I assume Drax will remain for now. Might be the last one standing? Of the major stations round here, Eggborough and Ferrybridge went recently, Thorpe Marsh a while back. West Burton is currently bein… (View Post)

Very good. As an illustration, here's the Lidar scan of part of the Flatlands - Ed Miliband's patch. Top right, an old coal fired power station, with its associated ash dump. Blue land has subsided d… (View Post)

I imported a stash of Chocolate Hobnobs for some friends in Seattle (on request). They had been there a number of years and had apparently not found a decent substitute. (View Post)

I think I'll save the money in case I need new knees instead of blowing it on a new face. (View Post)

Maybe not as many as they used to, at least in person. In those days (1990s) there wasn't a vast amount of money in chess. I don't think even Nigel made an awful lot despite the match with Kasparov. … (View Post)