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Ugh... this is getting a bit weird, and daft... men and women are different, and the differences aren't just physical, they are psychological too; this isn't misogyny or misandry it's just the bleeding obvious, is confirmed scientifically and we all know it - whether or not we choose to admit as...

That comes across as rather condescending and self-righteous, possibly with intent... :confused:

Hmm... I dislike party / left-right politics, focusing instead on issue by issue so, for balance... while agreeing that the right of the media certainly do play up the 'threat' of the woke stuff mentioned, the left (woke?) side - particularly on social media - play up the other side of it. We...

I didn't call anyone an idiot and wouldn't do so without good reason. I did make reference to idiocy being a possible reason for not recognising a fact as being one, and it is. Something which is known and can be demonstrably proven to be true is a fact; an objective fact will remain one...

We agree entirely in the importance of anyone having a problem recognising it and addressing it appropriately. However, a perusal of the available statistics reveals a clear and steady increase in suicide, particularly male, in the latter part of the last century. You may well question some of...

No, facts are facts, regardless of 'beliefs', superstitions, religions, idiocy or what-have-you. At the moment we have definite evidence for Homo Sapiens stretching back to ~300ka and, arguably, for 50ka more than that. Interestingly it is from North West Africa - Morocco - rather than East...

Today the corner of one small drawer, tomorrow a whole shed full... think big.

Does it involve skyhooks...?

Hmm... I'll admit I skipped a lot of the stuff regarding black holes and the like, I was interested in the hand-scraping bit. Other than a very realistic 'nightmare', it is hard to rationalise such an experience. I have no doubts that the fellow involved is telling the truth as he knows it. Yet...

It is where we evolved, so it's natural to us and - essentially - 'right'.

Plenty of options from there. Yes, it takes time and luck to find the right kit at the right price; but you'll get there. It's astonishing the stuff people buy and then find they never use or is surplus to their needs. I've bought a fair few things that I thought would be great or were great...

Agree completely; everything should be open for discussion, and everyone should be able to add his view, provided there are no ad hominem attacks or obvious deliberate unpleasantness.

That's fine as far as it goes, and I think anyone denying that many modern things are improvements on the old is daft; but many are not as good as they once were. Your last sentence is interesting; there is more equality in some matters certainly, but I don't think that there is what one would...

Interesting topic... I guess you mean things without sentimental value; yes, like you, sticks... I work with livestock and need a stick, but pretty much any one of about four or five feet in length would be fine. Nonetheless, I've walked around in circles for half an hour trying to find a...

Real men don't eat quiche?

Right, no 'cleverness' intended, just laying a foundation, and I'm way past worrying about being picked on / victimised etc., so no need for concern in that regard. Yes, I enjoy discussions, whether about things like this, or really contentious stuff such as natural or man-made handles on...

Hmm... certainly stoic in the vernacular sense; but I think that classical stoicism as a 'way to live' rather kicks the ars* out of it, and doesn't sound like much fun at all. :)

Ha! Maybe impossible and pointless to say, since it's something that would take an enormous amount of time to do exhaustively and, anyway, is entirely subjective; but I have a few minutes before sprog-feeding time, and I like a challenge, so I'll have a quick go... :) The simple biological fact...

Any chance of a link, I want to know the end... I think I'd have grabbed it! ;)

I think you'd be barking to camp in anything other than a new plantation in those sort of winds; there is always the choice to move on. I've had a beech limb hit very near to me when I was once stupid enough to go for a run through a wood in a gale, it was exhilarating and I knew every tree and...