The point was made earlier about problems with gestation in different gravity situations. Unless a colony's members can reproduce themselves then it's surely not a 'colony' but some sort of 'outstati… (View Post)

Until the turning point, eh? Where the LibDems do so well they overtake Reform. Good Morning everyone. Pleasant and sunny here, if a little cold so far. (View Post)

It is to be hoped so. I had just left the NHS when the Tories started on Lansley's reforms and I was very glad to be out of it. Struck me as a mess from top to bottom. (View Post)

Reading the clips from the papers on the BBC website this morning I was pleased to see that from the Daily Mail, viz "The Daily Mail reports that a "record five million" people have be… (View Post)

IIRC one of my nieces got herself 'confirmed' so that her children could attend a CoE school. Doesn't seem to have done them any harm. Or made a lot of difference to the way they now, as adults, live… (View Post)