I know you want these data to be a gotcha but they aren't. The UK composite PMI was 1.8pts above the EA one in November. In October, before this disastrous Budget, the UK composite PMI was 1.7pt… (View Post)

Also, most people already have friends. (View Post)

Would that be discernable in the shadow? I might have been reading Plato. And will it matter much either way to the mutant cave dwellers who catch sight of the shadow on the wall while they forage fo… (View Post)

This is just a sad reflection of how the advertising industry has warped people's minds until their own self-image is bound up in things they own instead of things that actually matter. (View Post)

I've never really understood the car-as-status-symbol thing. As long as it gets you from A to B, carries everything you need and doesn't break down what else is there to care about. Adverti… (View Post)