On the basic issue of a drop in nutritional value of fruit and veg there is stacks of evidence and papers backing up this suggestion. This is a paper from 2009 https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/… (View Post)

To be honest I don't think the Falklands made that much difference in spite of what people like to claim. The big factor that handed the election to Thatcher - or at least gave her a much bigger… (View Post)

On the sad death of Glenys Kinnock. I didn't like her politics at all. But saddened to hear of the death of anyone who was acting for their beliefs in a decent manner irrespective of whether I s… (View Post)

We have not been above -1 here today. I certainly wouldn't want to be wearing shorts in this. (View Post)

One of my Venezuelan friends was a leading expert in heavy oil extraction. Basically drilling 3 parallel horizontal wells and pumping steam down two of them to drive the oil out via the third. (View Post)