Tag: iran

Bobs and Bits in reverse

I have started using AI Copilot to convert line drawings into images, and it initially seemed to work quite well. But now it is developing a personality. Tonight I uploaded a page with seven images and a small amount of text. ‘Can you improve the text?’ I asked. ‘Do you want a white background or a grey background? ‘ it asked, and then gave me a list a page long of questions or suggestions with nothing to do with my simple initial request. After thirty minutes, I gave up.

There is a new, quite worrying twist in the war between Iran and America as the US starts to increase coal production despite stating that they have vast amounts of oil supplies. It won’t be long before drivers pull up at petrol stations and the attendant says, ‘I still haven’t got used to these hi-tech steam cars, do you want one bag of coal or more?.

The war in Iran is still at a stalemate, with Iran in the driving seat. Apparently, DJT’s favourite song was ‘If I could turn back time.’ It isn’t anymore.

The weather in the UK is becoming even more unpredictable, with temperatures of 35, then a few days later dropping to 16 degrees. And then there are days of what seems like continuous rain.

Not many people seem to realise that China has conquered every country in the world, but not with an invasion of soldiers, but simply because they make nearly everything, and very soon, if they wanted to shut the world down, they could. It’s a very clever strategy, and perhaps initially it was unintentional, but sometimes ideas start that way.

If you ever get something like a fishbone stuck in your throat, try eating a banana to free it. It does work sometimes, but don’t do this if you’re choking; always see a doctor. There is no truth in the rumour that I own a banana plantation. Just 50 percent.

Hit and miss bits and bobs

I have spent a long time developing a range of nuts and fasteners, and I know I am biased, but they are quite innovative. It should be love that holds the world together, but it’s actually nuts and bolts. I doubt that there’s a building in the world that is without them. The problem is that I can’t get anyone in the UK to make them. What was that Beatles song HELP? Have enclosed one of the simplest versions where I have tweaked the design of an existing product into something far more useful. The other products are so radical that I will only disclose them with an NDA.

The Iran war has reached a stalemate, and it’s a question of who blinks first.

Only an engineer would know this. If you drill a hole right through an object, the sound changes just before you break through the other side, so you ease the pressure.

Always wonder what happened to Christine Robinson, the girl who lived next door to me when I was ten years old and she was slightly older than me. We spent so much time together playing in the road outside our houses in Kingstanding. Hope she had a good life.

I spent years using a three dimensional pantagraph it was an amazing machine and could produce the finest details in steel dies. I produced car badges for nearly all the best car manufacturers in the world. Somehow, I have this ability to make a lot of money for other people and none for myself. Not sure if God likes me. Might start going to church more often.

I am trying to use AI, but I now realize it is trying to use me. Not a bad picture of the Try-Fast locking system. Maybe I can sell it as a poster or for £45.000 pounds and ten percent of turnover, you can manufacture all my products and make millions. They are very innovative, almost art. Somehow think I will end up with what I usually get. £00000000000. God has found out that I might be an atheist.

Mr President, if you open Pandora’s box, the only way to survive is to change what’s in it.

Iran has evolved and now realizes it has the ace in the pack: threaten them, and they keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. You sign a peace deal and then move your troops to another area, the Iranians decide they don’t like the deal anymore. They closed the straits. You bomb the power stations and water filtration plants. They do the same to the Arab states. It’s a merry-go-round. I have always said that the only solution is regime change, and it would be amazing if Iran came to think the same. They would gain so much financially, and perhaps it would make the world a better place.

I like America, the amazing music they gave us, and the innovation that is sadly lacking in the UK. We talk about innovation, but it’s only talk .If you go round factories, most are outdated, and only certain ones have access to funding. Its the larger ones who get the funding maybe beacause they have a track record but this is at the detriment of the smaller ones who may have a geat idea but will never be able to fund it. And lots of money goes to charities, or welfare projects, which is great, but they don’t generate any money. Manufacturing in the UK is dying America looks up to people who innovate and they encourage innovation.

But long term the threat to America and most other countries doesn’t come from wars, it comes from China, and the fact that nearly all countries rely on them for products, if they decided not to supply products to a particular country then this could be far more damaging than an invasion. China has a long term stratagy of being the sole supplier which most countries dont seem to realize . Its clever and almost invisible, and I will give DJT credit for the fact that he has tried to bring manufacturing back to the United States I wish the UK did the same thing. But they never will because I doubt any of our MPs have ever made things, except mistakes. Suppose some of them mean well. Well one or two.

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.