The honeymoon wasn't really based on anything more than the sheer fucking relief that La Belle Dame sans Clue had gone. I don't think there is anything like genuine enthusiasm for the littl… (View Post)

Really fast road driving is more art than science. Being fast on a track is a combination of track knowledge, car setup and ability. Being (very) fast on the road is largely a function of how much ri… (View Post)

It was the poorest country in Europe with all of those advantages before it got smashed to fuck and depopulated. Why will it be better? (View Post)

The debt is kind of irrelevant because their capacity to repay it will not exist in our lifetimes. It's a punctured blow-up doll of a country that needs regular infusions of cash from the US jus… (View Post)

It cost £250m (in the 80s!) and took four years to build Maggie's Pleasant Airfield in the Falklands which is the centre of the universe compared to Ker-fucking-guelen. There is also no feasible… (View Post)