OTOH, 'cos of the rain, our island is gloriously verdant. Bill Bryson once said of Devon that you could be forgiven for thinking its chief industry was the manufacture of chlorophyll. And there … (View Post)

I am more than happy with SPLORG. If I may offer a retrofitted justification: to qualify as a named letter (aside from 'others') in SPLORG you must a) not be Lab or Con, b) be a party, and … (View Post)

Several things - how it feels also depends on what your skin is doing. Your body regulates its heat by how much heat it can lose when it's hot or retain when it's cold. Very roughly, extern… (View Post)

Yeah, my reading of history - amateurish though it is - is that Chamberlain knew exactly what he was doing with the Munich agreement. He knew Hitler was a warmonger, and his (i.e. Britain's) ass… (View Post)

Bless you ohnotnow. God loves an HMHB reference. (View Post)