Mind, that last such person didn't even read PPE, so that opens things up a bit ... (View Post)

Trust a marsupial to get those tricky questions of paraphyletic vertebrate groups just so. (View Post)

Thanks to you and others - certainly confirming the mix of opinions I recall (partly cos it depends on the genre, evidently). I have some sympathy with the point re genre, about the problem of having… (View Post)

Just been reading the latest Aeroplane Monthly. Canadians restoring a DH Mosquito with the greatest care. Having to go to an Austrian factory to get the right British Standard screws ... (a similar r… (View Post)

So why didn't the Tories do it once it became clear they'd never win an election again? (Yes, I know. A bunch of gerontocrats.) (View Post)