Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 08, 2013, 06:41:37 AMA new thread of things we want...
Quote from: W8taminute on April 25, 2024, 12:21:36 PMLast night I cleaned the dryer filter by scraping away the lint build up. Sometimes I just leave the piles of lint on top of the dryer. Only after the pile gets too big do I force myself to throw them out into a nearby trash bin.
Anybody got any good boring stories to share? I mean, boring stories should be told as much as the exciting ones, no?
QuoteSecretary of State Antony Blinken visited the central Asian country in March 2023, where he said that the US "strongly supports Kazakhstan's sovereignty, its independence, its territorial integrity," according to news agency AFP.
Some of Russia's outspoken propagandists have suggested that Russia should look to Kazakhstan next following its invasion of Ukraine.
One notable Russian TV commentator, Vladimir Solovyov, said that his country "must pay attention to the fact that Kazakhstan is the next problem because the same Nazi processes can start there as in Ukraine."
Quote from: Con on April 28, 2024, 12:44:46 AMThat should work and is a pretty low cost solution that allows them to keep AD on the front linesIt looks like it could defeat smaller drones, however, a heavier drone in a vertical dive wouldn't be stopped by the 2-3" steel pipe. Hopefully, the Russians will be wasting a tremendous amount of resources on this that could otherwise be directed to the direct fighting. Maybe they could top the structure off with a solid disk of 6" thick steel to protect against kamikaze dives!
Id say both sides have an innate sense of ingenuity around this war that NATO and others should take note of
Con
QuoteMr Blinken told the BBC that one of the key routes for "better relations" between China and both the US and Europe would be for Beijing "or some of its enterprises" to stop providing "critical components" that help Russia make more munitions. The components include items such as "machine tools, micro-electronics, and optics".
"It's helping Russia perpetuate its aggression against Ukraine, but it's also creating a growing threat to Europe because of Russia's aggression," he explained, adding it was "helping to fuel the biggest threat to [Europe's] insecurity since the end of the Cold War".
"We've taken action already against Chinese entities that are engaged in this," he said. "And what I make clear today is that if China won't act, we will."
Mr Blinken - who hinted at sanctions as a possible route - was keen to stress that China was not directly supplying Russia with weapons.
Quote from: solops on April 28, 2024, 10:10:44 AMQuote from: bobarossa on April 27, 2024, 07:08:30 PMShadow Empire. If I can assimilate two nearby large minors (90k pop each) I may be able to put up a fight against the giant major that is currently friendly with me but is theocratic. Who knows when their god will demand my head.
Blasted theocratic major just popped up and attacked me on the only peaceful front I had. Metal! Metal! I need Metal!
And OIL! I have NO OIL! My tanks and trucks are running on peanut butter!
Quote from: bobarossa on April 27, 2024, 07:08:30 PMShadow Empire. If I can assimilate two nearby large minors (90k pop each) I may be able to put up a fight against the giant major that is currently friendly with me but is theocratic. Who knows when their god will demand my head.
Quote from: Phantom on April 28, 2024, 06:11:35 AMNice.Quote from: Destraex on April 27, 2024, 06:31:34 PMQuote from: Phantom on April 27, 2024, 06:44:14 AMBoard gaming - finishing off an excellent game of Colonial Twilight then the difficult choice of whether to establish Great Britain as a republic with Cruel Necessity or just blow shit up with Panzer Command. Decisions, decisions...
Are these all solo games or are you attending a home to play with a group of friends?
All solo (though Cruel Necessity is the only designed as a solo game) - there is a game group fairly nearby but they tend to play mainly Euros. I enjoy playing games solo as much to explore the history as anything else - they all play well solo (CT has an AI Bot, though I tend not to use it, and Panzer Command is chit pull which always works well) - I'm lucky in that I have a dedicated game room so can leave a game set up & go back to it as & when I get the opportunity - I think my Colonial Twilight game has been spread over about 4 weeks.