“OK. Ok. Let’s believe he’s a good man. But his second-in-command - is he a good man too? You’d better hope so…And the rest of the court, they’ve got to be good men. Because if just one of them’s a bad man the result is bribery and patronage."

Sam Vimes - Men at Arms

As an apprentice with EdF, I was taught to use “ VAr “

And pollution that will last for tens of thousands of years. We have no viable plan for dealing with the waste from the 1970s power stations and submarines. Where are the plans for all the future pollution that we are rushing to create ?

-220% ? Positively Trumpian

Volunteering to follow Faridge’s ranting probably qualifies as masochism.

Johnathan Swift had it down cold.

So, Nat'ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum

Guys, please. It’s been unused and rotting quietly on the tarmac for five years, but nobody made them an offer.

He’s the mark … again.

Better check to see if it still has four engines before going for a test drive.

Saddest evening of my life was a pTerry book signing in Lincoln Square when he announced and described ( a bit ) the embuggerance. Ending with singing the “ Esso Blee Dooler“ song from our youth. Thanks to your Dad there just maybe enough good people around to get through it all.

Very few around - they were only made for a couple of years and there’s no way they would meet the federal safety regs. Wildly over-engineered and, for the time, overpriced. Took me a year to find one. Never going to sell it.

The S&P500 continuous contract - one of the S&P derivatives herd. Right now, a falling knife. Not a good idea to try to catch it

<s>We have always been at war with Canada</s>