Saw Mrs T at a tree-planting ceremony in her constituency. A hole had been dug, a decorous sapling standing by, and a silver spoon to sprinkle compost on the roots. "That's not deep enough,… (View Post)

A sage once observed that 90 percent of politicians give the rest a bad reputation. (View Post)

When I first visited the US in 1978 there were two types of cheese available: "American" (which looked and tasted like soap) and "Swiss" (which was American with holes in it). (View Post)

Are the same number of tests being taken and/or reported? I relish the demise of Covid as much as anyone but I've never been sure what to make of test statistics because the scale and sampling m… (View Post)

Has it reached Hobart yet? The draw is 130 on BF. (View Post)