Rather sadly, the job you achieve in life (barring things like ill-health, accidents and wrongful imprisonment) is largely down to your own efforts and character: character is destiny and a' tha… (View Post)

The Russians push and push and push until you push back. It's how they assess weakness. They've always done it. If they are now escalating to gunfire it's because they have assessed us… (View Post)

It is (or should be). Bob Worcester[1] said "watch the share, not the lead" - see here for an example. [1] I spoke to him a couple of times! Before he died, obviously. (View Post)

I know you are referring to horse races, but for a moment I thought it was the best Dr. Who episode ever #tootoosoon? (View Post)

As of 31 March 2025, there were 15,348 railway vehicles registered in operation for all passenger train operators. I don't know how many passenger carriages per vehicle on average, but if we ass… (View Post)