(From last thread. I felt unlucky to be the penultimate post) A friend was awarded a knighthood for his research. It seems a queue was formed of recipients to briefly be presented to her Maj. Anyway,… (View Post)

A friend was awarded a knighthood for his research. It seems a queue was formed of recipients to briefly be presented to her Maj. Anyway, when it was his turn she asked him what he did (quantum chaos… (View Post)

He's had a lotta practice telling that story. I felt sad for a few days when Lyndon Johnson died. (View Post)

JJ's memory agrees with mine. SOE memorial Tempsford. It's in one of many disused WWII airfields> I walked by it on footpaths several times on the way to Peterborough, part of which is Roman. Very… (View Post)

Well, I've never heard that one before. She's awful. It made me think of the plaintive Dylan song "boots of Spanish leather". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1KxthvX1Ms (View Post)