I've just learned that the new Dr. Who is a black homosexual, there's a turn up for the book 

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:26:15 AMI'm in favour but there is always that nagging little voice asking me why are they always sited in remote locations. Then rationality answers because of NIMBYs and the planning system.

There have been accidents but apart from Chernobyl there has been little in the way of widespread contamination or casualties.

If we are going to continue in a world of comfort with increasing energy demand and not return to one of hunter gatherers rubbing boy scouts together or whatever it is you do to light a campfire then nuclear will need to form part of the mix of energy sources.

If we were all hunter gatherers it would solve the obesity problem 

Quote from: Alex on Today at 05:12:02 PMYes, sorry JBR I should have said it was the UKAEA Police who were banished to Dounreay

Oh dear.  Were they naughty little policemen, like the ones Khan governs?
I'd banish Khan to Dounreay if I could.

It's how the pound survives with a constant deficit in the balance of trade. It has been a long time since financial services made up the deficit - now Sterling is propped up by the sale of assets. If it wasn't happening the pound would be worth jack.

Quote from: JBR on Today at 02:41:12 PMI'm very pleased to hear about this.
This would suggest that there is still hope for humanity, and that those biased protesters are actually in the minority and should be treated appropriately by the silent majority of sensible people.

Well said..

I think Boots is owned by an American firm.
And Smiths Crisps were taken over by Pepsi-co

I was just about to order another batch of Horny Goat Weed supplements, when a friend suggested I should try a British site .  When I Googled it I found this list on the firms website.  They started off with rival supplement firms then drifted off into an entire list.  Some of them I didn't know. 

Holland & Barrett's owned by the Russians
Natures Best owned by Merck KGaA (Big Pharma )
Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil owned by the Germans as well (Merck KGaA)
British Airways owned by the Spanish
Heathrow Airport now owned by the Spanish 25% and Qatar 20%
Cadburys Chocolate owned by the USA.
P&O Cruises owned by the USA
Rolls Royce owned by the Germans (BMW)
Selfridges owned by the Canadians
Tetley Tea owned by the Indians
Imperial Chemical Industries (Dulux) owned by the Dutch
Walkers Crisps owned by USA
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce owned by USA
Jaffa Cakes owned by Turkey
Harvey Nichols owned by Hong Kong
Kit Kat owned by the Swiss
The Financial Times newspaper is owned by Japan
Marmite is owned by the Dutch
Walls Ice Cream is Dutch owned as well
Hartley's Jam owned by USA
Most Premier League football teams
Hamleys is owned by China
Waterstones is owned by USA
Innocent drinks are USA owned
Scottish Power is owned by Spain
Thames Water is German/Omers (Canada).
Pilkington Glass is owned by Japan
Abbey National is owned by Spain
Newcastle Brown Ale owned by the Dutch & Danish and even brewed in Holland.
Beefeater Dry Gin owned by France
Harrods owned by the state of Qatar
The Mini is owned by Germany

Hear hear JBR  !

Quote from: Scrumpy on Today at 02:57:28 PMI found it hard  to understand what they were saying..

I didn't, but there's always sub titles if you struggle 

Quote from: JBR on Today at 02:45:15 PMBut wasn't it part of our research?  Of course, that was in the days when we were world leaders in the development of nuclear power production.

Yes, sorry JBR I should have said it was the UKAEA Police who were banished to Dounreay