Since the start of the Cold War, the Russians have always tried to shoot down any plane they felt was violating their airspace. NATO policy was always to escort and be polite. In one incident, a Russ… (View Post)

Ah yes. UCL Union - a stack of bars. The memories of Cocktail Night. On a hot summers night, the central staircase was sometimes a waterfall of spilt Blue Lagoon… Dionysus (aka Dialysis) Kebab rester… (View Post)

Many years back, I attended an OR conference in New Orleans. At lunch, the long table of 20+ were squabbling over the bill. The waitress asked me, since I was the only one not arguing, what was going… (View Post)

There was a hysterically funny article, in the Guardian I think, when Sunak was chancellor. Apparently a venture capital fund run by the government had seen only 75% of the companies it had given mon… (View Post)

I must admit, a split *before the actual launch* wasn’t on my list. (View Post)