James.

I really fancy some mint choc chip ice cream...

It'd seem that even into the 1980s, at least, In places with, and during Bad Weather, Big guns and Armour were a very real threat to Aircraft Carriers when they were unable to launch, and recover aircraft.

I said I'd only consent to a wedding video if it was just like a royal wedding TV show. My husband booked a video company and then got two reporters from the local radio station to commentate. It was technically brilliant and utterly horrifying. I'll never watch it again.

Not sure i could justify replacing it based on last time i looked up the prices of the equivalent available now(!)

My £5 secondhand burr coffee grinder i had to borrow money for has also been a pretty good purchase!

Instant Coffee just tastes wheaty to me.
What i create with an espresso machine is pretty far from what people willingly pay money for, But as much as anything i enjoy, the process.
I spent a fair amount of money on one that uses ground coffee to avoid the plastic issue, and have repaired it....

Is this to replace the Sentinel that was retired fairly recently?

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

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A graphic from the front page of the WSJ, titled, "The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump." Using blue does it compares how many of the email threads released by Oversight are about various people. 1,670 are about Trump. 207 mention Michael Wolff. 155 Kathryn Ruemmler, 117 Larry Summers, and 512 Clinton.

Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.

I think something similar already exists... Possibly a Swedish company does one?

😂

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]

Every ad now

Robert Maxwell, the father of Ghislaine, Was involved with Israeli spying wasn't he?

And didn't the white tailed Eagle poisoning case involve the local crime commissioner as well as the MP?

Good!

I always felt like it was introduced by the Tories as a job for their mates.

At worst it was attempted politicisation of the Police on the American model.

The scandal with the Wiltshire crime commissioner being ineligible after being elected cost a fortune.

Latest blog: I promised I'd write some blogs to break down our discussion (www.youtube.com/live/Ar0X_N3...) & go over things we didnt get through. The first thing we discussed was body water & hydration issues esp in POTS:

Body water regulation
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@binitakane.bsky.social

Also speaking with other brainfogged people online, you have to be aware that misreading happens.

Often it's amusingly, but unfortunately there are times when people get upset at what they thought was written. So it requires patience.

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Reminded me of this story from earlier in the year though.

I tried to read the BBC article but not sure if it's brain fog, which I'm really struggling with at the moment, or just lack of comprehension on my part, I just can't get my head around it..

GEOMELT S7 Anti-icing/Deicing • 70/30 Liquid • Road Solutions GEOMELT® S7 Anti-icing/Deicing Liquid is a blend of GEOMELT 55 beet juice and sodium chloride brine, a superior liquid that is less corrosive.

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Although it does seem to be combined with Salt in USA.

encouraging animals to the road probably isn't wise either... leading to your point 1 i suppose.

Actually thinking about it, probably not, as it shows the BBC's focus on USA rather than UK...

Government review of law on mobility aids could prove ‘absolutely transformative’ Disabled campaigners have welcomed the government’s announcement that it will review the laws around powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, and examine how new mobility technology could be “saf…

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This is long overdue. Failure to act leads to "grey" area where somewhat dubious devices are used, (often to the benefit of user) some of which are not at all safe.

But embracing oppurtunities to help people, and reduce car dependence would be good!

Wasn't JCB facing a large tax bill? Or was that settled?

Defenestrated via the overton window?

Ironic it was Trump that brought him down.

The problem with Greenbelt is it was set in the 1950s.

The democratisation of cars has facilitated Urban Sprawl outside the greenbelt. Giving rise to commuter towns just beyond the greenbelt.

Doesn't just apply to London.

It was a solution to Urban Sprawl that was defeated by cars.

Getting adverts for a local Romanian takeaway, which honestly sounds amazing, but also seems to tick several of my food intolerances... 🤬

'Don't take that tone with me, young man. I fought the war for your sort. I bet you're...' - A Hard Day's Night Man on train: Don't take that tone with me, young man. I fought the war for your sort. Ringo: I bet you're sorry you won.

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Hard days night at least, but vague memories of reading it was based on real event...

A sample size of 1 is not representative of all...

Is this based on an example?

Just that many veterans seem to have been very far from that viewpoint.

That said, wasn't it In the 60s there was the Beatles facing I didn't fight the war for... Possibly something about long hair?