Why didn’t Alexander the Great conquer China?
If Alexander came to China, he would have come from the West. Suppose his entire force made it through the Taklamakam deserts. Then he would have run into…