The problem with Australians is not that so many of them are descended from convicts but that so many are descended from prison officers. So said the late, great Clive James. (View Post)

Just thinking that, looking at this picture and tied in with the current discussion about Mandlebrot and coastlines, we ought to pay our respects to Slartibartfast for all the great work he did on th… (View Post)

Been there many times. It always makes me smile that a country that in some ways is so keen on health and safety is so unconcerned about letting the public wander about on the edge of a half a kilome… (View Post)

I have not looked at Revolut yet but I would be wary after the report on You and Yours the other day about them refusing to accept very large numbers of cases of fraud (far in excess of the industry … (View Post)

Dying for a cause is not the problem. There are a number of people I admire greatly for being willing to die for their cause. Murdering for a cause is another matter. That is why scum like Meinhof ro… (View Post)