BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

I didn't have "Hunter Biden nails it" on my bingo card. I think it also explains Starmer.

 

[BoldonLad]

I put in qualifiers there for that reason. I'm not making out that the entire industrial revolution was lacy doilies and glee clubs.
But look at Bourneville, Fry's etc, and then show me the modern day equivalents. Sure, they weren't doing it for completely altruistic reasons, rather to keep the workers productive (and sober), but show me a modern-day equivalent of those sorts of efforts (obviously an immediate cost to the shareholders), and maybe I'll be less harsh on today's capitalism.

During the Industrial Revolution, the things you talk about were, effectively, just, some, of the wealthy choosing to pay some tax. They (the wealthy) decided how much they would pay, and, what it would be spent on. Governments in the West have now taken on that role. Effectively or not, you decide.

 

[BoldonLad]

I had a test drive in a full self-drive Tesla last month. Bit jittery in town, especially with all the cyclists in Holland. Defensive on the motorway, missed two exits, but overtook and returned to lane without flaw.

That you are here, suggests it “worked” 😊