But hydra is the LAtin word for watersnake. Though in this case, Algar4kirk is right in calling it a given name because the English idiom comes from the Lernean Hydra that Heracles slew. And in some … (View Post)

... oh, you meant Cassius *Marcellus* Clay. Not the other one. Makes a lot more sense now. (View Post)

THat's very fresh by Army standards. They were feeding their squaddies 20 year old Mars Bars in the 1990s, bought cheap by MoD from a failed contract for Iran thanks to the revolution there. (View Post)

The acceptance of constitutional monarchy was, nevertheless, *what you specified*, and that is what happened when James VII and II got turfed out. Dinner now ready - have a nice time everyone. (View Post)

Oops, so it is. Not keeping up to date. Woking, then! (View Post)