StreetCowboy

I am guessing that they would have welcomed the opportunity to fight against the Russians in a limited theatre. Russia never offered that opportunity.

I’m not saying that’s the way it is, but if it was, how would it look different ?

Back in the day, the aliens said “Let’s try a planet where we don’t interfere with evolution. Maybe the Neanderthals and Homo Erectus will coexist. Maybe the cars won’t wipe out the humans, nor will the phones…” ”ye’re a Raj, man, but even if the cars don’t kill them off, even if the phones don’t kill them off, they’ll find some other way of killing themselves off” ”Dinnae be daft; people have mair sense than that; give them time, they’ll learn to take care of their planet” “So you’re saying we’re double or quits, after the dinosaurs?”

So back in the day, a few of aliens were having a bet about which proto-lifeform was best at making planets habitable. They put something suitable on Venus, Mars and Earth. “See ? Yours have both died out, but mine are still living on Earth, which is habitable” ” Aye, maybe, but they’re not finished yet”

A free media does not need to publish. If Twitter won't publish, then a buffoon can take his nonsense elsewhere to get it published.

Words are different because they mean different things. Dictionaries may list them as synonyms, but there are differences, which may not be clearly captured by dictionaries. Dictionaries are not authorities - there are no authorities of the English Language, despite what publishers in Oxford will tell you.

Free media publish what they choose. A free media poses the threat that big media players may promote their own agenda, but minority media can still publish, as much as they are able, their own differing views. A free media is not required to publish government opinions, although they may choose to do so.

Any Uriah Heep thread is a good thread. I can’t understand the criticism that others are levelling at it. Have you never been to The Apollo in Sauchiehall Street? (Neeranam’s going to call me out on this one…)

Or get away before Alzheimer's (or at the first sign of...)

I've never seen that. I don't think I've even seen one. Thank you for attracting that kind of woman, and taking one (maybe several) for the team.

What specific "economic data that flies in the face of what are commonly held to be facts" that was referred by the previous poster would you like to see? I did not see any reference to economic data. What is the second set of figures to which you would like to compare the data that you say (by reference "this economic data") you would like him to provide? I am not being snarky, I am accusing you of obfuscation. Back in the day, we could cope with data without suitable simplification.

I am guessing that the Mensa IQ tests are rarely based on understanding analogies and parables. Back in the day, I went through a number of “personality tests”. The one administered by the Church of Scientology concluded that I needed to buy a book by L Ron Hubbard. Perhaps if I had, the next, by a prospective employer, would have earmarked me as a potential CEO and I would not have progressed to the third, with another potential employer; this last was the only one for which they returned the results, and engaged in a mutual discussion of the results. I took a different job anyway, following an old fashioned interview process (remember, this was back in the day).

It does mean your mates will probably be smarter than you. Back in the day, getting into the Premier League meant you got a share of the TV money, even if you finished 22nd. There’s no TV money for getting into Mensa

It’s like Christmas for Tourette’s sufferers!

Settle it with a square go outside, like gentlemen.

If you’re checking out the Lagrange Points, can you keep an eye out for my shopping bike, which got sadly misplaced on a particularly big night out with Dr K?

I’m fully with the outrage on this. Pantomime and slapstick should should have their own categories in the Oscars. And Improvisation. I can see an opportunity for improvement here… “and this year’s Improvisation award will be in the category of …. Musical / Slapstick / Pantomime / Action Movie / Romance / Science Fiction / Nature Documentary…” Remember - you heard it here first.

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I think the only threats to the human race are our ambition and capability. I think we could continue to make the Earth less habitable, and yet still survive, until we couldn’t. I find it hard to worry about the unborn children of my children’s unborn children, but if we get that far, then maybe we will be on the way to recovery. That’s why I cycle to work.

Explain to me again how the NRA will prevent us wiping ourselves out. Surely their position is that other people will do the bulk of the work, their members will deal with any remnants, and a toddler will accidentally finish off the last person of breeding age.

If there was a sober person taking notes while we were drinking cider after cycling on a Sunday afternoon, all these problems would be solved. It’s clear to me that despite our best intentions, sober people are unwilling to help set the world to rights.

Bliss is back in the old days. That’s dementia for you. in an ideal world, maybe people might not suffer dementia, but that is not our choice to make, and those that suffer are not competent to make that choice.

You can’t start adding further questions. Maybe you should ask Jingthing about questions and polls. I’ve answered your question, and that’s the end of it. Hardcore pornography was not mentioned in the original question, and I won’t be drawn on that.

The school my kids went to was as good as any other, and convenient for my work in Klang Thoey. not cheap, though.

All part of the war on truth.