My own first name Mark, Firstly it is supposed to be spelled Marc as according to my mother I was named after Marc Bolan but they wrote it with a K on the birth certificate. Secondly it just doesn’t feel like it suits me, I have no idea what alternative I would pick though. Maybe I just don’t feel comfortable being called by my name no matter what it is :)
That’s a great example, I was prompted by the Fluke Skywalker stuff going on, But there are plenty of times when people who are famous for something are found to fall short. Then you get this outpouring of grief and disappointment, It happens enough that people should know better really.
I hate that many people idolise other people.
It’s possible to like some of the work of somebody without idolising them and blindly listening to or following absolutely everything they do.
I’m 47 and without kids, I was always indifferent to them and decided if I got with somebody who wanted one then it would happen, Once my sisters had kids I lost any remaining interest in the idea, I don’t think I would be a good dad as a result of my indifference. My Mrs is very much not interested in them either, Not a good environment for a kid to grow up in I feel. Sometimes people think it’s ok to ask why not, For me that question isn’t a problem but I can understand how it might be a massive problem for those who wanted them and for whatever reason didn’t get any.
I am slightly surprised by a quarter though, Had you asked me before I would have said a few percent tops…
We usually go to a city somewhere and just explore, soak up the culture etc, We usually try to go on an adventure, Like when we went to Iceland in the winter and hired a car to drive round, That was fun, I just like to have a lot to remember and talk about when I return. I try not to visit the same place twice, Though I did go to Moscow twice as the Mrs wanted to go the second time.
British, Yes, Most people here can, In fact in my 47 years I have only met 2 people who had automatic only licences. And I ran a garage for 7 years so met a lot of drivers. I have personally only owned manuals and haven’t done more than 100 miles in Automatics.
Similar thing happened in the village I grew up in, Big pub/carpark bought by somebody, burns down, now has about 10 houses on the site. It was recent enough that you can see the progression on google earth using the timeline tool. Nobody did anything as it was just a pub in a small village with no special significance.
It’s the reason I am keen to see some kind of justice on this one.
Tripped over my shoelace when I was 10, The kid behind me tripped on my feet and fell on me, Broke my collar bone, a rib in 2 places and a fracture to one vertibrae. I had to have an operation later as things didn’t heal right.
No problem, It was interesting to strip the car down and work out what had gone on. This was before the days when we all had cameras with us otherwise I would have lots of pics of the carnage.
When I owned my workshop I once had to replace the engine in an old Ford Fiesta that had this happen.
From what I could tell they went from 4th to 1st.
The damage started when the middle two pistons broke and allowed the conrods to separate from them pulling out the wrist pins as they did. Then the free floating conrods hammered the pistons into the head destroying the valves, rockers and pushrods too. After that the rods had bent enough to allow them to fall out of the cylinder and punch a hole in the back of the block, then the sump then parts of the rods exited through the front of the block, One of them destroyed the radiator as it left.
That is my rundown of the series of events from what I could work out at the time.
Don’t the lib dems have rejoining or closer ties as part of their manifesto ? or did I not recall properly…