In the olden days, hippies didn't exist; there were Freaks, and there were Heads. Then came the days of Hippies and 'If you go to San Francisco..." Anybody here old enough to remember the pre-Hippie...
I heard recently on Radio 4 that on windy days Denmark gets all its electricity from wind generation. I was surprised and impressed. Did I hear right? If so, are you impressed?
I guess that he doesn't want to give his money to a govt, because they might not agree with his idea of worthy recipients. I feel uneasy that the rich should choose to give publicly to those they...
If people cross the channel to seek asylum they are often referred to as 'illegal' before their applications are processed. If Trump has been recorded bragging about shooting people dead in the middle...
I read in the I today that Trump is livid about the failure of the US population to fully endorse his attempt to win power in the next US election. A lot of his proteges have not done well, and one...
Does anyone here know when there might be a flight to Rwanda? (carrying illegals, of course, not tourists). And anyone know what has happened to the £150 million they've already had? Or the £20...
I've started recording a reading of my first chapter, and my voice has become that of an old man. It's rather sweet, but I hadn't realised what I had become. I hear lots of old people with wavery or...
Has anybody got memories of "odd bods" doing odd things when they were young? I have a few. We took them in our stride; we knew when things were a bit odd, and we avoided people like that. It seemed...
Perseverance finds clue that ancient life on mars may be detected in the next few years. Rock drilling shows that the drilling site has rocks that could contain preserved organic material traces...
My thermostatic bar shower mixer sometimes drips after it's turned off. I found that if I turn off the flow knob, then turn it back towards the on position (only a tiny turn, maybe 1 degree) then the...
I think that the UK is not ready for a PM whose skin is not quite the right shade of pale. Despite Mordaunt being female, I suspect that she will appeal more to the Tories than Rishi. No link, I'm...
This from BBC news online... (N.B. Johnson refers to Paul Johnson, director of The Institute for Fiscal Studies) "Are taxes at their highest since World War Two? Taxes are indeed rising to their...
21:47 here in France, and the three-quarter moon is to my south and the sun has not quite set. The moon seems to be illuminated from just above the horizontal, but the sun appears to be well below the...
Will this be accepted by right wing abers? Or will they play the MSM conspiracy card? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/08/keir-starmer-cleared-durham-police-breaking-lockdown-rules-beer...
Sun's low. Sparrow gangs are mobbing my overgrown grass looking for seeds and grubs to eat. Swallows are whistling in packs chasing after the evening's insect meal. Grapes (Baco variety) are green and...
Anybody here remember Bluesville in the early sixties. I think the opening night had John Lee Hooker. I missed that gig, but there were many other great bands (not famous, just great. Alexis Korner...