A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
There are lots of non offshore islands; several in Windermere for starters.
I think the triffids could and did spread seed, the point of the IoW was that you could eradicate what was there and then keep on top of further seedlings. And there is a real life triffid scenario: all the Japanese knotweed which is overrunning the country is from a single ancestral female and spreads only by bits of existing plants being moved and forming roots. If a male plant were to be introduced...
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
Yes, but there is also the problem of navigation. Sight, sound or smell (I'm not entirely clear on zombie capabilities, as reports vary considerably) are of very little utility on the sea floor. Of course if they are slightly lighter than water (again, this isn't entirely clear), the odd animated corpse is likely to wash up on the shore...
(edit - and I'm uncertain as to whether Mr Brooks' work was properly peer reviewed, let alone independently replicated.)
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
In the fourth Romero film (Land of the Dead) the zombies regain a semblance of cognition and realise that they can walk through the water to the city:
However, I reckon both Rutland Water and the Solent are sufficiently silty to make slow progress. The giant pike in Rutland Water may act as an additional defence.
I reckon that zombie flesh would deteriorate fairly quickly, and after the initial epidemic, the zombies would rot to incapacity within weeks. There is the problem however of their recruits...
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
Yes, but there is also the problem of navigation. Sight, sound or smell (I'm not entirely clear on zombie capabilities, as reports vary considerably) are of very little utility on the sea floor. Of course if they are slightly lighter than water (again, this isn't entirely clear), the odd animated corpse is likely to wash up on the shore...
True, the numbers washing up would be small. The issue with evacuating people to be crammed onto islands is making sure none of them have been bitten. Then we'd really be in trouble.
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. It has a narrow necked defensible perimeter, and as well as the Michelin starred restaurant and wine celler, the access to freshwater, and trout in the lake. A dinghy as escape vessel would be easy too for moments of last resort.
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
There are lots of non offshore islands; several in Windermere for starters.
I think the triffids could and did spread seed, the point of the IoW was that you could eradicate what was there and then keep on top of further seedlings. And there is a real life triffid scenario: all the Japanese knotweed which is overrunning the country is from a single ancestral female and spreads only by bits of existing plants being moved and forming roots. If a male plant were to be introduced...
Yeh, the problem with inland islands is the lack of an escape route if the zombies make it to them.
We'd have to accept that 95% of the population would be dead within months, and choose in advance who should be relocated to the Isle of Wight, Man, Channel Islands etc.
A jolly thread for a Friday afternoon. I know some Councils have been asked about their plans for a zombie apocalypse via Freedom of Information. One Council was asked what it would do if Santa's sleigh crash-landed in their area.
I'm conscious how much I depend on electricity and its availability. Ignoring pandemics, zombies and nuclear war, my main worry would be a substantial electricity blackout lasting not just minutes but days. A midwinter failure of supply lasting a week was documented on C4 but just thinking about how reliant I am on that power forced me to do some stocking up as well but am I prepared ? Not really.
The thought of sitting for days in the dark and increasing cold nursing the last of the candles and the torches and the tinned food while Theresa May and Michael Fallon assure me everything is all right and I can hear the looters up East Ham High Street having another evening's "fun" - not pleasant.
The Sun is now shining so perhaps all is not yet lost even for the cricket.
Leicester council admitted being poorly prepared, feeling that some aspects of its general emergency plans would cover it:
When Fox Jr was younger we decided the best refuge was Hambleton Hall on Rutland water. ..
The Isle of Wight has advantages too, not least that the Zombies there would be a lot slower with their zimmer frames...
The Isle of Wight acted as a refuge when England was overrun by triffids. Presumably, zombies, like triffids can't swim, so emergency planning should focus on relocating people to offshore islands.
As opposed to onshore islands? My understanding from Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is that as zombies don't need oxygen they could walk across the sea floor and eventually reach islands. That said they could equally between swept away or walk into the middle of the Atlantic, so an island would offer a degree of safety.
In the fourth Romero film (Land of the Dead) the zombies regain a semblance of cognition and realise that they can walk through the water to the city:
However, I reckon both Rutland Water and the Solent are sufficiently silty to make slow progress. The giant pike in Rutland Water may act as an additional defence.
I reckon that zombie flesh would deteriorate fairly quickly, and after the initial epidemic, the zombies would rot to incapacity within weeks. There is the problem however of their recruits...
I'm not sure Mr Romero is the most reliable of sources. If you look closely at his work, it's possible to suspect that some of his evidence was faked...
1) Fill all available receptacles with clean water while it's still running 2) Gather all available food, toiletries, misc. supplies 3) Locate suitable weapons (spades, knives, cricket bats) 4) Move items from 1-3 upstairs 5) Destroy staircase 6) Wait
I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. The tax treatment of such an arrangement can be discussed with those members of HMRC who have both not become zombies and who could show a difference from a zombie state. I expect that tax won't be an issue.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. The tax treatment of such an arrangement can be discussed with those members of HMRC who have both not become zombies and who could show a difference from a zombie state. I expect that tax won't be an issue.
I think you might be falling for that whole Romero zombie cognition line....
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
Oh yes, I get it now
(Pretends not to have just Googled it)
I still think the original Forth Rail Bridge is easily the best of the three, though Kevin is quite a nice structure in his own right.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
Oh yes, I get it now
(Pretends not to have just Googled it)
I still think the original Forth Rail Bridge is easily the best of the three, though Kevin is quite a nice structure in his own right.
Kevin is proving incredibly inefficient for reasons that are far from clear. Tonight the queue to get on this apparently open dual carriageway was an hour long. Once I got over it heading north the queue south was more than 6 miles long.
I am finding the argument that this still has something to do with tourists, even of the zombie persuasion, increasingly hard to credit.
Can I just say that anyone who survived the tourists at the Edinburgh festival really has nothing to worry about from a zombie apocalypse.
Living on dartmoor I am surprisingly little inconvenienced by tourism. However, i have a lot of sympathy for the indigenes of Venice, Barcelona, Split and - apparently - Edinburgh wanting to kill and eat out of towners.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Presumably because it's the underlay of a good shag.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Presumably because it's the underlay of a good shag.
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
Oh yes, I get it now
(Pretends not to have just Googled it)
I still think the original Forth Rail Bridge is easily the best of the three, though Kevin is quite a nice structure in his own right.
Kevin is proving incredibly inefficient for reasons that are far from clear. Tonight the queue to get on this apparently open dual carriageway was an hour long. Once I got over it heading north the queue south was more than 6 miles long.
I am finding the argument that this still has something to do with tourists, even of the zombie persuasion, increasingly hard to credit.
Probably because they have shut down the suspension bridge for refurb as soon as the new bridge opened? That's what the voiceover on the boat trip said anyway!
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Presumably because it's the underlay of a good shag.
Back in February, there was some discussion of the Oroville dam slipway failure in the US. Fortunately they escaped the worst, but they're posting regular videos of the repair work. And jeez, it's engineering porn:
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
A friend of ours is pregnant, and her three-year old son has taken to calling the unborn child 'carpet'. No-one knows why.
Presumably because it's the underlay of a good shag.
Back in February, there was some discussion of the Oroville dam slipway failure in the US. Fortunately they escaped the worst, but they're posting regular videos of the repair work. And jeez, it's engineering porn:
Sorry Sunil_Prasannan, I missed your reply on my question on what you thought about Kevin...
Sorry - which Kevin? (I missed your question!)
You went on a trip under the 3 Forth Bridges? There was a competition to name the latest one, of which Bridgie McBridgeface, was not accepted for some reason. However, the local South Queensferry school put forward another name, which for some reason has become popular in taking the mickey out of Sturgeon and her 150 years of the Queensferry Crossing. So you have the red topped Mr. Bridge, his younger wife Mrs. Bridge and their son, Kevin!
Oh yes, I get it now
(Pretends not to have just Googled it)
I still think the original Forth Rail Bridge is easily the best of the three, though Kevin is quite a nice structure in his own right.
Kevin is proving incredibly inefficient for reasons that are far from clear. Tonight the queue to get on this apparently open dual carriageway was an hour long. Once I got over it heading north the queue south was more than 6 miles long.
I am finding the argument that this still has something to do with tourists, even of the zombie persuasion, increasingly hard to credit.
Probably because they have shut down the suspension bridge for refurb as soon as the new bridge opened? That's what the voiceover on the boat trip said anyway!
Yes and they are not planning to open it up to the hoi poloi again but why is it so much worse than the old bridge was ( that also had 2 lanes each way).
What kind of parallel dimension have I just entered? You aren't on a train!
I took the train from Glasgow to Edinburgh that day! Then the new 43 bus to Queensferry. The previous day visited both North Queensferry and Dalmeny stations by train, but it seemed like a massive climb from the river bank back to rail level, so chickened out
Can I just say that anyone who survived the tourists at the Edinburgh festival really has nothing to worry about from a zombie apocalypse.
Living on dartmoor I am surprisingly little inconvenienced by tourism. However, i have a lot of sympathy for the indigenes of Venice, Barcelona, Split and - apparently - Edinburgh wanting to kill and eat out of towners.
I thought you were in the Philippines for some reason?!
Can I just say that anyone who survived the tourists at the Edinburgh festival really has nothing to worry about from a zombie apocalypse.
Living on dartmoor I am surprisingly little inconvenienced by tourism. However, i have a lot of sympathy for the indigenes of Venice, Barcelona, Split and - apparently - Edinburgh wanting to kill and eat out of towners.
I thought you were in the Philippines for some reason?!
Not me, never been east of, I should think, Delhi. But I may have put out some disinformation to put the zombies off the scent.
Thought you might appreciate the joke, think you would probably appreciate this, 24 minutes in about the other Forth Roadbridge, the Kincardine : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b093sldg
Third cousins through Queen Victoria (and also second cousins once removed through Christian IX of Denmark).
The problem with the Pakistani first cousin marriages is that they're repeated generation after generation, with the result that the genetics get so close that they become more like siblings than cousins.
(This problem was evident in European royalty as well; the Habsburgs providing some good examples of why it's a bad idea).
Has anyone seen this - and if so, is it any good? Hamilton's life makes for an amazing story though how well it can be translated to the stage (never mind as a musical) is something I have doubts about.
Has anyone seen this - and if so, is it any good? Hamilton's life makes for an amazing story though how well it can be translated to the stage (never mind as a musical) is something I have doubts about.
I have tickets for early next year.
It is a work of genius - and that's just listening to the CD... ... though you have to get by the whole rap thing.
Third cousins through Queen Victoria (and also second cousins once removed through Christian IX of Denmark).
The problem with the Pakistani first cousin marriages is that they're repeated generation after generation, with the result that the genetics get so close that they become more like siblings than cousins.
(This problem was evident in European royalty as well; the Habsburgs providing some good examples of why it's a bad idea).
Incest caused the Spanish Hapsburgs to die out. Charles II was sterile and barely feed himself.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
"Plenty of companies, indeed entire industries, base their business model on being evil. The insurance business, for instance, depends on the fact that insurers charge customers more than their insurance is worth; that’s fair enough, since if they didn’t do that they wouldn’t be viable as businesses.“ Surely not even Corbyn believes that it is inherently evil for a business to be designed to make a profit?
On the broader point it is frightening how much the internet knows about one. I contemplate from time to time seriously anonymising my browsing, but I don't, not just because I am lazy but also because I worry that if you do it thoroughly enough to be worthwhile, you create a presumption that you have something seriously dodgy to hide.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
I'm truly shocked.. the people that lost think it is an error.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
I'm truly shocked.. the people that lost think it is an error.
I guess some still haven't moved past the denial stage.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
I think you need to actually read the article - that's really not what he's saying at all, whether or not you agree with his perspective.
Also hearing that Lord Harris says Mrs May is hopeless and weak and he'd rather have a strong Labour government led by someone like Tony Blair instead of Mrs May.
Let that sink, in Lord Harris the Brexit supporting former Deputy Treasurer of the Tory party would rather have Tony Blair as PM than Mrs May's muppet show.
Also hearing that Lord Harris says Mrs May is hopeless and weak and he'd rather have a strong Labour government led by someone like Tony Blair instead of Mrs May.
Let that sink, in Lord Harris the Brexit supporting former Deputy Treasurer of the Tory party would rather have Tony Blair as PM than Mrs May's muppet show.
If even Varoufakis can spot that it is not going well...
Varoufakis has always urged the UK to go straight to EEA ever since the referendum and try and reform the EU in 5-10 years, he also has no time for the EU leadership and their tactics as he did not when Greek Finance Minister
Also hearing that Lord Harris says Mrs May is hopeless and weak and he'd rather have a strong Labour government led by someone like Tony Blair instead of Mrs May.
Let that sink, in Lord Harris the Brexit supporting former Deputy Treasurer of the Tory party would rather have Tony Blair as PM than Mrs May's muppet show.
Harris was one of the first businessmen to be involved in Blair's academies programme so not that surprising, he is certainly more supportive of Blair than Corbyn. Of course the first Blair government from 1997-2001 was on most things more conservative than the Major, Cameron and May governments, it was no surprise Thatcher said 'Tony will not let us down' before the 1997 general election
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
I think you need to actually read the article - that's really not what he's saying at all, whether or not you agree with his perspective.
Also hearing that Lord Harris says Mrs May is hopeless and weak and he'd rather have a strong Labour government led by someone like Tony Blair instead of Mrs May.
Let that sink, in Lord Harris the Brexit supporting former Deputy Treasurer of the Tory party would rather have Tony Blair as PM than Mrs May's muppet show.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
I think you need to actually read the article - that's really not what he's saying at all, whether or not you agree with his perspective.
I did read the article.
Good. As you'll no doubt appreciate then, it's an argument for another vote on Brexit. You might not agree with the case (I'm not sure I do either), but it's a respectable one, and hardly his thinking "he's the man, and he has the vote", as you characterise it.
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
I think you need to actually read the article - that's really not what he's saying at all, whether or not you agree with his perspective.
I did read the article.
Good. As you'll no doubt appreciate then, it's an argument for another vote on Brexit. You might not agree with the case (I'm not sure I do either), but it's a respectable one, and hardly his thinking "he's the man, and he has the vote", as you characterise it.
I was being sarcastic, but I do get irritated at the idea that we must vote again until we come up with the "right" answer (as he would see it).
Can I just say that anyone who survived the tourists at the Edinburgh festival really has nothing to worry about from a zombie apocalypse.
Living on dartmoor I am surprisingly little inconvenienced by tourism. However, i have a lot of sympathy for the indigenes of Venice, Barcelona, Split and - apparently - Edinburgh wanting to kill and eat out of towners.
I thought you were in the Philippines for some reason?!
On my last visit to Cornwall, I saw not one 'No emmets' sticker on a car bumper. Is that because there are no locals left?
"Plenty of companies, indeed entire industries, base their business model on being evil. The insurance business, for instance, depends on the fact that insurers charge customers more than their insurance is worth; that’s fair enough, since if they didn’t do that they wouldn’t be viable as businesses.“ Surely not even Corbyn believes that it is inherently evil for a business to be designed to make a profit?
On the broader point it is frightening how much the internet knows about one. I contemplate from time to time seriously anonymising my browsing, but I don't, not just because I am lazy but also because I worry that if you do it thoroughly enough to be worthwhile, you create a presumption that you have something seriously dodgy to hide.
lol
Yeah, I disagree with the characterization of the entire insurance industry as "evil." He's right in that basically all insurance is -EV (ie, statistically it's a rip off) but that doesn't make it evil.
There are shades of evil, depending on how -EV it is.
Personally, I'd like to force every insurance policy to state what their risk model indicates the actual EV/profit is. Ie, "you're paying £50/mo, we expect to pay out £23"
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
No doubt Mr. Jacobson believes in One Man, One Vote. He's the man, and he has the vote.
I think you need to actually read the article - that's really not what he's saying at all, whether or not you agree with his perspective.
I did read the article.
Good. As you'll no doubt appreciate then, it's an argument for another vote on Brexit. You might not agree with the case (I'm not sure I do either), but it's a respectable one, and hardly his thinking "he's the man, and he has the vote", as you characterise it.
That is for the people to decide, at the last general election the LDs were resoundingly defeated after pushing for a second vote
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I think the triffids could and did spread seed, the point of the IoW was that you could eradicate what was there and then keep on top of further seedlings. And there is a real life triffid scenario: all the Japanese knotweed which is overrunning the country is from a single ancestral female and spreads only by bits of existing plants being moved and forming roots. If a male plant were to be introduced...
Of course if they are slightly lighter than water (again, this isn't entirely clear), the odd animated corpse is likely to wash up on the shore...
(edit - and I'm uncertain as to whether Mr Brooks' work was properly peer reviewed, let alone independently replicated.)
http://zombie.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_the_Dead
However, I reckon both Rutland Water and the Solent are sufficiently silty to make slow progress. The giant pike in Rutland Water may act as an additional defence.
I reckon that zombie flesh would deteriorate fairly quickly, and after the initial epidemic, the zombies would rot to incapacity within weeks. There is the problem however of their recruits...
We'd have to accept that 95% of the population would be dead within months, and choose in advance who should be relocated to the Isle of Wight, Man, Channel Islands etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41174659
And you expect way too much from HMRC...
(Pretends not to have just Googled it)
I still think the original Forth Rail Bridge is easily the best of the three, though Kevin is quite a nice structure in his own right.
I am finding the argument that this still has something to do with tourists, even of the zombie persuasion, increasingly hard to credit.
Back in February, there was some discussion of the Oroville dam slipway failure in the US. Fortunately they escaped the worst, but they're posting regular videos of the repair work. And jeez, it's engineering porn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTvp0QLHfOw
You only get a scale of a sense of the washout when you see the people and machines working on fixing it.
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/
https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/906229956975493120
It is a well known FACT Zombies can read.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/08/building-work-delays-london-opening-of-us-smash-musical-hamilton
The problem with the Pakistani first cousin marriages is that they're repeated generation after generation, with the result that the genetics get so close that they become more like siblings than cousins.
(This problem was evident in European royalty as well; the Habsburgs providing some good examples of why it's a bad idea).
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n16/john-lanchester/you-are-the-product
It is a work of genius - and that's just listening to the CD...
... though you have to get by the whole rap thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/opinion/jeremy-corbyn-theresa-may-brexit.html
And here, we return to the initiating absurdity. For the will of the people is not sacrosanct. Democracy is not a god; it is a servant. Not a servant to be treated with contempt, but where it persists in an error that can be shown to be detrimental to those it exists to serve, a servant that can and should be asked to think again.
We are sick with fear and fastened to a dying animal. The dying animal is not the European Union. It is this misbegotten “will of the people.”
https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/906263984621445121
"Plenty of companies, indeed entire industries, base their business model on being evil. The insurance business, for instance, depends on the fact that insurers charge customers more than their insurance is worth; that’s fair enough, since if they didn’t do that they wouldn’t be viable as businesses.“
Surely not even Corbyn believes that it is inherently evil for a business to be designed to make a profit?
On the broader point it is frightening how much the internet knows about one. I contemplate from time to time seriously anonymising my browsing, but I don't, not just because I am lazy but also because I worry that if you do it thoroughly enough to be worthwhile, you create a presumption that you have something seriously dodgy to hide.
But she will also promise at the Tory conference a clean Brexit.
*This speech will be made in Europe, around the 22nd.
Let that sink, in Lord Harris the Brexit supporting former Deputy Treasurer of the Tory party would rather have Tony Blair as PM than Mrs May's muppet show.
Edit - Or The Express/Daily Mirror deal.
As you'll no doubt appreciate then, it's an argument for another vote on Brexit.
You might not agree with the case (I'm not sure I do either), but it's a respectable one, and hardly his thinking "he's the man, and he has the vote", as you characterise it.
Yeah, I disagree with the characterization of the entire insurance industry as "evil." He's right in that basically all insurance is -EV (ie, statistically it's a rip off) but that doesn't make it evil.
There are shades of evil, depending on how -EV it is.
Personally, I'd like to force every insurance policy to state what their risk model indicates the actual EV/profit is. Ie, "you're paying £50/mo, we expect to pay out £23"