No, Ricky. Puns are simply not funny. Some people do practise puns in Norwegian too, but this sort of humour are generally considered "soft",...
The ability to read and write? I'm afraid it requires a cultural background which very much limits it to the British Isles. :wink:
The Iranians were never pleased. They weren't pleased with the Shah neither, and look what they got instead.
[Split from Cod Wars] Just some general information first. Puns are NOT funny outside of England, with the exception of parts of Scotland,...
I wish the Norwegian Coast Guard would adopt some of that French attitude. The Spanish trawlers doesn't respect anything, they are overfishing and...
I came across this book, "The ROYAL NAVY IN THE COD WARS : Britain and Iceland In Conflict" by Captain Andrew Welch, which made me think of the...
No, it has been on the bottom of the sea for some 60 years, that would mean more or less building a completely new aircraft. But it will be...
The first bombing raid on November 1 1911 saw an Italian aviator dropping three grenades on the Taguira Oasis and another at Ain Zara. One report...
What part did Spain take in the persecution of the Jews in WWII? I've read that Franco actually allowed more than 25.000 Jews to escape through...
I'm scared and frustrated by the increasing amount of Holocaust denial seen here in Norway. I do not know if similar attitudes are emerging in...
So the pressure from multinational companies, which by the way have a lot of property, have nothing to do with it? As you wrote yourself, it takes...
Very true. People who aren't coloured tend to forget that.
Bad leadership, I can relate to that. The reason for bad leadership is cultural? A bit vague, but OK. But why are the Africans unable to sort...
It has several layers of paint actually. It was originally deployed with a frontline squadron in France, then a training unit in Germany, before...
My apologizes for starting a thread and vanish for weeks, but it seems you have done well without me. MiG-19 an obvious landslide winner? I...
Arab and European colonialism have taken it's toll, but have also provided social structures which at least some of the African nations benefit...
Well known aviation writer Yefim Gordon claims that the MiG-19 was superiour to the F-100 in his book about the Soviet fighter. Do we agree with...
Let me explain what I mean by boring by comparing it to driving a car. I enjoy driving, but a car sim would pointless for me. Another thing it's...
I have a picture of a Mitsubishi Ki-54 two-engined transport in North Korean markings. And a lot of Korean pilots served with the Japanese in...
No offence, but I wouldn't take a sim too seriously. I'm sure it's good, but no matter how many variables they include they still have to make it...
