Time to repost this from Asif Siddiq's excellent: "The Challenge to Apollo". It is Valeriy A Menshikov's memory of the explosion after the second N1 flight. " We were all loo… (View Post)

I think 'best' depends on the metrics you want. Much depends on the algorithms used; e.g. there's an interesting video showing how resting heart rate varies between watch brands, as wh… (View Post)

The thing is, I'd probably have been happy if I'd kept working and Mrs J had stayed at home. We would have had slightly less income, but as long as I had my hobbies I'd have had someth… (View Post)

Thanks for the threader; it is thought -provoking. I've been out for a bit this morning, and haven't been able to catch up with the comments, but there's a slightly connected thing I&#… (View Post)

I didn't, sorry. I doubt it was a tramway: there was a mill on the 'island' between the river and the canalised river stream, but that's away from the section that washed out, and… (View Post)