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Probably yesterday's leftovers. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

(It's been a long time coming but --) dissector: recordists

I've heard all that "Is everything alright" and "Have a nice day" stuff and it doesn't bother me much. What really does bother me is the tele-sales pest who, having established your name, begins with the line "How are you today?" as if (s)he gives a tuppenny dicky bird! :evil: :evil: :evil:

OK, I thought about it - and you've got a point. Another left-over from our proto-human past perhaps? :idea: :idea: :idea: If bonobo chimps ever learn to dance, the Conga would suit them perfectly. :) :) :)

Embarrassing moments can come back to haunt you many years later.

I thought it was common knowledge that half the population only watches in the hope that somebody's breasts will fall out. :lol: :lol: :lol: Joking aside though, this, written forty years ago, is certainly true: Pretty obvious when you think about it. :) :) :)

Paint them red/yellow/pink/orange/purple, whatever you favourite colour(s) may be, and use them in the bedroom. :idea: :idea: :idea: Whoever came up with that procedure might have been working from obsolete information. Early fluorescent tubes contained beryllium.

Indeed so! But, if he was guilty, the prosecution wouldn't need to call very many of them to prove their case. Witness for the defense might be harder to find. Fair point. Justice costs money. What do you suggest? A sentence would obviously be pointless, unless you want to dig his...

It's a variation on another scam that's been going around for some time now: "This is Microsoft Technical Services. Your computer has reported a problem." There are a few ways to deal with these pests apart from just hanging up: 1) If they ask for you by name, say "I'll just go and get...

I see no reason why a criminal trial cannot be conducted just because the accused is dead. Witnesses can still be cross-examined under oath in front of a judge. I'm not trying to defend the man but justice should be seen to be done. There's no rush. If he was guilty, he won't be re-offending...

The first nuclear power stations were built for the sole purpose of making first plutonium and then tritium. Those magnox reactors were cooking pots in which U238 and lithium were stewed in a neutron soup. The waste heat could be used to generate a little electricity, thereby making the things...

What I'm almost hearing is something along the lines of: "If enough people say that somebody is a paedophile then they probably are one." Does that sound familiar? Until those witnesses have been properly cross-examined in a court of law, he was innocent.

I heard this on the news this morning. The rules for adoption are, apparently, different in Northern Ireland than they are in the rest of the UK. Only married couples and single people are allowed to adopt. Am I missing something here? What is the difference in law between an unmarried...

That's a perfectly valid way of looking at it. Who was it who said "The Lord giveth and the government taketh away"? :( :( :(

I think the energy companies sold them dirt cheap to meet a 'green' target. We got two free ones from Northern electric as was. They're still in their boxes. There were also some crazy bargains in the shops: "95p each or 5 for 95p". :o :o :o There were some ridiculous ideas going...

As long as there's still an oil-burning power station on the grid, the oil companies will be laughing. :lol: :lol: :lol: Here's what I think might just happen. It extends the feed-in tariff idea to petrol: 1) The electricity generated from renewable sources to make the hydrogen will...

Isn't that how the so-called middle class came into existence? :?: :?: :?:

An optimist! Makes a change from the doom merchants. :D :D :D So following that through, urbanisation can result in very high population densities so how many of us humans do we finish up with? We can hardly use the UK as a model because between us, Holland and Belgium we have one of...

You get the CO2 back when you burn the petrol. 8) 8) 8)

The documentary series Educating Essex demonstrated how a school could maintain discipline without resorting to violence. 8) 8) 8) The formidable deputy head, Mr Drew, was the kind of teacher who knew how to earn respect - but it was hard work. I seem to remember that he said 95% of their...