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White Anglo Saxon Protestant? Racist!

On a similar topic..... You can't kill ants in a microwave oven if you remove the rotating plate. They are small enough to walk between the microwaves. Gerbils aren't............

I guess it depends on the type of food, density, size etc. An egg will fry on a hot pavement in a few minutes. Its thin and not dense. A jacket potato is bigger and denser so the heat does not travel to the centre as easily.

Meat cooked at a lower temperature for a longer time is exactly what a "slow cooker" does. Light bulb heat but for 8 hours. But there will be a lower limit where the temperature is insufficient to cook.

The Central Russian Bank sets the interest rate tomorrow. Its widely expected to hold the present 16% rate. Record low unemployment and widespread labour shortages are fueling inflation. Imported goods continue to spiral in price. Record manufacturing outputs (ammunition) are bolstering the economy in the short term but killing it in the long term. The ruble is untouchable for most of the world and is only being kept alive by false exchange rates and draconian currency control. Good job Putin. Keep it up.

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68888835

So much better than the original. Once you listen you will never hear the original without thinking of this.

On 21st April 2024....... I started the day with an all you can eat breakfast. I played Edward Elgar's piano. Villa came from behind to win SHA dropped into the relegation zone.

I was lucky enough to retire recently at 53. I decided that was too young to stop work completely. I wanted to do some good whilst also doing something I enjoyed. I decided to volunteer for National Trust. They accepted my application but also converted me into a paid role where they were desperately short. I now work 2 or 3 days a week in Croome Court (just off the M5 between Worcester and Gloucester. Croome was the ancestral home of the Earl of Coventry and had all the decadence and splendour you would expect. It was also the site of RAF Defford in WW2. This was where we developed airborne Radar. Only tiny amounts of the base remain but the small RAF museum occupies the base's hospital. After WW2 the Earl of Coventry was in severe financial difficulties and sold the entire estate including the house and all its contents. Around 80% of the contents of the house went to private collectors and museums around the world. The house became a Catholic boys school, then a Hari Krishna temple, then passed to several property developers before finally being taken by the National Trust. By this time it was in very poor repair and virtually empty. It's still very much "work in progress". It's impossible to restore it back to its former splendour. For instance, one of the rooms is on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum. We have just borrowed the library bookcases from the V&A and hope to raise the £5 million to keep them. The nuns simply destroyed numerous "immoral" pieces of artwork containing nudity. One of the property developers installed a huge bath in the main bedroom which ruined the floor and the ceiling below. He also installed built in wardrobes from IKEA into 1800s plasterwork and oak floors. Removing them would take seconds. Repairing the damage they have caused will cost thousands. It's a lovely feeling to be playing a small part in restoring history.

Who do you think is an actual threat to the UK (or Spain and Portugal)? Russia had Ukraine surrounded on 3 sides and had a bigger and better equipped army. Do you really think they could defeat Poland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France and then stage an invasion of the UK? The UK is exceptionally well defended based upon our geographical position and the allies we have.

We haven't become reliant on the US for defence. France, UK, Poland, Italy, Spain and Portugal are all able to defend themselves. What we can't do is defend ourselves AND support Ukraine AND keep our economies going at the same level. Would the UK public vote for a party proposing a 1p increase in tax to arm Ukraine?

Unfortunately the USA has shown that it cannot be relied upon. Unless support returns soon its possible that Ukraine will lose more than if they had negotiated peace 1 year ago. The US politicians have disgraced themselves and the country.

Reports suggest that a mobile phone was not put onto flight mode and a tray table was not put into the upright position during takeoff The people responsible were shot in the head by Police marksmen. Another 911 has been prevented.

Bravo sir. Bravo!

Surely his coffin should be taken to the cemetery in a white Ford Bronco followed by 40 Police cars?

It would have been prosecuted but the police had no leads.

Correct. It didn't even run to the nearest human to summon help. It also went "missing" shortly afterwards. Nor has it denied the killing. I saw it a few weeks afterwards wagging it's tail. Guilty as hell.

No.

You can never have to many bargaining tools.

Today we will see French soldiers take part in the Changing of The Guard. So we will have French guarding the king. Hasn't he suffered enough recently?

What better bargaining tool that the threat of an offensive or a ceasefire on Israeli terms.

To be fair - that's typical of most new laws. The law will now be used to develop and edit to numerous "Codes of Practice" whilst case law evolves, precedents are set and rulings are made.

Exactly. The person making the SARS report is only reporting a suspicion. They have no way of knowing if there's a reasonable explanation or its linked to a massive terrorism plot. A clown telling the customer that they "almost" submitted a SARS has no way of knowing that there aren't other active reports being investigated. In my opinion it's serious misconduct by the bank employee. They are either lying as a sales technique or breaching several laws regarding SARS.