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So, my day has been full of fun... Three trips to the hardware store: 1. To get a Stanley knife. 2. To get a new nozzle for my silicone gun, when I cut too much off the end of the old one with my new Stanley knife. 3. To get a new tube of silicone when I realised that the old one had expired...

My aura kills plants.

It will make me tetchy and irritable. And eventually it will be an oasis of calm leading to creativity and productivity.

Moving furniture is the one thing I never do. I like things where they are - and I like my routine. Moving house is going to be...challenging. Expect me to have the collywobbles for a week or two!

Stop being reasonable. I'm sulking! :)

What a piece of work is man, How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, In form and moving how express and admirable, In action how like an Angel, In apprehension how like a god, The beauty of the world, The paragon of animals. And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust...

Humph. I thought I'd get a Like. Instead I got a telling off.

I just saw this article and thought it was fascinating. I've copied the text and links below, with a link to the article here. It's even more interesting for me as the research is being carried out at my local university. [Mod edit: Please only copy snippet from article and then link to...

Oh, but what would the Tory landowners do? Are you suggesting that they give up their land for the common good? That's dangerously close to socialism, young man.

We can... so long as planning rules allow it. For example, there is a height restriction in the Ashdown Forest area. There is also a height restriction in the South Downs National Park. Can you imagine the level of protests there would be from the environmentalists?

Because land is finite. We can't produce more land (even the Dutch are having problems retaining the land they've reclaimed). Supply and demand. But, that's capitalism for you.

Hang on - where have I said 'don't extend life'? In fact, I've said: and

I'm all about life and living. History is being rewritten daily. And so the evolved order becomes the natural order. But in both situations (evolved and natural) there is a point where life is extinguished. By all means, do everything necessary to extend life - but have the infrastructure in...

Making them die - no. That implies some form of intervention. Expecting people will die has been the natural order. If that premise were inverted, what would the implications be and how would society need to evolve?

That's not what I am saying at all. And you know it. I actually asked a question - is curing death a good thing? What are the implications?

Is curing deatha a good thing? We are already planning for an ageing population, at the same time as the birth rate continues to grow in developed countries. So population is expanding at both ends of the age spectrum. At the rate we consume resources, how much longer will it be before we...

Steady. Not all of us have rudders ;) Oh... you meant metaphorically?

Yes, but think about the neighbourhood and the likelihood of crime. Would it be worth trading off the cheap house price if you were terrified to leave the house?

I make a really, really good beef curry. Just sayin'

I don't mind meandering threads. That's the beauty of forums such as this - an idea sparks an idea, sparks an idea, etc.