Last week, after some consideration, I took two books to the charity shop (Band of Brothers, and a book by Robert Harris). Now I find out that Marie LeConte eliminated 36 in the same fashion, leaving… (View Post)

I hope not. We aren't responsible for the past (defined as before our parents' births). Things were different then. (View Post)

@Cyclefree responded to my query and the cancer has not spread to her pancreas. It's not 100% and checks are continuing, but at the moment the belief is is that her pancreas is cancer-free. (View Post)

Hmm. I think that's a problem with globalism. Everybody lives online in their head and thinks the nation-state doesn't matter. But when push comes to shove, the virtual world is a fiction and the nat… (View Post)

I just went into Ladbrokes. The Caerphilly bet is online but is not on the machine. They were nice and tried to help but given they didn't know Ladbrokes offered political bets, didn't know what Caer… (View Post)