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That was a couple of years ago. He's got a 661 now.

L and S seem to be on the up and up, and rightly so. Driving through Brum the other day I saw that they had an advert on a huge electronic billboard beside one of the main trunk roads in. Quite surprised. The owner is a lovely guy. He told me once that he started out sweeping the floor in a factory.

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Have some respect, please. Don't taint this, yet another thread, with your tiresome BS. The thread title says it all. Constrain yourself to one of your own threads if you want to further your tedious agendas, you've enough to choose from.

Lucky he had a tree surgeon on hand to trot out the answer quick as a flash eh Doug?!

Persevere.

Elm isn't it?

Not bad for two small trees. One of which, (the red one with yellow grafted on), was mullered by Brown Rot or Blossom Wilt a couple of years ago. Anyone know if there's an optimal way to store them, for longevity? Stalk up, down or makes no difference?

What are your living arrangements @GarethM? I did pose the question at least once before, but you declined to answer.

Thanks for that Jihadi. Your sparkling wit and rapier sharp repartee is always appreciated on here. We'll bide our time and wait for the inevitable edit, or edits. Maybe they'll deliver some constructive input, some reasoned, grown-up discussion of the subject at hand.

So this State Visit. Is it only me or is this whole spectacle just a bit embarrassing, for The Royal Family and all of us as a nation? The fact that they've been reduced to having to spoil an already spoilt brat-cum-bully, to hopefully secure better terms between the UK and the US on the world stage. It's depressing that internatiuoanl trade and politics is now run in such a trivial manner. It seems to be all about appeasing and extravagently pampering a mercurial man baby. His speech at the Kings Banquet, or whatever it was, was cringy. Though, all that said, maybe it was more about the guest list at said banquet. Heavy on US tech bros and political operators, with a sprinkling of media barons and general rich elites. Nice. That doesn't bode well for the future of UK plc.

RIP Free Speech indeed.

Morning all. Weirdly warm here today. I think it's actually warmer outside than in the house, as it's warmed up so quickly after a cold start to the week. Forecast 21 today and 22 tomorrow.

Indeed, they're in "a pickle". Quite a serious pickle I'd say, and not of their own making. The UN commission of inquiry has laid out in detail it's evidence, referenced to the relevant conventions. Much of it is in the public domain, appears irrefutable and crucially, doesn't eminate from Hamas. I agree, we shouldn't blindly trust what a terrorist organisation says, we shouldn't trust it at all. To suggest that the immense death and destruction that we see/read/hear about every day on the news is Hamas propaganda is misguided. That narrative is in fact just Netanyahu and IDF propaganda. A relevant aside: the commission has previously concluded that Hamas committed war crimes and other grave violations of international law on 07/10/23. The three-member expert panel is made up of a South African, an Australian and an Indian; so no dogs in the fight there. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf I obviously wouldn't expect you to read and digest all of that, but at least consider it. Netanyahu and Trump need to challenge those findings quickly, it's not enough to say it's just another "distorted and false" report, and it's all the fault of Hamas.

That's highly unusual, he's normally such a cold fish.

Ok, thank you. I think I get the gist of it. Valiant effort!

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I've always used a screen protector, made of Gorilla Glass, (whatever that is), or similar. Always works a treat. You barely notice it's on there, certainly doesn't effect screen functionality.

It's not so much our computer scientists, (irrespective of their name or immigration status), as the big tech American companies that they'll work for, that I worry about. Do you trust them to put the safety of ordinary hardworking people just trying to get on in life, above profit? I don't.

Immigrant alert!

Vermin; if only we had US style gun laws eh @Johnsond? But nevermind all that. So Jihadi Johnsond, do you think homegrown steel or AI is more important to the hardworking British people just trying to get on in life? There's a question to test your mettle. I'd say steel is more important. Pretty sure you'd agree, but are you man enough to admit it?

Quite. You'll have to explain the Mouflon reference though.