On canals, and probably railways too, such structures are called 'accommodation bridges', not because they are comfortable places to live but because their purpose is to 'accommodate' a landowner who… (View Post)

A belief that the creation of Israel was 'wrong' is inherently meaningless unless the believer can spell out the method by which they hope to change it. In the British context it would be equivalent … (View Post)

There was even a youthful fan club called Ovaltinis. Nowadays they're just oval. (View Post)

Woke gone mad, p94. Scottish Power catering for the few remaining Brythonic speakers in Strathclyde: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7mjj7lk21o (View Post)

In the foreseeable future a background of fending off complaints will be far more useful to Reeves than a passing acquaintance with the dismal science. (View Post)