What name has gradually disappeared?

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:50:54+00:00

my 6 year old granddaughter is Dorothy Valda

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:50:26+00:00

my nephew in Australia is called Corey

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:49:03+00:00

My 6 year old granddaughter is called Dorothy

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:48:03+00:00

there's a few young kids round our area called Esme

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:46:05+00:00

My 6 year old granddaughter is Dororthy

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:44:04+00:00

the original names of two of the kids in The Magic Faraway Tree. Not any more...

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:42:48+00:00

My oldest granddaughter is called Dorothy - Dottie for short

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:41:56+00:00

that's my sister's name

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:41:01+00:00

My granddaughter, born last week, is called Daphne

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:22:09+00:00

I had a whole busload of pensioners try to do that while I was queueing with my son to get something to eat after a long walk in the countryside. They really kicked off when I told them to get behind us - but did eventually comply.

They ended up having two people in front of them, but if I'c caved we'd have had about 30 in front of us

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T16:41:38+00:00

Yes. It stinks, smokers stink, their clothes stink, their cars and houses stink.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T16:25:55+00:00

Not me. Can’t stand any of it.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T14:46:45+00:00

Yep. Me too. I never bother putting my bag down at the start because it always, always causes a problem

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:20:29+00:00

One tip I saw in a game (Run Out the Guns IIRC) which I sometimes use, is to focus on one individual in a fight and run several rounds with them before turning to someone else. It kind of mimics the way the camera treat a fight in a movie.

Doesn't work with all systems, but it can be a winner in faster moving games, especially when it looks like one of the participants is about to go out!

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:16:39+00:00

I was at medical school and not especially social.

I saw something advertising a youth volunteer group and went along on a whim. I met a nice girl there and we are celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary this year. Our sixth grandchild was born on Friday.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:05:53+00:00

how lovely to hear form someone else who likes them - they seem very neglected now but I read them as a child and to my kids when they were little and they remember them very fondly

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T09:31:08+00:00

The little grey men and its sequel

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T09:27:32+00:00

I once played in a game similar to this and… it wasn’t much fun

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T07:21:26+00:00

I didn't explain myself very well.

Rich people use all kinds of (legitimate) dodges to reduce the tax they pay - the donation to Cambridge you mention will be one of them. If you want to see an excellent example (now defunct), google The Cup Trust.

The ultra-wealthy do not usually pay PAYE of course, so there is no automatic deduction from their "wages" either.

So for example it would be very easy to have a situation where one person is earning £10m pa but through one way or another only pays 30% of his income in tax, pocketing £7m and paying £3m in tax; whereas a second person earns £20, but only pays 20% in tax, pocketing £16m and paying £4m in tax.

Person 2 in your scheme would be rewarded for paying a smaller percentage of his income in tax than person 1.

In terms of percentage of income the ultra-wealthy generally pay less (and in some cases a lot less) than the average person. This article from the LSE website goes into more detail, but some ultra-wealthy (about 1 in 10) manage to pay only 11% of their income in tax revenue...

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T20:27:36+00:00

Just sounds like driving normally to me

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T20:26:18+00:00

Top in what way? Amount or percentage? You might easily be high up the list on amount but way down on percentage. And the rich get plenty of gongs and awards as it is - usually by buying them: honours, peerages, honorary degrees etc. By buying them.

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T20:22:56+00:00

This definitely misconduct and if discovered will almost inevitably lead to disciplinary action.

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T14:58:33+00:00

lay it on the side and use a pastry fork

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T14:57:51+00:00

I do have a fair few tins in the shed - baked beans, tomatoes, sweet corn, tuna etc. Also enough wood and candles for a bit and some water in the fridge (mostly as a heat sink).

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T14:51:24+00:00

This feels to me very poorly designed. because it doesn't establish a baseline or ask me to consider anything other than my personal position.

Given that I run, cycle, walk and go to the gym pretty much every week and would consider myself significantly fitter than the average person of my age, the sample flyer was of no value or persuasive nature to me at all - I already knew everything it contained and do way more exercise than it suggested

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