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Comment · 5 months ago
One thing that I find annoying is that it gives results like a teleprinter and so overall takes longer
Comment · 1 year ago
When I was a kid we threw out our old B&W tv. I wanted to smash the CRT but had heard that they could explode so from a distance I fired several .22 bullets at the screen. They had no effect. IIRC the screen wasn't damaged at all? I can hardly believe what I'm writing but it was true
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes, with the 'can' in canola being the first 3 letters of Canada. They though up the name as they reckoned the name rapeseed was problematic from a marketing point of view. I've heard that like all oils that require extensive processing canola/rapeseed oil is not good for you as it contains the wrong sort of fatty acids as a result of that processing. Olive oil, lard, butter, coconut and ghee are all far healthier.
Comment · 2 years ago
Where I live it goes crazy with road works when it's coming to the end of the year with the council trying to spend the unused budget rather than lose it.
Comment · 2 years ago
My sister is far far richer and more successful than I am. She once told me that every night the last thing she'd do was to make a mental list of things to do tomorrow. That was it. Nothing written down.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I don't revolve once every 24 hrs, the earth does.
Comment · 2 years ago
Is there any way to get rid of the banner that moves with you as you scroll down the page?
Comment · 2 years ago
I've read books on it. The 2 million Arabs are the descendants of the 20% of Palestinians who were internally rather than externally displaced, ie the ethnic cleansing was only 80% effective.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Aah, the Palestinians never existed argument, the successor to the long discredited land without people for a people with land one and just as derisory. The actual tragedy here is that Western Powers facilitated settler colonisation to create a Jewish State which by definition required the expulsion of the people already living there. Further, the Zionists never had any intention of sticking to the share of Palestine "gifted" to them by the the UN. They had prepared detailed plans for the ethnic cleansing of all of Palestine. The only reason they didn't take the West Bank in 1948 was that there, they were up against the British-trained Arab Legion.
Comment · 2 years ago
That'll be because it hasn't become a free pass for that. Happy to help.

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