The designer of the Volvo truck’s brakes and emergency stop systems were the heroes. :)

At the right time one simply gets a bollock lift. Simple surgery to remove excess skin and leave one with the scrotal development of a teenager - albeit with hair, grey hair.

How do you know that the members that bother you so much are useless?

Yeah, I posted and then read all of them.

You may not like the Plastic Pig but it was hardly a failure. Various versions were sold over several decades and they were a common sight on British roads.

Many years ago I used to sell home electronics. My thing was video and TV. If a punter rolled up and pointed out something from a ‘Which’ review (UK equivalent to Consumer Report) then I’d expect to be familiar with the review. That’s the job. Getting into arguments? Did you enjoy throwing money away?

I don’t think it is trivialising anything. 10k hours is a lot of time and a large commitment and, unless one is extremely fortunate, acquiring expertise in most areas of life takes a significant commitment to that success but since I came upon the idea a few years back it rather changed the way in which I look at what…

Sadly, I think nobody would see our interesting, yet sometimes controversial show. :)

Chances are that by following this strategy you will attain complete success at being alone.

I love my tablet and phones for reading but would I give up the library that lines the walls of my living rooms? Not for a moment. But, when I travel, when I am in bed, when I want to take my library with me then my e-reader is the way to go.

I rather think the particle misses the point. The number chosen might be arbitrary but I’d wager a lot of Imaginary Internet Money that there’s not much that I could not become expert at if I gave it 10,000 hours of practice. That it might take much less time to acquire expertise in some skills does not invalidate the…

Oh, things must be very different over there. Where I come from it is a joint problem and not the least because both genders can fall victim to sexual harassment.

Spot-on!

I can not imagine that Weinstein is not a part of a larger eco system. You Americans have this lovely term ‘victim blaming’, the purpose of which is to exonerate a victim of any complicity in any given bad thing happening. But here’s the thing, many of the ‘victims’ ARE complicit.

Learning more about your prejudices than about the prejudices of others. Welcome to a racist world.

Many car parks in the UK use number plate recognition. No humans involved. What look like security cameras track your car. Penalties are issued automatically. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

As can be seen from the linked information and the article itself, the various tests have varying degrees of accuracy, that is, they have differing likelihoods of showing up duplicates. So, when, for ease and speed (read less cost) a method of DNA analysis is used that increases the chances of false positive matches…

Wait until you’re my age! It gets no better.

Absolutely! Although, to be fair, in my experience, as a foreigner driving on German roads, most non-Germans seem to be pretty much OK. But it only takes one and it takes ages for the police to clear the blood off the roads.

Not back seat driving. If you are from the United States and you drive too fast on German motorways, just because you can, the chances that you are driving safely are not high. The image you shared of your wife’s ‘experience’ is hardly impressive. Kinda glad to have missed you two on my travels across Europe.