seventy years ago plane geometry was my 1st taste of maths. I loved it. We used a book & pencil and paper, a compass, and a straight edge. This looks pretty good. but there will be others. https:… (View Post)

Yep. I agree. I think that many people are to some extent passive: they want to be inspired and entertained, instead of favoring a stable decently honest government so they can pursue their own stuff. (View Post)

Just to inject a bit of irrelevance, and to prove my bone-headed Anglo Saxonness I submit the following---: Groucho Marx once chaired an American radio quiz show and would ask the loser for a booby p… (View Post)

When I took a "grand tour" all over Britain in 1962 on my Norton ES2 500 cc motorbike, I would often visit churches, large and small. During the day they were invariably open, but during we… (View Post)

I believe well-to-do Victorians would sometimes send a troubled offspring off on a Grand Tour of Europe. Nowadays one can do a grand tour AND keep in instant touch with his home in one or more person… (View Post)