I saw a comment from a US pollster last night that polling on Harris shows that she was, until the start of this week, largely unknown to most of the US public. Obviously they knew she was VP, but th… (View Post)

First gentleman, like Doug Emhoff (View Post)

Ooh, it's all retro Navy stuff to which I can contribute. They used to do that at HMS Ganges, which was the naval training establishment for boy seamen. My father had to do that when he was 15 o… (View Post)

I was on HMS Bulwark (R08) for a Family Day in about 1974, in the Solent outside Portsmouth Harbour. Stood on the command superstructure to watch a Harrier land and take off, had lunch in the officer… (View Post)

Remember, you're talking to Leon, for whom everything is either *BRILLIANT!!!* or *APOCALYPSE!!!*. Patience doesn't feature. (View Post)