Talk of nuclear war & even threats of it are becoming commonplace of late, largely due to the Kremlin's resident maniac. But how many of us really understand what even a 'small' nuclear war would...
DonkeyHoaty on a thread " would put immense pressure on the PM to follow suit? " Ken on a different thread: "wouldn't that put immense pressure on Johnson to do likewise? " very similar terminology,...
Just watched the first 4 episodes of the new series, Bosch - Legacy, in which Bosch is no longer a detective but a PI. I read the book a few months back and so far the series is adhering to it. Highly...
Long story short. 5 years ago, when I was still in high school, I found a stray female puppy I fell in love with. I cared for her daily for nearly a year until she was simply too big to be kept in an...
Every time I go, and it's not always regularly, and sometimes it's a new church, I always get the same; why don't you sit nearer the front? Well, I hate sitting at the front and I like to sit at the...
Three little boys were sitting around talking about their fathers. The first boy said, "My dad can blow smoke rings." The second boy said, "My dad can blow smoke rings out of his nose." The third boy...
in the 1999 mid term elections Labour lost 1239 seats and 32 councils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_United_Kingdom_local_elections 2022 Toryies have lost around 500 seats and 11 councils. which...
William Browder paints an astonishing and chilling first-hand picture of the man. This Ted talk is well worth a quarter of an hour of your time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT254smRufA...
Another week gone. Another 'to do' list left incomplete and growing ever longer. Another try to achieve a decent score or two . . . My usual 'middling' start on the main quiz, with FOUR out of seven:...
FIRST OFF - THE BACKSTORY: I have fairly recently moved to a share property (i.e, its a fairly big building with multiple bedsits in but the bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room and halls are all...
Hopefully our well-spread AB'ers can settle an argument between the present Mrs Hughes and myself. I believe the term 'Merseybeat', used by the media to describe Liverpool pop music in the 1960's, was...
Lets hope the ex-chief of the CPS gets justice!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/06/keir-starmer-faces-police-investigation-over-lockdown-breach-claims-beer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other...