As someone near to the Somerset levels, it was never dredging rivers that was the issue, it was about dredging the drainage channels that were designed to keep the levels dry, in the face of some who… (View Post)

I can recommend knitting. Compatible with watching TV or listening to the radio/music or just chatting too. (View Post)

Yes, but when? 2029? Before hell freezes over? Before England win the Ashes in Australia? Where is the urgency? Nuremberg Trials were in 1946. (View Post)

Hmm. Depends if it’s about clockwatchers or getting the job done. My contracted week is 36.5 h, over 5 days. But realistically, as an academic, (a) no one is checking and (b) I do more than that most… (View Post)

Believe me I know the value of a good one. I was once stuck in five separate places by a resident doctor trying to take peripheral bloods. Most phlebotomists never miss. I used to have bloods every t… (View Post)