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Tirana really is getting better every year. I was at the last game at the old stadium, glad they've incorporated a small part of it into the new one.

^ went to see S Club and Vengaboys in Elgin the other month.

Mike Nesmith of The Monkees's mother invented correction fluid (a.k.a. Tipp Ex). Huey Lewis' grandfather invented the red wax sealant you get on some cheeses.

My boss has taken a week's holiday to work a bar at Glastonbury. Though it says more about how criminally underpaid he is than his enjoyment of music festivals.

Think your link is broken, that's not about Clueless.

I don't think they should have the right but councils really need to make it easier for people who live in certain places to have that option. A big reason many of Scotland's tourist hotspots are critically low on staff is because they have the option of staying with their parents until the house is passed onto them or moving to a city where they can share a flat with their pals. The demographics aren't great in these places and there are more people leaving the workforce and remaining in their accommodation than there are school leavers. Anyone who's travelled the NC500 recently can tell you how broken the Highlands are and it's not looking like it was a covid blip which will rebalance in a few months. A quick search online shows that the nearest place available to rent from Aviemore is in Inverness. None of the houses in the area to buy would be affordable for a young couple working in 90%+ of the jobs there. I agree it shouldn't be a right, but it should at least be an option for one or two people.

Reduce it to zero and I'm with you.

That's entirely dependent on your cut off line for best. In a 32 team tournament saying the best teams are there surely means you think the 32 best teams are there.

But Costa Rica are?

If you genuinely think those are the thirty-two best national teams then fair enough.

So do I, but a championship to determine the best side in the world should consist of the best sides in the world. If folk really want to watch diddy nations it's easy enough these days without devaluing the World Cup.

The last three times I've gone on holiday I've been sat next to a professional footballer either at the airport or on the flight. Aaron McEneff the lucky lad today.

Being excited about setting off on holiday only to realise your first stop is Perth fucking Broxden.

Can't be that traditional, there's no j in the Turkish alphabet.

"From hero to zero"? f**k's sake, I know it's an expression but might he not for a second realise that the vast majority of people are neither? It's this sort of binary, partizan thinking that's running politics. Yours sincerely, Yer da.

I reckon it's probably from both ends. I can't imagine Brexit or covid has had a particularity negative effect on the supply of architects or software engineers. However, look at the amount of restaurants, hotels and pubs which can't operate full time/at capacity and you can imagine the effect demand has had on wages. Near me there's a cleaning job paying £11ph (plus some decent bonuses which incentivise shoddy work). Before Covid it was a £8.72 minimum wage job. That's a 26% increase over two years. There've been similar increases for entry level positions at supermarkets (plus double time on bank holidays).

Fair point, but there are plenty tolerant Islamic examples, which shows the problem isn't solely Islam. On Friday I'm off on holiday to two majority Muslim countries. I plan on eating pork, drinking alcohol, chatting with an openly gay acquaintance, and should I get the all clear from Oaksoft, even engaging in sexual intercourse without a ring on my finger. None of that will land me in prison. You've also got to remember that Islam is nearly six hundred years less mature than Christianity. At their age Christians hadn't even begun with the inquisition.

I think the tinpottery in this case is describing the partnership as "exciting".

In my experience that makes him more obstinate. There's a point where playing hard to get ceases to be alluring.

If you wouldn't mind educating the ignorant. Would cars not, to coin a phrase, "fly under the radar" or has that issue been solved by Lockheed or whomever?

Islam's not the problem, it's extreme interpretation of Islam. Most of the things you talk about: sex outwith marriage, homosexuality, pork, could be punishable by death in an extremist Christian state.

The most obstinate, petulant wee fucker I've ever worked with.

What's the score with tidal energy?

It's the year 2022 and humanity is still yet to design a microwave turntable which easily slots into its holster.

Signing off on my work's typo-ridden GDPR training. Where I've given my word that I'll get customers' "explicit content" before sharing it with others.