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I liked someone's proposal to reduce the weight of a world premiere, by framing it as a first trial. The real 'premiere' is the first revision, where all of the lessons learned from the WP can be addressed and improved.
That revision needs as much attention as the WP production.
Nope. Would you like to apply to be my heir? Have you come across the French system of viager?
bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-3332…
We bought our flat 40 years ago. The value of the flat remains the same: one home.
The valuation will be ludicrously higher (40-fold?), but this is a totally theoretical 'gain' as we will never sell it.
Saturday Night Live explains American weights and measures.
Washington's Dream - SNL youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?si=EH7C…
Hungarian channel M1 after Péter Magyar's landslide win over Orbán: "Public media should not lie. We apologize for having done so for many years! Public media is currently being transformed to ensure that in the future, it remains trustworthy and independent."
See also: Hungarian channel M1 after Péter Magyar's landslide win over Orbán:
"Public media should not lie. We apologize for having done so for many years! Public media is currently being transformed to ensure that in the future, it remains trustworthy and independent."
Echoes of Hungarian TV after Péter Magyar's landslide win.
"On 7 July 2026, [Hungary]'s main public channel M1 was briefly taken off the air.., displaying an on-air apology promising that it would be "trustworthy and independent" in the future"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A…
Blimey. Too many to mention .. apparently, I have an odd (good) memory for dialogue. But Nobody's perfect.
You did good. Damn right I did.
We live in a twilight world
I am no man's Elizabeth
Oh, Louis, what am I doing?
Have you got a bit of 2x4? well strap it to your spine
...
Your excellent overview of how everything evolved, was structured and planned does raise my hopes.
The election result is already a major inspiration. If a workable government comes out of these roots, it will be a beacon of hope not just for Serbia, but much more widely.
A friend in Paris had a balcony this wide. They had a table permanently filling the full width, and the diners reached their seats through separate French windows to either side. Genius.
(requires two access points, though)
It will also be one of the least experienced governing bodies in history.
All best wishes to them.
They are going to need it.
Ah .. that's not a five-fold increase, is it?
It's five times as high in winter
Sounds better than a four-fold increase, or a 400% increase
The stats on the summer/ winter direct sunlight were very impressive, a fivefold increase in winter (I prefer n-fold to percentages as it is more .. 'visceral'?)
PS: wot, no floor plans?
Conflating Jewry with Zionism, staining all Jews with the genocidal crimes of apartheid Israel, is antisemitic.
Listen to the thousands of Jews that are against Zionism.
This is more than the usual, and it's not confined to France.
"The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal"
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
