I buck the trend, because for me I get no work done and I'm not a fan of working from home. I like the separation of work and home life. Also, I don't have three screens like I do in the office. I get distracted and procrastinate more easily when at home too. Fwiw I'm not one of those people who...
I've developed an interest in exploration, so I'm reading Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle. A fascinating insight into the culture, biology, climate and geology during his time in South America. He writes very well and he is such a clever man, even by today's standards. An intrepid explorer, it...
Hi everyone, thought this might be a suitable thread to piggy-back on. I'm running a 10 k next month in London, to raise funds for my employer as they continue to research and trial new treatments.
The annual run is in honour of a Canadian athlete who lost his leg as a result of bone cancer in...
Wealthy people, sadly, may be more inclined to take risks. Another example being the fate of the men in the hand-made submersible that tried to dive to the wreck of the Titanic. How many other boats were in that part of the Mediterranean during the freak storm? I'd wager not many.
Maybe football has become so sanitised/predictable over the years that it has lost the tribal element that people seek out in...oh I don't know...political and current affairs. Ultimately we're all of us only human and by our nature we're a tribal bunch. If we don't have debates or harsh...
Hi I don't want to take credit for posting a song that has already been put on this thread (@Norman Potting mentioned it years ago on The Infinite Jukebox thread), but I recently discovered that Disturbed Sound of Silence cover and honestly it is one of the best things I have ever heard. I raise...
There were plenty of gendarmes and other law-enforcement folks outside the grounds. I remember having a coffee in a café terrace one morning near gare de l'Est and a half-dozen armed officers were casually having a full briefing, map pinned to the side of their unmarked van...and the locals...
Going on a long-awaited city break to Bordeaux this week, then TGV-ing to Paris to revel in some of the rowing and equestrian. Hoping the weather holds out, and our flight to Bordeaux is uneventful, and we win a ton of medals, and the French (Parisians) don't eat me alive for failing in my...