It’s due to video compression. Although those “soldiers” really do look like they are from a 1980’s casting call for a Stallone/schwarzenegger film.

Besides a couple of slung cables, those tunnels do not have any visible building service installations; piping - electrical, plumbing, heating, Air-con, water / water waste, ventilation etc.

MV’s are nice n’all but the Laverda 750’s were the proverbial dog’s bollocks, ... imo, Ducati’s are best reserved as boat anchors.

OK Stop fannying about! there are unlimited oil reservers! enough to last us for the next 100 trillion years, even as our population and its oil needs increase exponentially.

Mi-Sex (New Zealand)

Submarines / Mines / the Straits / Battleships / WWI.

Bond orders his Martini to reflect the aesthetics of his palette, not yours, not mine or anyone else’s.

Well ... one is heavy and the other is a little lighter.

Well ... 1 meter is 3 feet 3 and 3/8 inches, so not that much larger.

“CAUTION” sign says trucks over 10’6” must turn left. I can only see road on left after the bridge ... some sort of sick joke by local DMR ;)

Reminds me of the movie “Hot Shots!”

When you do go, you should also visit the Imperial War museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. where you will find the American Air Museum in Britain. http://www.americanairmuseum.com

I posted earlier re my memories of a Vulcan flying low over us at RAF Abingdon. Oxfordshire, England. I wish I had been at this air show.

As a young child I remember seeing a Vulcan at RAF Abingdon air show back in 1969’sh. I remember it flew over low, very low as we were walking between hangers; it went dark like an eclipse of the sun as a giant shadow passing over us, however, I don’t remember the noise.

XKCD - one of the best sites on the web, along with spin off “What if”

E91Ed isn’t saying that the House of Windsor does not have historical ties to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or that English monarchs have often, not been English at all, the Kingdom of England has a rich tapestry of intricate and complex events, and its timelines has included amongst others; Danes, Saxons, French, Scottish,…

How quaint, you think AM is British.

Ah ... it’s “Maru” the hilarious puddy cat, always a joy to watch.

And yet, JB won the F1 World Championship.

I've been reading; and learning a bit more about the F-35 from Australia's POV from a site I recently stumbled upon - http://www.ausairpower.net - Full of "dry" facts, yet compulsive. Complicated at certain points (I never served in any Military Force) but incredibly interesting and informative, understandably, I…