A bit council (Vol 5)

[Spare tyre]

Muppet007 said:

Every day is a learning day, thanks!

You surely mean Tanks

[deadtom]

Jader1973 said:

Google it.

Using your wi-fi that Australia invented

I did, and I learned something today.

[LankyFreak]

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

The smoko

[monthou]

Jader1973 said:

deadtom said:

Jader1973 said:

The list may surprise you.

...
Tank (as in army)
...

[citation needed]

Google it.

If you're going with ideas on paper that never reached fruition then a bloke called Leonardo beat him to it by some years.

[eldar]

DoctorX said:

eldar said:

DoctorX said:

I must be council then. If someone is offering a discount, I'll take it. Don't use any of these voucher websites though.

Is that why you have eleven discounted sex ponds?

Busted.

The parties are great

[FatboyKim]

Flat roof pubs

[Red9zero]

DoctorX said:

Busted.

Preferred McFly

[Jader1973]

deadtom said:

Jader1973 said:

Google it.

Using your wi-fi that Australia invented

I did, and I learned something today.

Sorry, “Google it” comes across as a bit arsey: I must have been typing it as you typed your other response.

[ArsE82]

Jader1973 said:

Mechanical clippers (for shearing sheep)

Nah mate. Get yer own!

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

LankyFreak said:

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

The smoko

Love a bit of the Chats.

[deadtom]

monthou said:

If you're going with ideas on paper that never reached fruition then a bloke called Leonardo beat him to it by some years.

I was all set to make this same point, but whereas Da Vinci's 'tank' was an idea for a protected, semi mobile firing position, this Aussie chap's (who had the exceptional name of 'Lancelot Eldin de Mole') design was more concerned with mobility over rough terrain and trench systems (specifically using tracks, which are fundamental to what is now considered a tank and were missing from Da Vinci's design) while protected and able to carry a heavy load.

Tanks as we think of them now require both, but in WWI the main role of the tank was to flatten / rip out barbed wire and cross trenches with the infantry in tow, and the British government actually acknowledged de Mole's design which predated their own by two years had a lot of superior design features and would likely have advanced tank design more rapidly if he had been listened to.

His 1912 design looks like this:



which I would argue has carried over a lot more design features to modern tanks than have been retained from the first 'true' tanks designed by the British in WWI:


ETA: I forgot that this is the council thread.

Not knowing something, then doing a small amount of research and acting like you are an authority on the subject: council
tanks: council

Edited by deadtom on Thursday 23 June 14:29

[V8mate]

DoctorX said:

eldar said:

DoctorX said:

I must be council then. If someone is offering a discount, I'll take it. Don't use any of these voucher websites though.

Is that why you have eleven discounted sex ponds?

Busted.

Eleven busted sex ponds? Too much neighbour action?

[Om]

monthou said:

Isn't that a rather tatty garden shed (sorry, outdoor mobile bar) set up in the middle of that tank? Council.

[monthou]

Om said:

monthou said:

Isn't that a rather tatty garden shed (sorry, outdoor mobile bar) set up in the middle of that tank? Council.

Quoting the wrong person: Council.

[Turtle Shed]

Koi Carp

[AmgMercedes]

Turtle Shed said:

Koi Carp

Or the Aldi cheap version “ghost koi”

[Tyre Smoke]

Beg to differ on Ghost Koi. Nobody has heard of them = not Council.

[Gluggy]

The mrs told me about this one.... Can't find the original article but this "update" covers (ha ha) most of it...

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/polic...

[AmgMercedes]

Tyre Smoke said:

Beg to differ on Ghost Koi. Nobody has heard of them = not Council.

Course they have, haven’t they ? Hmmmm thought they were commonly known as the cheap koi, maybe not though

[djcube]

Om said:

monthou said:

Isn't that a rather tatty garden shed (sorry, outdoor mobile bar) set up in the middle of that tank? Council.[/quote

Sun roof for when it got a bit warm on the western front?