RuamRudy

Good news - disaster has been averted thanks to the application of a bit of @transam and @impulse's suggestion and the insertion of a BBQ skewer. Thanks to all for you input. Sláinte

The royal family costs the UK almost £1 million per day. That's money that could be used to better the lives of the people of the country. The posts from some individuals absolutely reek of hatred and venom, especially towards his wife. That you haven't noticed it is not an indication of it not existing.

I like that idea. I will try it in the morning - I have already poured a monkey shoulder tonight.

Credit where credit is due. I have yet to try it but it's on my list. https://www.englishwhisky.co.uk/blogs/news/the-worlds-best-single-malt-whisky

My concern is that the cork is already starting to break up - I guess if the worst came to the worst I could sieve it though a coffee filter afterwards...

Last night I was a bit over enthusiastic in getting this bottle opened and the cork split halfway down the neck of the bottle. Is there a way to extract the cork without it disintegrating and falling into the bottle? Cheers!

I can't imagine there is any scenario where you would lie low, Tranny.

Word salad? Use your finger on the lines if it makes it easier for you. He hasn't be convicted of anything yet so I couldn't possibly speculate as to what she did or didn't know.

It gets harder and harder to disagree with you. It seems that the journey was more important than the destination to such an extent that the destination became an afterthought.

I have met neither, but then again, I am not a member of the SNP - just someone who believes that my country could be much better looking after its own affairs.

Thanks for announcing my arrival - not actually necessary and not entirely accurate but always happy to help with your efforts to increase your post count no matter the drivel you spout getting there.

The hatred for a man who simply decided that the organisation he was born into and was expected to uphold was so internecine, so corrupt and so out of date that he wanted nothing to do with it is astonishing, and shows how remarkably adept the palace is at keeping the sheep on side while they bleed them dry.

Why might they regret it?

Care to explain? I could explain to you but you clearly wouldn't understand.

I don't think that any single person could explain adequately just why one individual is worth so much to any company - if Musk was hit by a bus tomorrow, the share price may take a blip but Tesla would continue on its trajectory without him. This push towards the normalisation of corporate greed, in fact the lionising of it to make it appear as something to be admired and aspired towards, is seemingly relentless as world leaders sit quietly by. Yesterday Tesla started to reduce its workforce with a plan to make 14,000 people redundant to cut costs; today they want to give $56 billion to one man. These are not the actions of a board looking to deliver long term value to shareholders - unless this is a dead cat to distract from how badly they have handled the lay-offs.