I would propose the following: One of the biggest factors in happiness is not your current situation, but whether you think next year will be better than this year. In the USA it used to be blatantly… (View Post)

I did that in June. It was brilliant. Some trains just have a fun atmosphere - this was one of them; everyone.is on a day out, everyone is chatty. Also a beautiful stretch of scenery. (View Post)

Cruelly, I might say Brown accepted nothing because he was an utter fucking misery. Though that would just be a needless barb, because actually I do credit him with a modicum of selective integrity. … (View Post)

Corbyn accepted only one bit of hospitality during his tenure as leader: tickets for Glastonbury. Miliband accepted some tickets for the Olympics, and Brown accepted nothing. Blair accepted quite a b… (View Post)

On thread: correlation <> causation. Cause and effect is the wrong way round here: a relationship doesn't suddenly become happy and stable because of a wedding. Relationships which are hap… (View Post)