OT: Germany's New 7,000 Ton Paperweight

Post #1 » by **magnumt** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:16 pm

Far cry from their WW2 & WW1 days. :lol:

Could you imagine if the U.S., U.K., China, etc. had a major blunder like this for a new major Defense Project?! ;o

--Mags :beer:

Post #2 » by **King of Canada** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:07 pm

magnumt wrote:
Could you imagine if the U.S., U.K., China, etc. had a major blunder like this for a new major Defense Project?! ;o

--Mags

Never forget

Post #3 » by **magnumt** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:16 pm

King of Canada wrote:
magnumt wrote:
Could you imagine if the U.S., U.K., China, etc. had a major blunder like this for a new major Defense Project?! ;o

--Mags

Never forget

But I mean a sea vessel that's NOT sea worthy! That's a special level of stupidity! :lol:

--Mags

Post #4 » by **King of Canada** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:25 pm

Maybe Xzibit can pimp it or something

nykballa2k4 · Post #5 » by **nykballa2k4** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:43 pm

Thought this thread would be about Chris Kaman

Post #6 » by **King of Canada** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:47 pm

nykballa2k4 wrote:Thought this thread would be about Chris Kaman

Or this, which is probably a more viable defensive weapon than a ship that doesn’t float

thebuzzardman · Post #7 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:15 am

Trump wants these people handling more of their defense?

CowboyBebop · Post #8 » by **CowboyBebop** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:21 am

King of Canada wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:Thought this thread would be about Chris Kaman

Or this, which is probably a more viable defensive weapon than a ship that doesn’t float

Stop leaking my penis pics :oops:

gavran · Post #9 » by **gavran** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:00 am

thebuzzardman wrote:Trump wants these people handling more of their defense?

The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

gavran · Post #10 » by **gavran** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:14 am

CowboyBebop wrote:
King of Canada wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:Thought this thread would be about Chris Kaman

Or this, which is probably a more viable defensive weapon than a ship that doesn’t float

Stop leaking my penis pics

Your penis looks like crap.

Riot Randolph · Post #11 » by **Riot Randolph** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:40 pm

magnumt wrote:

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Far cry from their WW2 & WW1 days.

Could you imagine if the U.S., U.K., China, etc. had a major blunder like this for a new major Defense Project?! ;o

--Mags

f35 production has been pretty horrendous...https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-went-wrong-with-the-f-35-lockheed-martins-joint-strike-fighter/

Loisl · Post #12 » by **Loisl** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:57 am

gavran wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:Trump wants these people handling more of their defense?

The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

Post #13 » by **magnumt** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:06 am

Loisl wrote:
gavran wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:Trump wants these people handling more of their defense?

The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

Dutch & Swiss are better IMO.

--Mags :beer:

blueNorange · Post #14 » by **blueNorange** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:17 am

King of Canada wrote:Maybe Xzibit can pimp it or something

i know a friend who worked on that show, he said that all the props cars have get returned because it’s too expensive and the people only end up with a new paint job and that’s it.

earthmansurfer · Post #15 » by **earthmansurfer** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:09 am

You guys just gave me lots of material for the coming week. (As I live in Germany.) Will report back. :lol:

gavran · Post #16 » by **gavran** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:25 am

Loisl wrote:
gavran wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:Trump wants these people handling more of their defense?

The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

You live in Berlin?

Loisl · Post #17 » by **Loisl** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:04 pm

magnumt wrote:
Loisl wrote:
gavran wrote:The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

Dutch & Swiss are better IMO.

--Mags

If you mean militarily, yeah, maybe. I don't know tbh. I was talking in general. But that's why I said one of the best. Not the best. :wink:

Loisl · Post #18 » by **Loisl** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:20 pm

gavran wrote:
Loisl wrote:
gavran wrote:The moment when there will be need for actual defense, German engineers will get up to speed. God help us then.

German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

You live in Berlin?

God, no.

My sister does. I'm from the south. Right between Stuttgart and Munich.

Why are you asking? Do you live there?

Post #19 » by **magnumt** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:06 am

Loisl wrote:
magnumt wrote:
Loisl wrote:
German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

Dutch & Swiss are better IMO.

--Mags

If you mean militarily, yeah, maybe. I don't know tbh. I was talking in general. But that's why I said one of the best. Not the best.

Meant Engineering. Dutch & Swiss are among the best Engineers in history. Nothing against Germany who are definitely been among the best (my aforementioned WW2 & WW1 references), but the marvels that have come out of Netherlands/Dutch/Swiss have been brilliant AF.

Especially of the Maritime Engineering variety.

--Mags

gavran · Post #20 » by **gavran** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:31 pm

Loisl wrote:
gavran wrote:
Loisl wrote:
German engineers are still one of the best. It's always the managers and politicians with their miserable time and budget management skills. They arrange their projects way too cheap in order to get new contracts and/or approval of a parliament. They end up demanding more (tax)money. And on top of it: the results are trash. Look at the new Berlin airport "BER". Or the new Stuttgart trainstation "Stuttgart 21". Pure desasters.

You live in Berlin?

God, no.
My sister does. I'm from the south. Right between Stuttgart and Munich.

Why are you asking? Do you live there?

I wouldn't want to live among Germans if they paid me to :lol:

Joking. I have to go to Berlin for a day next week, and need to find someone how to go from Schönefeld to the center, if I didn't want to use Taxi. Though it might be you, but seems not.