Must have been round about then I went on a programming course from school at Loughborough University. English Electric KDF9. A whole 4K of core memory (128 bit words, though). Later, at Liverpool Un… (View Post)

As Dave Barry once said, if your car had broken down at the side of the road, a Republican would drive on by, because they were in a hurry to get to an ugly pants night at the country club. A Democra… (View Post)

Reading is an interesting case. When I first lived there (leaving only 32 years later, more fool me) it started off as the archetypal town. Companies such as Beefeater inns were reputed to test out n… (View Post)