By having neither cats, nor Christmas trees. We find this extremely effective. Not helpful?

Also, from my experience with young people at @techresort.bsky.social , employers very risk-averse to taking on young people with no paid work track record. As a result youngsters fall into the no-experience-no-work/no-work-no-experience trap

One of the tiny pubs in Bristol, I've seen the landlord intervene and ask hoggers to 'let other people sit down'. Hearty approval of this

Elements - really engaging (albeit about 10 years old) chemistry podcasts with Justin Rowlatt and Andrea Sela

Can also recommend leftover fish pie used as toast-toppers on sourdough toast. That was this week's revelation for me.

Mostly Chaotic Evil with my own books. Typically Chaotic Good with other people's.
A previous partner would dispute the Chaotic Evil stance because he always said he liked to see at what point a previous reader had paused - I liked that.

Hahahahahahaha! Fantastic, thank you

Unintended consquences: ex-ministers are dis-incentivised from seeking another position.
Perhaps requiring them to complete a "journal" demonstrating that they are seeking alternative positions, undertaking training or volunteering and reporting to a job coach on a regular basis could help?

Barley Mow or Little Martha are very convenient places to recover from travel. Martha also having a convenient pasty-annexe until 3pm

I wonder when the press will make it about another wave of defections to "Our Lady of the We don't like women in ministry". I'm an atheist, and I get tired of it...

If he does go to church, sounds awfully like he's not actually listening to what's being said...

Catholic Cathedral also a thing of loveliness - Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul

Oh! and the phone picked up a LOT quicker than expected. Still no resolution as such but I am armed with a few more facts, at least.

I think I have them all. We buy them, regularly at auction and in secondhand vinyl shops for our 1960's juke boxes. Duplicates are frequent - so end up in boxes in the loft. In the auction house we use, lots of more interesting (Northern Soul, Ska, Reggae) labels regularly sell for >£1000

Indeed. This was about 8 years ago. Today me would have told him to fuck off.

I one met a professional colleague in a pub for a business meeting. It's a pub which is usually very quiet during the day and there are several different areas to sit in.
He sat almost right next to us and after a while he told us we were ruining his pub visit because we were talking about work.