@jon-nyc You'll need to find someone else to argue with. I am not your new Horace.
I'm done in this thread.
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Allahu AkbarriersI get your Islamophobia, @jon-nyc . Far be it from me to stand in your way. Carry on. But I think this sort of stuff goes over much better next door than here.
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Climate change is real.It's November 5, we haven't had a killing frost. My poblano peppers are blooming and forming new peppers and the cold-sensitive impatiens are blooming like crazy. Even the hostas are mostly green, with very few leaves turning yellow.
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Allahu AkbarriersThere are all kinds of bollards and other barriers that were installed as part of the project to make Oxford Street car-free.
Lord Khan’s pedestrianisation of Oxford Street “discriminates” against wheelchair users and the visually impaired, disability campaigners have said.
The scheme was described as “shockingly bad” and discriminatory because it restricts access to the street.
Campaigners criticised inconveniently placed benches and bollards, and ramps that were “painful” to mount. They added that shops were also more difficult to access now that there was no direct public transport.
https://www.aol.com/articles/khan-oxford-street-makeover-discriminates-172332000.html
This isn't a "Christmas market" thing. The plan to close off Oxford Street has been in the works for a long time. They did rush to get it in before Christmas to maximize foot traffic to businesses during the holiday shopping season.
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Allahu AkbarriersAre they just for a Christmas market? I thought they just closed Oxford street to vehicle traffic ("pedestrianisation") and those barriers are to keep any traffic out.
I was going to post the Guardian article and see if @andyd had any opinions on the closure...
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The man who walked from Chile to EnglandI want to know how he crossed the Darien gap.
Some info here on his website. Excerpts from his book, I think.
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Word association threadDrifting
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Word association threadLifting
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Modern ThanksgivingJulia Child’s giblet gravy is prepared in advance.
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The man who walked from Chile to EnglandKarl Bushby has returned to his childhood home in Hull after leaving Chile in November 1998 with the aim of walking an unbroken path back to his roots
And no, he doesn't walk on water. But he did swim the English Channel.