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  1. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Larry the Cat @Number10cat Liz Truss has asked me why I’m more popular than she is. I pointed out that wasps are more popular than she is.
  2. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Latest from both Kyiv and Moscow this evening Unlikely but possible methinks Russia starts arresting the military in Moscow. According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate, Russia’s National Guard and police have started arresting military personnel in Moscow. The traffic...
  3. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Of Dear oh Dear Let's see at the very least they accepted Russian rule,and of course many will have actively aided them. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine that the Ukraine army shows up. To hell with your propaganda, in their shoes I would be heading out of the country. This war isn't...
  4. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Matt does it again
  5. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Russians are now saying it was a Truck Bomb that did the damage Naturally this will be very reassuring to Crimean citizens. If I had the misfortune of being one of them the notion of fleeing over the bridge not knowing if there was a car bomb somewhere in the line.......
  6. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But b a curious twist of fate ( a likely story! :D ) the roadway back to Russia remains open. Lucky that ..
  7. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And I remember building one of these 1967 or thereabouts It actually worked pretty well
  8. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It would also like my valve portable radio have had a larger 1.5 or 3 volt LT battery for the Cathode heater elements, and this one always ran out first due to the relatively heavy current drain
  9. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My Aunt had a Projection Colour tv which had a nine inch cathode ray tube behind a something of the order of 17" magnifying frosted on the rear front section. It was powerful enough to give a dull monochrome picture, but to watch colour you needed to close what were effectively blackout...
  10. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Actually most follow Larry the Cat because his tweets usually make sense as well as being amusing
  11. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Fascinating ..Larry the Cat has 10,000 more followers than Truss! What a world we are living in! We are indeed at peak laughing stock before the world when the house cat at 10 Downing Street is more popular than the PM Might as well get them to swop jobs (Though I doubt Truss could catch a...
  12. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's really time to call time on this Government it has become more dangerous than being invaded by an enemy, and I don't mean Russia, I mean a competent one
  13. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just watched Yesterday's Russian State TV daily update When Olga from the Volga asked the war correspondent in Ukraine tell her the truth about what was going on this was his reply "On Tuesdays, I only tell the truth. The rest of the time I just make it up". Now that was golden. True classic...
  14. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Is what comes of Running an Empire won by conquest using Fascist methods
  15. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And won't they be pleased when Ukraine destroys the train and the Russian Sub mysteriously disappears, just a coincidence USA Hunter Killer sub where doing live firing exercises in the area Sincere apologies and all that
  16. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    BoomerKC @BoomerK Replying to @francis_scarr Russian Soldier "We are now fighting NATO" Soldier's Mother "Are we winning?" Soldier "We have lost so many ships, aircraft, tanks, over 60,000 thousand troops and so much equipment" Mother "What have NATO lost?" Soldier" They've not joined the...
  17. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And don't forget our fan club of the boys and girls at Menwith Hill :cool:
  18. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I thought he had usurped my hard fought for position with your reference to him:)
  19. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On the naive assumption that anyone can remember what the thread was originally about/ Like the liberation of Ukraine, I intend keep right on till the EU borders are fully restored
  20. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Hang about! have you just done a Liz Truss on me? o_O