Dethreaded a couple of pieces ago, but @Mexicanpete deserves a reply: I pretty much agree with that - outliers often deserve attention, in the same way that eg numbers of baby deaths in hospitals rev… (View Post)

And everytime all I hear are fairy stories about "lovely boys" and "popular and loved by the community". If it alcohol or other drugs and driving, or dangerous speed whilst drivin… (View Post)

I was conned when about 17 in 198x. Talked by a gent who sat down at by cafe table into giving him £50 I took out of a cash machine. The patter was I need money to access more money, and I will give … (View Post)

Ruski sub had parked itself just outside territorial waters, with a surface vessel on probable lookout. British helicopter turned up and did some sonar things in the water, followed by iirc a frigate… (View Post)

That's quite the piece, pointing out all the things that Ireland could do in the 1960s or 1980s when they were a far poorer country, that they just do not have capability for now. eg a working s… (View Post)