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Commented on Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
All these types of "Love Affairs" are temporary and will pass, the thing is to enjoy the ones you like when they come around, I think Dark is coming around agin and maybe true horror will emerge again, having almost...
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dirk.bruere commented on
Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
What online supermarket shopping is really good for is the home delivery of large numbers of heavy items eg 100 tins catfood, 48 bottles beer etc - the stables....
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Greg. Tingey commented on
Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
Dirk @ 135 No That's what the Land-Rover is for!...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
Why would Edinburgh be targeted? I live about a mile away from Leith -- a ferry port (hint: reinforcements). Edinburgh also has a couple of major railway stations (hint: logistics) and an airport (hint: combat aircraft), not to mention the Forth bridges (hint: access to Fife is bottlenecked through two bridges a quarter of a mile apart), the M8 corridor to Glasgow, and the head end of the A1. In other words, if you are a Soviet commander, worried about the UK as a resupply/logistics hub for funneling reinforcements from the USA into a European theatre, then Edinburgh offers...
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paws4thot commented on
Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
132 and #134 also relate:- In period, the Edinburgh and Glasgow air bursts disconnect rail North of the Forth-Clyde valley from South of it, which also affects (even if not directly targetted) RAF Kinloss, Leuchars and Lossiemouth, several more army barracks and TA musters... Aside from a couple of not that great double-track roads, it also cuts all N-S road communications....
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dirk.bruere commented on
Always Look on the Bright Side of... SF
We (NATO) were planning on using around 200 tactical nukes per day once it properly kicked off. Most of them in East Germany and Poland aimed at forming up areas and logistical infrastructure. Which is quite a conservative estimate given we had some 7000 available at the time to choose from....
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