2 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said:

Is there a bigger, more hi-res version of this? Preferably with the fat ones cropped out?

2nd on the bottom looks like she's got nice boobers

 

 

11 minutes ago, Mlodj said:

 

I had read a bit about this. My understanding is that it's not the power generation but the transmission that is being attacked, and that the transformers scattered about the electrical grid are difficult to replace.

Hopefully I'm misinformed on this. 

10 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

I had read a bit about this. My understanding is that it's not the power generation but the transmission that is being attacked, and that the transformers scattered about the electrical grid are difficult to replace.

Hopefully I'm misinformed on this. 

From what's made the press, and what the Russians have done in Syria, they look to be targeting anything that makes a country livable.  Presumably that also includes power generation.  In any event, I hope one thing that has been discussed at the higher levels of government is what happens if a ship owned, operated, and crewed by a NATO country is hit by the Russians, either deliberately or accidentally.  

15 hours ago, DEagle7 said:

HE busting out a Washington Post article about politically correct terminology in order to win an argument just made my day. 

I love the fact that he is:

1) Trying to mock me by saying I am trying to claim "fake ties" to (the) Ukraine for saying I was proud of my grandfather, who came over from there as a child, went over to Europe to fight for us in WW2.

2) Also trying to mock me for reflexively using a traditional way to refer to Ukraine I grew up with.

So the half wit townie dirtbag literally tried to play both opposing angles  

 

12 hours ago, Mlodj said:

 

 

After the issue with the missile landing in Poland....

3 minutes ago, paco said:

I love the fact that he is:

1) Trying to mock me by saying I am trying to claim "fake ties" to (the) Ukraine for saying I was proud of my grandfather, who came over from there as a child, went over to Europe to fight for us in WW2.

2) Also trying to mock me for reflexively using a traditional way to refer to Ukraine I grew up with.

 

So the half wit townie dirtbag literally tried to play both angles  

Look in to where the "traditional" way came from.

There are a lot of traditional ways of doing things in this country that arent really acceptable anymore.

Youre not right just because other people are doing it. Talk about a half wit...

On 10/13/2022 at 10:07 AM, Lloyd said:

With my girlfriend being Ukrainian, and her family over there (and in the States) suffering through this, I've been tempted to get baited into his trolling nonsense. Then I realize how awful a person's life has to be to troll about an ongoing genocide. I assume his internet persona is the only thing keeping him from putting his brains all over the wall.  

 

On 10/13/2022 at 1:40 PM, paco said:

Paternal grandfather came over from the Ukraine as a little boy, got his citizenship, then went back over during WW2 as an army engineer…. I decided early on to break my ignore cherry

 

3 minutes ago, paco said:

I love the fact that he is:

1) Trying to mock me by saying I am trying to claim "fake ties" to (the) Ukraine for saying I was proud of my grandfather, who came over from there as a child, went over to Europe to fight for us in WW2.

2) Also trying to mock me for reflexively using a traditional way to refer to Ukraine I grew up with.

So the half wit townie dirtbag literally tried to play both opposing angles  

And heres another lie. Its funny watching you try to squirm out of being so wrong.

You didnt say you were proud. Lloyd had close peronal ties. REAL ones. And you responded pretending you are in the same boat. Because youre a big phony fake who wants to act like you have some expertise by having some sort of ties to every situation you discuss.

You said this, actually initially called him your "paternial" grandfather- because youre stupid and dont know the word. 

Your scenario is nowhere near comparable to Lloyds Everyone has relatives they never knew. We dont compare that to people who have relatives living through absolute hell right now. Unless we are big phony pretenders who wan to try to act like we belong.

 HE triggered.

11 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

You said this, actually initially called him your "paternial" grandfather- because youre stupid and dont know the word. 

 

Do you know what paternal means? I mean, you couldn't even spell it right  

10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

 

And heres another lie. Its funny watching you try to squirm out of being so wrong.

You didnt say you were proud. Lloyd had close peronal ties. REAL ones. And you responded pretending you are in the same boat. Because youre a big phony fake who wants to act like you have some expertise by having some sort of ties to every situation you discuss.

You said this, actually initially called him your "paternial" grandfather- because youre stupid and dont know the word. 

Your scenario is nowhere near comparable to Lloyds Everyone has relatives they never knew. We dont compare that to people who have relatives living through absolute hell right now. Unless we are big phony pretenders who wan to try to act like we belong.

 

12 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

 

And heres another lie. Its funny watching you try to squirm out of being so wrong.

You didnt say you were proud. Lloyd had close peronal ties. REAL ones. And you responded pretending you are in the same boat. Because youre a big phony fake who wants to act like you have some expertise by having some sort of ties to every situation you discuss.

You said this, actually initially called him your "paternial" grandfather- because youre stupid and dont know the word. 

Your scenario is nowhere near comparable to Lloyds Everyone has relatives they never knew. We dont compare that to people who have relatives living through absolute hell right now. Unless we are big phony pretenders who wan to try to act like we belong.

you really need to get laid. im sure there's a farm close ? 

11 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

you really need to get laid. im sure there's a fam close ? 

FYP.   Family twig and all 

 

 

Ukrainians are making a conscious effort to distance themselves from the Soviet era, which includes Ukrainizing (A WORD I JUST MADE UP) names and references. So most prefer "Ukraine" not "The Ukraine", and "Kyiv" not "Kiev" which are the traditional phrases and spellings.

Neither are "wrong", and this shift is relatively new. Older generations absolutely used "The Ukraine" and "Kiev", and my generation - half my groomsmen were from Ukraine, though I am an American mutt - also used "The Ukraine" 10-15 years ago. 

The more strident self-identified Ukrainians (i.e. those that really wear their Ukrainian identity on their sleeves) are very deliberate in their phrasing, and some will politely correct uses of the "older" phrases with some context and reasoning. Most don't really care, even though they may quietly prefer the newer phrasing.

But ultimately it's not something that's worth going on pages about. Come on.

Agreed. But you two are focusing on old news. He just tried to get a win by trying to call me it out on "paternial”.  We now have a new thing to mock the stupid townie for.  

16 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said:

Is there a bigger, more hi-res version of this? Preferably with the fat ones cropped out?

Best I can do. 

 

7 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

 

Ukrainians are making a conscious effort to distance themselves from the Soviet era, which includes Ukrainizing (A WORD I JUST MADE UP) names and references. So most prefer "Ukraine" not "The Ukraine", and "Kyiv" not "Kiev" which are the traditional phrases and spellings.

Neither are "wrong", and this shift is relatively new. Older generations absolutely used "The Ukraine" and "Kiev", and my generation - half my groomsmen were from Ukraine, though I am an American mutt - also used "The Ukraine" 10-15 years ago. 

The more strident self-identified Ukrainians (i.e. those that really wear their Ukrainian identity on their sleeves) are very deliberate in their phrasing, and some will politely correct uses of the "older" phrases with some context and reasoning. Most don't really care, even though they may quietly prefer the newer phrasing.

But ultimately it's not something that's worth going on pages about. Come on.

Yeah I've had people here do that to me with pronunciation of words. Or that I speak more Russian than Ukrainian, but that's every now and again. And they're not a D about it.

 

I drew the line at some chick here trying to correct my calling myself an American because that could mean two continents.

22 hours ago, paco said:

 

 

Sorry.  Any chance I get to point out his inbred NEPAn ignorance I HAVE to take it.  Sadly his "education" was our tax dollars.

whoa! whoa!  he is a tool...no doubt. but he doesn't represent everyone from the nepa!     

6 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

whoa! whoa!  he is a tool...no doubt. but he doesn't represent everyone from the nepa!     

12 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

whoa! whoa!  he is a tool...no doubt. but he doesn't represent everyone from the nepa!     

True.  You and I are half decent folk.   

17 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

whoa! whoa!  he is a tool...no doubt. but he doesn't represent everyone from the nepa!     

nobody?     

 

     

Just now, mr_hunt said:

nobody?     

 

     

i didnt want to step on HE's toes.