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by djm
Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:25 pm
Forum: World
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 232
Views: 247027

Re: What are you reading?

Had a grotesque level of flying last week or two (15 flights in 12 days tour of Oz and NZ) so got through a fair chunk of reading. SS Great Britain by Len Deighton. Decent enough alternate history / crime novel. Kolyma Tales by Victor Shalamov - Should be force fed to anyone supporting extremism. Ne...
by djm
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:27 pm
Forum: World
Topic: What did you learn about in History?
Replies: 18
Views: 11354

Re: What did you learn about in History?

Can't remember doing any history at school. I think it was supposed to be covered in Social Studies but don't think it was covered much there either. I found a report online which said when I was at school students taking history in 6th Form had dropped to 21% http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/19...
by djm
Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:59 pm
Forum: World
Topic: What did you learn about in History?
Replies: 18
Views: 11354

Re: What did you learn about in History?

I went to a shit comprehensive school in the UK in the 80s. Therefore I was subjected to a bunch of hard left teachers teaching how awful my country is, how everything bad in the world is due to capitalism. Thankfully I had the good sense to see through their idiocy. My own children will not be subj...
by djm
Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:56 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Happy Thursday
Replies: 10
Views: 8271

Re: Happy Thursday

No and no.

Maybe people just don't like me enough to wish me a happy anything. but definitely cool with that.
by djm
Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:21 pm
Forum: World
Topic: flirtation
Replies: 48
Views: 19004

Re: flirtation

I think I had this same thread on INTPc but I'm doing it again anyway. Do you understand how to flirt? Can you detect flirtation when it's directed at you? How explicitly do the words 'I am attracted to you and would like to explore that some more' have to be vocalized before you recognize that som...
by djm
Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Run-up to WW3
Replies: 417
Views: 245434

Re: Run-up to WW3

Just haven't had the time to post here since. I'm frustrated the talks failed again today. Is this guy really prolonging the war on his people because he won't give up the Donbass? What the fuck does he expect will happen if this is allowed to continue? Part of me thinks Zelensky is stalling for NA...
by djm
Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: Meta
Topic: most of you are insufferable assholes
Replies: 44
Views: 42676

Re: most of you are insufferable assholes

Great video. I always joke when asked about language, that I only learned English at 18 when I left Birmingham! My working class Brummy was so strong nobody understood a word I was saying, might as well have been speaking French. These days I have the classical English problem of which language do I...
by djm
Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:01 am
Forum: World
Topic: Growing food from seed
Replies: 7
Views: 3361

Re: Growing food from seed

What’s your favorite method for sanitizing seed starting trays each season? I washed them in my tub last year pretty thoroughly and still lost a whole tray to what I suspect was soap residue. I haven’t tried a bleach-based method yet. In my own garden, i don't. never have a problem either. Love rai...
by djm
Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Covid news and views
Replies: 185
Views: 148604

Re: Covid news and views

Having recently visited both Netherlands and Egypt, thought I'd post some observations. Omicron is the end of COVID, it just isn't dangerous and all restrictions should be lifted now globally. There is no justification for any legal restraints on peoples lives now. Government needs to advise and let...
by djm
Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:49 pm
Forum: World
Topic: AAA: Ask America Anything
Replies: 179
Views: 69371

Re: AAA: Ask America Anything

Looks like China will be the next big dog, so that doesn't strike me as all the appealing. However, empire is a bit of a misnomer in this context. America has a significant impact on global affairs, sure, but I suspect nobody in Europe or Australia or any the like considers America their 'masters'....