Grumpier Old Men

I see we've lost Margaret Hamilton - whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon.

She coined "software engineering" because no one had the right word yet for what she was building.

90 years well lived. Rest in peace.

Maybe I'm missing something with this story, but if they've tried to rid themselves of her twice, why on earth did they then subsequently take her to hospital in an attempt to save her life? :? It makes no sense to me. A vet is a very good idea. I could go one stage further than that, but I'm unsure...

I think it's time to bring this thread back from the dead, as it's more relevant than much more recent threads which have mentioned them. The Telegraph reports ' Heat pump installations fall despite Labour reporting record interest ' Looking at this, a national survey showed two thirds of people exp...

What parent with half a brain would allow a child to start school who isn't even toilet trained? I'd feel utterly humiliated if that was my child. Not only that, but worried other parents would (quite rightfully) report us to the relevant authorities. Unfortunately we now live in a generation where ...

I see Jaguar have now launched the 'Type 01' at long last. What can I say about it? Well, it's a real skill to craft something so brutally ugly and excessively large on the outside, while making it cramped and inaccessible inside. Infact, the interior reminds me of being in an MRI scanner. Quite fra...

Pension payments should be RAISED if anything. However I have one proviso on that - to UK pensioners who live in this country, so the money effectively stays here at home. I know some may disagree with me over that one and that's fine... The state pension is a reward for working and paying NI into t...

How is he going to wring out cash from the woke work-shy benefit scroungers, eh? He can't, can he, but he can try to wring it out of us the cash-cow retired generation, the fukkwit🤬 I think the whole plan is to basically bleed the working population and the retired dry of any spare cash they have a...

I do seriously question the '999 call' business by one of those arrested. Whilst not out of the realms of actual possibility, it does seem incredibly odd. Some suggest they were fuel thieves. That then would raise three questions which we don't have answers for: 1) Where was the found petrol from? 2...

You've beaten me to this one... It's deeply worrying what's been happening across there over the last few days. I've seen various pieces of footage online and I have to admit, my heart sank. These people are vicious, and violent. This is NOT a student protest as the mainstream media have been report...

I'm at the point of thinking that if Russia invaded the UK, we couldn’t be in any worse position than being governed by this bunch of to**ers. About the worst that can happen to me without my medication would be a gradual deterioration in mood and I'd end up spending more time sitting on the toilet....

So, the madness of Labour's latest party conference continues. The next pledge, which even I'm struggling to believe as it could be seen as something straight out of Das Kapital, is council confiscation of properties that have sat empty for more than six months. It's a whole new level of low to stoo...

What on earth is this next phase of nationalised stupidity all about? Why do they just keep doing things that absolutely nobody asked for? When will this lot learn that the grid cannot work with erratic renewables causing instability- see the Spanish power cut last year. I suspect blackouts will be ...

A good point, William. I was reading something only this morning which suggested the so-called 'Free' social care could cost taxpayer anything up to £18billion. The foreign aid budget is £13billion. He can start there if he wants to make some savings. "Everyone contributes" to this social ...

I think we all knew this one was coming - the proposal to scrap the Triple Lock. Something I personally believe would be a terrible move. They are very hasty in wanting to take money away from ordinary people - the Triple Lock in this case - but they won't challenge financially damaging green extrem...

That extra cost means extra money for the government coffers. They've no intention on tackling this problem with any seriousness. Token gestures will be the absolute best we'll see. Besides, there's a few reports coming out suggesting they're considering implementing a so-called 'temporary' 50mph sp...