Yorkshire farmer Nicky Spinks and her record-breaking double Bob Graham run …

Because Copernicus peddled fake news and actually Trump is the centre of the universe

Total Immersion is great for adult learners. It’s all about balance, when you’ve got that sorted you don’t feel the need to kick like mad (using your big oxygen-hungry leg muscles) to stop yourself sinking.

The house is beautiful. The decor is fine and everything looks clean and fresh and tidy and well cared for – I’d rather that than a house that’s been tarted up for sale with the cheapest of everything. I would add some more photos that capture the lifestyle that’s up for grabs (details of the garden, the woodburner with the kettle, the front door with flowers round it …). Whoever buys it will do so because they fall in love with the place not because the figures add up, make it easy for them. Good luck! (I left London and moved to Devon; my manager was made redundant and moved to Skye!)

a young couple who’ve just sold a house in London

I’d have thought that was your perfect buyer – with silly London money, a desire for a lifestyle change, and the will and energy to run their own business. I’d be making it as easy as possible for such potential buyers to see the ad.

Storyville: Death on the Staircase (on iplayer)

Was it a Maggorita?

Splatbread?

At least it wasn’t pineapple 🙂

He’s like McGregor, he’s got no legs left
😆

I trained as a PT with YMCA (L3, blended learning – so travelled to London for practical training and assessments and did coursework/exam prep at home). Some tutors were great, some not so much. If you’re planning on qualifying over a long-ish period of time be warned that they do tend to change course content on an annoyingly regular basis so you can end up having to redo and pay again for revamped/renamed modules.

My life is so bereft of meaning that nuclear oblivion barely makes it into my top ten of things that could spoil my week 😯

You should be able to get copper tape from any garden centre
https://www.homebase.co.uk/defenders-slug-snail-barrier-tape-4m-roll_p404841

Brilliant pics 🙂

Hanger Lane. So good they named a Tube station after it 8)

Least it’s out there, and she can do something about it now.

Like change the locks and drop your belongings off at the Salvation Army

for many San Franciscans, an unwelcome visit from members of the “alt-right” is an opportunity to fight back in the spirit of the city by the bay – with flower power, drag queens, a little creativity, and an assist from the animal kingdom

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/san-francisco-dog-poo-protest-patriot-prayer-rally

Because it is telling children, from a very young age, “You are female, you should look after babies. You are male, you should drive trucks and like engines.”

And because the type of toys that kids get to play with affects how their brains develop

there was a good experiment last week where they dressed some babies in gender-opposite clothes and some random adults played with them

Supporters of the (fallacious) nature over nurture argument claim that boys ‘automatically’ make a beeline for cars and ride-on toys (the kind of toys which positively affect brain development) whereas girls choose to play with dolls, very interesting to see just how much a child’s ‘choice’ of toy is actually determined by the prejudices of their carer

Shorkie

Feargal?
Definitely not ‘Strangley Brian’

Kenny. Or Bodie.

‘Too many Florence Nightingales not enough Robin Hoods …’

West London to East Devon’s a doddle
http://www.doggydevon.co.uk/stay/ladram-bay-holiday-park/

Audiofuel?

the DfE does make telephone calls to witnesses for registration and passport applications, and does reject the application if they can’t get hold of your witness in a reasonable time

I used a local (non litigation) solicitor as my witness (just called in with id). Cost a tenner. Was well worth it to know that he’d (almost certainly) be easy for the dfa to contact.

Last lap was amazing. Just awesome 8)

Green and Black’s chocolate ever since Cadbury’s/Kraft got their mitts on it

Series 1-4 of Being Human on iplayer – it’s a hoot
And lots of Storyvilles – the one about James Randi is worth a watch

Grey pallor, shrivelled genitals, fondness for public nudity … are they robot kayakers?

I’ve long suspected that my toaster and kettle (or Carol and Ted as they’re known in AI circles) have been plotting to kill me

Aw great pics
Dog threads are the best 🙂

You could try Ladram Bay or Branscombe (Airfield??). Both East Devon, both handy for beaches and outdoorsy stuff as well as places to escape from the weather if it rains.

My brother had his tonsils out as a kid. He bled about a week after, blood transfusions, infection, fortnight in hospital. I had mine out as an adult and everything went fine (if you eat food with a bit of texture to it like mashed potato rather than soft food like icecream it’s supposed to help slough off the dead skin cells and stop big scabs forming so you don’t get the horrible pain and bleeding in the second week). It does really hurt and make you feel miserable though – not sure I’d want to be at the mercy of my brother while going through that (although my brother is a total git).

Maybe time to cut your toenails?

really its about getting out of cold wet clothes as fast as possible to get warm and dry

To me it’s about having a bit of consideration for the people around me. If someone’s in a cafe/car park they’ve a reasonable expectation of not having to see strangers sans pants.

is this normal? Acceptable?

No, just really rude and entitled. There’s a place for nudity and in a car park in front of a cafe isn’t it.

I like the way Trump is betrayed by his own combover which bops away in time to the music. He’s mastered his poker face, now he needs to work on his poker hair.

You’re just using it for the yellow colour, you don’t want the flavour (turmeric has quite an antiseptic taste) so just enough to add a bit of colour, not so much that everything tastes of tcp

just use a bit of tumeric instead

This!

With – like ploughman’s lunch
Mmm pickled onions …

It makes the sport seem stuck in the past. It sends out the message that in cycling a woman’s place is on the podium lookin purdy not on the bike kicking ass. It also sends out the message that male cyclists are girlfriendless losers who only get to be around women if those women are paid. It’s insulting to everyone, it’s seedy and dated, and it doesn’t do the sport any favours.