For this leftist, I'm not in the slightest 'sniffy' about performative, charismatic leadership. I am 'sniffy' about the gap between that and delivery (and I suspect this sniffiness is not the preserv… (View Post)

I disagree with @sandpit about just everything in life and the universe, but on this he was accused of falling down an alt-right fact free rabbit hole for repeating 'fake news' that 'we might have no… (View Post)

It would have to be, for the paltry amount plasterers charge. It's one of the mysteries of the universe to me - why aren't plasterers about three times the price they are? Like Sandpit, it's about th… (View Post)

For me it seems very much like he couldn't really separate out the fiction (1000 orcs descending on The Shire) from the actual reality of a Hertfordshire village - the two just seemed to meld togethe… (View Post)

Entirely off-topic, but your question made me smile...my wife still finds it hard to believe that this is not a porn site with 'Vanilla' in the title. I maintain, with studious innocence, that it say… (View Post)