Good old Alexa, I've spend a couple of hours listening to Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Rogers & Hammerstein songs.  In the 60s we had some great music and some will never be forgotten, but there was something special about these old songs.

Quote from: dextrous63 on Today at 06:59:33 PMWhat about if we make it a legal obligation for pedestrians to wear inflatable smimming rings around their waists and heads?  Sort of personalised buoys?

No, I disagree.
It would serve them better if they continued to walk into each other, hopefully banging their heads together and knocking a bit of sense into themselves.

The pub was packed on Saturday night
Ethel and Maggie pole dancing, what a sight
The pole was greased with thick beef dripping
It stank something horrid, and the pair kept slipping
Their green wooly drawers gave everyone a fright !

Reverend Brown was new to the church

Which places are almost all white British ?
 

Quite.  Plus, of course, life expectancy has risen which has created its own problems.

What was the UK population in 1947 when NHS was born, 40 million  ?   Now we don't exactly know how many people the NHS is trying to cope with. 

I see that the Miriam Webster online dictionary states that 

QuoteThe meaning of AYATOLLAH is a .... leader among Shiite Muslims

With that in mind, perhaps we ought to rename the position of PM as Ayatollah since their job seems to lead shite politicians.😬

Quote from: JBR on Today at 06:57:27 PMWouldn't work.  Some of the 'walkman types' would just walk into each other!

What about if we make it a legal obligation for pedestrians to wear inflatable smimming rings around their waists and heads?  Sort of personalised buoys?

Quote from: dextrous63 on Today at 06:48:14 PMThere is a simple solution.  Put fencing along the kerb so that people cannot step onto the road at all, except at designated spots which have electric gates which open at times.  A bit like the London Underground has on some of its stations.

Wouldn't work.  Some of the 'walkman types' would just walk into each other!

There is a simple solution.  Put fencing along the kerb so that people cannot step onto the road at all, except at designated spots which have electric gates which open at times.  A bit like the London Underground has on some of its stations.