The long range forecast for the second half of June / early July is more encouraging, so I hope you get some warm sunshine in Cumbria. All the recent rain (another 14mm in the past two hours here in … (View Post)

Someone's been tinkering with the Infinite Improbability Drive. (View Post)

That would be an artificial constraint given they were seeking readers' favourite books. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book and deserves to be in there imo. Indeed, the order is not what I wo… (View Post)

A minority pursuit then ;-) Edit: Actually I'd be surprised if the number of UK citizens who use cash is anywhere near as low as 30m. I always choose phone payments if I can but still carry a fe… (View Post)

O/T with apologies for diverting a thread right away but the Guardian have now published their readers' list of 100 greatest novels and it looks a lot better to me than the authors' and cri… (View Post)