My father in law was sent out as part of the MELF in the canal zone (radio technician / operator). For some mad reason he did a couple more years afterwards. He's still going... (View Post)

When do the Ashes start? This one day stuff is all very well, but it isn't the real thing. (View Post)

I never quite understood what there was against reuse. Is this an NHS MRSA type thing? Or is it thought more expensive to clean than to buy more plastic? Given we don't throw hospital beds away … (View Post)

People behave differently on holiday though. The endless 'when can we go on our holibobs' questions on the daily conference drove me mad. That's the only thing I'd argue we could … (View Post)

Well, quite. Would it have been politically possible to lock down earlier anyway? To do such an unprecedented thing required the population as a whole to accept that such a thing was necessary. Two w… (View Post)