Member Info for mick-b

STALIN means man of steel in Russian

HIS Early Life

On December 18, 1879, in the Russian peasant village of Gori, Georgia, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (later known as Joseph Stalin) was born. The son of Besarion Jughashvili, a cobbler, and Ketevan Geladze, a washerwoman, Joseph was a frail child. At age 7, he contracted smallpox, leaving his face scarred. A few years later he was injured in a carriage accident which left arm slightly deformed (some accounts state his arm trouble was a result of blood poisoning from the injury). The other village children treated him cruelly, instilling in him a sense of inferiority. Because of this, Joseph began a quest for greatness and respect. He also developed a cruel streak for those who crossed him.

ATB m8

YES m8 you posted it on the TECA board awhile back
Never heard of him tbh but another exceptional guitarist

My favourite is still Knopfler playing this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwJ11-pmxg

This was in Gdansk....his solo backed by a full orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Ht6WIhhmU

I never liked Pink Floyd...so didn't followed their music
So when you posted his guitar solo brilliance... I was really surprised
Like you say good groups adapt to the ever changing music scene

We all missed the 34% rise in SOU.....no news just a part rebound from it's massive drop
Cheers

I'm promoting your man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Ht6WIhhmU

THANKS..
Likewise...
An amazing guitar solo by the 70+ Dave Gilmour...worth 4 mins of your life bud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Ht6WIhhmU

ATB

I give up on correcting your posts
You are just a clown....and not funny one...just very silly
Carry on playing your silly games

Interesting to note how all the acrimony, vitriol and anger amongst the comments here is coming from those evidently on the Leave side of the debate. Still, when you have no vision to articulate, no plan to get to achieve it and no idea what the reality of negotiation looks like I suppose all you're left with is your little islander churlishness.

2 Atomic bombs on Japan
That's old technology now
Hydrogen bombs are used now and are hundreds of times more powerful....and with 20,000 Nukes we NOW have the
MAD standoff

"EU, Must now protect itself as the UK umbrella is leaving, with its nukes, subs, armed forces. When EU are threatened by Russia, China, they will build an Army of the EU 27/26/25/24 with Air, Naval forces & EU control. = Europe Stronger."

There is no "could" leave here
YOU speak with forked tongue.... AGAIN!!!

Was this the bribe to get his vote in the withdrawal deal
Stranger things have happened in the wicked world of politics

WASSATT
Funny that as TRO has just mailed princeofdarkness on the LLOY board
ATB

France is the second largest contributor of peacekeeping personnel in the world after the United States. During 2001, French troops and civilian police participated in UN missions in Sierra Leone, Lebanon, the Republic of Georgia, Bosnia, Kosovo, the Western Sahara, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and on the borders between Iraq and Kuwait, and Eritrea and Ethiopia. At the end of the year, 5,200 French troops were serving in Kosovo, where France assumed command of KFOR in October 2001. France also currently commands SFOR's sensitive Multi-National Division (Southeast) sector in Bosnia, where it has about 2,200 troops. France contributed an additional 225 troops to NATO's Task Force Fox in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In addition to the troops serving in multinational peacekeeping operations, France had over 24,000 military personnel stationed abroad in 2000, including approximately 6,100 in Africa.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/fr-budget.htm

JI5006
It's the weekend and with LLOYDS hitting a SIX year low of 49.52p on Friday .....little can and has been said

John
Most of these wars were to protect our Empire m8
In truth had these nations been given their freedom THEN ....no war/conflict would have happened

READ the link first before you comment DARKNESS

https://armedforces.eu/compare/country_France_vs_United_Kingdom

In the end JOHN...both France and the UK were saved from defeat by massive relentless supplies of Yankee military hardware and vast quantities of men in BOTH world wars
All nuclear weapons are defensive John
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) ensures that...

Times have changed.
Nowadays France and Britain have equal military status....France actually pays MORE ....2.3% of GDP
Please read the following stats.....

https://armedforces.eu/compare/country_France_vs_United_Kingdom

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/731606/Most-powerful-military-world-France-overtakes-UK-latest-ranking

Touched 1281 dollars but dropped to 1278 at the end of trading
https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-price-chart.do

Trump will ensure ....Gold will SOAR!!!!!..the ultimate safe haven investment

"EU, Must now protect itself as the UK umbrella is leaving, with its nukes, subs, armed forces. When EU are threatened by Russia, China, they will build an Army of the EU 27/26/25/24 with Air, Naval forces & EU control. = Europe Strong"

With the 3rd largest nuclear stockpile. France doesn't need our smaller nuclear forces to defend themselves or the EU
Implying their do is typical of your hate filled posts
True facts hurt!!

FYI - OXO
The French military held a peak inventory of 540 nuclear warheads during 1991-92. France is the only NWS to shut-down and dismantle all its nuclear test sites. The nation now holds around 300 deployed nuclear warheads, making it the third-biggest stockpile in the world. The nuclear warheads of France are equipped onto SLBMs aboard Triomphant-Class SSBNs and ASMP medium-range air-to-ground missile

https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature-countries-with-the-biggest-nuclear-weapon-stockpiles/

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=aaplw&p=french+nuclear+power#id=1&vid=9a8c5b9f1e79a5dfb6da867dfba2d42b&action=click