Thanks. That "40 years" was obviously very carefully picked. The impactd of the Thatcherite legislation is very clear - not the buying of council houses by tenants bvut the brakes on recycl… (View Post)

You look it up yourself. I'm off to have a bath. We're talking about 1980 on and suddenly you pile in and want to restrict it to 2000 on. No, that's not going to do. (View Post)

Not negligible at all. Anyone who was here in the 1960s on will be very aware of the huge numbers of both privately owned and council housing that was demolished 1950-2000. (View Post)

TBF this one probably gets first prize in the competition, lasting about 5 minutes as it did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship) Belay that: I had forgotten this one. went turtle and sank with… (View Post)

Even having some fixed antisubmarine torpedo tubes for when the budgie on the roof is ill or seasick and can't carry torpedoes or depth charges (to paraphrase DA's comments once about the T… (View Post)