Context. Sir/Miss is second person singular. I am Carnyx. You are Sir/Miss. He/she is Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Dixiedean. (View Post)

Hmm. Struck by the multilayered, Swiss cheese slice holes lining up in a row (as Sandpit reminded us) 'faults' in those examples and the F-35 on the carrier - in the latter case, for instan… (View Post)

He ruled two kingdoms and managed to get both to rebel at almost the same time, and then get them to fight each other ... (View Post)

He did. Culloden was a dynastic squabble of two kings' sons on behalf of their respective paters. Ironically if he'd been contented with Scotland and consolidated, he might have lasted rath… (View Post)

I was thinking the Staines crash of the BEA Trident, too. Edit: wasn't that bound up with internal politics both in the crash and after? (View Post)