On a further unrelated note, I had a trip out to Shutlingsloe today (the Cheshire Matterhorn). It's only 45 minutes away from me, yet I haven't been for five years - which is really a case … (View Post)

There is a 15 year old boy in my house wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "I :heart: golden showers". Obviously he's doing it largely to shock the grown-ups. Impressed to report that it… (View Post)

Douglas Bader was a heroic figure, but also, I believe, like many heroes, quite difficult in person. During the BoB, ISTR he had very much his own idea of how the fight should be executed which didn&… (View Post)

Happy New Year pb! Without noticing, to erroneously paraphrase HMHH, it's become cliched to he cynical about new year. "Oh, we don't really do anything - we're in bed by 10.30&quo… (View Post)

Is that the worst thing? I can think of half a dozen bigger problems OTTOMH. (View Post)