The rubbish in Birmingham piling up is huge. On the news this morning they mentioned it was after 4-5 weeks. Then it struck me. We have 2 bins. One for recycling and one for rubbish with a 2 week cyc… (View Post)

You did. You said people should learn their times tables. When I said I hadn't but had a maths degree you presumably didn't assume I couldn't work out 7x6 did you? Of course I can. I j… (View Post)

Utter, utter utter nonsense. Someone with mathematical ability doesn't need to learn times tables. What is the point?. People who learn by rote usually can't work outside of those parameter… (View Post)

Ditto. I have a maths degree also and have never learnt my times tables. People confuse a memory test with actual maths. Learning your times table is not maths. Trouble is learning your times table d… (View Post)

I think that is sensible by the EU. The 10% tariff I suspect will have little impact on exports to the US as far as Europe is concerned. The American consumer however will pay more for stuff, but it … (View Post)