Recent content by -alan-

Arresting the Chair of the Philosophy Department. That just about sums it up perfectly. Poor lady.

It would be incredibly appalling if Netanyahu's influence directly - or indirectly - led to Trump getting back into the Whitehouse.

True. To be fair though Moore as 007 in the Louisiana boat-chase and corkscrew bridge-jump with Sheriiff JW Pepper (of the Lew-ee-zee-anna po-lees dee-puht-min') in other parts of the franchise did more than compensate :)

Tough audience in here tonight :)

Wrt the pedestrian lad Falter above - interesting take on it below. Was accompanied on his random road-crossing expedition by a couple of ex Mossad security guys and a film crew: He really is a calculating sh1t-stirring cnut.

Yeah, we have similar 'Immigrant issues' here in Ireland. We are short of housing true (due to a long-running Govt market forces / laissez-faire policy of not actually bothering to build any) - but there is virtually full employment and compared to large parts of Europe, the country is largely...

I hadn't heard the term 'hooded nib' before, but it's actually one of the things I really don't like in a fountain pen. Always looks to me as akin to a retractable biro with the refill partially slipped back into the barrel :) I've been a Shaeffer man since school - one of these (with a proper...

In a similar vein, I got banned from a predominately US based Harley Davidson forum for daring to suggest that I was happy not to have free access to automatic rifles for personal protection in Ireland - "Just another one of those parasitic Sheeples who depend on others (and the Law) to protect...

Yup. For sure. The character he plays in that is basically the Connery era Bond with the menace level dialled down half a dozen notches, and taking life / himself much less seriously. He's already got the misogynistic traits dialled back enough for the current generation, just add in a bit more...

The gap is just another variable in the suspension set up AIUI Wrt to the 'dead-cat-space' above the wheel (as it is known to some) - I was led to believe the factory setting is invariably a compromise between the advantages of a lower CoG versus the reduced ground clearance / likelihood of...

Always liked those VX800s. Very much an under the radar type of machine. Odd that it wouldn't rev out on the E10. The E10 is octane rated at c.95, didn't think that would be a problem ? I assumed the problem was more likely to be with the ethanol playing havoc with rubber seals in the carb and...

^That's a handsome thing. Not partial to Breitlings generally, but I like the detail on the face on that one.

I'm sure they could have cut back on the size of that pillow a tad.. :)

^ Would never have picked the correct musician in a million years. Good article - and a great writer :)

* Good video. I have to disagree with his opening comment to the effect that one of the biggest crimes in the world and Israel will walk away from it, They may do in terms of prosecutions and criminal charges - but decent people won't forget. I won't, and by all accounts my kids and a great...