It literally doesn't matter who the manager is at Man Utd for at least the next five years. No manager can fix the club. It can't be fixed until the Glazers are gone. My movers were a pair of Liverpo… (View Post)

This is one of the ways in which modern culture has made parenting harder work than it was in the past, of course. But then, my Grandad, who had lots of independence, used that independence to shoot … (View Post)

I displayed the "Ballmer Peak" xkcd comic at a previous employer. Not the sort of thing to show off as a consultant at a client site though. (View Post)

I think you can have high birth rates in two situations. We've seen in the past that it happens when women are powerless, effectively chattel. I believe that it might also happen when you have a pro-… (View Post)

The dollar is up against the euro on the week. I was fully expecting it to be down a few cents on the basis of the thread header. I guess money talks and the underlying strength of the US economy is … (View Post)