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Exactly what I did. I would share it but I deleted it about 2 months ago since they quite rightly lost all interest.

Me too - which is ironic in this discussion. Not sure I am too convinced by it, it seems to derive from unfamiliarity with the alphabet. In small children at least familiarity with the alphabet is not…

Our bullies here in London are ring-necked parakeets. They are the most bad-tempered birds on the feeder, preferring to peck at each other, and other birds, than to actually eat. I keep one feeder wit…

Sorry, but I remember 1971, 50 years ago. People in the UK most certainly didn't dress anything like their parents. My mum didn't wear hot pants and my dad didn't wear yellow and green …

I haven't even got down one metre yet. I hoped I'd be done before it gets dark. How is anyone else doing?

Mmm ... Thanks for the explanation, but it just feels like half of a feed reader (not removing articles read etc). And the format gives me a headache.

Understanding what will go nowhere would be so much more useful! Following trends can be valuable, but old ways still work. Chasing wild geese is catastrophic.

I remember walking in Andalusia an coming across a shepherd sitting on a grass bank, holding his head in his hands, talking to his sheep. It seemed I had stepped back in time and felt it was a very sp…

Sorry to sound like an idiot, but what would I want this for?

When the lease runs out it reverts to the freeholder, though often after a considerable period of time. So not owned forever.

I've searched around and can't find a top 10 list worldwide which doesn't contain London. So the answer is yes.

Or it turns out you are officially dead. BBC News - India's living dead: 'They stared at me like I was a ghost' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-58259497 …

Since most location data is based on WiFi stations it should be possible to record that data and play it back to the phone in the comfort of wherever you are. Possibly GPS too, though probably an orde…

I completely understand what you mean.

Sometimes a lengthy explanation is just a lazy stream of consciousness. “I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” — Blaise Pascal.

Seems that should be "uroborically", not sure where the t came from. "It is what it is" I suppose!

I just learned they really sent Buzz Light-year into space. It somehow passed me by.

I have a basically English heritage. If I counted unrelated ancestors back through 45 generations I reckon I should have had 35,184,372,088,832! Since the population of England back in the 800s was p…

So am I right in thinking Wikidata is sort of scraped from Wikipedia internally? The other way round seems better, but obviously too late.

He is just counting base 9. You need to catch up.

War on Terror wakes up in shower https://newsthump.com/2021/08/14/war-on-terror-wakes-up-in-s... …

Me too. My brother in law would sit writing music on manuscript for hours. Very occasionally he would get up, go plink plonk .. mm .. plunk on a piano, and sit down to carry on writing.

Here was me thinking minimalism was a school of art, visual, music, architecture etc. John Cage 4′33″ anyone? Turns out it has become a form of (non) consumerism. The good thing about minimalism is th…

> This move would affect Apple the most, as it uses Lightning cables, while most Android phones use UBC-C. Not sure I believe that, most existing Android phones use micro USB, only newer ones use U…

I did this year. [Edit] though I had kept clear of it for 5 years.

Sorry, not meant to be a correction. It is in the old testament. I was just pointing out that it properly belongs to the Jews.

I think you will find that comes from the Torah, Jewish wisdom. Personally I think if that were still true Christ died for nothing.

Odd that a snappier title "became alcoholics" wasn't used. Perhaps it makes their readers feel a bit cosier.

I can't help but think that the answer will have the word "entitlement" in it. The more you consider you are entitled to, the unhappier you will be.