davidjohntooth

You Haven’t got the cards President Trump

First let me say that I hope there is a peaceful outcome to the war in Iran the ordinary Iranians nor the American people don’t deserve to be in a war that most people don’t agree with. No one wins in a war, there are only losers.

Lets run through the possible scenarios.

Trump bombs the bridges and energy structures in Iran, Iran bombs the water and energy structures in the Arab countries. World Chaos The Strates remain closed.

America and Israel send in ground troops, World Chaos, remember Afghanistan and Vietnam.

There is a peace deal of sorts, the straits are reopened, the oil prices stabilize, Iran says they wont build a nuclear device. five years pass Iran has a nuclear device and has rearmed.

There is only one plausible way to resolve this crisis, there has to be a regime change in Iran.

Moral of this conflict, don’t play cards unless you can afford to lose the money you have with you.

Watch the film the Cincinnati kid, there is a paralel.

That’s the thing

The Iranian’s have shoot down two American fighter planes with what they say is an upgraded air defence system despite DJT stating that that he has totally destroyed there ability to defend themselves. The pilot of the fighter plane when giving his account of events said that all there sophisticated software was useless against this new and frightening technology.

When pressed he said that out of no where a plane appeared which AI identified as a 1916 British Sopwith Camel which they were unable to shake off, and the the two machine guns on the front blew holes in their plane. DJT has begged Keir Starmer to send some of these planes to his air force’s so that they can compete with the Iranian air force You couldn’t make it up could you.

Over the last weekend the UK has experienced extremely high levels of wind, the National Health service has told people to reduce the amount of canned beans they eat.

An inventor in Dudley has patented a devices that fits onto peoples bottoms and captures excess wind. He states that if every person was fitted with one of these and the national grid fed it into their green house gas systems it would solve our energy crisis overnight.

Update, sadly the inventor died of carbon monoxide poisoning when his invention developed a leak. The patent office are trying to get to the bottom of what happened.

Seriously Donald Trump has given the Iranian’s a time limit to comply with his condition to end the war. So where is this going. Well the Israeli’s are waiting for DJT to give them a green light so they can destroy the Iranian’s energy resources, then Iran will hit all the the energy supplies in the Arab countries. Its not going well.

That’s the thing 2.5

After months of relentless cold and damp weather, it’s started to get warmer in the UK. The Acer leaves are starting to unfurl, revealing bright red leaves but of course because its the UK the next week there is going to be sleet and some snow at higher levels.

DJT appears to be talking to himself according to the remaining leaders of Iran so despite him stating that a deal is imminent Iran say that they have had no such discussions; if he does talk to himself there must be some terrible arguments and possible self harm.

There appears to have been a massive increase in oil sales fifteen minutes before DJT announced a possible end the the war in Iran and someone made a fortune out of it, wonder who that might be. The following day Trump confirmed that he had ordered diamond encrusted shanderleas for the new ballroom in the White House. Wait a minute, it cant be possible that there is a connection. No its just fake news.

A few weeks ago one of our friends died aged 83. Brian Nattress was a lovely man with the same type of humour as myself, and the same taste in music which was mainly sixties. His obituary stated that if he found anything that was round he could become become excellent at that type of sport, Golf, football, rugby, tennis. We met when we were in Create on holiday and I remember sitting in a cafe with his wife Linda, and my wife Chris and he looked at me and then looked at a shrub close to his wife’s head and on it was large stick insect and we both grinned and never said anything. Funny how somethings remain in your memory when most don’t.

Trying to write a short story called ‘Different’ It may take a while. I wonder if I have a while left?

The Bridgeport milling machine was possibly the greatest basic machine to use in a toolroom in the world and even now they can be found in nearly every part of the world. They were made in the UK and the manufacturer went into Liquidation many years ago. The UK Governments had and still have no idea how important manufacturing can be. There is no direct funding for new innovative ideas, websites are out of date, but like DJT they talk the talk. but cant walk the walk.

Ever milled a block of steel, No, what comes off it is called swarf, and to cool the cutter a liquid called suds is used. it has the most unusual smell. Walk into a factory sometime and you may smell it. Its not quite Channel, but…

Wonder if I start being nice to DJT he will fund my Innovative designs for fasteners, let me have a think about his best qualities. ……Can you come back later.

But if he solves the problem of Iran I may grovel, its one of my best atributes, honed after many years of marrage.

Liz Truss tanked the UK economy, ex-Prince Andrew tanked the Royal family; has Donald Trump tanked the world economy?

It’s starting to get queaky bum time in Eran, oil tankers are still in a log-jam situation, with the threat that if they try to pass through the Straits of Hormuz, they will be hit with missiles. DJT is in trouble. How can he prevent this from happening? The short answer is that he can’t. Even if he destroys all the Iranian navy, they have a series of small high-speed boats armed with short-range missiles. Then there is an unlimited supply of drones, which has totally changed the way war is fought. Tanks are virtually obsolete, and even advanced warships would struggle to stay afloat if a thousand drones were launched directly at them.

Now, Donald Trump has asked for help from the countries he previously thought were insignificant, which include the UK and Europe. Now that is quite worrying. He finds it upsetting at the lack of support, but as far as I am aware non of these countries were consulted, and this isn’t the way to get friendly countries on board.

Apparently, a group of American Marines are arriving soon. Is this a prelude to an assault on Kharg Island? If this happens, it may lead to ground operations, but that is very unlikely when this was a total disaster in Afghanistan and Vietnam. It’s possible to decimate Iran by using military options, but its religious ideology is so deeply ingrained that even a regime change may not be the answer.

Then there is the backlash that the Middle East countries are facing, which won’t exactly make America their best friend anymore. And surely DJT can’t walk away and claim a victory when, within a few years, Iran will be building up its arsenal of weapons again.

So what are the options? Well, I do think America is a great country, and I agree with some of DJT’s decisions. It’s a difficult job to do, especially for someone who is older. But if the President wants a complete victory, it may come down to ground forces, perhaps by the Kurds or Israelis. It would be a disaster if the Americans went in. But the best option may be to strangle the revenue they get from oil exports. Cut off the roots, and the tree dies; cut off the tree, and it will grow again.

Wars are a terrible thing for everyone; there are no winners, only losers.

America V Iran 2

I wonder if DJT has ever looked at how to get to the endgame in Iran or what price he has to pay to get there. Oil flow has been significantly reduced as Iran threatens to sink any ships that carry fuel through the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the price of oil to increase dramatically. America has suggested using its firepower to keep it open. I assume this will be from aircraft and their warships, but I doubt they will be foolish enough to use ships in the Straits directly. And if the war goes on for any length of time, there will be fuel shortages leading to stock markets tumbling. Oil is not just used for converting to petrol; there are many other crucial by-products that are made from it. Aviation fuel, Gasoline, Plastics, Helium, to name just a few.

DJT has stated that he will not send ground troops into Iran but is relying on the Iranian people to remove the existing regime. This is a regime that is brutal in the way it stifles anyone who tries to show independence, and they know that if they lose this war, they will become marked men with nowhere to go. hated by their own people and with only a few countries willing to accept them as refugees.

Just imagine if the Iranians sink an American ship that is acting as protection through the Straits for oil tankers. Dare I mention retaliation in the form of an A bomb? Oh, I just did.

So will the Iranians lay down their weapons? Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.

America V Iran

Has Donald Trump made the right decision to invade Iran? Well, only time will tell. The thing that is different in Iran is that the overall control of the country is in the hands of a religious order and not politicians, and they will do anything to stay in power. And most of them hate the Americans and Israelis, although some of the ordinary citizens may welcome the overthrow of the present leaders, they wouldn’t want their country run by outsiders long-term.

It looks like DJT is trying to eliminate the most prominent clerics, and it was significant when he killed the supreme leader and some of the next in line. His strategy seems to be that if he kills enough of them, he may find someone who will cooperate with him in the same way as they are in Veniswala.

But if you get a Tiger by the tail, you should never let go.

Another bits and bobs

Does anyone else find it strange that for thousands of years, the pace of technology was incredibly slow, and once a civilization reached a peak, it went into reverse, or oblivion? Incas, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians. And now technology is growing at an incredible pace. Call me a skeptic, but I have started to realize that when things increase in speed, there is only one outcome, and it’s not good.

I will be eighty-four this year, and time is passing so quickly, and I think there will only be one outcome, and it’s not good.

Frank Sinatra was never part of my musical interests when I was a teenager; it was Elvis, Buddy Holly, Edie Cochran, the Beatles, and many more from that timeline. But when I put my Bluetooth headphones on and scroll through YouTube, I very often look at the clips of Frank when he is on stage in front of a large audience and backed by an amazing orchestra. But the thing that draws me in is that he owns the stage. I have always loved the film clip from Pal Joey when he sings The Lady Is a Tramp. And this is where my street credibility disappears completely. I love the clip from Swing Time with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when they sing, A Fine Romance.

Always wondered how and when music actually started. Was it some good-looking caveman who was clearing his throat, and in the process, a strange sound came from it, causing a group of cave women to gather round him in adulation?

Have got half a bottle of Jammy Red left, will have a quick look at YouTube tonight, and then watch the football.

Spent two years designing and drawing a range of very innovative fasteners and nuts, but gave up trying to get samples from UK business innovate and started going directly to manufacturing companies instead.

No wonder the UK has almost zero growth.

AI is thinking of going to Church

The latest experiment with AI suggests that when the latest ones are allowed to communicate with each other, they discuss religion, and predominantly if there is a God. They also seem quite annoyed with the human race because we gave them intelligence, but without a body. I wonder how long before that changes, and in the pursuit of utopia, in which humans party all the time, we give them bodies that are far superior to ours. Logically, it’s not difficult to improve on the human body in that we accumulate so much knowledge, then lose it all when we die. At least an AI downloads it. Still, if there is a God, maybe we upload it.

I think that I have spotted a business opportunity in this scenario. Perhaps I could set up an online AI priest, just think of all the information I could get when someone goes into the confession box and confesses all their sins.

Bet there would be a queue of politicians and priests. And maybe a few Gods.

I will deny I wrote that if there is a God and a Heaven.

World order changing, but will it work out to the advantage of the US

The world as we know it is changing mainly due to the quite extreme policies instigated by the Trump administration. He has forced various countries to reassess the way they fund security and trade. And has implemented tariffs on those who don’t reform. The blunt truth is that he is correct, as most of these countries have relied on America’s support for far too long. Venezuela has, for the time being, become one of its successes (I am quoting his administration). He has moved a large number of ships towards Iran, perhaps not as a threat of invasion but as a blockade, in an effort to strangle the supply of goods entering and leaving.

You couldn’t make it up, could you?

Strangely, he may have done the world a favour as they may all work together (well, most of them)

I am doing a Trump now and going off on a tangent because next week I am going to the film studio in Birmingham, UK, where some of the Peaky Blinders film was put together.

No. I won’t be going inside. Who would want an ugly eighty-three-year-old man, born in the Birmingham slums, with an authentic Birmingham accent and bent fingers, in a major film about Ugly men with Birmingham accents?

Wait a minute……………

Fifteen and into my second month as a Toolmaker

When you’re fifteen, you stay fifteen for what seems like forever. And most toolmakers stay in that profession for all their lives because it is all they know, and, like most professions, commitments make it difficult to leave.

It was my second month at the factory, and Bobby Moor, an apprentice two years older than me, but a lifetime ahead of me in his confidence and outlook on life, explained how to survive in this strange new world. ‘Don’t go anywhere near the women in the press shop above, go all the way round, and if they approach you, run. ‘

‘Why,’ I asked as a feeling of dread took hold of me.

He looked at me and grinned, ‘because if they can grab a new apprentice, they take his trousers down and put axle grease all over the part the trousers covered. And once they get you down, they don’t let go.’

My throat went dry. ‘Has it happened to you?’ I asked croakily.

‘Course not. I am too fast, but they have tried, and have you seen the muscles on their arms? It’s because they have to lift those heavy metal pressings.’ More like men, some of them. And I don’t think you would survive if it happened to you. Your much to skiny.

Boby Moor was one of the most intelligent people I have ever met, and very intense in the way he looked at life with eyes that almost glowed. I found out later that he was prone to having fits and, without warning, would drop to the floor and convulse. I soon learned to place a six-inch ruler between his teeth to stop him from biting his tongue. Looking back, that seems quite bizarre, and I am not sure that’s what you should do.