About Me:
Single, over-60, SW England resident, with fairly wide range of interests & musical tastes - but I'd be no good in a pub quiz 'cos I know very little about TV, gadgets called i-something, competitive sports, many entertainments & "so-called celebrities!
Was on EP, but left it long before it closed. Won't touch Facebook & its ilk.
"Adult" themes: quite broad-minded, like nudity but not pornography. Against cruelty, and consider spanking as a game for consenting adults only.
Unfortunately national leaders can't really be ignored even if sometimes we'd like them to be. He is still banging on about being able to control the pandemic then, is he? There was another report of mass gatherings in America likely to spread any infecti... moreUnfortunately national leaders can't really be ignored even if sometimes we'd like them to be. He is still banging on about being able to control the pandemic then, is he? There was another report of mass gatherings in America likely to spread any infectious respiratory disease, on our News this evening. I was not listening properly but if I caught it correctly, it concerned a church, in Vermont I think, threatened with legal action over holding crowded services with no precautions at all. I did hear the report comment that some Americans regard wearing face-coverings as a political, not health, matter. less
I don't remember ever having to queue for very long at all. The polling-stations open at something like 7am and close at 10pm I think, and there are a goodly number across the town and its surroundings because they divide the constituencies into smaller l... moreI don't remember ever having to queue for very long at all. The polling-stations open at something like 7am and close at 10pm I think, and there are a goodly number across the town and its surroundings because they divide the constituencies into smaller local-council wards.Also the voting only takes a couple of minutes or so.When I was working I usually voted on my way to work. Now I'm retired I can vote at any time of day, usually mid-morning, when it's quieter.
I am not religious but if I were it would not frighten me to learn such people claim the same Go das theirs too. It would sadden me, but also show it is they who have the problem of hypocracy.
I regard it as important whether local or general, election, and would never put it off as having "better things to do". Admittedly I live only a couple of minutes' walk from the church-hall usually hired as my local polling-station, so the whole pro... moreI regard it as important whether local or general, election, and would never put it off as having "better things to do". Admittedly I live only a couple of minutes' walk from the church-hall usually hired as my local polling-station, so the whole process takes only a short time, but even when I lived further from one I still made the effort.
I have learnt a bit more today about the UK's voting system so can confirm what I have posted. I was unsure of postal and proxy voting because I have never used them, but we can use them. You start by applying to do so on the appropriate official fo... moreI have learnt a bit more today about the UK's voting system so can confirm what I have posted. I was unsure of postal and proxy voting because I have never used them, but we can use them. You start by applying to do so on the appropriate official form.This much was clear on a county-council circular that arrived in today's post, verifying names and addresses for electoral and other purposes. It asks you to notify any changes to held details including whether you vote in person at a polling-station or by post or proxy; and cites the appropriate application-forms. It also asks verifying if over-75, the maximum age for being called up for jury-service in the UK. So far at least, I have escaped that honour! How to verify? The efficient way, by default. It quotes your details already known, and you reply only to notify any changes. less
It is the basic wave-form for sound and sea-waves too. Not the breakers Slartibartfast enjoys, but waves in water deep enough for the bed not to disturb them. Out at sea they travel as smooth peaks and troughs in which each particle of the water itse... moreIt is the basic wave-form for sound and sea-waves too. Not the breakers Slartibartfast enjoys, but waves in water deep enough for the bed not to disturb them. Out at sea they travel as smooth peaks and troughs in which each particle of the water itself, and anything floating on it, simply moves in a small circle without travelling forwards in bulk. In the shallows though their "roots" drag on the sea-bed, making the water pile up into fast-moving, rolling walls. Waves of sine-curve form, are all over the place in Nature. A pure acoustic tone of that form is a simple whistle or hum, as you hear from some mains-powered equipment. Start mixing it with similar waves but of different frequencies ("pitches") and amplitudes though, and the resultant wave-forms give sounds of different timbres, and that is the basis of musical instruments' individual "voices" even at the same pitches. Our speech starts in a somewhat similar way at the vocal "cords" (a thin membrane), but the... less
They don't compare like that.The "mind" is a somewhat nebulous concept but is created and driven by processes within the brain - an organ that controls and monitors all the senses and functions as well as intellect, memory and emotion.... moreThey don't compare like that.The "mind" is a somewhat nebulous concept but is created and driven by processes within the brain - an organ that controls and monitors all the senses and functions as well as intellect, memory and emotion. So the brain is not mind, the mind is not the brain, the brain is home to the mind."Bug" = "Insect", either way round. "Bug" is just your country's slang word for the animal! :-)
It would appear they are not the first to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. There about 5 others in test around the world, though the Russians might be pushing hard to be the first to put their in general use before fully testing it.They have also been ver... moreIt would appear they are not the first to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. There about 5 others in test around the world, though the Russians might be pushing hard to be the first to put their in general use before fully testing it.They have also been very quiet about their test data.
"Racism"? Eh? I do not know if it's still popular or not but I have never heard of any one thinking it somehow rude, even nowadays when you barely need put two words some allegedly wrong way round to be howled down. I'd assumed it came from some Mexican t... more"Racism"? Eh? I do not know if it's still popular or not but I have never heard of any one thinking it somehow rude, even nowadays when you barely need put two words some allegedly wrong way round to be howled down. I'd assumed it came from some Mexican tradition, maybe from their football terraces where it is or was popular in Britain; but the name never had the sort of connotations attached to certain other words.Who needs 1984? Just listen to the real world.That could be an interesting election result... less
Nice one - radians as well!One of my Maths teachers at school used to reckon the Sine curve the "most beautiful", but I don't recall him saying why beyond perhaps mentioning sea-swells or maybe sound-waves.
Yes, but it is by the intending voter's choice. I doubt cheating can ever be cured, but I think the problems they found were considered extensive enough to have the experiment stopped or extensively modified. I think it was only a tri... moreYes, but it is by the intending voter's choice. I doubt cheating can ever be cured, but I think the problems they found were considered extensive enough to have the experiment stopped or extensively modified. I think it was only a trial, in some cities.
Ooh, those cakes your Mum made sound delicious!I don't bake very often, but to share with a circle of friends I meet fairly regularly (pandemics permitting...).I have a collection of recipe books, but one of my favourites is a simple tea-ca... moreOoh, those cakes your Mum made sound delicious!I don't bake very often, but to share with a circle of friends I meet fairly regularly (pandemics permitting...).I have a collection of recipe books, but one of my favourites is a simple tea-cake, rich in dried fruit that has been steeping overnight in cold tea.
It was not "Spanish" though.It was called that only because Spain was neutral in WW1 so its Press was not censored, and covered the progress of the influenza in Spain while other nations kept quiet about their own situations.I don't know if its real... moreIt was not "Spanish" though.It was called that only because Spain was neutral in WW1 so its Press was not censored, and covered the progress of the influenza in Spain while other nations kept quiet about their own situations.I don't know if its real origin has been established, but its rapid spread is considered a result of very large numbers of soldiers returning home to many countries, at the War's end. Officially, diseases are no longer named after countries; nor presumably towns, like Lyme. less
I think the "Crowd" wave is also called the "Mexican" Wave, so there's another prefix!Long / Medium / Short (Wave radio bands, in AM broadcast services.) "Tidal" - though tsunamis actually have nothing to do with the tides.Gravity - another... moreI think the "Crowd" wave is also called the "Mexican" Wave, so there's another prefix!Long / Medium / Short (Wave radio bands, in AM broadcast services.) "Tidal" - though tsunamis actually have nothing to do with the tides.Gravity - another wonderful cosmological feature only recently detected and measured..... of Emotion.And of course the one none of us want - Second.
I think the sort of problems they found with postal voting are impersonation and multiple or suppressed votes. The system itself is reliable, but I think they found evidence of people bypassing it in some way.I'm not sure how the proxy meth... moreI think the sort of problems they found with postal voting are impersonation and multiple or suppressed votes. The system itself is reliable, but I think they found evidence of people bypassing it in some way.I'm not sure how the proxy method works because I have never used it, but the general principle is the voter nominates the proxy who needs prove own identity as such at the polling-station.
I'm not great cook but I manage reasonably well! I like baking a cake now and then.I know a lot of snack foods are of poor value but I don't worry too much about them. It's eating too many regularly that's the problem.I agree wi... moreI'm not great cook but I manage reasonably well! I like baking a cake now and then.I know a lot of snack foods are of poor value but I don't worry too much about them. It's eating too many regularly that's the problem.I agree with you completely about that out-down!
I think there are several motives, and many "conspiracy theorists" may exhibit two or more of the following I suggest in no special order: - Preferring to live in a fantasy-land rather than reality. - Laziness & Gullibility - taking t... moreI think there are several motives, and many "conspiracy theorists" may exhibit two or more of the following I suggest in no special order: - Preferring to live in a fantasy-land rather than reality. - Laziness & Gullibility - taking the easy way out by a belief that looks attractive but would fail under simple scrutiny. - Inability to see things in a logical way, especially if the "theory" (which it is not) questions cherished beliefs or undermines own views. - A feeling of "belonging" or "knowing" - this applies more to the cults, like QAnon and religious extremists, that encourage such feelings. - Misty-eyed romanticism. - Fear and Ignorance.- Last but not least - Malevolence: originating or spreading wild and often very dangerous allegations for personal gain, power or ego. ++Of the romanticism, whilst Erich von Daniken's books, or the "Bermuda Triangle" and "Loch Ness Monster" myths, are not "conspiracy theories" they do illustrate that a... less
No, though it would not be very easy.We don't have any special regulations covering LHD cars although certain large vehicles like some makes of mobile crane are left-hand drive, and these sometimes carry warning signs. I don't know if they... moreNo, though it would not be very easy.We don't have any special regulations covering LHD cars although certain large vehicles like some makes of mobile crane are left-hand drive, and these sometimes carry warning signs. I don't know if they need to do so though.It is necessary not to be too prescriptive over this in the UK and Europe thanks to the very large numbers of goods and private vehicles driving between the British Isles and the Continent, via several ferry routes and (for cars) the Channel Tunnel.At harvest-time it is common to see combine-harvesters on rural roads, with the cutter unhitched and carried on a trailer - these have the driving-seat in the centre, as on a farm tractor. less
A nightmare scenario, but luckily these systems are extremely robust and the chances of it happening are extremely low even in just one country. The greater worry though would be warfare, in which one country could severely damages its enemy's c... moreA nightmare scenario, but luckily these systems are extremely robust and the chances of it happening are extremely low even in just one country. The greater worry though would be warfare, in which one country could severely damages its enemy's communications systems.
The UK system provides for proxy voting.It has experimented with postal voting in a few cities but found it can be abused.Otherwise you don't see the voting-slip until you attend the polling-station for your voting ward (area) in person and are noted... moreThe UK system provides for proxy voting.It has experimented with postal voting in a few cities but found it can be abused.Otherwise you don't see the voting-slip until you attend the polling-station for your voting ward (area) in person and are noted on an attendance register. Then you are given the slip with its list of candidate and their parties, on which to mark your choice in private, fold and put in the ballot-box.This applies to both local-government and national ('General') elections. We have a good half-dozen parties nationally but not all can find candidates for every constituency.I don't know how we'd run an election in pandemic lock-down conditions, but I don't think it would be any more difficult to manage than shopping. less
I don't believe in "junk food" - but "junk diet".Some foods are of poor nutritional value (and often poor financial value), but the real problems come when you eat too many of them, especially if they form the bulk of your daily diet.The difficult for man... moreI don't believe in "junk food" - but "junk diet".Some foods are of poor nutritional value (and often poor financial value), but the real problems come when you eat too many of them, especially if they form the bulk of your daily diet.The difficult for many people who don't have too much money to spare is that they believe a good diet is necessarily expensive.
Not going to list them in order, simply as I remember them, and I might not remember them all:Bond Minicar (2-off) - not the same as the Bond BugReliant Robin (2-off)Bedford CA vans (3-off, of which one was a genuine 'Dormobile' caravanette con... moreNot going to list them in order, simply as I remember them, and I might not remember them all:Bond Minicar (2-off) - not the same as the Bond BugReliant Robin (2-off)Bedford CA vans (3-off, of which one was a genuine 'Dormobile' caravanette conversion)Volkswagen vans (3-off, all caravanettes, 2 by professional converters, 1 a semi-conversion by previous owner.)Volkswagen car ('Beetle')Commer vanAn ex- Ambulance based on a large Morris LD van with 2.2l petrol engine, manual 4-speed gears and manual steering (no PAS).LandRovers, (2-off), long wheel-base Series Two, one of station-wagon the other plain van, bodiesAustin MetroAustin Maestro (2-off) - girlfriend remarked it was one of the most comfortable cars she had travelled in.Hillman Avenger (I think it was an Avenger) - and the only automatic transmission car I have owned.Ford (Granada?) EstateSkoda Favorit estate.Ford Escort van-based caravanette - rather bijou, with an odd arrangement for the "bed", but a professional conve... less
I've nudged 80mph but realised it and eased back to the limit - 70 (on a motorway).I value my licence and insurance too much to be caught speeding like that. Besides, let's do some sums on a real example.....The longest more-or-less single stretch of road... moreI've nudged 80mph but realised it and eased back to the limit - 70 (on a motorway).I value my licence and insurance too much to be caught speeding like that. Besides, let's do some sums on a real example.....The longest more-or-less single stretch of road I drive in the normal times you may remember, is about 220 miles, all motorway. For UK readers, from the Bridgewater to Preston junctions, M5 and M6.If you could cruise non-stop at the 70mph limit assuming that is the limit all the way, it would take 3.14 hours. At 80, 2.75 hours; but I am not paying your fine. So saving a mere 20 minutes, against extra cost in fuel (+ fine and hiked insurance fees); but in practice even if having the stamina and an unusually capacious bladder, it is never possible to achieve those sustained speeds for that entire route. What if your average speed for that 220-mile run is a more realistic 60mph? 3h 40min. About half an hour longer than full distance at sustained 70 max.Does it matter... less
NB: None of us are doctors. We cannot diagnose others' complaints! Only offer our own experiences.In my case, I had a catarrhal cough; but like heart-burn, it was one of the possible symptoms or effects of "acid reflux", in which some of the stomach conte... moreNB: None of us are doctors. We cannot diagnose others' complaints! Only offer our own experiences.In my case, I had a catarrhal cough; but like heart-burn, it was one of the possible symptoms or effects of "acid reflux", in which some of the stomach contents come part-way back up, irritating the plumbing. As others suggest there are patent remedies that ease it, but it can be triggered (I learnt) by certain foods including coffee, curry and chocolate. I forget what else was on the list of foods - typically all ones I like! So it's worth seeing what those foods are, think what of them you eat / drink perhaps a little too often, and cutting back on them. It seemed to work for me, anyway. less
The equivalent herd instinct here is masses of people travelling to seaside resorts or inland beauty-spots. They do so only in their own groups or families, but there are very many of them, creating a lot of mess and other problems for the locals.I can't ... moreThe equivalent herd instinct here is masses of people travelling to seaside resorts or inland beauty-spots. They do so only in their own groups or families, but there are very many of them, creating a lot of mess and other problems for the locals.I can't see how any of them could be tracked in any meaningful way. I think they have a feeling of invincibility."Some of them are Very Old..." I don't know if the phrase is used in the US, or came from there, but over here they are called "Born-Again Bikers." They are men who rode powerful bikes in their teens and twenties before "settling down" and all that respectable stuff, eventually retire from well-paid careers with lots of savings and comfortable company pensions, so treat themselves to powerful bikes again. Only... they have lost the experience they had, and the modern bikes are more powerful than 40 years previously... So quite a number of them now will have to re-incarnated to be "born again". less
It was only fairly recently (1990s? I can't remember) that the old traditional fox-hunting by hounds was banned in Britain. The hunts are allowed to continue by using artificial trails, and not supposed to kill any foxes the dogs flush out, but ... moreIt was only fairly recently (1990s? I can't remember) that the old traditional fox-hunting by hounds was banned in Britain. The hunts are allowed to continue by using artificial trails, and not supposed to kill any foxes the dogs flush out, but there is a widespread suspicion that some of them do. Some farmers now will not allow the hunts across their land, but in some places after damage to fences and walls caused by the hunt followers, left unrepaired by the hunts who blame the damage on anyone else including innocent walkers.I don't know that human nature is changing all that much, but I wonder if the "Want Want Want" cries are becoming more strident from those who want but don't need. They've lived a life of granted expectations, and it's encouraged their basic greed or inhumanity. less
I understand your last point entirely - I admit that of course I can't properly appreciate what it's like living in your country at the moment.Vote-rigging that blatant would be corruption and abuse of power many would associate with some failed ex-S... moreI understand your last point entirely - I admit that of course I can't properly appreciate what it's like living in your country at the moment.Vote-rigging that blatant would be corruption and abuse of power many would associate with some failed ex-Soviet or crumbling Middle-Eastern country, not the United States of America. Couldn't anyone stop him doing that sort of thing? He might be able to bend the judiciary in his favour, but what's Congress' role in this? There was a programme on BBC Radio Four a few days ago about a different aspect of this - gerrymandering politicians carefully drawing the polling area maps to suit their parties; but explaining that there are also a lot of others fighting to have that system stopped. less
Frightening. Scruffy outfits that don't fit very well, badges that might or might not identify them, night-sticks... Are these the shipped-in men or are they security-guards for whatever that building is? They could be anyone you would not want to upset.
Most other countries have vehicles with the driver's seat on the left and driven on the right-hand side of the road, as in the USA.On the other hand the USA is now the only significant nation not to use the Metric System (or officially, its SI derivative)... moreMost other countries have vehicles with the driver's seat on the left and driven on the right-hand side of the road, as in the USA.On the other hand the USA is now the only significant nation not to use the Metric System (or officially, its SI derivative) for everyday trade and commerce, although American scientists and lot of engineers use it, especially on collaborative work. Also of course, most manufactured items imported by the USA are now made to Metric units unless specified otherwise by for example, US designers. In which case it's probably made in millimetres on metric-calibrated machines, but to odd numbers of them!Do you use imported foods and household products? If so, look on the labels and see if they are in Imperial or metric units of volume or weight. 'I used to use Wikipedia's "Answers" forum, and its Maths section was cluttered with what appeared to be American children's homework questions about converting between metric and US Imperial. How many k... less
I do use Devil 's Advocacy sometimes to try to see or explain the opposing view or action, so it can help balance debates; but it does not itself make the user neutral.
That would make it hard for a pathogen that attacks humans to thrive outdoors, but cold conditions make people congregate indoors a lot more, where they are nice and warm and cosy, and infections love that.
Well, any plant has a finite life so in time it is scrapped, often to be replaced by a new version.So yes they will be, but not necessarily because anyone has stopped using nuclear power.
How would they know how anyone votes, if the voting is by ballot? (Ballot means "secret, or concealed, vote".) (Short of asking outright, not knowing if the answer is true or false, nor really how to cope with a voter simply refus... moreHow would they know how anyone votes, if the voting is by ballot? (Ballot means "secret, or concealed, vote".) (Short of asking outright, not knowing if the answer is true or false, nor really how to cope with a voter simply refusing to answer.)
Whet we do have is a huge number and range of public gatherings from major professional sports and music events outdoors or in big stadia, via all manner of special-interest pro and amateur-run events like vintage-vehicle rallies, large exhibiti... moreWhet we do have is a huge number and range of public gatherings from major professional sports and music events outdoors or in big stadia, via all manner of special-interest pro and amateur-run events like vintage-vehicle rallies, large exhibitions, town carnivals and Christmas street-fairs, to village church fetes run by local volunteers.Some of the big ones host thousands at once, perhaps on each of a few days; a village fete sees maybe a couple of hundred people over the afternoon.However, if you are asking against the pandemic context, we need consider that many people who attend one event might attend others of the same type or entirely different.All in the present tense..... A major exhibition I had hoped to attend in October is now off. The organisers had waited as long as possible before deciding, but it is now clear that basically all large public events are likely to be write-offs for the rest of the year. 'There is a pair of otherwise-unique public annual events run ... less
Thank you very much!There was a murder by shooting in England, mentioned on the News this evening. The main suspect is dead though, killed in a motorcycle accident. The motive is unknown. That influence of the NRA is what sprang out at me, when... moreThank you very much!There was a murder by shooting in England, mentioned on the News this evening. The main suspect is dead though, killed in a motorcycle accident. The motive is unknown. That influence of the NRA is what sprang out at me, when I realised its membership is only a small proportion of the gun-owners in America.What you said about the fear and a sort of arms-race is very alarming, and you can't help wondering if it won't all go up in armed insurrection or at least violent para-military fighting, one day. If so, over what? Possibly a long chain of small events until something is the last straw? And once one lot shoots another, where does it end?I've no time for the "great white hunter" types either. Some years ago I read an article by a Scots Highlands ghillie (gamekeeper) managing deer over a huge area of open countryside. These animals are basically wild, but are culled, and then butchered for venison. One of his tasks was helping visiting, licensed hunters, an... less
Thank you.I've an idea I read that going further beyond Iron is quite a major step, and a lot of more modest stars end at that point.I have just realised the significance of something linked to this, but which I looked up when answering one of R... moreThank you.I've an idea I read that going further beyond Iron is quite a major step, and a lot of more modest stars end at that point.I have just realised the significance of something linked to this, but which I looked up when answering one of Rosie's questions the other day.All that nuclear fusion, and any chemical reactions among the generated elements, is making the raw materials for planets and the things on them. Among those elements is Uranium, whose main isotope (I found for her question) is not ever so strongly radioactive but has a staggeringly long half-life. If it were not so, I wonder what Earth would be like now? Its Mantle is molten but extremely viscous rock, kept hot by the decay of uranium and other radioactive elements. If all the Uranium from the planet's accretion had become lead by the time the Earth was even half its present age, would the Mantle have cooled so much that Continental Drift and volcanoes could not exist? less
I have an idea I have heard astronomers use the word "burning" rather loosely to mean nuclear fusing.A lot of the gas and dust floating about in galaxies is elements, but there also simple compounds, so the atoms are combining somewhere. I ... moreI have an idea I have heard astronomers use the word "burning" rather loosely to mean nuclear fusing.A lot of the gas and dust floating about in galaxies is elements, but there also simple compounds, so the atoms are combining somewhere. I don't know if this has been established but I would have guessed the outer layers or atmosphere of stars, where the heat and pressure are insufficient to fuse atoms, allowing them to combine into molecules. Oxygen will hook up with almost anything going - so water, carbon-dioxide, silica and other rock-forming minerals, and so on. less
Yes, I remember Trump's little Holier -Than-Thou gesture.It's a frightening situation, the way so many Americans are arming themselves, and I can assure you I was not trying to minimise it. Just the opposite, possibly. I was trying to establish the NRA's ... moreYes, I remember Trump's little Holier -Than-Thou gesture.It's a frightening situation, the way so many Americans are arming themselves, and I can assure you I was not trying to minimise it. Just the opposite, possibly. I was trying to establish the NRA's influence by its size.I don't know if you knew of or heard of any of Alistair Cooke's work, but he was a British-born American writer, journalist and broadcaster. (Died in 2004) He produced a weekly, 10 or 15-minute Letter To America essay broadcast on the BBC radio for many years. These looked at current political and social affairs in America but from a more day-to-day, social perspective than the ordinary News reporting of high-level events, helping listeners understand your country better.One, which was re-broadcast last year after another mindless shooting, dealt with that matter of the "right to bear arms". I forget the details but the gist of his explanation was that it arose when the country was still forming itself as an indepen... less
Reading that made me wonder how many members the NRA has, or rich they have to be. You sometimes get the impression it is a vast organisation of a sizeable part of the nation's population. I looked up its member numbers, subscription and USA population.Ov... moreReading that made me wonder how many members the NRA has, or rich they have to be. You sometimes get the impression it is a vast organisation of a sizeable part of the nation's population. I looked up its member numbers, subscription and USA population.Over 5 million members, who pay a standard $45/year. The alleged $64M rake-off is about $12 per member, but that is more than a quarter of the annual fee; more still pro-rata for discounts by buying more years in advance. Setting aside the allegations, I don't know the proportion of subscription that feeds its Political Victory Fund, or if that uses a separate, voluntary levy additional to the subscription.Still, 5.5 Million member is a lot of people. So what is the adult (18+) population of the USA? Google gives approx. 209.128 million, about 74% of total population. And the proportion of 18+ who are NRA members? Just 2.63%.(I accept testing and if necessary correcting my arithmetic.) Perhaps the USA i... less
Aha - we now know some of the story, and it is rather bizarre.It was all to have been collected six years ago by a Russian freighter, and delivered to Mozambique.The BBC traced the ship's now-retired captain, and interviewed him.The ship was not in v... moreAha - we now know some of the story, and it is rather bizarre.It was all to have been collected six years ago by a Russian freighter, and delivered to Mozambique.The BBC traced the ship's now-retired captain, and interviewed him.The ship was not in very good condition and after the hold hatch became damaged during the loading, someone (I'm not sure if the captain or the port management, or both) stopped further loading. It would have to have been repaired before taking the vessel to sea.Then the ship's owner ran out of money for the Beirut harbour, and Suez Canal, fees.So there it stayed, with the Captain and three crew-members trapped on board, in port, until they managed to sell enough of the fuel to pay for a lawyer able to arrange their transfer back to their homes. Then the ship sank - but the report did not say how and where. Still in harbour presumably. It was apparently an old ship, no longer very seaworthy, possibly poorly maintained if the owner could not afford the port dues; and ... less
About Me:
Single, over-60, SW England resident, with fairly wide range of interests & musical tastes - but I'd be no good in a pub quiz 'cos I know very little about TV, gadgets called i-something, competitive sports, many entertainments & "so-called celebrities!
Was on EP, but left it long before it closed. Won't touch Facebook & its ilk.
"Adult" themes: quite broad-minded, like nudity but not pornography. Against cruelty, and consider spanking as a game for consenting adults only.
Model Engineer magazine, originally published with & Electrician... moreModel Engineer magazine, originally published with & Electrician in the title, is as its name implies, for a readership with a lay but reasonably broad grasp of engineering principles and related science.The latest edition (Vol.225 No.4643, 17 July 2020) publishes two extracts from its early-20C predecessor; the first on international affairs, the second on the "Enviroment" as it was not called then.'1) Fulsomely praising the technical inventiveness and ingenuity of what he called the "Chinese race" the editor commented, ".... The prospect of China becoming the workshop of the world is, perhaps, too remote to contemplate, but that China may be someday a formidable competitor in things mechanical is worth a passing thought." The date? 1904. (ref. ME&E Vol.XI No. 179; 29 Sept. 1904.)Particularly prescient for the magazine's modern readers, since most of the small lathes and other machine-tools now sold to model-engineers are made in either Taiwan or the People's Republic... less
Just For Interest. Try it from your existing knowledge. No cheat... moreJust For Interest. Try it from your existing knowledge. No cheating by looking it up! Please: No publishing answers until I have given them in due course, to be fair to anyone else trying seriously to test or extend their own knowledge. 25 Basic Science Questions with an environmental slant, now you have saved the planet and whales, achieved zero-carbon by last Michaelmas, and are walking everywhere with a paper shopping-bag-for-life autographed by Aunty Greta.
No trick questions but some are worded slightly indirectly; most are simple , some obscure; but all are of upper school- or interested lay- level. I am of course aware there are Answermug users with a far deeper, possibly professional, knowledge of these subjects than mine! I would also agree that whatever is or is not happening in the world, we cannot be complacent. World-wide we are heading for very serious difficulties whatever those turn out to be; and as some of these questions suggest, neither the problems nor "ob... less
'Tis the time of year for ghost-stories, real and fictional myst... more'Tis the time of year for ghost-stories, real and fictional mysteries, myths and the like - ancient and right up-to-date. Test your own knowledge with these ten questions, just for fun ! (Hint: not all are "paranormal".1) In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the first manifestation experienced by Ebenezer Scrooge was;
a) Eerie echoes from the cellar, from him slamming his front door,
b) The face of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley,
c) The face of his deceased father.
2) In 1917, two young English girls took photographs of fairies widely acclaimed as genuine by photography experts and others including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Did they?
3) What is so unique about the sea area often called the ‘Bermuda Triangle’, to lead to its reputation?... less
The following are all genuine quotes from a mail-order household... moreThe following are all genuine quotes from a mail-order household gadgets catalogue, dated, "Christmas 2019". The prices are reduced by 20% in that edition, with the full price also given in the booklet, as legally required. See how many flaws you can spot in them, and identify them: none are above school-level physics. One statement is correct but simply a definition, the rest are all dubious to say the least. If you counting, some are repeated from item to item, but I counted around 10 specious statements. 1) and 2) are from the section's introduction.So spend almost £162 and you, your family and your precious electronic equipment will all be safe... won't they? '1) “… noticed your mobile phone gets hot during long calls? The heat is actually thermal radiation… several types of radiation that it emits. …. All … personal electronic devices … emit harmful radiation” '2) The lab-tested shielding membrane built into ... less
Unwanted striking-though of part of message, appearing automatic... moreUnwanted striking-though of part of message, appearing automatically when I press Send: reason and how to remove it, please? (Tried "Help" but that's all artificial FAQs, so no help!)
A review on the radio this morning, of the day's papers, touched... moreA review on the radio this morning, of the day's papers, touched on the tale of a woman who smashed her children's iPhones, with the result that their family became much happier, more cohesive and communicative.It also produced two other, conflicting third-party results; one promoting wanton waste, both sharing a theme of utter childishness and stupidity. One of these results was a (sadly predictable?) barrage of insults and abuse on social media. The other was confessions of similar actions, with some owners admitting to throwing their instruments under vehicle wheels (did they clear up the mess?) or into canals (more litter - a few prosecutions would not come amiss).By all means get rid of the device you felt apparently necessary to own in the first place, but wouldn't it far more constructive to sell it, or at least give it away, than wantonly destroy a costly, perfectly serviceable, instrument someone else could use, and perhaps use rather more sensibly?For the record, I have a basic port... less
Generally I ignore the side-bar ads though I know they pay ... moreGenerally I ignore the side-bar ads though I know they pay for the site. However I couldn't let this go without comment.It was a list of assorted suggested uses for the well-known water-repellent, WD-40, shown by its Material Safety Data Sheet to be a mineral-oil based mixture.As wells as the ingenious and the blindingly obvious ideas, the advertising feature suggested using it as an adjunct to toilet cleaners, and for cleaning shower-heads. In other words, squirt mineral-oils down the drain, despite consistent, highly publicised warnings not to do so at all from chemical manufacturers, regulatory bodies and water companies!Come on AnswerMug, get that nonsense off the site and advise WD-40's manufacturers that some ignorant advertising company is promulgating a highly irresponsible (and in some countries possibly illegal) misuse of their chemicals. less
Such as portable telephones? Bounced into buying a brand new por... moreSuch as portable telephones? Bounced into buying a brand new portable telephone - I need only to make voice calls and text messages, and then briefly and infrequently; I am not one of those teenage girls who spend all day acquiring RSI by tap-tap-tappety-tap on little blocks of plastic. Nor do I believe in walking round supermarkets and into pedestrians by concentrating on shouting at a block of plastic glued to the ear. - I ended up with a nightmarish contraption, an LG something-or-other: the model label is inside, found only by taking the back off and removing the battery.Its text feature is better than the old multi-letter press-buttons, but that's about it....It took me a while to find instructions (see above on identifying it, as I'd lost the packaging), but these revealed the telephone aspect is only peripheral. LG lists it as an application rather than main function.It's also bulky, so less portable than the previous generation, at about twice the area; and surpri... less
I quote from an item on the BT Internet's news service:"Accordin... moreI quote from an item on the BT Internet's news service:"According to NetMarketShare, Windows 7 remains the most popular operating system on PC, with 44.81% of the market share in February 2018. WIndows 10 is slowly increasing but still comes in second with 28.19%. "I do not question the statistics, but does anyone else see the flaw? You will if you are not so taken in by advertising blurb that you fail to realise what is carefully concealed.
A typical board track-game has a single, rigid route of numbered... moreA typical board track-game has a single, rigid route of numbered squares, controlled by die throws, with certain actions given in some squares - e.g. "Snakes & Ladders". One track from start to end even if you must return somewhere, miss a turn or advance N squares, etc. as ordained when landing on those given pointsNow set the game on THREE separate, identically-sized, rectangular boards of 3:2 proportions; EACH marked off into 6 squares by a longitudinal centre-line and two cross-lines at thirds length. Label the boards (for this question on the game's geometry) A, B and C. Label each meeting-point of line and edge, 1 - 6, consistently on all 3 boards so every "port" is unique, A1 to C6.Do that with the individual board in landscape mode; 1 on the left-hand end, number clockwise so the RH end is 4, round to 6 at bottom left. All 3 boards the same apart from identity-letter. The track is drawn on these lines such that when one board is set against the othe... less
I've known MS operating systems since Microsoft-DOS (Disc ... moreI've known MS operating systems since Microsoft-DOS (Disc Operating System) days: I've used DOS, 3.1, 5, NT, XP (I think MS' best), now 7, and have had an unfortunate brush with 10.Also used briefly, a SUN computer giving a half-way house between command-line and windows (not "Windows TM") screens; and my first PC was an Amstrad with CP/M O.S. BTW the windows "graphical user interface" as it was pretentiously called, was IBM's invention, not µSoft's Has MS lost its way with WIN-10 though? -- The home-page of my ISP, BTInternet, always has links to sets of instructions to deal with all sorts of obviously common WIN-10 problems that should be minimal or non-existent if the system was designed, written and tested properly before publication. -- A correspondent on another forum tells me his computer often freezes with the floods of WIN-10 automatic "up-dates" over which the user has no control - to be fair he also said the Internet speed is ver... less
Unless of course you want to buy something!However... Unless&nbs... moreUnless of course you want to buy something!However... Unless the company is Hewlett-Packard and you want to buy their printer cartridges because the blighters have programmed their printers to reject refills and third-party ones. I've tried their sales web-site - it does not work.Definitely though if the printer has suddenly decided to crop randomly, images put into documents; and you'd like the manufacturers' help in putting it right. (This is what inspired me here - I found the HP Printer sites b++++y useless and very patronising, so marked its customer-satisfaction questions one-star only and told 'em so in the 'Comments' box.)Definitely if you wish to solve a service problem with an ISP (BT in my case).Or need help with specialist software that does work, but you can't understand how to use particular features because the officially-written pdf manual doesn't tell you, and the supposed training CD contains curious errors that result in you deleting the exercise it's had yo... less
As a club committee-member preparing for the AGM I took every ca... moreAs a club committee-member preparing for the AGM I took every care to save my Report as a Word document (.doc) so the Secretary and others can collate it with other Officers' Reports. So what did M-Soft do? Only converted it automatically to a b++++y docx image! I can't even edit it, if I wanted to, on my own PC because it's now read-only and in only WordPad. It took me ages to find it because Windows had saved it as a so-called "down-load" even though on the originating PC, and not in my chosen directory and folder. If I want to convert a docx file to a doc format for further editing or collating, I'd have to pay an expensive subscription to Adobe for the converter - I don't trust Adobe anyway because its Flashplayer for a start, never loads properly. Over £30 a month I think, for something I'd need only a few times a year. This was never previously necessary - saved files stayed as you chose, in the folder you chose. It's a scam! less
Answering another question just now, I scrolled down to the ramm... moreAnswering another question just now, I scrolled down to the rammel that infests the bottom of the screen below the AnswerMug window. Among the usual collection of insignificant rhubarb necessary only to fund AM, was this gem I quote as accurately as I can. Below a portrait of a smiling, attractive woman was the caption: "Top Ten Dating Sites In Abbotsbury"Abbotsbury is a village in West Dorset (England), famous for its Swannery; but whether it is the dating capital of Britain, I cannot say.Who the Hell designs these advertisements? less
I'd not heard Breitbart (sounds German) until a guest on today's... moreI'd not heard Breitbart (sounds German) until a guest on today's BBC Radio 3's Private Passions briefly mentioned being viciously attacked by this "outfit" he called it, after he had given a lecture by invitation on the International Law aspects of climate-change, to the UK's Supreme Court.Our Supreme Court is the UK's top appeals court. It is not the same as the US one although misleadingly copying the name, and until recently was The Law Lords, judges also sitting in an advisory capacity in the House of Lords, but separated fairly recently for clearer separation between Parliament and Judiciary. Cases that reach that high, beyond Appeal Court level, may well test the Statute Law as well as the facts of the individual case. Further of course, these lawyers may have to advise Parliament on international law: the UK is a signatory to and active in, an enormous number and range of treaties, organisations and agreements. The guest was the British barrister Philippe Sands, a leading expert o... less
I need to establish if one particular UK agent for a particular ... moreI need to establish if one particular UK agent for a particular software company, is still trading.I tried to e-post to him a simple sales question, but it bounced, and I can't determine if that means the address no longer exists.I need only to ask the software firm itself two basic questions: "Is ...... still one of your UK agents; if so is the e-post address I'd used, current?"You'd think they be pleased to help what might mean another sale, but no... Customers do not matter to the IT trade beyond the purchases. After that you're on your own and if you have problems with the quality of the goods or services, or you need technical advice ... tough.I have tried the publisher's own web-site but it carries no contact details whatsoever. Lots of product ads; but no phone number, no e-mail address, no postal address. Instead, as with so many other IT and telecomms firms, it fobs you off with a list of set technical questions and a supposed "users' forum" (these admit... less
I've had problems with e-posted 'Word' and 'Excel' files being c... moreI've had problems with e-posted 'Word' and 'Excel' files being converted to a strange default file-type signified by an 'x' after the normal suffix. These are locked, un-useable images.I need occasionally to collate reports etc to help me at a club's committee meetings. These arrive as e-post attachments from different people so in a mixture of styles, software editions and files, but I want to put them in one neat style in one document I can print and archive properly. Today I tried to save two, both .pdf files so images unreliable to print, and difficult or impossible to edit, place in or render compatible with, proper documents.However, whatever handles pdf files offers saving them in several other forms including ".doc", even offering British rather than US English, though that would not have mattered there. Only, the "Convert" button merely opens a sales page expecting me to pay £££/month to subscribe to an outfit called Adobe for what should be a basic MS-"Wi... less
Come on someone, put me out of my misery! Well, all right, ... moreCome on someone, put me out of my misery! Well, all right, it's not that dramatic and certainly not serious. I'm just intrigued, in a totally light-hearted way.So:What on Earth is that Sandra & Woo cartoon at the head of the page about?We see a young woman who, to use the correct, modern Claire in the Community lingo, seems to suffer from Acute Species Dysphoria; and her boyfriend, a nut-cake addict who believes he can cast magic spells with ordinary cutlery. I hope the so-called "religious right" don't get him - you know, the supposedly-grown-ups who had severe attacks of the vapours over the children's Harry Potter stories. Go on - I don't get the joke! Does it refer to an American children's game or something?:-)))PS: Claire in the Community: a BBC Radio Four situation-comedy that started as, and still is, a newspaper cartoon strip, about a team of urban social-workers and their own personal problems, sorry, "issues". Claire is the team-leader who prissily spouts all the rig... less
Like many sites this is partly supported by companies placing ad... moreLike many sites this is partly supported by companies placing advertisements in the margins of the Home and other pages. Some are eerily local to you as user: one waffles about " Opticians... " apparently threatened by some technical development in their trade. I saw one regularly on EP, telling me things like "Sarah lives four miles from you" - it was a lie of course, but it opened a dating-site that showed it knew roughly I live, within perhaps 50 miles anyway. The advertising-agencies use your approximate location bought or gleaned from the web-site. One though, advertised a "Simple trick to see if you've ever had PPI" (Payment Protection Insurance, usually for mortgages.) I know I do not, and when I did I was not a victim of a miss-selling racket the banks ran for a while, but I selected it out of curiosity. My security software 'Bulldog' promptly leapt up, snarled at it as dangerous, and blocked it.Possibly, Bulldog is very wary of anything mentioning money on non-https web-sites ev... less
What's happened to the location in the profiles? The profile for... moreWhat's happened to the location in the profiles? The profile form asks for it but it no longer appears on the public information part. Or have I missed something?
E-posted notifications. These used to have direct links to AM - ... moreE-posted notifications. These used to have direct links to AM - you still had to sign in but at least the links worked. They no longer work. The most recent was from Just Asking, and reads "Click here to reply / profile / 145." It is not a link, and I have not been able to find the message on Am itself.The message does not tell me how to find "/profile/145". It does not tell me whose profile. Why have those links been cut and why do notifications still carry an instruction to use them?Member IndexThe list is and always was purely random by default, but offered Aphabetical and Recent sorting options. You could find individuals on the Membership list by choosing "Alphabetical", estimating which page number carrying the name, then homing in from there by the page-number arrows. Why have these index options been removed?
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Unfortunately national leaders can't really be ignored even if s... moreUnfortunately national leaders can't really be ignored even if sometimes we'd like them to be. He is still banging on about being able to control the pandemic then, is he? There was another report of mass gatherings in America likely to spread any infectious respiratory disease, on our News this evening. I was not listening properly but if I caught it correctly, it concerned a church, in Vermont I think, threatened with legal action over holding crowded services with no precautions at all. I did hear the report comment that some Americans regard wearing face-coverings as a political, not health, matter. less
I don't remember ever having to queue for very long at all. The ... moreI don't remember ever having to queue for very long at all. The polling-stations open at something like 7am and close at 10pm I think, and there are a goodly number across the town and its surroundings because they divide the constituencies into smaller local-council wards.Also the voting only takes a couple of minutes or so.When I was working I usually voted on my way to work. Now I'm retired I can vote at any time of day, usually mid-morning, when it's quieter.
I am not religious but if I were it would not frighten me to lea... moreI am not religious but if I were it would not frighten me to learn such people claim the same Go das theirs too. It would sadden me, but also show it is they who have the problem of hypocracy.
I regard it as important whether local or general, election, and... moreI regard it as important whether local or general, election, and would never put it off as having "better things to do". Admittedly I live only a couple of minutes' walk from the church-hall usually hired as my local polling-station, so the whole process takes only a short time, but even when I lived further from one I still made the effort.
I have learnt a bit more today about the UK's voting system so c... moreI have learnt a bit more today about the UK's voting system so can confirm what I have posted. I was unsure of postal and proxy voting because I have never used them, but we can use them. You start by applying to do so on the appropriate official form.This much was clear on a county-council circular that arrived in today's post, verifying names and addresses for electoral and other purposes. It asks you to notify any changes to held details including whether you vote in person at a polling-station or by post or proxy; and cites the appropriate application-forms. It also asks verifying if over-75, the maximum age for being called up for jury-service in the UK. So far at least, I have escaped that honour! How to verify? The efficient way, by default. It quotes your details already known, and you reply only to notify any changes. less
It is the basic wave-form for sound and sea-waves too. Not the b... moreIt is the basic wave-form for sound and sea-waves too. Not the breakers Slartibartfast enjoys, but waves in water deep enough for the bed not to disturb them. Out at sea they travel as smooth peaks and troughs in which each particle of the water itself, and anything floating on it, simply moves in a small circle without travelling forwards in bulk. In the shallows though their "roots" drag on the sea-bed, making the water pile up into fast-moving, rolling walls. Waves of sine-curve form, are all over the place in Nature. A pure acoustic tone of that form is a simple whistle or hum, as you hear from some mains-powered equipment. Start mixing it with similar waves but of different frequencies ("pitches") and amplitudes though, and the resultant wave-forms give sounds of different timbres, and that is the basis of musical instruments' individual "voices" even at the same pitches. Our speech starts in a somewhat similar way at the vocal "cords" (a thin membrane), but the... less
They don't compare like that.The "mind" is a somewhat nebulous c... moreThey don't compare like that.The "mind" is a somewhat nebulous concept but is created and driven by processes within the brain - an organ that controls and monitors all the senses and functions as well as intellect, memory and emotion. So the brain is not mind, the mind is not the brain, the brain is home to the mind."Bug" = "Insect", either way round. "Bug" is just your country's slang word for the animal! :-)
Sounds delicious! I wonder what would be the British equivalent.... moreSounds delicious! I wonder what would be the British equivalent. Marmite with salad-cream, perhaps. :-)
Other way round - the mind is a set of functions of the physical... moreOther way round - the mind is a set of functions of the physical organ that is the brain.
It would appear they are not the first to develop a Covid-19 vac... moreIt would appear they are not the first to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. There about 5 others in test around the world, though the Russians might be pushing hard to be the first to put their in general use before fully testing it.They have also been very quiet about their test data.
"Racism"? Eh? I do not know if it's still popular or not but I h... more"Racism"? Eh? I do not know if it's still popular or not but I have never heard of any one thinking it somehow rude, even nowadays when you barely need put two words some allegedly wrong way round to be howled down. I'd assumed it came from some Mexican tradition, maybe from their football terraces where it is or was popular in Britain; but the name never had the sort of connotations attached to certain other words.Who needs 1984? Just listen to the real world.That could be an interesting election result... less
Nice one - radians as well!One of my Maths teachers at school us... moreNice one - radians as well!One of my Maths teachers at school used to reckon the Sine curve the "most beautiful", but I don't recall him saying why beyond perhaps mentioning sea-swells or maybe sound-waves.
Yes, but it is by the intending voter's choice. I doubt ch... moreYes, but it is by the intending voter's choice. I doubt cheating can ever be cured, but I think the problems they found were considered extensive enough to have the experiment stopped or extensively modified. I think it was only a trial, in some cities.
Ooh, those cakes your Mum made sound delicious!I don't bake very... moreOoh, those cakes your Mum made sound delicious!I don't bake very often, but to share with a circle of friends I meet fairly regularly (pandemics permitting...).I have a collection of recipe books, but one of my favourites is a simple tea-cake, rich in dried fruit that has been steeping overnight in cold tea.
No, it is not!Sadly, forgetting or ignoring historical para... moreNo, it is not!Sadly, forgetting or ignoring historical parallels and lessons is all too common.
It was not "Spanish" though.It was called that only becaus... moreIt was not "Spanish" though.It was called that only because Spain was neutral in WW1 so its Press was not censored, and covered the progress of the influenza in Spain while other nations kept quiet about their own situations.I don't know if its real origin has been established, but its rapid spread is considered a result of very large numbers of soldiers returning home to many countries, at the War's end. Officially, diseases are no longer named after countries; nor presumably towns, like Lyme. less
I think the "Crowd" wave is also called the "Mexican" Wave, so t... moreI think the "Crowd" wave is also called the "Mexican" Wave, so there's another prefix!Long / Medium / Short (Wave radio bands, in AM broadcast services.) "Tidal" - though tsunamis actually have nothing to do with the tides.Gravity - another wonderful cosmological feature only recently detected and measured..... of Emotion.And of course the one none of us want - Second.
Russia has long liked to be first for many things, over any... moreRussia has long liked to be first for many things, over any other country, but probably particularly the USA.
I think the sort of problems they found with postal voting are&n... moreI think the sort of problems they found with postal voting are impersonation and multiple or suppressed votes. The system itself is reliable, but I think they found evidence of people bypassing it in some way.I'm not sure how the proxy method works because I have never used it, but the general principle is the voter nominates the proxy who needs prove own identity as such at the polling-station.
I'm not great cook but I manage reasonably well! I like ba... moreI'm not great cook but I manage reasonably well! I like baking a cake now and then.I know a lot of snack foods are of poor value but I don't worry too much about them. It's eating too many regularly that's the problem.I agree with you completely about that out-down!
I think there are several motives, and many "conspiracy theorist... moreI think there are several motives, and many "conspiracy theorists" may exhibit two or more of the following I suggest in no special order: - Preferring to live in a fantasy-land rather than reality. - Laziness & Gullibility - taking the easy way out by a belief that looks attractive but would fail under simple scrutiny. - Inability to see things in a logical way, especially if the "theory" (which it is not) questions cherished beliefs or undermines own views. - A feeling of "belonging" or "knowing" - this applies more to the cults, like QAnon and religious extremists, that encourage such feelings. - Misty-eyed romanticism. - Fear and Ignorance.- Last but not least - Malevolence: originating or spreading wild and often very dangerous allegations for personal gain, power or ego. ++Of the romanticism, whilst Erich von Daniken's books, or the "Bermuda Triangle" and "Loch Ness Monster" myths, are not "conspiracy theories" they do illustrate that a... less
No, though it would not be very easy.We don't have any special r... moreNo, though it would not be very easy.We don't have any special regulations covering LHD cars although certain large vehicles like some makes of mobile crane are left-hand drive, and these sometimes carry warning signs. I don't know if they need to do so though.It is necessary not to be too prescriptive over this in the UK and Europe thanks to the very large numbers of goods and private vehicles driving between the British Isles and the Continent, via several ferry routes and (for cars) the Channel Tunnel.At harvest-time it is common to see combine-harvesters on rural roads, with the cutter unhitched and carried on a trailer - these have the driving-seat in the centre, as on a farm tractor. less
Higher temperatures are probably the more dangerous but both wou... moreHigher temperatures are probably the more dangerous but both would have severe repercussions if sufficiently widespread.
A nightmare scenario, but luckily these systems are extremely ro... moreA nightmare scenario, but luckily these systems are extremely robust and the chances of it happening are extremely low even in just one country. The greater worry though would be warfare, in which one country could severely damages its enemy's communications systems.
The UK system provides for proxy voting.It has experimented with... moreThe UK system provides for proxy voting.It has experimented with postal voting in a few cities but found it can be abused.Otherwise you don't see the voting-slip until you attend the polling-station for your voting ward (area) in person and are noted on an attendance register. Then you are given the slip with its list of candidate and their parties, on which to mark your choice in private, fold and put in the ballot-box.This applies to both local-government and national ('General') elections. We have a good half-dozen parties nationally but not all can find candidates for every constituency.I don't know how we'd run an election in pandemic lock-down conditions, but I don't think it would be any more difficult to manage than shopping. less
Oh, I think changing tastes are common, though I don't kno... moreOh, I think changing tastes are common, though I don't know if it has anything to do with the sense of taste, or if that fades with age.
I don't believe in "junk food" - but "junk diet".Some foods are ... moreI don't believe in "junk food" - but "junk diet".Some foods are of poor nutritional value (and often poor financial value), but the real problems come when you eat too many of them, especially if they form the bulk of your daily diet.The difficult for many people who don't have too much money to spare is that they believe a good diet is necessarily expensive.
Not going to list them in order, simply as I remember them, and ... moreNot going to list them in order, simply as I remember them, and I might not remember them all:Bond Minicar (2-off) - not the same as the Bond BugReliant Robin (2-off)Bedford CA vans (3-off, of which one was a genuine 'Dormobile' caravanette conversion)Volkswagen vans (3-off, all caravanettes, 2 by professional converters, 1 a semi-conversion by previous owner.)Volkswagen car ('Beetle')Commer vanAn ex- Ambulance based on a large Morris LD van with 2.2l petrol engine, manual 4-speed gears and manual steering (no PAS).LandRovers, (2-off), long wheel-base Series Two, one of station-wagon the other plain van, bodiesAustin MetroAustin Maestro (2-off) - girlfriend remarked it was one of the most comfortable cars she had travelled in.Hillman Avenger (I think it was an Avenger) - and the only automatic transmission car I have owned.Ford (Granada?) EstateSkoda Favorit estate.Ford Escort van-based caravanette - rather bijou, with an odd arrangement for the "bed", but a professional conve... less
I've nudged 80mph but realised it and eased back to the limit - ... moreI've nudged 80mph but realised it and eased back to the limit - 70 (on a motorway).I value my licence and insurance too much to be caught speeding like that. Besides, let's do some sums on a real example.....The longest more-or-less single stretch of road I drive in the normal times you may remember, is about 220 miles, all motorway. For UK readers, from the Bridgewater to Preston junctions, M5 and M6.If you could cruise non-stop at the 70mph limit assuming that is the limit all the way, it would take 3.14 hours. At 80, 2.75 hours; but I am not paying your fine. So saving a mere 20 minutes, against extra cost in fuel (+ fine and hiked insurance fees); but in practice even if having the stamina and an unusually capacious bladder, it is never possible to achieve those sustained speeds for that entire route. What if your average speed for that 220-mile run is a more realistic 60mph? 3h 40min. About half an hour longer than full distance at sustained 70 max.Does it matter... less
NB: None of us are doctors. We cannot diagnose others' complaint... moreNB: None of us are doctors. We cannot diagnose others' complaints! Only offer our own experiences.In my case, I had a catarrhal cough; but like heart-burn, it was one of the possible symptoms or effects of "acid reflux", in which some of the stomach contents come part-way back up, irritating the plumbing. As others suggest there are patent remedies that ease it, but it can be triggered (I learnt) by certain foods including coffee, curry and chocolate. I forget what else was on the list of foods - typically all ones I like! So it's worth seeing what those foods are, think what of them you eat / drink perhaps a little too often, and cutting back on them. It seemed to work for me, anyway. less
The equivalent herd instinct here is masses of people travelling... moreThe equivalent herd instinct here is masses of people travelling to seaside resorts or inland beauty-spots. They do so only in their own groups or families, but there are very many of them, creating a lot of mess and other problems for the locals.I can't see how any of them could be tracked in any meaningful way. I think they have a feeling of invincibility."Some of them are Very Old..." I don't know if the phrase is used in the US, or came from there, but over here they are called "Born-Again Bikers." They are men who rode powerful bikes in their teens and twenties before "settling down" and all that respectable stuff, eventually retire from well-paid careers with lots of savings and comfortable company pensions, so treat themselves to powerful bikes again. Only... they have lost the experience they had, and the modern bikes are more powerful than 40 years previously... So quite a number of them now will have to re-incarnated to be "born again". less
It was only fairly recently (1990s? I can't remember) that ... moreIt was only fairly recently (1990s? I can't remember) that the old traditional fox-hunting by hounds was banned in Britain. The hunts are allowed to continue by using artificial trails, and not supposed to kill any foxes the dogs flush out, but there is a widespread suspicion that some of them do. Some farmers now will not allow the hunts across their land, but in some places after damage to fences and walls caused by the hunt followers, left unrepaired by the hunts who blame the damage on anyone else including innocent walkers.I don't know that human nature is changing all that much, but I wonder if the "Want Want Want" cries are becoming more strident from those who want but don't need. They've lived a life of granted expectations, and it's encouraged their basic greed or inhumanity. less
I wonder what they were trying to achieve? No, they should not h... moreI wonder what they were trying to achieve? No, they should not have been there.
I understand your last point entirely - I admit that of course I... moreI understand your last point entirely - I admit that of course I can't properly appreciate what it's like living in your country at the moment.Vote-rigging that blatant would be corruption and abuse of power many would associate with some failed ex-Soviet or crumbling Middle-Eastern country, not the United States of America. Couldn't anyone stop him doing that sort of thing? He might be able to bend the judiciary in his favour, but what's Congress' role in this? There was a programme on BBC Radio Four a few days ago about a different aspect of this - gerrymandering politicians carefully drawing the polling area maps to suit their parties; but explaining that there are also a lot of others fighting to have that system stopped. less
Frightening. Scruffy outfits that don't fit very well, badg... moreFrightening. Scruffy outfits that don't fit very well, badges that might or might not identify them, night-sticks... Are these the shipped-in men or are they security-guards for whatever that building is? They could be anyone you would not want to upset.
Most other countries have vehicles with the driver's seat on the... moreMost other countries have vehicles with the driver's seat on the left and driven on the right-hand side of the road, as in the USA.On the other hand the USA is now the only significant nation not to use the Metric System (or officially, its SI derivative) for everyday trade and commerce, although American scientists and lot of engineers use it, especially on collaborative work. Also of course, most manufactured items imported by the USA are now made to Metric units unless specified otherwise by for example, US designers. In which case it's probably made in millimetres on metric-calibrated machines, but to odd numbers of them!Do you use imported foods and household products? If so, look on the labels and see if they are in Imperial or metric units of volume or weight. 'I used to use Wikipedia's "Answers" forum, and its Maths section was cluttered with what appeared to be American children's homework questions about converting between metric and US Imperial. How many k... less
I do use Devil 's Advocacy sometimes to try to see or explain th... moreI do use Devil 's Advocacy sometimes to try to see or explain the opposing view or action, so it can help balance debates; but it does not itself make the user neutral.
That would make it hard for a pathogen that attacks humans to th... moreThat would make it hard for a pathogen that attacks humans to thrive outdoors, but cold conditions make people congregate indoors a lot more, where they are nice and warm and cosy, and infections love that.
Well, any plant has a finite life so in time it is scrapped, oft... moreWell, any plant has a finite life so in time it is scrapped, often to be replaced by a new version.So yes they will be, but not necessarily because anyone has stopped using nuclear power.
How would they know how anyone votes, if the voting is by b... moreHow would they know how anyone votes, if the voting is by ballot? (Ballot means "secret, or concealed, vote".) (Short of asking outright, not knowing if the answer is true or false, nor really how to cope with a voter simply refusing to answer.)
Whet we do have is a huge number and range of public gatherings ... moreWhet we do have is a huge number and range of public gatherings from major professional sports and music events outdoors or in big stadia, via all manner of special-interest pro and amateur-run events like vintage-vehicle rallies, large exhibitions, town carnivals and Christmas street-fairs, to village church fetes run by local volunteers.Some of the big ones host thousands at once, perhaps on each of a few days; a village fete sees maybe a couple of hundred people over the afternoon.However, if you are asking against the pandemic context, we need consider that many people who attend one event might attend others of the same type or entirely different.All in the present tense..... A major exhibition I had hoped to attend in October is now off. The organisers had waited as long as possible before deciding, but it is now clear that basically all large public events are likely to be write-offs for the rest of the year. 'There is a pair of otherwise-unique public annual events run ... less
Thank you very much!There was a murder by shooting in England, m... moreThank you very much!There was a murder by shooting in England, mentioned on the News this evening. The main suspect is dead though, killed in a motorcycle accident. The motive is unknown. That influence of the NRA is what sprang out at me, when I realised its membership is only a small proportion of the gun-owners in America.What you said about the fear and a sort of arms-race is very alarming, and you can't help wondering if it won't all go up in armed insurrection or at least violent para-military fighting, one day. If so, over what? Possibly a long chain of small events until something is the last straw? And once one lot shoots another, where does it end?I've no time for the "great white hunter" types either. Some years ago I read an article by a Scots Highlands ghillie (gamekeeper) managing deer over a huge area of open countryside. These animals are basically wild, but are culled, and then butchered for venison. One of his tasks was helping visiting, licensed hunters, an... less
Thank you.I've an idea I read that going further beyond Iron is ... moreThank you.I've an idea I read that going further beyond Iron is quite a major step, and a lot of more modest stars end at that point.I have just realised the significance of something linked to this, but which I looked up when answering one of Rosie's questions the other day.All that nuclear fusion, and any chemical reactions among the generated elements, is making the raw materials for planets and the things on them. Among those elements is Uranium, whose main isotope (I found for her question) is not ever so strongly radioactive but has a staggeringly long half-life. If it were not so, I wonder what Earth would be like now? Its Mantle is molten but extremely viscous rock, kept hot by the decay of uranium and other radioactive elements. If all the Uranium from the planet's accretion had become lead by the time the Earth was even half its present age, would the Mantle have cooled so much that Continental Drift and volcanoes could not exist? less
I have an idea I have heard astronomers use the word "burning" r... moreI have an idea I have heard astronomers use the word "burning" rather loosely to mean nuclear fusing.A lot of the gas and dust floating about in galaxies is elements, but there also simple compounds, so the atoms are combining somewhere. I don't know if this has been established but I would have guessed the outer layers or atmosphere of stars, where the heat and pressure are insufficient to fuse atoms, allowing them to combine into molecules. Oxygen will hook up with almost anything going - so water, carbon-dioxide, silica and other rock-forming minerals, and so on. less
Yes, I remember Trump's little Holier -Than-Thou gesture.It's a ... moreYes, I remember Trump's little Holier -Than-Thou gesture.It's a frightening situation, the way so many Americans are arming themselves, and I can assure you I was not trying to minimise it. Just the opposite, possibly. I was trying to establish the NRA's influence by its size.I don't know if you knew of or heard of any of Alistair Cooke's work, but he was a British-born American writer, journalist and broadcaster. (Died in 2004) He produced a weekly, 10 or 15-minute Letter To America essay broadcast on the BBC radio for many years. These looked at current political and social affairs in America but from a more day-to-day, social perspective than the ordinary News reporting of high-level events, helping listeners understand your country better.One, which was re-broadcast last year after another mindless shooting, dealt with that matter of the "right to bear arms". I forget the details but the gist of his explanation was that it arose when the country was still forming itself as an indepen... less
Reading that made me wonder how many members the NRA has, or ric... moreReading that made me wonder how many members the NRA has, or rich they have to be. You sometimes get the impression it is a vast organisation of a sizeable part of the nation's population. I looked up its member numbers, subscription and USA population.Over 5 million members, who pay a standard $45/year. The alleged $64M rake-off is about $12 per member, but that is more than a quarter of the annual fee; more still pro-rata for discounts by buying more years in advance. Setting aside the allegations, I don't know the proportion of subscription that feeds its Political Victory Fund, or if that uses a separate, voluntary levy additional to the subscription.Still, 5.5 Million member is a lot of people. So what is the adult (18+) population of the USA? Google gives approx. 209.128 million, about 74% of total population. And the proportion of 18+ who are NRA members? Just 2.63%.(I accept testing and if necessary correcting my arithmetic.) Perhaps the USA i... less
Aha - we now know some of the story, and it is rather bizar... moreAha - we now know some of the story, and it is rather bizarre.It was all to have been collected six years ago by a Russian freighter, and delivered to Mozambique.The BBC traced the ship's now-retired captain, and interviewed him.The ship was not in very good condition and after the hold hatch became damaged during the loading, someone (I'm not sure if the captain or the port management, or both) stopped further loading. It would have to have been repaired before taking the vessel to sea.Then the ship's owner ran out of money for the Beirut harbour, and Suez Canal, fees.So there it stayed, with the Captain and three crew-members trapped on board, in port, until they managed to sell enough of the fuel to pay for a lawyer able to arrange their transfer back to their homes. Then the ship sank - but the report did not say how and where. Still in harbour presumably. It was apparently an old ship, no longer very seaworthy, possibly poorly maintained if the owner could not afford the port dues; and ... less
StrictChristianParenting
Why does correcting have to be by violence? And if that's a quote, no, I don't accept the say-so of unknown Late Bronze Age tribal elders!
September 1, 2016
tate99
Greetings Tate99 from a fellow Briton (S> Dorset) and nudist!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 29, 2016
MistyGoddess
Welcome to AM - and to a goodly number of us interested in spanking whether we advocate or oppose it in reality or think it best kept as a game for consenting adults!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
(also in UK)
July 29, 2016
timothy in London
Thank you for the compliment, Timothys Knickers. I should say I am not a full cross-dresser but like occasionally to wear a nightdress or miniskirt, at home only. Much of the time, if warm enough, I like to be nude or nearly so.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
May 17, 2016
Capes
Hello Capes.
Welcome to Answer Mug!
Durdle here: 64 nearly, also a Briton (in Dorset), here similarly.
My profile groups list gives you some idea of me but I am happy to chat on many other topics too if they interest me and I feel I know enough about the topic. I will add that despite the implications I don't like the idea of spanking children, especially with any weapon, but feel the traditional spanking has a place for adults, as long as it's consensual!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
VPLUK
I don't even try to look convincing - I don't cross-dress often and than only partly, in the home. liking the feel of the garments. Sometimes sleep in a nightie.
July 29, 2016
Marc
Not so much a comment as a question, Marc. I am uneasy to say the least about spanking children but what of adults feeling they need similar punishments in a therapeutic way?
July 29, 2016
harbourboy
Hi Harbourboy.
Welcome... come on then, elucidate on your specialist subjects!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
Steve Tomms
Hello Steve.
UK too - Dorset in fact. And like to be nude or, occasionally, in panties.
As for human behaviour - yes, I agree it is fascinating... and bewildering at times, frustrating at others, but never the same twice!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Uncle UK
Welcome to AM, Dominic, as one of the rather few fellow-Britons on here (I live in South of England). I am not sure about the spanking of children, though I've nothing against adults being spanked if they wish, erotically or as therapeutic punishment.
Regards,
Durdle.
September 6, 2016
NudiSuzie
Hello NudieSuzie.
Thankyou - would love to be your friend!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
August 31, 2016
Tawser22
What's your take on adult, consensual, spanking?
September 9, 2016
RB1954
May I ask, what is your take on adult, consensual spanking, e.g. in a "DD" relationship or as a sort of punitive therapy?
September 9, 2016
harry
Hello Harry.
Greetings from Dorset!
Lubrication by Beer - definitely. Naturism - Oh yes. Spanking - well, I don't support genuine CP but have been fascinated by it since boyhood, and later by the adult-fun variety.
Chatting - I can be chatty!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 28, 2016
french_delph
Hello French_Delph.
I don't favour spanking children but if it must be done I think it must be by hand only, and only enough to make the point. Am interested in spanking generally and think it has a place for adults who feel they need a little discipline and punishment.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
fatherfigure
I'm probably of similar age to you then, my fascination with spanking goes back to boyhood but no I don't think the world would be better for beating children! And yet...
Adult, consensual spanking - fine, and it's odd that now I feel I ought receive the occasional, belated spanking, firm hand not weapon, I did not receive and would not have wanted in boyhood, for immature failings I believe originated at that time!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 29, 2016
Legion
Hi Legion!
I reckon your Miss Hamilton might have done me some good! (Doubtless others too!)
Cheers,
Durdle
July 30, 2016
Michael
18 and 20. Adults, with the full choice of protection from assault by law.
September 1, 2016
Stonehenge43
Hello Stonehenge.
Welcome! I'm 64 and an ex-EP user but left it when parts of it started to become really sleazy or stupid. My profile gives a fir idea but I'm happy to chat about a wide range of subjects in which I am interested or can give reasonably knowledgeable facts or opinions.
You mention Adultmug. I know what you mean. I ignore the worst, some of which I find unpleasant, but do dip into some of the other threads on it. I'm slightly bi and interested in nudity and adult-consensual spanking, so am not quite a shrinking violet.
I did make one or two penfriendships (e-mail) from EP but they've fizzled out, thanks to losses in house moves, changes of computer and perhaps laziness by me!
How about you? Your interests, music etc?
Best Wishes,
Durdle. (after Durdle Door).
July 30, 2016
Eva amirhom
A sad story, Eva. Yes, you were wrong to do what you did but you have realised that, not everyone in the world will hate you, and I hope you will find forgiveness and happiness.
Durdle.
July 29, 2016
Stonehenge43
I would be very happy to chat about whatever we find of mutual interest, but I can't send a private message unless I add you as a friend first. may I do so, please?
regards,
Durdle
September 9, 2016
sjf47
welcome to AM and its Naturist section!
AM Male, 63 and live in Dorset.
Cheers,
Durdle
July 28, 2016
Pofan1201
That's not "spanking" , that's whipping, and cruel! What effect did it have on you in adult life?
August 14, 2016
Pofan1201
Hi Pofan.
Interesting: many people who admit they were beaten severely as children become adults either wanting to give or receive similar in games between consenting adults, or are turned off spanking and CP entirely.
You evidently became sexually submissive, but were you aroused by either the whipping or the submission at the time or in remembering it later?
Sorry, I'm not quite clear by what you mean as a "switcher" - switching between what?
I appreciate bare bottoms including my own as well, but unfortunately mine has aged with me and is now a bit soft and sagging.
Regards,
Durdle
August 15, 2016
Pofan1201
Thank you very much Pofan. Would love to be friends with you!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
August 15, 2016
Elshara Silverheart
Thank you for the compliment Elashara. I'm not sure what it means, but please do tell me what in particular influenced you.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
June 9, 2016
sp4sp4
Hello Sp4sp4. I too was on EP, though I left it well before it folded. "Drawn too deeply." I know the feeling. I think I was tempted too far into some EP fora, so am becoming fairly selective on what I view on here and chosen "stop following" on some already. Is this why you've not listed any groups? You have a point, using private e-mails.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Stuart
Hi Stuart. Thank you very much for your greetings, and have mine to you!
I oppose real CP but have been interested in spanking since boyhood, and have enjoyed quite a few gentle, erotic, spanking games.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Aaron
I couldn't agree more about being naked, Aaron!
Joanne1966
Love to be in a night-dress or nude. I like Sharon1717's comment too!
September 9, 2016
Sophronius Pupoid
Thank you very much for your comment! Sophronius.
Yes, my nickname is from Durdle Door. One of my sisters held her wedding-reception at Pennsylvania Castle, well before it reverted to a private house. The new owners have hosted garden fetes there though.
'Moonfleet' was one of our set books at school, and I remember the passage about the two leading characters escaping from Ringstead (I can't remember if that name was used in the book) by using a very steep cliff path. That path, or an equivalent, exists, up White Nothe, some 400 feet high, and someone showed it me a few years ago. I was glad to have climbed it, but I found it frightening and would not care to try it again!
The normal path from the car-park to that area of beach is gentler and not at all exposed.
I suppose I'm nearly local! Our family moved to Weymouth in 1959, when I was 7, when Dad's work was moved.
September 22, 2016
Nudistdad
Hello and Welcome, Nudistdad.
I'm single but not a father (seem to be collecting quite a tribe of first and grand nephews & nieces though!); but like you enjoy being nude around the home. There is a naturist beach not far from me, and I used to visit it fairly often, but I have leg problems now that make the long, steep path to it a bit too much. Can still be undressed at home, as I am now, though!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
August 14, 2016
Donny
I oppose using CP on children - especially the sort of gratuitous violence with assorted weapons described on the site - but what is your take on adult-only, consensual spanking, be it erotic, for some sort of punitive therapy or stress-relieving, curiosity or indeed to reprise personal or vicarious past experiences?
Regards,
Durdle.
September 9, 2016
caned4doz
Hello Caned4doz.
Overlapping (!) interests. I'm not as educated as you. Don't smoke, but do drink (moderately) and not religious. Am interested in science and have a wide range of musical tastes though can't play an instrument. Fitness more by walking and manual work and play than by speed!
I too am interested in discipline and do have regressive tendencies and sometimes feel I ought to be spanked for my immature faults.
July 29, 2016
caned4doz
Hello Caned4Dozen.
Thank you for the Friend request - certainly! This site is confusing - I've not managed to work out how the Friends and Messages parts work!
Anyway I think this part is public. For example I can see the messages between you and Forever shorts, on this page. AM does not seem to have a private-message system, at least not obviously so. All it does it let you separate individual conversations from the forum section.
I will say I oppose genuine CP - some of the accounts on this site are of frankly appalling cruelty. Yet it was seeing one or two real instances at school, and finding descriptions and images in history-books, that nurtured my interest.
The regressive streak I said I have surfaced really quite recently, in my 50s I think, although I had experimented with self-spanking since "discovering" it in my teens - when no doubt I had a rather more smackable bottom than now, had the right circumstances to introduce me to spanking fun, come along!
August 1, 2016
caned4doz
I advocate discipline - a system of behaviour - but not in its euphemistic malapropism for corporal punishment of children. However I believe for a consenting adult, there need be no bar beyond sensible, individual boundaries to being spanked ( or slippered or caned) appropriately in a therapeutic or punitive sense, as well obviously as purely erotically. In the last situation it might even be a foreplay activity. Similarly, some adults find release in being under regressive discipline, with or without physical punishment.
(Discipline and punishment are NOT synonyms: the latter is for wilful breaking of the former.)
September 7, 2016
Cravingyourtouch
Welcome Cravingyourtouch.
Mot only the women of the household who would benefit from a little suitable discipline at times!
Regards,
Durdle
(in Dorset)
July 29, 2016
spanko28
Do you like adult (consensual) spanking too?
September 9, 2016
NaughtyNicola
About You: sexiest lingerie a gurl can find - indeed, and very nice too!
September 1, 2016
NaughtyNicola
A pleasure Nicola - and I like your profile picture too!
September 7, 2016
NaughtyNicola
Not a full cross-dresser myself and I've few femme clothes, but I like to sleep in a nightie now and then, or wear something at least like a loose-fitting miniskirt. Love to be nude, too! The long-legged lass in that Timothy's Knickers pic fg5 you've commented on, looks as if she's about to be spanked!
September 7, 2016
Killkenny11
That's two of us from Dorset , then, Kilkenny!
Welcome to AnswerMug!
Cheers,
Durdle - and I won't need to explain my inspiration for that nick-name.
July 29, 2016
SJS
Hello SJS
I'm uneasy about the idea of spanking children - discipline yes, punishment or at least a reprimand if they break that discipline yes, but need it be physical punishment? If it does I would hope it be by hand only, not weapons as some parents seem to think clever, and only enough to make the point. What of adult, consensual spanking though! I can see that as therapeutic or stress-relief, and eminently suitable for someone who is of middle-age upwards but rather immature or regressive.
Regards,
Durdle
(Dorset - as the nickname may have suggested!)
July 30, 2016
tonyparker1
Hello Tonyparker1
Thank you for the invitation.
I too was on EP but abandoned it a few years ago. I'm a little older at nearly 64, also short and slim, well, nearly slim. Slightly bi, and enjoy being nude though knee troubles limit my excursions such as to an unofficial naturist beach not far from my South Dorset home. Also interested in spanking fun.
Various interests and fair range of musical tastes.
Best Wishes,
Durdle
(my nickname is from a feature on the Dorset coast.)
July 29, 2016
tonyparker1
Hello Tonyparker.
I thought I'd left a message but it doesn't appear here so perhaps I didn't.
Anyway your Profile Information describes me too, almost exactly - I am 64, and with a slight tummy.
I live in S.Dorset - hence my nick-name (from famous coastal feature).
Welcome to AM!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 30, 2016
softlywaking
Thank you for the compliment, Softlywaking.
Regards,
Durdle.
June 14, 2016
missspanking
Welcome to AmswerMug, Missspanking.
No shortage of people here interested in spanking, whether approving or not of beating children, or are like me, approving only of adult consensual spanking.
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 29, 2016
2Pink1s
Thank you for that brief private chat this afternoon. It was unexpected and I enjoyed it though I don't really understand how to use it.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
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