My late uncle (a nice chap but a little eccentric) had strong religious views which he (gently) always tried to persuade the family about, saying mildly that he didn't want us to go to hell. The… (View Post)

Rereading Pillars of the Earth, 1100 pages of easy read... (View Post)

A lot of people (not just teenagers) don't rate the right to vote much - they correctly judge that they will probably never make an individual difference in their entire lives, plus they think p… (View Post)

Flight to Crete (and numerous other flights from Gatwick) cancelled "due to the hot weather". It was a bit hot (31) but still?? Trains back home disrupted by the hot weather - rails bucklin… (View Post)

On topic, I think the real issue is not so much that people misunderstand the word "halve" is that they primarily go by personal experience. If they find that prices are going up they don&#… (View Post)