The Royal Navy used to have a version of the Beaufort Scale that included not just speeds of the various winds and descriptions of their environmental effects, but also actions to be taken by the shi… (View Post)

The shop is well known for its bookshop dogs, so Essie (pictured) will be taking up that mantle. But she is also for scale. (View Post)

Some of you may remember that a few months back I asked on here for some advice about buying a bookshop. Well, it's been a longer journey than I expected, but as of today, I am the owner and pro… (View Post)

As I predicted the day after Iowa, Biden won NH by a bigger margin than Trump won IA, even as a write in. And Haley lost in NH (everywhere in NH!) despite it being demographically the best state in t… (View Post)

My wife was the Coroner's Officer on the inquest for this Grand Canyon helicopter crash (https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-crash-grand-canyon-settlement-tourism-british-8db37a20c8f522d390e68… (View Post)