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[BazaJT]

The Americans have[apparently on direct order from the president]killed the top general-said to have been second only to the Ayatollah-of Iran.The strike took place in Baghdad and is claimed to have been a "defensive measure" on the part of the Americans.Question now is what will the Iranians do in retaliation? I can't see them just settling for sending a nasty letter to the White House.

[STEMO]

They stir up the masses, both in their own country and Iraq and Syria, who shout 'Death to America' and burn a few flags. They probably try to put the squeeze on the Straits of Hormuz, possibly try to seize some hostages and then use them as a bargaining chip.

[Varche]

We live in nteresting times.

[biggriffin]

Conspiracy theory
 The price of oil has risen already, Trump's major backers are oil types,??

The major importer of oil from middle East is China??

Rods2 to extrapolate.

[STEMO]

Time to panic buy petrol/diesel.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Time to panic buy petrol/diesel.

I filled up yesterday! 

Despite all the lefty outrage and dire predictions of all out war, it could be the master stroke that puts Iran back in it's box for a while.... or it could lead to all out war.   

[TheBoy]

Time to panic buy petrol/diesel.

I filled up in early Decmber.  That should see me til the summer at my current mileage

[Viral_Jim]

I'm rather glad tomorrow's trip to Shanghai is on Emirates, I wouldn't fancy being on a US carrier crossing that part of the world just now.   

I filled up in early Decmber.  That should see me til the summer at my current mileage

How long did it take you to find it? 

[TheBoy]

How long did it take you to find it? 

I was on about the Jaaaag, which is always on the driveway.  Usually not far from an electricity feed


Now the Battlebus, I know I used it a week before Christmas to buy a dishwasher, I just need to remember where I left it

[Viral_Jim]

I was on about the Jaaaag, which is always on the driveway.  Usually not far from an electricity feed

It must be something in the rainwater in Brackers?! I can't remember the last time I connected any car to a source of electricity.

Err, other than the milk float - obviously. 

[ronnyd]

Thread starts on a war footing, now on about electric cars.  OOF at it,s finest.

[TheBoy]

I was on about the Jaaaag, which is always on the driveway.  Usually not far from an electricity feed

It must be something in the rainwater in Brackers?! I can't remember the last time I connected any car to a source of electricity.

Err, other than the milk float - obviously. 

The Omega gets used 1 week a fornight (she lift shares). The Black Pussy doesn't get used, and being a JLR product, is fussy on battery condition.  And the Zafira, well, yeah, errr, uhmmm,

[Doctor Gollum]

I'm rather glad tomorrow's trip to Shanghai is on Emirates, I wouldn't fancy being on a US carrier crossing that part of the world just now.   

I filled up in early Decmber.  That should see me til the summer at my current mileage

How long did it take you to find it? 

It's only a matter of time before the sweeteners Emirates pay aren't sufficient 

Besides, why fly eight hours the wrong way, when you can fly direct

[Rods2]

Good for all major oil producing countries with the US now the biggest producer in the world. Not so good for European countries who have banned fracking or made it virtually impossible like in the UK.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Good for all major oil producing countries with the US now the biggest producer in the world. Not so good for European countries who have banned fracking or made it virtually impossible like in the UK.

Haven't you heard of climate change?                                                                                                                     

[Viral_Jim]

Besides, why fly eight hours the wrong way, when you can fly direct

A few reasons; direct means LHR or LGW. LGW is in the wrong place, LHR is a PITA to get around due to its size and the previous 2 times I've come back through there it's taken me nearly 90mins to get through passport control.

I can get from my front room to my gate at BHX in around 25mins if security behaves itself.  So notionally my trip is 6hrs longer, but in reality it's about 3, or less than 2 if LHR immigration acts up again and involves infinitely less stress.

Also, my current employer will only fund travel in premium economy. But due to a quirk of timing, time of year maybe? I could get an Emirates business class seat for only £250 more than other premium economy seats. By the time id applied some creative accounting by factoring in Emirates free transfers etc, I could pay the difference with some miles I had.

I then spent the last of my Emirates miles to get 2 of the 4 flights in first class. Which is a bucket list item ticked off. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Fair enough, but then not flying Emirates is on my bucket list, so horses for courses

[Viral_Jim]

Ha! Fair enough! What's your objection to them?

[Doctor Gollum]

Backhanders notwithstanding, Dubai isn't on my list of places to visit, so going there to go somewhere else isn't a priority. Also, and I appreciate that you're flying in your own personal cupboard, if I want to fly on an A380, it won't be on the highest pax configuration one.

[Viral_Jim]

Having flown long haul on just about every type of commercial aircraft that's currently in service, I prefer the a380 to anything else I've been on.

That said I've only flown an a380 on Lufthansa and Emirates, and I'm guessing they're two of the most sense formats (Singapore being least dense - again a guess).

[Doctor Gollum]

Lufthansa not quite as densely packed as Emirates.
List here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_configurations_of_Airbus_A380

But Singapore run theirs sub 400, so plenty more space for everyone. Even BA is sub 500.

I much prefer the B747 as an aircraft, and flying on the 747-8 is on my list either this year or next, so probably Lufthansa... As for the A380, at least Singapore is somewhere I might like to visit

[Viral_Jim]

I've flown the 747 twice (I think) -400 on Virgin and -8 on Lufthansa. Both times I found them noisier and with more vibration than the a380.

Also, as I almost always travel solo and being the most antisocial person I know, I much prefer the staggered 1-2-1 seating to the 747's 2-2. 

I realise these are the very definition of first-world-millenial-snowflake-travel-diva problems

[78bex]

No better time to get that carrier out into the straits 

[78bex]

well not actually into the straits, but at the very least; get out into the gulf

[Doctor Gollum]

The Channel would be a start

[78bex]

The Channel would be a start

Good point    me & the pooch jogged around the hill early this morning  & both carriers  are still firmly tied up in harbor

[Sir Tigger KC]

The Channel would be a start

Good point    me & the pooch jogged around the hill early this morning  & both carriers  are still firmly tied up in harbor

Not a lot of point in even putting diesel in them seeing as there's nothing to fly off them, nor anything to protect them! 

[Shackeng]

The Channel would be a start

Good point    me & the pooch jogged around the hill early this morning  & both carriers  are still firmly tied up in harbor

Not a lot of point in even putting diesel in them seeing as there's nothing to fly off them, nor anything to protect them!

Exactly what I said to Claire Perry at a fruitless meeting with her a couple of years ago to complain at the neglect of our home - maritime in particular - defence. According to her these white elephants would bolster our island maritime defence!
Never fear, she is now going to Chair COP26, so the climate is safe. https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/07/25/former-uk-energy-minister-claire-perry-appointed-cop26-president/
 

[Kevin Wood]

The Channel would be a start

Good point    me & the pooch jogged around the hill early this morning  & both carriers  are still firmly tied up in harbor

Not a lot of point in even putting diesel in them seeing as there's nothing to fly off them, nor anything to protect them! 

An F35 took off from one of them a couple of weeks back and flew straight over our office. Stealthy it may be in radar terms, but, acoustically, it announced itself pretty effectively.