Let's assume a fairly large roof - 120sqm. Average rainfall in my part of Ireland of around 2000mm, or 2000kg/sqm, so that's 240 tonnes of rain falling through the drainpipes. Assume a heig… (View Post)

Worth noting that the government in Ireland is pulling a bit of a fast one here. They admitted yesterday that they had no statistics or data on asylum seeker arrivals, and had just assumed they all a… (View Post)

The portable nuclear generators in the Voyager Space probes have clocked up nearly 47 years of service with zero maintenance. You wouldn't even need an engineer visit. (View Post)

Interesting. I sometimes find myself using "they" as a singular even when I do know the gender of the person I'm talking about and it feels perfectly natural to me, and it happens with… (View Post)

I read it more humourously, as a passage that works with every future and past Prime Minister, regardless of gender. (View Post)