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They should just have waited for midnight of the 31st and made it go kaboomy with all the fireworks.
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They should just have waited for midnight of the 31st and made it go kaboomy with all the fireworks.
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Gardening seems to be harmless, because you rarely dig deep enough.... but becoming excavator driver in Germany is somewhat more risky.
http://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Po...damer-Baggerfahrer-haette-keine-Chance-gehabt
https://www.thelocal.de/20140103/digger-driver-dies-after-hitting-wwii-bomb
If you ever wonder why big construction projects take so long in Germany right now: One possible explanation could be all workers deciding to leave work early and have a drink after hearing a metal sound during digging.
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Re. #23063 above.
Seems Train Sim World: CSX Heavy Haul Beta is closed now, so the executable will never arrive! Not sure what I bought now. Was checking the site, but missed the beta.
Ho-hum, Merry Xmas.
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Seems Train Sim World: CSX Heavy Haul Beta is closed now, so the executable will never arrive! Not sure what I bought now. Was checking the site, but missed the beta.
Ho-hum, Merry Xmas.
N.
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Meanwhile in Russia.
More precisely, inside Kazan airport.
More precisely, inside Kazan airport.
jedidia
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I can basically hear the swearing through the yackety sax. Damn, this is hilarious! :lol:
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Note for future reference: Don't buy a game on steam a day before christmass. Download speed's around 10 kbs :facepalm:
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Same if you are planning to leave your apartment and WiFi tomorrow and need to install some games before being mostly away from home, except for some short weekends.
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I started watching this with the sound off and thought "Yakety Sax would be a great soundtrack for this." I turned on the sound and put my earbuds in, was not disappointed. :thumbup:
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Might have more to do with Steam being down for awhile today.
Quick_Nick
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Reminds me of when a bird flies into your house and can't find a way out.
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Damn google maps app broken again!
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Just a random question: How does the UXO situation compare between East and West Germany? I saw something on Youtube that talked about how in many cases areas were rebuilt without being swept for explosives, and now when old buildings are replaced by new construction in those areas there's a fair risk of stumbling on UXO. On the other hand, I know that in East Germany there were a lot of areas demolished in WWII that were never rebuilt before reunification. How did that affect UXO sweeping? On the one hand, I'd expect that the same factors that contributed to areas not being rebuilt before unification would probably mean that they weren't swept for UXO before that time. On the other, I'd expect West German construction firms to have a bit more experience with UXO by the time of reunification, and thus for reconstruction of demolished areas in East Germany to be done a bit more cautiously.
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Bombs gone international:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430671
Non-Germans being left in place?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430671
Non-Germans being left in place?
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What had more an effect is the range of the bombers and their escorts, which causes a mild north/west vs south/east divide.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ion-bomb-dropped-Allies-Second-World-War.html
As you can see in the maps, the range of the bombers and their respective payload for a mission is easily visible during the war - at the Rhine valley the bombers had been able to drop nearly their whole payload mass as bombs, while Dresden only permitted about 2 tons of bombs per bomber.
But still, as you can see in the statistics - even small payloads hurt and leave UXOs behind. For example, Leipzig was only destroyed by 20% by strategic bombing, which made it a relatively weakly hit industrial center. But this year alone had two major UXO discoveries that needed to be disarmed. A 500 kg bomb had to be detonated where it was found, it was not possible to defuse it.
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Of course, we let the Daily Mail reporters conduct an interview with the bomb. :lol:
But generally: Evacuation means it - anybody who has no purpose to stay there has to be outside.
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