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Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?
Yes. You must become a nuclear power yourself, then rattle your nukes until teh evilz Amerika caves in and removz teh nassy nu-clur weaponz!!!!ELEVEN111!

You've been living there how long without realising what that was? :p

I think that's one of the proposed links in the 'Star Wars' defence shield as well (is that still going on? Haven't heard about it in years).

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?

And you didn't know this because? And who would waste a atomic weapon on your country anyways.....

So is there anyway to get rid of it?
Hmm... do you know any farmers? Also, it would help to know someone into amateur rocketry.

Is America spying on Yorkshire or are they watching you!

More information on the site for those that don't know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill

Hmm... do you know any farmers? Also, it would help to know someone into amateur rocketry.

Ammonium Nitrate is more easily obtained from instant cold packs. You could of course just refine RDX from fuel tablets.

Hmm... do you know any farmers? Also, it would help to know someone into amateur rocketry.
Most of them. And i never really bothered to find out, after all it didn't really affect us. I thought it was just some fun thing, (I've been a kid for most of the time we lived here) But recently security seems to has doubled, theres loads of American troops all voer the place. There everywhere, there even coming into Kettlewell and the pubs. i don't have anything against Americans but I decided to find out what it was up there. And found out.

And to be honest i don't miuuch like it. i mean who knows what could be going on there-it maeks my area a target, it looks ugly and there always making a load of noise.

More information on the site for those that don't know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill
Hye thanks, id idn't know that Forest green was being decommisioned. Cool, I still don't like the idea of having a spy base on my foorstep though.

You could just make a Hellhound. A hellhoud is a airborn indincary that burns at over 5000 degrese F. (It utilizes thermite)

You could just make a Hellhound. A hellhoud is a airborn indincary that burns at over 5000 degrese F. (It utilizes thermite)

Thermite is easily made from eight parts iron oxide (Rust, Fe2O3) and three parts finly ground aluminum. Unfortunatly it needs to be set off by a magnesium ribbon (The mix needs to be at over 2000 to be set off)

The following was for educational purposes only. I have no intentions of aiding and abeding the deliquency of a minor.

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?


It's not just a US spy station- it's also part of GCHQ, the third component of the UK intelligence services.

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?
It could be worse you could have grown up about 20-30mins drive away from the Holy Loch (former US ballisitc missile sub base), mind you Faslane is only just around the corner from there. The first time i ever saw my house from space was on some leaked soviet surveilance imagery, i suppose on thiking about it the entire scottish central belt would have been one of the first targets in the event of the balloon going up.

I think you'll find it's spelt, "Git orf moi laaaaaaaand! *waves pitchfork*"

Cold war is over, now sling your hook, get on your bike, naff owf etc etc etc

Mm. For fifty years it's "Please come over here and spend all your money to defend us."

Now that all the hard stuff's over with, it's "America is bad, yankee go home!"

Old George Washington was right - allies are more trouble than they're worth. We should have just taken out Japan in WWII and let the Germans and the Russians carve up Europe however they liked...

(Not really, just feeling a little under-appreciated...)

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?Personally, I like the look. Though I liked it better when it was essentially just golfballs, and not the newer structure.

Ok, so I don't live quite as near as you do (though, as already asked, how did you manage to avoid knowing the 'public secret' of its purpose for so long?) but I'm sitting right next to a large civil target, anyway, so any massive nuclear attack will get me as well anyhow. And I quite like the wind turbines near me, as well, so perhaps my sense of aesthetics is rather off...

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?

Got a giant golf club lying around? :D

Yes. You must become a nuclear power yourself, then rattle your nukes until teh evilz Mullahz caves in and removz teh nassy nu-clur weaponz program!!!!ELEVEN111!

Anyone spot the difference?

Anyway, the place would be better employed as some sort of facility for the Royal Navy, or the Army. Nuffin against Johny Foreigner - as long as he is a tourist.

No. We won't move it. HAAHAHA

Nah, America still insists on having listening devices in Ålandshav and in the Gulf of Finland, despite not having permission or any reason too with the USSR defunct.

I was diriving in the North Yorkshire Moors a while back and I noticed this weird, triangley-shaped thing in a large area of restricted land. Anyone know what it is?

Know it's not directly related, but I just had to ask.

Anyone spot the difference?

That would be the US point of view, right?

I was diriving in the North Yorkshire Moors a while back and I noticed this weird, triangley-shaped thing in a large area of restricted land. Anyone know what it is?
Its a Jewish Space Badger pyre, duh. Its used for communication, tectonic disrpution, mind control, et cetera.

Anyway, the place would be better employed as some sort of facility for the Royal Navy, or the Army. Nuffin against Johny Foreigner - as long as he is a tourist.
In case you didn't read the wiki article, it's used by the british equivilent of the NSA as well.

In case you didn't read the wiki article, it's used by the british equivilent of the NSA as well.

But not exclusively, sah!

All those tracking systems in one place! Pretty cool!

Is America spying on Yorkshire or are they watching you!

it's a classified mission (well, it was...) to find the best Yorkshire pudding recipe... and we figured, "What better place to go undercover than Yorkshire itself?"

Personally, I like the look. Though I liked it better when it was essentially just golfballs, and not the newer structure.

Ok, so I don't live quite as near as you do (though, as already asked, how did you manage to avoid knowing the 'public secret' of its purpose for so long?) but I'm sitting right next to a large civil target, anyway, so any massive nuclear attack will get me as well anyhow. And I quite like the wind turbines near me, as well, so perhaps my sense of aesthetics is rather off...
mainly coz I was kid, partly becuase I didn't care. Now I do care and I don't like it. For the Americans out there. Would you like it if Britian went a put a spy-case on your lawn?

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?
Actually you might actually be lucky, if something does come, they'll know about it long before everyone else does. And who knows they might let you into their Bunker if the nukes do start flying.

mainly coz I was kid, partly becuase I didn't care. Now I do care and I don't like it. For the Americans out there. Would you like it if Britian went a put a spy-case on your lawn?
Well I'd end up bugging them because I'd constantly ask what they're doing in there.

lol Aust, I live in Yorkshire too, around the city itself (actually a little market town in East Yorkshire) and in between here and Whitby there's a Nuclear Warning Station. On the rare occasion that I pass it, I like to look at it. However, a US Spy Station.. heh..

mainly coz I was kid, partly becuase I didn't care. Now I do care and I don't like it. For the Americans out there. Would you like it if Britian went a put a spy-case on your lawn?Shhhh.... If you ask questions like that, they'll start looking behind Mount Rushmore and might find... well, let's just say that the stone George Washington might not be as anti-British as the original one... *nodnod*s

Pssh, you're all forgeting that we get good money for indulging in the USA's 'nuclear war with Russia' paranoia. Anyway, I say the USA loves British radio and secretly imports it by collecting it at Menwith Hill. They just can'y get enough of the superb 'Just a minute' on Radio 4, but are too worried about being caught downloading it off the BBC server.

Pssh, you're all forgeting that we get good money for indulging in the USA's 'nuclear war with Russia' paranoia. Anyway, I say the USA loves British radio and secretly imports it by collecting it at Menwith Hill. They just can'y get enough of the superb 'Just a minute' on Radio 4, but are too worried about being caught downloading it off the BBC server.

So how do we get a few more bob out of it?

It's there to ... err ... catch terrorists in Yorkshire! :p

The USA loves its spy bases.

Dont worry, we have the Giant Golfballs in the west country, up on Salisbury Plain (the largest uninhabited area in England).

Pssh, you're all forgeting that we get good money for indulging in the USA's 'nuclear war with Russia' paranoia. Anyway, I say the USA loves British radio and secretly imports it by collecting it at Menwith Hill. They just can'y get enough of the superb 'Just a minute' on Radio 4, but are too worried about being caught downloading it off the BBC server.So how do we get a few more bob out of it?I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. (Twice weekly, plus repeats...)

lol Aust, I live in Yorkshire too, around the city itself (actually a little market town in East Yorkshire) and in between here and Whitby there's a Nuclear Warning Station. On the rare occasion that I pass it, I like to look at it. However, a US Spy Station.. heh..
You do, where quite close really. I live up on the tops, near grasssington. Big farm next to Devils Bridge.

It's there to ... err ... catch terrorists in Yorkshire! :pWas that supposed to be ironic? You know the July 7th bombers came from Leeds?

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?

Gladly. I'm sick of

1. Protecting and policing the rest of the world.

2. I don't want to be in your country

and 3. It costs too much money to keep these things up.

I'm a quasi-isolationist.

So how do we get a few more bob out of it?They pay us considerable amounts of rent. Do you think we'd just give up areas of land for free?

Was that supposed to be ironic? You know the July 7th bombers came from Leeds?
Yeah but Leeds isn't really in Yorkshire...

Yeah but Leeds isn't really in Yorkshire...http://www.yhef.co.uk/images/region_maps/Yorkshire-map.gif

They pay us considerable amounts of rent. Do you think we'd just give up areas of land for free?

*whispers most secretively* That's no reason not to squeeze more out of the whole setup...

*whispers most secretively* That's no reason not to squeeze more out of the whole setup...You mean start charging them rates as well? And maybe the community charge as well, they won't know that we've abolished it.

one has to question is there anything worth spying on in yorkshire

Actually it's not my land, but it damn well nearly is. I just found out that a local feature, the 'golfballs', is actually a America Spy Station (menwath(SP) Hill). This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Whats more it's a eyesore and damn ungly. So is there anyway to get rid of it?
Go start hitting it with a bat. :)

You mean start charging them rates as well? And maybe the community charge as well, they won't know that we've abolished it.

Indeed. And shall we agree not to tell 'em a thing about the rate cap either?

If we go about this the right way, it might pay for Blue Peter badges for every child that hasn't got one yet...

one has to question is there anything worth spying on in yorkshireMenwith Hill, the largest electronic monitoring station in the world, can monitor any telecommunications traffic that travels through Britain. This is quite considerable considering that BT provides high-bandwidth, transatlantic, telecommunications to and from the site. Also, the largest Internet Exchange Point in the world is situated in London. Menwith Hill is also considered by some to be the nerve centre of Echelon, which intercepts 3 billion communications daily.

Menwith Hill is not for spying on Yorkshire. :p

Mm. For fifty years it's "Please come over here and spend all your money to defend us."

Now that all the hard stuff's over with, it's "America is bad, yankee go home!"

Old George Washington was right - allies are more trouble than they're worth. We should have just taken out Japan in WWII and let the Germans and the Russians carve up Europe however they liked...

(Not really, just feeling a little under-appreciated...)

The price of being number 1. Everyone hated Rome too. Even though Rome gave them nice things.

The price of being number 1. Everyone hated Rome too. Even though Rome gave them nice things.

America's no Ancient Rome. Mainly because it's not awesome enough. We'll talk when somebody puts up a Triumphal Arch and we start having legal deathmatches.:p

Yeah I know that is not for spying on yorkshire was asking if there was realy anything to spy on i yorkshire as a Yeller Belly have to ask that

Yeah I know that is not for spying on yorkshire was asking if there was realy anything to spy on i yorkshire as a Yeller Belly have to ask thatWell, like I said earlier, up until early July last year they could have been spying on Hasib Hussain, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer. In fact Khan was investigated by MI5, but they decided he wasn't worth monitoring any further.

http://www.yhef.co.uk/images/region_maps/Yorkshire-map.gif
See it';s in South Yorkshire, that isn't real Yorkshire.

See it';s in South Yorkshire, that isn't real Yorkshire.The People's Republic of South Yorkshire (sometime ruled over by King Arthur) doesn't have any problem with those obscure northern bits[1] being associated to it... ;)



[1] Edit: And western bits (see, I don't even draw any distinction!) and even the ex-Humberside and northern-Lincolnshire areas, despite being flat and dull in places...

See it';s in South Yorkshire, that isn't real Yorkshire.*Ahem* West Yorkshire actually. Besides the division of Yorkshire is recent. But if you want to be xenophobic, then by all means ;)

And you didn't know this because? And who would waste a atomic weapon on your country anyways.....
Everyone. Just because we pushed the world nto a recognisable modern aage through the industrial revolution. besides, can we just blow up the french already?

This means that should a war break out with America and anyone my home will be distroyed if someone fires a nuke ect.

Um, no...

It means that there's a listening post near your house. It would be pretty far down on the nuclear target list, and not part of a missle interception system (And even if it were, the collision of the incoming missile and the one launched near your place would not be all that close to where you are). Listening posts are barely worth one's while to destroy. The easier solution is to use better encryption so that the listeners cannot detect what one is communicating. It's cheaper and has no military risk.

I used to live beside a naval base that was in the top-10 list for a nuclear target, and even now where I live is probably still pretty close to one (I'm within sight of the Parliament buildings). Realistically, though, I am not afraid of a nuclear war, and even if one did occur I cannot see why anyone would even bother nuking Canada. We do not have much to offer, and besides that we would probably give up pretty easily.

Menwith Hill, the largest electronic monitoring station in the world, can monitor any telecommunications traffic that travels through Britain. This is quite considerable considering that BT provides high-bandwidth, transatlantic, telecommunications to and from the site. Also, the largest Internet Exchange Point in the world is situated in London. Menwith Hill is also considered by some to be the nerve centre of Echelon, which intercepts 3 billion communications daily.

Menwith Hill is not for spying on Yorkshire. :p

[russian accent]Yes, that's what we wanted you to think[/russian accent]
*pushes a button, switching every sign everywhere that says Russia to Soviet Union*