You say tomato, I say tomato.

In Jan 1959 I trudged off with my brother to start my second term at school. When we got there it was on fire. We sat on the wall at the end of the playground and watched it burn down. Fire engines & everything. Teachers told us to go home. I kind of knew then it would never get better than this.

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So is that the bottom right as you are looking at the bed or as you are in the bed?

A "hostile crypto spambot swarm"? Wot, like, as opposed to the normal friendly crypto spambot swarm then?

Will the results of this survey have any meaning? Huge selection bias, surely?

So he's the real victim here, yeah?

Winning attitude

I read that headline and immediately thought - surely there must be more than 2 tickets on sale

Have the council said whether they are looking into it?

If they were driven by ruthless pragmatism they would negotiate to rejoin, innit?

When I was about 10 I remember my Dad saying "well done" to a waitress in Switzerland. I later realised that he was ordering my steak (typical - he never asked me about what I wanted, but that's another book) but at the time I thought he was complimenting her on taking our order in English. 🫢

I did. If you want to you can.

I just counted four for me right now. Is there an optimal number or do you just get better at it with practice? Like the ability to juggle with more balls or keep more plates spinning.