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True enough. I can't begin to explain why the country was skint in 2010 as I'm not an economist, and the bank bailout only cost £33 billion in the end (Wikipedia is your friend), which is a piffling amount compared with what our current shower are throwing around. Maybe it was just time for a...

I shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the crayons on days like this, but there are a couple of things here that really get my goat. Nothing personal Malced -- it's all part of the national credo nowadays, after all. My apologies. No 1: This outgoing Treasury Secretary thing? Leaving a few words...

Travelled around Sri Lanka years and years ago and loved it. The one place in Asia that I would consider retiring to. Top tip: We found ourselves facing a buffet dinner on our first night there, created for foreign tourists. The dining room was bleak, the diners miserable looking, and the staff...

I don't have any answers, but here's a question: Would you be a ref? This is pointless, but I'll put it out here anyway. We've got a family friend who made it all the way to the Premier League as a linesman, also running the line at Champions League matches and a few friendly internationals...

This now from the BBC: Sterling to sign It's Auntie, so must be true. Crikey

This looks like it: Adam Dodd fundraiser A horrible, horrible thing to happen. Poor lad.

White or black, I don't honestly know. There was only so much information that the Danbury NewsTimes could fit in three sentences.

Thank you, Lala. I'll be back in another 20 years,* when I've thought of something else to say. * Or maybe a bit sooner...

Pardon me for butting in, but it seems only polite after lurking around the edges of this forum for the last, ahem, 20 years. There's a factor that tends to be hidden in these matters, which is that life -- or other people's lives -- is cheap in the USA. I'll offer a quick example. I lived a...