A large number of the models are on the North Side at Duxford. Due to their age (and possibly the glue of the time,) they’re falling apart, and model-making firms are asking small fortunes to repair them.

people must have grown-up with very agile mathematical minds!

I can only speak for my (junior) school, but, every afternoon, we had a ten-minute session, where the teacher would throw calculations, taken from anywhere in the 2 – 12 times tables, and the answer had to come back quickly, or you had to stand by your desk; another mistake and it was onto the seat, and a third put you on the desk, with hands on your head, which at 8 years old is mortifying. I always had trouble with the 7 & 8 tables, but soon learnt to calculate x 5, and add two, or x 10 and add take away 2.
L.s.d. came as part of life, and was later invaluable when calculating pattern repeats in old-style carpets, since, for calculations, feet and inches are identical to shillings and pence.

Re 63If the ‘domino’ effect as described, impacted on our daily lives, then none would get out of bed to so much as buy a newspaper !.

If you smash up your car, and body, every time you buy a newspaper, maybe that would be a good idea.

The most seemingly insignificant of human activities could, by your reckoning, unleash a trail of destruction, turmoil and death as to rival some of the content of some rugby league matches

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Killing yourself, in a car accident, might be trivial to you, but not others who have to clean up afterwards.

The ‘picture’ you paint suggest that we should all carry individual, no limit, comprehensive, third party liability, compulsory insurance – just in case !

Only if you have a rather lurid imagination.

In any case, your scenario is already in place and serves to deal; on a daily basis, with your examples. These examples are, fortunately, a minority, because education about the general good sense of wearing a seatbelt has had effect. My general complaint is about compulsion.

Seems we’re arguing pointlessly, then, since the compulsion is aimed at the “I know best” fraternity, not those with the intelligence to see the value of wearing belts.

We will, mindful of our thoughts about the evils of smoking, see that compulsion extended against the remainder of the population who still smoke. I’ve no doubt that many will applaud the proposed extention of non smoking laws into public parks and open spaces regardless of the chipping away by the State of what is left of personal freedom.
Some nanny minded interfering politician intent on making a cheap headlne or two and getting his/her name into Hansard will promote this measure thus ensuring even more firmly that the State is holding our hand when we cross the road – by the approved crossing – of course

It has actually already been denied (do you really think they’d dare to do it just a few months before an election?)

Police are required and have duty to enforce laws and that is it, no matter the laws bias.
There is nothing in any duty laws that say police are to protect and serve, that is a political gimmick..

That might be true in the U.S., but not here:-
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR POLICE OFFICERS
1(a) The primary duties of those who hold the office of constable are the protection of life
and property, the preservation of the Queen’s peace, and the prevention and detection of
criminal offences. To fulfil these duties police officers are granted extraordinary powers; the
public and the police service therefore have the right to expect the highest standards of
conduct from them.

Nice to hear you also have an imaginary friend, Edgar.

All of my friends are real, but you do love to assume whatever suits your particular agenda, don’t you?

So why bother to post, unless it is because you are following me about, debunking me. Are you my stalker as well as trying to be my god? Or maybe you fancy me

1/. Because somebody has to, otherwise you’ll continue to get ideas above your station. 2/- & 3/- Of all the nonsense you’ve spouted over the months, that has to be the most hysterically funny.

Don’t know if these are the correct answers]

I got the same for most, though, having rented all my life, I don’t really understand rateable value, so arrived at £1,780,000
I made the last one £135 (810 – 135 = 675 + 20% = 810.)

Just going by what you have mentioned..

As I said, you assume too much.

So you follow me around, claim these threads are a waste of time whilst still posting on them, and just so that I don’t get ideas above my station? How perfectly base. Where do you suppose my station is?

If you stop allowing your ego to get in the way, you’ll see that I do respond on threads to which (thankfully) you do not reply (I can’t say “contribute,” because that would be overstating things,) so “following you around” is (as usual) a gross overstatement.

Or he could have posted them here to let younger readers put the crime into context. Emotions ran high on both sides.

It comes as no surprise to see you leaping to this creature’s defence, but it would be appreciated if you had the courtesy to read what was written. The existence of the chants is not disputed, just whether we really need, yet again, to read every word that was said. Some like to wallow in such nastiness; others don’t.