We once microwaved some rubbery American "good" cheese, and used it to fill an errant drill hole in our rental apartment. It dried hard, we sanded it down and painted over. I expect it is s… (View Post)

Pre-covid, there was a thriving Chess club at my daughter's primary. They're trying to get it going again. The dirty secret is that chess is a really good game, at any level of ability. (View Post)

The Wikipedia entry has a very good summary of this (and why "Senlac Hill" is a misnomer). [It took place] between two hills – Caldbec Hill to the north and Telham Hill to the south. The ar… (View Post)

My kid is in year 3 (at a regular state primary); so far since Year 1 they've done a good overview of the Plague & Great Fire, Egypt, Sumeria, Hellenic Greece and Roman Britain, and some bro… (View Post)

It was like that in the 1980s. My dad was disabled, and on one occasion we were trying to drive somewhere apparently quite simple and easily walked (for the able bodied) but kept ending up back where… (View Post)