I don’t know if it is still the case but for a long time the US visa waiver form asked - are you or were you ever a member of a terrorist organisation?

Thinking “5, 4, 3, 2, 1" doesn’t work for me.

Who want’s to say more in meetings? Meetings are always too long. Saying something just because you need to be seen saying something just makes the meeting even longer.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ..... still nah.

You didn’t miss anything!

With Syncthing do you need both devices to be on in order to sync, and for OwnCloud do you need a server that is always on?

I was thinking I’ve never got anything from a hotel, but yeah I got an early check in once about 8.30 am! We were on a sleeper train to Vienna and the train got in before 8. We thought, well lets go to the hotel and at least drop off the suitcases, and while we’re there there’s no harm in asking. We were reassigned…

That R-Whites Lemonade dustbin brings back memories of my childhood. It’s odd that it is directly next to another dustbin on the lamp post. I suspect the TV crew put it there as set decoration without thinking about the other bin.

In the fifties Sci-Fi did not have to be so realisticly plausible as Sci-Fi today does. Wyndham’s style was to create a crisis and explore the social and psychological effects on society as a whole. The fact that the cause of this crisis requires a bit of tolerance from the reader does not take away from the quality…

“I could live without any apps. .... I did for many years”

I think Mr Silver doesn’t understand what a Venn Diagram is.

The Beatles last* song ends with the line

“lets go catch a movie”...”at your place” !!!! LOL

Great idea. Lots of guys hate loosing to a girl! No idea why.

Even worse is when the cook says nothing even when they know the friend is a vegetarian. If you think “they’ll never know”, the veggie will feel betrayed if they do find out. It is much better to be open about this and let the veggie decide for themselves.

Not only is it the larger screen, but a sensible keyboard. Writing more than two sentences on a smart phone or small tablet is really annoying.

The author is cleearly not a person who goes to bed and then wakes up on hour later and can never get to sleep again. I have ample sleep oppourtunity, but way too little sleep

I recommend playing this game. When Christmas is over continue playing it. After a couple of months you can extend the rules to include any song by Wham. If you have a relapse shed a quick tear and start again. A life without Wham s a life worth living!

No one has mentioned music yet!
No. 1 Sing, either sing along to your favourite music or even better sing with friends/family.
or No.2 play an instrument if you have one. It doesn’t matter how good or bad you are just play it.
or No. 3 just play some mp3s, cds, vinyl, cassettes,.... or even stream with youtube/spotify.

Beer costs money