Jacinda

[TheDemonLord]

Eventually these all got old. So they pulled out a couple of brand new (NOS) Cheftain/Sherman/Centurion/insert best guess here. And drove them to Salisbury plain for target practice. They were so hopelessly unreliable they had to change the engines (maybe removable?) to get there.

Sounds suspiciously like the notoriously unreliable Leyland L60 engine, used in the Chieftain. It was designed to meet NATO specs of being Multi-Fuel, then NATO changed it's mind and went with conventional Diesel for the likes of Leopard and Leclerc. Anyways, the Engine was so bad that at one point it had a 90% breakdown rate, it's one redeeming feature was that it could be swapped out as an entire powerpack in a couple of hours.

[TheDemonLord]

Seen today somewhere else:

If Jacinda has spread Covid around, it will be the first thing she's successfully delivered to regular New Zealanders

[pritch]

Having been caught with thier pants down in last two WWs the Brits put away some army reserves.

Way back in history there used to be a full Brit armoured unit worth of tanks mothballed in Singapore. All the extras included: recovery vehicles, flails, the whole works. Every few years a cavalry unit would fly out from Britain, get the tanks out of mothballs, do exercises with the then resident infantry units, put the tanks back in mothballs and fly home.

The unit I saw was a hussars unit. They were an interesting lot. The officers had to have a private income of X many thousand quid per year, because they would not be able to live in the manner expected of them on army pay.

I'd assumed that the hussars units might have since been consigned to history, but it seems there is at least one extant.

Jacinda probably wouldn't approve.

[TheDemonLord]

I'd assumed that the hussars units might have since been consigned to history, but it seems there is at least one extant.

They should get some Wings....

[pete376403]

Way back in history there used to be a full Brit armoured unit worth of tanks mothballed in Singapore. All the extras included: recovery vehicles, flails, the whole works. Every few years a cavalry unit would fly out from Britain, get the tanks out of mothballs, do exercises with the then resident infantry units, put the tanks back in mothballs and fly home. .

Singapore artillary send their entire lot over here once a year to hold exercises at Waiouru. The pack it up and take it home again.

[F5 Dave]

Except for the last 2 years one presumes. Because of covid.
Which is Jacindas fault obvs.

[TheDemonLord]

So, today - I went to check on the date for the Taupo Lake swim, which I'd signed up for and was really looking forward to (4.2 Km across Lake Taupo), my goal was to swim it in 1 hr and 40 minutes (cut-off time is 2 hours).

Fucking Cancelled due to the stupid as fuck traffic light system.

Seriously, an Outdoor event, in Lake Taupo (y'know - so big can be seen on a global map - plenty of room for social distancing) and it's cancelled.

And all for the goddamn Sniffles. When the country is at 90% vaccinated.

This shit can fuck right off.

[sugilite:Me]

So, today - I went to check on the date for the Taupo Lake swim, which I'd signed up for and was really looking forward to (4.2 Km across Lake Taupo), my goal was to swim it in 1 hr and 40 minutes (cut-off time is 2 hours).

Fucking Cancelled due to the stupid as fuck traffic light system.

Seriously, an Outdoor event, in Lake Taupo (y'know - so big can be seen on a global map - plenty of room for social distancing) and it's cancelled.

And all for the goddamn Sniffles. When the country is at 90% vaccinated.

This shit can fuck right off.

Dry your eyes and come to the track day at Hampton Downs on Saturday, I'll see you there

[TheDemonLord]

Dry your eyes and come to the track day at Hampton Downs on Saturday, I'll see you there

Heh, thanks for the offer - this saturday will be spent DIY-ing.

As for the Swim - I've always wanted to do one of the ocean swim series, but due to getting a tummy bug at the beach when I was younger, salt water makes me vomit. So fresh water swimming it is.

My all-time swim record was 5 Km (took about 3 hours) and my goal has been to get my 1 Km time under 20 minutes, at the moment it's hovering around 23-24 minutes.

I've been training at my local pools since about October/November - including a solid hour swimming without touching the bottom, bought myself a wetsuit for it etc. etc.

TL;DR I was really looking forward to the challenge as it's the first time I've done something like this, and it's no secret (even on here) that I'm on the portly/fluffy side of things.

It's the absurdity of it all that is really grating on me.

[neels]

Heh, thanks for the offer - this saturday will be spent DIY-ing.

As for the Swim - I've always wanted to do one of the ocean swim series, but due to getting a tummy bug at the beach when I was younger, salt water makes me vomit. So fresh water swimming it is.

My all-time swim record was 5 Km (took about 3 hours) and my goal has been to get my 1 Km time under 20 minutes, at the moment it's hovering around 23-24 minutes.

I've been training at my local pools since about October/November - including a solid hour swimming without touching the bottom, bought myself a wetsuit for it etc. etc.

TL;DR I was really looking forward to the challenge as it's the first time I've done something like this, and it's no secret (even on here) that I'm on the portly/fluffy side of things.

It's the absurdity of it all that is really grating on me.

The list of cancelled events, that people have put considerable time and expense into, continues to grow. Sadly most event organisers aren't willing to risk the fines for non compliance, regardless of their personal views on the situation they really don't have a choice but to comply.

Imagine how much fun it is living in the south during the current traffic lights, and the last lockdown with no cases in the entire South Island but still cancelling outdoor events. Particularly fun because the whole country was for some bizarre political reason tied to the Auckland settings, and the fucking Aucklanders wouldn't behave themselves and kept spreading it, so fucked it for the rest

[TheDemonLord]

regardless of their personal views on the situation they really don't have a choice but to comply.

All I'm going to say is:

Canadian Trucks.

Imagine how much fun it is living in the south during the current traffic lights, and the last lockdown with no cases in the entire South Island but still cancelling outdoor events. Particularly fun because the whole country was for some bizarre political reason tied to the Auckland settings, and the fucking Aucklanders wouldn't behave themselves and kept spreading it, so fucked it for the rest

It's almost like Labour are the party of the Metropolitan middle class, university educated Brainlets...

[pete376403]

This - and the fucking Aucklanders wouldn't behave themselves and kept spreading it, so fucked it for the rest

[neels]

All I'm going to say is:

Canadian Trucks.

So what you're suggesting is a convoy of swimming events, outdoor concerts and arts festivals should obstruct roads, or perhaps lakes and parks?

[TheDemonLord]

So what you're suggesting is a convoy of swimming events, outdoor concerts and arts festivals should obstruct roads, or perhaps lakes and parks?

It would be a good addition to the other protests that are falling on deaf ears.

[F5 Dave]

This - and the fucking Aucklanders wouldn't behave themselves and kept spreading it, so fucked it for the rest

Actually it's a big place. Let's give most of them the benefit of doubt and say Some cunts didn't behave themselves as they heard its only just a sniffle on the Internet and are generally inconsiderate (along with the poor people who innocently got it from these sort of actions of others).