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I remember when John Prescott was given the Transport ministry and told his brief was an integrated transport policy. This was an impossible job to tie up road, rail and air travel and was designed to keep a nuisance minister of limited ability out of the way while the real job of running the countr...

Of course, it's Ian Flemming.
I believe the second Bond film was From Russia With Love.
Is the woman on the left Yvette Mimieux, the actress who starred with Rod Taylor in The Time Machine?

I can get Sean Connery and I think it's Bernard Lee on the left so I'm guessing that it's an early Bond film. Not sure of the female actors though - I don't think it's Dr No.

12 Mount Whitney and Badwater Basin, both in California?
Highest and lowest points in contiguous USA.
14. Additionally, Salisbury cathedral spire is the tallest in the UK. Maybe in Europe, and the others aspire (heh) to that for doubles and triples?

In general, if the photograph was taken in a public place (ie a place where there is not a reasonable expectation of privacy) where photography is not prohibited, and is not use commercially, no permission is required. Unfortunately, a large proportion of people are not aware of this, so when out a...

I love it. It's a magical foreign language all of its own.

That's sad news OC. I'm sure your kind hearted visits made a big difference to his life as his daughters said.

Might not be in chat this evening. My internet is down and I'm tethering from my phone with Smarty, which has a 4gb limit.
First time in over two years it's been broken. Ho hum.

At least I can watch the snooker while I am stuck in the HMRC telephone queue.

This comment made me chuckle. You have seemingly unlimited patience, OC.

Parts of the UK have a yellow warning for snow on Thursday. One should avoid yellow snow.

This one needs no explanation.

I landed on my forearms then toppled forward which is why I scraped my face. Furby is right - I was wearing gloves.

Good to know they're not has beans.

I didn't attend chat either. I watched a 3D movie called Monster Hunter and completely forgot. The movie was a film version of a Capcom game starring Milla Jovovich. There wasn't much story and continuity was patchy but the titular monsters were well rendered in CGI 3D and it was quite entertaining ...

Thanks Di.
My face scrapes are settling down into dark red scabs that make me look like I've been in a fight. Yeah, bro, I'm tough innit.

Poor brave Eccles walking home with a smashed face. You are right though no choice if need to get home. Its part of why I dislike going far because of no way to get home should something happen. Hope Eccles is ok today for his walk and after all its not your legs injured is it so why not. Thanks Fu...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2023 ... -and-brain

Thanks OC. I was over a mile from home at the time so had little choice but to continues walking which wasn't a problem. No doubt I'll be out again tomorrow. Shaving might be a problem for a few days though.