On a similar note, I'm quite interested in the lack of noise from Egypt about Cleopatra's pincushion - made up of the many Egyptian obelisks which were nicked and taken to Rome. There are e… (View Post)

It takes less than 5 minutes to turn a (very) big Oil Tanker around ! I thought we did that one recently. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022skj (View Post)

I've revised my view that he is likely to try and pardon *some*, but I'm not sure which ones, and what will happen to cases in process. For example, will Trump pardon men who accepted that … (View Post)

I don't know any 'liberals' (whatever they are through the author's spectacles) who think 'punishment never works'. It is far more along the lines of punishment AND othe… (View Post)

Ceiling maintenance. A call from a 10+ year late 60s age lady T yesterday lunchtime: "a bit of plaster has fallen off the ceiling in my kitchen, whilst I was upstairs" (where "a bit&qu… (View Post)