You need more than one victim to make a decent suit as you get a fair bit of shrinkage in the drying process. You'll struggle to get a decent pair of slacks from the skin of one victim, believe … (View Post)

The fact your personal experience has been bad (for which I sympathise) does not mean it is typical. All of us have lived lives that are average in some ways and not in others. Where statistics come … (View Post)

No. The reported stats are that there are around 350k reports in relation to 150k people in the course of a year, and that of the 150k, about 1% of the 150k remain missing after 12 months (i.e. about… (View Post)

Where's that figure from? I don't think it's anything like correct. There are about 350k missing person calls every year, but that relates to only about 150k people (as quite a lot are… (View Post)

I think the misunderstanding is that the term "if not" is often used to mean "perhaps even" in modern use. Something like "but not" would perhaps have been clearer. Havi… (View Post)