AIUI my dad had the first minidigger in the East Midlands. I think it was a little Kubota, imported from Japan for a very particular job that a Bobcat skid-steer couldn't manage. An electric ver… (View Post)

Indeed. But neither can we let those fears stop us from doing the right thing. That's at the heart of Putin's nuclear threats: to get us to fear him, allowing him to get his way. This is a … (View Post)

As is their right. I doubt (and hope!) they won't be successful. (View Post)

I was just talking to Mrs J about her experience of dating at uni, on an engineering course where there were few women and lots of men. She used an apparently old quote that I haven't heard befo… (View Post)

If you look at the rantings of both Musk and the less-sane parts of the GOP (and Musk and GOP are *not* the same), then you see very worrying utterances. Mass immigration is terrible; but the USA nee… (View Post)