Why We Lost The Vietnam War

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I'm not comparing the UK with others. I am looking at the UK.
It
is
not
small.


I am looking at the UK too. It is small.

It holds 60 million people and can easy hold 30 million more.

You could probably fit 60 million people on the Isle of Wight (with
not
much
"personal" space).

Such wisdom.

Simple mathematics, the Isle of Wight packed end to end with single beds
would allow about 60 million people their own bed.

And 4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire.

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The Tu-104 was in service before the Comet 4 and 707
for sure.


The Tu-104 began passenger operations in September 1956.



I once flew to Moscow in one during the
mid 70's , strange aircraft with that glazed nose one
almost expected to see a bombardier sitting there.


The Tu-104 was essentially a modified Tu-16 bomber.

The 707 was essentially a modified bomber too. Uncle Sam paid for the
development.

No, the Boeing 707 was never a bomber.

They took a lot from previous Boeing bombers. Look at the wings of some of
them. What a give away. A company that is making bombers, essentially
large transports, of course would fall back on the technology they are
familiar with. They didn't forget it, pretend it wasn't there and start all
over again.

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So it is big then


It is small.

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The Tu-104 was in service before the Comet 4 and 707
for sure.


The Tu-104 began passenger operations in September 1956.



I once flew to Moscow in one during the
mid 70's , strange aircraft with that glazed nose one
almost expected to see a bombardier sitting there.


The Tu-104 was essentially a modified Tu-16 bomber.

The 707 was essentially a modified bomber too. Uncle Sam paid for the
development.

No, the Boeing 707 was never a bomber.

They took a lot from previous Boeing bombers. Look at the wings of some
of
them.

I probably shouldn't ask this, but do you actually know the name of any
bomber produced by Boeing?

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I'm not comparing the UK with others. I am looking at the UK.
It is not small.


I am looking at the UK too. It is small.

It holds 60 million people and can easy hold 30 million more.

You could probably fit 60 million people on the Isle of Wight (with
not much "personal" space).

Such wisdom.

Simple mathematics, the Isle of Wight packed end to end with single
beds would allow about 60 million people their own bed.

Where, pray tell, do you expect people to take a dump? Ah, I know. Every
person will have their own individual waste bucket and personal stove. Food
will be passed hand-to-hand from ships on the shores of the island. Waste
products will be passed outwards and summarily dumped into the sea. It'll
suck to live in the middle. Friends will be strictly local. Most of the
time, people won't leave their beds. Too much hassle stepping over people
and beds to go visit anybody. The dilligent will exercise in place, most
will become fat and lazy. Finally, everyone will be issued their own
personal roofing kit, which will be modularly applied over the entire island
to keep the rain off. Body heat alone will keep everyone warm.

Sounds a lot like a poultry factory.

Or cells in the body. Maybe some people will specialize in the moving of
resources and an economy will develop.

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Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA

20% of the world is real.
80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads.

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You really are hard of thinking. I am not comparing the UK with any
other
country sigh, just looking at the UK singularly. It is not small.

I've been to the UK. Looking at it singularly, it is small.

Could you walk around it in a day?

Finally, we see the definition of "small".

By this measure, there is no such things as a "small" country".

Pete

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The Tu-104 was in service before the Comet 4 and 707
for sure.


The Tu-104 began passenger operations in September 1956.



I once flew to Moscow in one during the
mid 70's , strange aircraft with that glazed nose one
almost expected to see a bombardier sitting there.


The Tu-104 was essentially a modified Tu-16 bomber.

The 707 was essentially a modified bomber too. Uncle Sam paid for the
development.

No, the Boeing 707 was never a bomber.

They took a lot from previous Boeing bombers. Look at the wings of some
of
them. What a give away. A company that is making bombers, essentially
large transports, of course would fall back on the technology they are
familiar with. They didn't forget it, pretend it wasn't there and start
all
over again.

Previous Boeing jet bombers, B-47 and B-52, all had swept-back high wings
suited to bombers, which are unlike the low to swept-back mid-wing design of
the Boeing 707 series suited to airliners.

Fighter aircraft also have wings, but that certainly does not make them
bombers either.

Boeing's experience in producing bombers AND airliners does not make a
Boeing airliner a non-existant Boeing bomber.

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Simple mathematics, the Isle of Wight packed end to end with single beds
would allow about 60 million people their own bed.


With that kinda thinking it wouldn't be long before you'd need a
lot more beds...
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-Gord.

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the merchant ships after all.

The country could feed itself that was for sure.

So why do you think Britain imported vast amounts
of grain from the USA and Canada and beef from Argentina

The Germans wanted to sink
arms more than food.


Trouble is most of the ships sunk werent carrying arms.

Keith

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Could you walk around it in a day?

Finally, we see the definition of "small".

By this measure, there is no such things as a "small" country".

The Vatican, perchance?

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Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group
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and eternity has begun" (Dylan Thomas)