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I'm trying to learn the names for all the months in Ukrainian. The only one I can get to stick in my brain is this one. Listopad (November) literally means 'leaves falling'.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm trying to learn the names for all the months in Ukrainian. The only one I can get to stick in my brain is this one. Listopad (November) literally means 'leaves falling'.
Didn't the USA get rid of the "do not call" register a while ago on the grounds that "it violated the 1st amendment"?
October 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Didn't the USA get rid of the "do not call" register a while ago on the grounds that "it violated the 1st amendment"?
I think that's the first streetscape photo I've ever seen where a car actually improves it.
October 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I think that's the first streetscape photo I've ever seen where a car actually improves it.
It absolutely does!
October 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It absolutely does!
Perhaps in 1930 there was still a bit of a shortage of men, after WW1.
Also people in very poor health tended not to get married - health (and prejudices!) are better now.
Also people in very poor health tended not to get married - health (and prejudices!) are better now.
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Perhaps in 1930 there was still a bit of a shortage of men, after WW1.
Also people in very poor health tended not to get married - health (and prejudices!) are better now.
Also people in very poor health tended not to get married - health (and prejudices!) are better now.
It's all in the best possible taste!
October 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's all in the best possible taste!
Facts have a left wing bias.
(also, use of subjunctive:🏆 )
(also, use of subjunctive:🏆 )
October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Facts have a left wing bias.
(also, use of subjunctive:🏆 )
(also, use of subjunctive:🏆 )
If that's where I think it is, we drove past it this morning and there were also Scottish, Welsh and Cornish flags!
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a black and white flag with a cross on it is flying in the wind
Alt: Flag of Cornwall (St Piran) - white 'square' cross on a black background
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September 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If that's where I think it is, we drove past it this morning and there were also Scottish, Welsh and Cornish flags!
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"Where's the Beef?"
September 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Where's the Beef?"
'Sustrans' is far easier to say and remember, and includes *all* sustainable transport.
(Also, is 'Trust' and order, like Walk Wheel and Cycle, or does it mean that Sustrans is/was a trust?)
(Also, is 'Trust' and order, like Walk Wheel and Cycle, or does it mean that Sustrans is/was a trust?)
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
'Sustrans' is far easier to say and remember, and includes *all* sustainable transport.
(Also, is 'Trust' and order, like Walk Wheel and Cycle, or does it mean that Sustrans is/was a trust?)
(Also, is 'Trust' and order, like Walk Wheel and Cycle, or does it mean that Sustrans is/was a trust?)
So, did they not have the Law of Ancient Lights in olde Flanders?
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So, did they not have the Law of Ancient Lights in olde Flanders?