colinstein 294 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 The french have a bad name for surrendering. They have won more wars in recent history than any other nation. cheese eating surrender monkeys 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Kind of on topic I read something very recently that written online media will become available in a similar way to how music is available on Spotify. So, you'd pay a small(ish) monthly subscription and that would give you access to thousands of articles from all across the world, the writer or publisher would then get a payment every time someone read their article. Algorithms would see the type of articles you enjoy and suggest new ones to you and so on. As a business model it has some appeal to smaller regional 'papers'. In the end this will still reward writers of popular articles rather than factual articles. As a matter of interest has anyone on here read either issue of Nutmeg? https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/ is it any good? thought about getting it but seen cosgrove is involved so assumed its the usual say something derogatory to get attention stuff. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Not that I am any sort of expert in the matter, but surely that is only when the get "hauners"! No mate if you go back just a bit they are the premier force in the world war wise. More recently the germans really caught them out of course. But brittain wasnt much better prepared. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Kind of on topic I read something very recently that written online media will become available in a similar way to how music is available on Spotify. So, you'd pay a small(ish) monthly subscription and that would give you access to thousands of articles from all across the world, the writer or publisher would then get a payment every time someone read their article. Algorithms would see the type of articles you enjoy and suggest new ones to you and so on. As a business model it has some appeal to smaller regional 'papers'. In the end this will still reward writers of popular articles rather than factual articles. As a matter of interest has anyone on here read either issue of Nutmeg? https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/ That will lead to some glut of rangers hating. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Like Churchill, I'd say you're being overly generous towards the French. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 No mate if you go back just a bit they are the premier force in the world war wise. More recently the germans really caught them out of course. But brittain wasnt much better prepared. they were up front with the Maginot line but the gerries went in through the back door.....tells you all you need to know 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Hercules and desert storm off the top of my head are french victories. They have won plenty of battles as parts of wars not sure in recent history if they have entered any wars independently. Edited January 6, 2017 by trublusince1982 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Like Churchill, I'd say you're being overly generous towards the French. Churchill destroyed their navy while it was at anchor. Im not sure how generous he was to them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 they were up front with the Maginot line but the gerries went in through the back door.....tells you all you need to know It was a good idea it just didnt extend far enough really. Was outdated thinking. Britain was rife with it as well. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp Were going off topic here. Apologies for that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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