Oregon not being how Americans say “Oregano” is very confusing for us foreigners. Especially when Americans correct you for saying oregano like Oregon.

“eeel-es-nwaaaah”

Mike is pretty busy right now listing all the women’s health providers he is going to picket but I am sure he will tune in.

Agreed. I said the same upthread.

Cheating is only winning when rich white dudes do it with other people’s money. Trump is a shyster plain and simple. USA may as well just elect Bernie Madoff. Or Wolf of Wall Street guy. Or Gordon Gekko. Or Patrick Bateman. They give an equal shit about the poor or infirm or dispossessed.

There is a whole group of male writers who are dedicated to analysing and pointing out the flaws of women with greater talent. I agree it is the worst kind of mansplaining. Gatti is the type of person who acts like a SJW when really he is just a nosey sneak. All that stuff about her “flashing her cash around” is…

Very few people have lived a life without HIV/Aids.  HIV was found in Africa from 1920s but very very localised. It was called something else though but it was the same condition. People use 1981 as the date it was recognised by the US CDCP in their newsletter which eventually lead to the 80s explosion of diagnosis…

They are good but of a certain type. I admired her skill as writer but found some of it a bit sentimental personally. But if you like Maggie o’Farrell and Isabelle Allende, you may like this.

I have heard people say this and yes, her anonymity makes a lot of sense in this regard*. Also lots of writers are introverts. JK Rowling now says if she knew the attention she got, she would have stayed out the limelight and not listened to other people as much. Some writers stay out of the PR world because they…

As others say, bullshit. John Le Carre was anonymous for years and he outed himself when he wanted to do so. Even now, he has a much less public profile than other writers. His fans accept this. Same with Banksy.

We have some of the FINEST research facilities in the whole of the world, I will have you know. :)I used to work near the building they cloned a sheep. Lots of it comes from charity money because we are good at raising cash for things. Alas, the biggest threat to medical research is Brexit because a lot of money…

Generations? Erm more like CENTURIES. They are the most UK based since Elizabeth I. I say her rather than the Stuarts as they married Danish and French and Portuguese royals. Mary Queen of Scots was half French after all.

If only London did this!

Try some of the Kinja subblogs. They are much different vibe than the main page.

Anorak comes from trainspotters. They stand outdoors and we have lots of wind and rain.

I went to a friend’s friends family home (brief day visit, not a guest but tagging along) which was an old castle in the Borders and they had SO MUCH COOL SHIT in that house, they just treated it like ... erm ... the furniture. “Oh that old thing” dismissive wave. So this doesn’t surprise me. You could have a…

The Pink Panther gang are based in the Balkans with links to the Middle East, Russia and Japan. They could get rid of all kinds quite easily. You can drive to Italy and be on a ferry to Albania in less than a day.

It’s said that Elizabeth Taylor had some excellent replicas made of her most famous jewels, so she could wear them with complete impunity- the real items were safely locked up for all but the grandest occasions.

Buying jewels is an investment that cannot be taxed.

She may not have been travelling with anything. They may have been lent to her by a high-end jeweller to wear at a show and sent back the next day.