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of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
I wonder if population change has been taken into account?
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I wonder if population change has been taken into account?
Do pollsters ever think “…maybe the respondents are having a laugh”
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Do pollsters ever think “…maybe the respondents are having a laugh”
A ‘new customers only’ discount?
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
A ‘new customers only’ discount?
The water level doesn’t seem to be rising, so perhaps it is air pushed out through a puddle by rising ground water beneath
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The water level doesn’t seem to be rising, so perhaps it is air pushed out through a puddle by rising ground water beneath
There’s every chance that Satan designed that one
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
There’s every chance that Satan designed that one
Forgive me if I don’t consider strawberries in February to be necessary to ‘UK food security’
February 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Forgive me if I don’t consider strawberries in February to be necessary to ‘UK food security’
Uggi writes books too??
February 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Uggi writes books too??
Somehow it doesn’t seem to matter if the symbol on a sign is so out of date that no one knows there was once something that looked like that
February 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Somehow it doesn’t seem to matter if the symbol on a sign is so out of date that no one knows there was once something that looked like that
Is it a cherry? Is it a plum? I found one nearby and asked Google - it’s a Cherry Plum!
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February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Is it a cherry? Is it a plum? I found one nearby and asked Google - it’s a Cherry Plum!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_...
But was he wearing a floppy hat, drunk and being embraced by a red-cheeked Frenchman?
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
But was he wearing a floppy hat, drunk and being embraced by a red-cheeked Frenchman?
I’ve never seen ‘Manchester Tart’ anywhere except school dinners: pastry, red jam, and desiccated coconut if I remember correctly
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I’ve never seen ‘Manchester Tart’ anywhere except school dinners: pastry, red jam, and desiccated coconut if I remember correctly
So that means he’s “a man of wealth and taste” ?
February 14, 2026 at 10:14 AM
So that means he’s “a man of wealth and taste” ?
I sometimes wonder if all intellectually stimulating argument is for me, not for them. It doesn’t matter if they are not persuaded
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‘It is almost as if intellectual change does not really occur through argument at all…people just made up their minds and then grasped at arguments to substantiate their preconceived ideas’ – Michael Hunter - The Decline of Magic
February 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I sometimes wonder if all intellectually stimulating argument is for me, not for them. It doesn’t matter if they are not persuaded
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Or a wild plum? There’s one of those near me too, flowers look like that (but not yet) and tiny delicious fruit in late summer
February 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Or a wild plum? There’s one of those near me too, flowers look like that (but not yet) and tiny delicious fruit in late summer
It’s early to flower! There’s an early flowering cherry tree on my road but it hasn’t started yet
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
It’s early to flower! There’s an early flowering cherry tree on my road but it hasn’t started yet