Why do flight attendants dislike flying to/from India so much? Are Indian passengers difficult?
I’m not trying to be controversial but the following is true. Having been a flight attendant here in the UK for over 20 years unfortunately I can tell…
How long would it take for the United States to cut off power and/or water supply to Canada?
The US BUYS power from Canada, and lots of it. If Canada chose it could cut off power to The NE of the US and the midwest. The…
I saw the movie Das Boot, The Boat, a German World War II submarine warfare movie. It was a great movie. The depth charge scene was particularly scary to me. Was that scene realistic?
The movie was highly realistic except in one respect, and that is something that every sub movie with depth charges gets wrong from Das Boot to U-571. The…
Do Europeans genuinely believe that the US president is a fool? In which case, how was he elected twice, and how has he become so wealthy? And what does it say about the American electorate?
Pretty much, yes. “how was he elected twice” Well, in Dutch, there is a saying: “veel beloven en weinig geven, doet de zotten in vreugde leven”. Which roughly…
If an Ohio-class SSBN went rogue while far out at sea and wanted to “go dark” completely, how easy or difficult would it be for the US Navy to track down the rogue SSBN?
As a retired Navy Senior Chief (SS) I am positive that if the rogue SSBN didn’t want to be found, it wouldn’t be. I am also positive that…
Were Andy Griffith and Don Knotts aware of Jim Nabors’ homosexuality?
Certainly. Andy Griffith was the series’ producer and so he would have been well-aware that Nabors was gay. However it being the 1960s, he needed to remain closeted…
Recently, USA B2 bombers flew 37 hours straight to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. How did the pilots stay awake?
They slept on the plane. Seriously. Did you know the best addition to the B-2 Spirit after introduction was…a lawn chair? Specifically, the lounger version. Crew rest was…
Are the tariffs bringing any companies back to America?
These are plants in Mexico. There are thousands and thousands of them- all modern, all using the latest robotic technology. They cost trillions of dollars to build, and…
If a person went to Mars (and landed safely), why is it basically impossible for them to return to Earth?
Look at the diagram below. Let’s say that this white line is the distance between Earth and the moon. Now look at another diagram. Again, the white line…
Was the Soviet Union really militarily backwards, or is it just a myth?
Kinda. The BMP is a good illustration of this: Someone in the Soviet Union had the actually brilliant idea of “instead of making light tanks, why not make…