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> Thunderbirds is set even further into the future than that, but
> some of the characters can occasionally be seen driving '60s
> style open top cars.

Thunderbirds is set in the 2060s.

> I watched a documentary about B52 bombers last night which
> claimed that they are likely to be in service until 2045 or so,
> more than 90 years after they were first built. Which is a bit
> sad, really, if it turns out to be true, when you think of how
> aircraft design developed over a few years in the last century.

There's a good argument in the aerospace world for adopting the
maxim "if it aint broke don't fic it". If a desigbn works and does the
job it's wanted for then why meddle with it and risk all sorts of
complications. This, by and large, has been the Russian
philosophy with their Soyuz launch vehicles. The design, by and
large, hasn't changed since the early 60s; and it's a philosophy
that has largely served them well.

Dave.

"TheLynx " wrote:

> I love the booze dispenser and think it would be novel for home use.
> One question that has been bothering me about it though is, whenever
> anyone has a drink, they set their empty glass down on top of the
> unit. Who washes the dishes?

PROBABLY Ms Ealand - Hmph. Or else Ford - LOL!

> Another question is who is the biggest boozer? Foster or Freeman?

Oh, Freeman - DEFINITELY!

> Why does Straker smoke those cheezy plastic tipped cigars? I could
> offer him a real good smoke for a change.

Oh, are they plastic tipped? Or does he put them in a plastic holder? I
never paid too much attention to that ...

<<
To answer the question who does all the cleaning and other routine and
boring
work at SHADO. Have you ever noticed that the ranks in the organization
go
to Captain and then to Colonel. Well the reason you don't ever hear of
anyone with the rank of Major is because the Majors are the ones who get
assigned do all that stuff. You don't see them again till they get
promoated
to Colonel.

James K.
>>

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey! <MAJOR Yuchtar stands glaring with hands on hips>


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Yes aircraft design has advanced quite a bit in the last fifty years or so, as have the prices. B1s and B-2s go for BILLONS, not millions any more, and the F-22 and all of the rest of the Next Generation Fighters aren't much cheaper. It is cheaper to update an existing airframe rather then design/ buikd a whole new one.
James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:"Brian Lindstrand" wrote:
> Belated welcome to the group! It's funny, the anime series COWBOY
> BEBOP is set in the 2070's, features a faster-than-light travel
> technology, has colonization on most of the planets of the solar
> system, but the characters still make use of regular handguns and
> drive relatively non futuristic cars and yet, like UFO, it works
> (for the most part).
>

Thunderbirds is set even further into the future than that, but
some of the characters can occasionally be seen driving '60s
style open top cars.

I like the idea that regular handguns are used in 2070 - when
you think that basic handgun design hasn't changed much for a
century or more, it makes sense. I think they used
ordinary-looking shotguns in Aliens as well. It adds a bit of
'realism' somehow.

I watched a documentary about B52 bombers last night which
claimed that they are likely to be in service until 2045 or so,
more than 90 years after they were first built. Which is a bit
sad, really, if it turns out to be true, when you think of how
aircraft design developed over a few years in the last century.

James





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Yes, there are more girls, however they are all Klingons

(sorry Y!)

>Bob
>
>P.S. There sure are a lot more girls here than in the toy train
>groups. Most refreshing.
>

HEY! *I* am the ONLY Klingon here!!

HMPH!

-- Y


Doug Carlson wrote:
>
> Yes, there are more girls, however they are all Klingons
>
> (sorry Y!)
>
> >Bob
> >
> >P.S. There sure are a lot more girls here than in the toy train
> >groups. Most refreshing.



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