That may be so, but, as my weight has changed, I've found that 1 stone, ~6-7 kg, roughly equates to a change in clothing size, making it a practical and useful unit for measuring a person's… (View Post)

What I have concluded is that the imperial system devised a new unit of measurement for every application. So we have the fother, which is the weight of lead that a single man can carry. If you know … (View Post)

I think it was that the Chinese didn't recognise the Treaty for the lease as having any validity, so wouldn't have entertained any negotiation on extending it. (View Post)

It's not many polls, but the most interesting thing about that graph is that it is the Tories that seem to be benefiting most from Labour's decline, despite them recently being so comprehen… (View Post)

Western support for Ukraine is so lacking that Ukraine is now considering allowing exports of its military drones to generate export earnings to pay for more domestic production. All of Ukraine'… (View Post)