In contrast to the UK, the attitude to drinking and driving in the US really hasn’t changed much in the last few decades, getting a “DUI” is almost seen as a rite of passage in many rural areas. A co… (View Post)

View from a Philippines Coast Guard vessel, as two Chinese ships try to take her out (in Philippine waters) and end up crashing into each other! https://x.com/raffytima/status/1954869527080042791 (View Post)

My parents moved from a little village (one shop, two pubs) to a nearby town when they got to 70, because they realised that they wouldn’t be able to drive for ever, and a couple of busses a day thro… (View Post)

That kind of attitude is quite common among people within Moscow. (View Post)

That’s 340m tall, which is taller than any structure in the UK and taller than all but about half a dozen skyscrapers in Dubai. (For reference, the Shard building in London is 310m, 1,016’, tall). Th… (View Post)