Gift Aid only works for an income tax payer - and having retired recently I am not currently paying any. The idea would be to "give away" everything above the tax threshold. It wouldn't be … (View Post)

Ha, yes, I am aware that many charities are less than transparent about what they actually do and am not a big fan of many. In this case my thought is a trust which could do its own specific work. Mr… (View Post)

He showed no inclination to give money away, although one thing he did do was visit the local WT reserve a lot. I have no immediate heirs and what I can't spend will end up with such causes anyway, s… (View Post)

If you finish a tunnel project one week the next tunnel project should be ready to go the following week. Look at how it was done in Norway and the Faroes. Instead we dither for a couple of years unt… (View Post)

Yes, Alan Shepard had a go at it during one of the later missions when everyone had got bored with the whole Apollo thing. I think it was mainly just to make a few headlines. It was a bit difficult i… (View Post)