Doug.
😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Sorry Doug,I just had to do it
Pinch punch first of the month.
Promise I will behave in the future.
Regards
Naughty Billy🥸

Come on Bill😮
Have you forgotten how to recognise a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour, bordering on satire?
If I had had serious doubts about the site security, and after nearly 40 years in Naval COMMS engineering I'm not a novice in that area, I would have emailed my suspicions directly to Stephen. Thus precluding any unnecessary 'discombobulation' to our members, most of which I have learned are perfectly capable of recognising a bit of ironic humour and having a smile or a chuckle.
No more no less Bill.
Have a Happy New Year, Doug😎

Hi Doug.
Sorry am I missing something from your last post?.
Is there some suggestion of a genuine problem with the security of the site.
If so,is Stephen (Fireboat)aware?
The only potential issue was as I see it Rogal’s post.
Can you clarify please!.
Whilst I am not unduly worried,others may be.
Regards
Bill

FLEET TO ALL STATIONS FLASH PRIORITY:
A repeat:
I SAY AGAIN A REPEAT🙄
SUSPICION OF SPOOF AI TRANSMISSIONS CONFIRMED:
TAKE ALL AVAILABLE ECM ACTIONS:
STOP:
Please🤔

Thanks, that’s made me smile this fine day, 1st strike of the new year to predictive text.

Hi Rogal, are you sure you are not getting confused with on-line shopping?😀😀😀
Roy

Move on, back to the place of refuge, the workshop and Inga. Happy new year everyone, onwards and upwards,

Hi all and a blue sky here as well on the 1st. day of 2024.
Hi, Simple sailor, that's the spirit! I have been following the expression,

"Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy"

for over 50 years now. Seems to work OK!

I remember when I made the decision as well in 1971. Our father was in hospital and I walked into a party for his birthday with a very nice cake. My brother was a Bakery engineer so part of the perks (as yet then untaxed). I think he was also chasing nurses!

However he had the date wrong and he had a go at me for forgetting dad's birthday!

Rather than respond with the right date I said oops! and joined in.
When we got back to his flat I quietly told him the right date, and he said oops! But the day went well.
Roy

What is going on here????? I answered ark royal just after midnight, and correct answer was Langley. Then wake to find no answer logged so answer Langley after given second chance, only to find answer is Argos!!!!!!. This is not a quiz , it’s a plot to send us all “crackers”. I know it only for fun, BUT it isn’t. It’s infuriating. am I the only person to get the same question wrong twice?.

This was not a GOOD question👎 HMS Argus was changed over in the yard to be finished as an aircraft carrier. It began life as an Italian ocean liner

Here we go again. I got it wrong. However I answered the question correctly. It didn't ask what was the first long deck carrier. Ark Royal was the first to launch and recover aircraft in 1914. But who cares. Happy New Year.😊

This is obviously going to be a good year. I got the first question of 2024 correct.😃 Looking at my current position, that gives me 100% correct for the year. Better shut up now as it could go down to 50% tomorrow.😬🤣
Happy New Year.

HMS Argus Landed 2 Sopwith Ship Strutter

Sept 24, 1918

None of above. HMS Argus

Re Florida boat photo
That swim platform hardly looks raised to me, more like lowered!!

AI likes this type of Florida photo, one would think. 😉

Re "That sort of warm feeling ..."
You mean that someone's 'extracting the Michael' Roy?
😎

Exactly that Roy👍
Sometimes seems that AI isn't as 'I' as it should be🙄
Doug😎

Hi Doug I had that feeling too! That sort of warm feeling but modified by the worry it is only down one leg.
Roy

Are our q of td linked in any way to A.I? I have seen items out of AI which are incorrect.
Roy

Was going to go "aft" to "poop," but took a "swim" instead. Lucky break. 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

Not quite Commodore-H😉
SS = Submarines, B=Ballistic missile, N= Nuclear powered.😉
So Ross was quite right👍
FLEET😎

Yes we did Roy👍
Not sure but I suspect that the answer options have changed this time around?
A string of 'rehashes' at the moment; just like Christmas / New Year TV🙄
Cheers All, Doug😎

I think we exchanged opinions on this question last time. I query the raised bit though. When I swim off the back of my son's yacht it is definitely lower.

Roy

Swim platform? Que? That is surely the low platform at the stern of typically a power boat that is literally used for swimming access with a fold-up ladder for even easier access?

Total guess. Thought it should be the poop deck.

They're easy again!👍

Yes, that's what it stands for.
SSBN is sub surface ballistic missile

That's ok. I thought the same thing . . . Doesn't SSBN refer to Ballistic Nuclear Submarine??

Oh well got todays one wrong. I thought it was called a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile. I had seen a series on the TV recently Vigil and seen something from that called that. Obviously I have mis recalled what they called them. Even my grammar doesn't sound right.
I'm not too much knowledgeable on these war weapons.

If only the world was all predictable with correct answers and solutions to everything!

However we know otherwise. But even if they were weekly it does not automatically sort out questions with correct answers?

Another possibility is you only do one per week!😀😀

Keep them coming please.

Roy

Why not drop the number of questions to, say, one a week?
Then the quizmaster might have time to make sure the answer relates to the question?
There are too many mistakes and ambiguities as it is.

Hi Edw, I am afraid it has happened! The V2 rocket used against the Low countries and G.B. were ballistic missiles. About 2600 were launched.

They burned fuel for 60 second and reached 3000 mph and then they were travelling like a bullet on a set trajectory.

At the descent speed they were ahead of their own noise through the air. So it was a bang followed by a whoosh.

I am old enough to remember, and also the first cruise missiles, the V1, which on a couple of occasions I saw in flight as they passed overhead.

The propoganda war worked as they were reported in the media that they had landed north of London. This got back to Germany and the flight times were adjusted so that many fell short of London.

The defence was American radar controlled guns based on the south coast and these on several occasions took out 90% of them in the air. A fighter aircraft would have to more than match the 400 mph speed.

Shooting at them was dangerous but upsetting the airflow either ahead or alongside upset the gyro controls and they crashed to the ground.

Roy

I remembered this question from before and I answered ballistic. It was deemed to be incorrect so I went for cruise this time. The correct answer is both. I saw an earlier comment that said that fortunately ballistic missiles had not been used. They can carry conventional as well as nuclear warheads so I am sure that they have been.
Peter.
Happy New Year to all.😃

I thought that Ballistic Missiles were designed to be launched against land based targets as well. 🤔
Glad this has never happened yet.

“ I present to you the cruise missle submarine Red October..”
Nope

The latest generation of Tomahawks can do just about anything. It’s terrifying.

If I remember correctly( doubtful, but...) there was an instance during WW2 when a torpedo was launched and missed it's intended target, but upon reaching shore did damage to defenses. Does that count as well. A torpedo can be considered a missile.
Oh, and yes, ballistic missile count as well...😮😮😮😮😮😮

You are not alone Hermann.
😎

Hmm!
Is this another deja vu question?
Be that as it may; it is another ambiguous question with two correct answers.
So once again I am not going to play Quiz Roulette, even if the odds have been halved!😉
Good luck folks🤞
😎

Good work Michel👍
But all of those were predated by Machias, 12th June 1775 - the year the war started in earnest. America was not fighting for independence from Portugal either🙄
So EdW was on the right track
BRAVO ZULU that man.
FLEET😎

Michel bon soir
J’ai les larmes dans les yeux
Michel good evening
I got tears in my eyes🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

Hello all,
very interesting, I rummaged around in the encyclopaedia and lo and behold c) was in March 1776 then a) 29 June 1776 d) 1780 and b) 1781 . . darn wars, and today? haven't got any smarter, unfortunately.
Michel-C.

EdW is spot on!😊

I didn't have a clue just took a lucky guess, American History wasn't something done at our school as far as I can remember, and Nassau is the only place I can know as being in the Bahamas, I don't know where any of the other places are. I'm not too great on some parts of World geography unless they have to me normal🤔sounding names.

I must be getting back to my old self questioning the answers 🤣🤣🤣

Didn't have a scooby doo 😕, thought was right, found I was wrong. Hey ho, reading everyone's comments at the moment, I'm happy to leave it open to discussion 😀
Happy New Year everyone in advance ✨️ ☺️

thanks Ed, I feel a lot better now! Half right is an interesting position.
Roy

The Battle of Nassau is not regarded as a naval battle but as a raid and landing. The battle of Chesapeake Bay is regarded as the first Naval battle. The Battle of Machias pre-dates both of the battles above so the correct choice should be none of the above.😂

Stumbled on this one. Went with Portugal. Dammit! 😉. Happy New Year Gang!