I worked at RSRE Malvern during part of my gap year in 1979, and again in the summer break of 1980. They had a massive computer with 192K(!) of memory! Does that mean I am a "boffin"? I rem… (View Post)

No, keep the triple lock for all pensioners. But reduce the threshold for the 40% tax band (what is it?, 45K, 50K ) for those of pensionable age. (View Post)

All I will say about Invictus is that a few years prior, Jimmy Carr got into hot water for joking that, after Iraq and Afghanistan, the UK would have a "bloody good paralympic team in a few year… (View Post)

I guess it only has 9 commandments, the one about adultery being missing. (View Post)

When I visited the National Railway Museum in York, and saw the historic railway carriages, I was struck that people must have been a lot slimmer back in the day. (View Post)