BBC again: "UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget". Clearly we should buy cheaper balloons which are easier to pump up.
I wonder how they arrived at the figure of 97M? That works out to be roughly one document - memos, emails, texts, photos etc - generated for every second of the 3 years in question.
I wonder how they arrived at the figure of 97M? That works out to be roughly one document - memos, emails, texts, photos etc - generated for every second of the 3 years in question.
If each page of each document is electronically scanned separately then the number increases dramatically. I’ve worked on systems like this, and the military generates documents like you wouldn’t believe (been there too).
I assume a lot of duplication too - an email trail existing in multiple inboxes for example. But it’s a lot to find down the back of a sofa, at the last minute, several years into a public enquiry.
There are so many questions this raises. That is a huge amount of material to "accidentally" miss. I mean, I have worked for companies who generate a lot of unneeded documentation, but this is an extraordinary amount to have found after they have been looking into things for 3 years.
But the best part, of course, is the "regrettable". Is it regrettable that they were found? Or that they were missed? Or that they were produced in the first place?
[...] But the best part, of course, is the "regrettable". Is it regrettable that they were found? Or that they were missed? Or that they were produced in the first place?
It's a good sample for this thread, isn't it.
I bet they hate that the files were found, and would have preferred them to remain hidden. But the way it is put, everything's up in the air. And thus we can poke fun at them.
I mean, you don't need to know anything about Cave Creek to know that it is a place of doom. Like "anything Gully" - if you are a cowboy, you will die there.
It's what locally gets referred to as "the depressed area" which is kind of pitiful, to be honest. But realistic, since those mostly unused warehouses were built during the heyday of river traffic, now in decline. And the empty warehouses make a great place to get murdered or to have someone stalk you in an action drama.
From "Rail Advent": "Sussex steam locomotives involved in incident as report released".
Er, no - the report came out today, the incident occurred in August 2025. That pesky "as" again! Why do they do it? Why not, "Report released on Sussex steam locomotives involved in incident"?
No, no! It wasn't a truck with a lavatory on board. It was a truck filled with what had recently been through the plane's lavatories. The hijacker was a man with a serious - but apparently undefined - problem. Or possibly an unusual hobby.
No, no! It wasn't a truck with a lavatory on board. It was a truck filled with what had recently been through the plane's lavatories. The hijacker was a man with a serious - but apparently undefined - problem. Or possibly an unusual hobby.
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I recognise him! He drives past our house every day and throws his empties out the window.
Xi is wrapping his visit to Washington with a peek at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Nice to know that there is one President who is interested in them.
(From the BBC)
The substance of the report is worth reading too (before the Beeb removes it).
If each page of each document is electronically scanned separately then the number increases dramatically. I’ve worked on systems like this, and the military generates documents like you wouldn’t believe (been there too).
But the best part, of course, is the "regrettable". Is it regrettable that they were found? Or that they were missed? Or that they were produced in the first place?
I bet they hate that the files were found, and would have preferred them to remain hidden. But the way it is put, everything's up in the air. And thus we can poke fun at them.
Woman turns self in after shooting mother in Cave Creek
Let that be a lesson to you, mothers: Never, NEVER venture into Cave Creek!
And never go to "The Warehouse District"
Do some people not watch proper TV?
Possibly the gentrified docklands, in which the old tatty warehouses were tarted up for Yuppies*
*Do we have Yuppies any more? Since the sub-prime generated credit crunch they must be an endangered species.
It's actually quite nice. Quite gentrified. But mothers beware!
So many cop shows, the abandoned docks (an American tern, I think) there are always warehouses all kitted out for a chase and shootout.
So many cops have met there end in that.
Dead Cardiff City star's son breaks silence on tragedy and the claims he's still alive
One has to admit that breaking silence will just fuel the suspicion that you are still alive.
And a bonus:
Police find body of man in Welsh town
I presume the town was Women-Only?
Mr. Barr attempted to steal an American Airlines lavatory truck before he was arrested by the airport police.
So far, no word as to his motive.
Not weird in the wording of the headline but just, oh so weird that it actually exists.
'The Orange Plague': Naked Trump statue on display at European Parliament in Strasbourg
WHY?!
Haven't added a link, or you'll all need eye-bleach
Could we get the Plague back into its laboratory in Washington (or Florida)?
Er, no - the report came out today, the incident occurred in August 2025. That pesky "as" again! Why do they do it? Why not, "Report released on Sussex steam locomotives involved in incident"?
The police have nothing to go on...
(The 'flushed' emoji seemed appropriate)
He wasn't too involved - just going through the motions.
I'd vote for him.